David Schnell

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David Schnell (born 1971, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is an internationally exhibited German painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.eigen-art.com/index.php?article_id=142&clang=1 |title=Galerie EIGEN+ART |publisher=Eigen-art.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-07}} From 1995 until 2000 he studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and then from 2000 to 2002 he was a student in the master class of Arno Rink, with whom Neo Rauch had previously studied.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/david-schnell/biography-links |title=David Schnell Biography – David Schnell on artnet |publisher=Artnet.com |date=2015-03-01 |accessdate=2015-03-07}} He is associated with the New Leipzig School.

In 2010 Schnell had a solo exhibition at the Stunde Kunstverein in Hannover which then traveled to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and the Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen. Schnell is considered to be a younger contemporary of the East German painter, Neo Rauch and a member of the so-called Leipziger Schule (Leipzig school).{{cite web|url=http://www.artbook.com/catalog--art--monographs--schnell--david.html |title=David Schnell Art Monographs and Museum Exhibition Catalogs |publisher=Artbook.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-07}} 2009 he was commissioned to design the "Friedensfenster" (peace window) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Friedensfenster-in-Leipziger-Thomaskirche-erinnert-an-1989 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117134446/http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Friedensfenster-in-Leipziger-Thomaskirche-erinnert-an-1989 |date=2017-01-17 }}, Leipziger Volkszeitung In 2013 Schnell was a recipient Villa Massimo grant.http://www.villamassimo.de/it/borsisti, Villa Massimo In 2016 he was commissioned to design a church window for the Christuskirche in Cologne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.christuskirche-mitten-im-leben.de/de/david-schnell-kirchenfenster.aspx|title=David Schnells Fenster für die Christuskirche Köln – ChristusKirche|website=www.christuskirche-mitten-im-leben.de}}