Andreas Golder was born in Ekaterinenburg, Russia in 1979, he lives and work in Berlin.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, Golder moved with his family from the soviet Union to Germany. His initial artistic trainig in Russia, at a school for specially gifted children, was grounded

As part of a politicaly progressive middle-class family in Koenigsberg Kaethe Schmidt was encouraged to develop her skills in painting and drawing. By age of 14 she was taking private classes with local artist, since the Koeingsberg Academy barred female pupils. She later studied in Munich and Ber

Uwe Lausen was born in Stuttgart in 1941. He began teaching himself to paint while still at school, showing a Gift for composition at an early age. After the secondary school he enrolled at Tuebingen University to study law and philosophy, but soon dropped out to devote himself to art. - At ninete

During his apprenticeship as a decorative painter Willi Baumeiste already visited evening classes at the Stuttgart Art academy. From 1909 to 1912 he attended Adolf Hoelzel´s composition class where he first met the later "Bauhaus" painter Oskar Schlemmer who was to become a life-long friend.