Michael Triegel

Michael Triegel (born 13 December 1968 in Erfurt), is a German painter, illustrator and graphic artist based in Leipzig.

[1] He studied painting and graphic art under Arno Rink at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig from 1990 to 1995.

[3] In 2010 he painted an official portrait of Pope Benedict XVI.

Instead of having the pope model the conventional way, Triegel was invited to the front row during a general audience.

[4] In 2015, Die Zeit called him "Germany's most famous religious artist".