Heinz Plank

{{Short description|German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist}}

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| name = Heinz Plank

birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|10|13}}

| birth_place = Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony

| alma_mater = Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig

| known_for = Painting
Drawing, Graphic Art

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Heinz Plank, born 13 October 1945 in Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, is a German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. He studied under Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig from 1967 to 1972.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artfacts.net/de/kuenstler/heinz-plank-26237/profil.html|title=Heinz Plank: Biographie|language=German|work=ArtFacts.Net|accessdate=2017-06-13}} He is associated with the middle generation of the Leipzig School. His paintings use a mixture of traditional elements and modern abstraction. They have a recurring sense of bitterness and apocalypse.{{Cite web|url=http://www.panorama-museum.de/de/ausstellung-reader/Ausstellung/heinz-plank-lebenszeichen.html|title=Heinz Plank - Lebenszeichen|language=German|publisher=Panorama Museum|accessdate=2017-06-13}}