Gerhard Bondzin

German painter (1930-2014)

Gerhard Bondzin (29 July 1930 – 20 March 2014) was a German painter and printmaker. From 1946 to 1948, he made toys and ceramics in Sonnenberg. From 1948 to 1951, he studied painting with Hans Hoffmann Lederer at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts Weimar.

Gerhard Bondzin with Lea Grundig 1970

Bondzin entered the SED in 1953. He served as a member of the SED 1969 to 1984. From 1969 until the dissolution of the Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1993, he was a full member of the academy.

Bondzin died on 20 March 2014, aged 83.[1]

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