List of cultural workers in the GDR
Cultural politicians and institutions
Minister of Culture
Cultural politician
- Alexander Abusch (1902–1982)
- Anton Ackermann (1905–1973)
- Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958) (Minister of Culture 1954–1958)
- Hans Bentzien (1927–2015) (Minister of Culture 1961–1966)
- Klaus Höpcke (* 1933) (Deputy Minister for Culture 1973–1989)
- Kurt Hager (1912–1998)
Institutions
- Ministry of Culture (MfK)
- Academy of Arts of the GDR (AdK)
- PEN Center GDR
- Kulturbund (KB)
- Clubs of intelligence
- Art exhibition of the GDR
- Writers' Association of the GDR
- URANIA - Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge
- Composers' Association of the GDR
- Culture Fund of the GDR
- Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK)
- District culture academies with the special schools for painting and graphics u. a. Ceramics, textile design
Individual art areas
Theater / cabaret / film
- Frank Beyer (1932-2006), director
- Kurt Böwe (1929–2000), actor
- Heiner Carow (1929–1997), director
- Angelica Domröse (* 1941), actress
- Peter Ensikat (1941–2013), actor and director
- Winfried Glatzeder (* 1945), actor
- Ingolf Gorges (1940–2008), actor
- Eva-Maria Hagen (* 1934), actress
- Rolf Herricht (1927–1981), actor
- Rolf Hoppe (1930–2018), actor
- Henry Hübchen (born 1947), actor
- Uwe-Detlev Jessen (1931–2019), actor
- Ingeborg Krabbe (1931–2017), actress and cabaret artist
- Manfred Krug (1937–2016), actor, singer
- Rolf Ludwig (1925–1999), actor
- Gojko Mitić (* 1940), actor
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (* 1930), actor
- Klaus Piontek (1935–1998), actor
- Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007), screenwriter
- Dean Reed (1938–1986), actor, singer
- Konrad Wolf (1925–1982), director
Artist
theatre
- Karl von Appen (1900–1981), stage designer
- Manja Behrens (1914–2003), actress
- Fritz Bennewitz (1926–1995), director
- Benno Besson (1922–2006), actor, director and theater director
- Hannelore Bey (* 1941), dancer
- Kurt Böwe (1929–2000), actor
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), playwright and director
- Barbara Brecht-Schall ( Barbara Berg; 1930–2015), actress
- Hans Bunge (1919–1990), dramaturge and director
- Ernst Busch (1900–1980), actor and singer
- Frank Castorf (* 1951), director
- Adolf Dresen (1935–2001), director
- Peter Ensikat (1941–2013), actor, director
- Christine Gloger (1934–2019), actress
- Ruth Glöss (1928–2014), actress
- Dieter Jaßlauk (1934–2019), actor
- Inge Keller (1923–2017), actress
- Rolf Ludwig (1925–1999), actor
- Gisela May (1924-2016), actress, Diseuse
- Heiner Müller (1929–1995), director
- Hanns Anselm Perten (1917–1985), general manager, director, actor
- Wolfgang Pintzka (1928–2006), director
- Klaus Piontek (1935–1998), actor
- Kurt Radeke (1924–2017), actor
- Ekkehard Schall (1930–2005), actor
- Tom Schilling (* 1928), choreographer and dancer
- Dieter Robert Schoß (* 1937), theater scholar, dramaturge, lecturer, writer
- Peter Sodann (* 1936), actor, director, director
- Hans Teuscher (1937–2015), actor
- BK Tragelehn (* 1936), writer, director
- Jean Weidt (1904–1988), choreographer, dancer
- Helene Weigel (1900–1971), actress
- Manfred Wekwerth (1929–2014), general manager and director
cabaret
- Gunter Böhnke (* 1943), cabaret artist
- Heinz Draehn (1921-2010), cabaret artist
- Peter Ensikat (1941–2013), actor, director
- Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991), cabaret artist, singer
- Jürgen Hart (1942–2002), cabaret artist, singer
- Rolf Herricht (1927–1981) & Hans-Joachim Preil (1923–1999)
- Bernd-Lutz Lange (* 1944), cabaret artist
- Gisela Oechelhaeuser (* 1944), cabaret artist
- Hans-Günther Pölitz (* 1952), cabaret artist, author
- Hansgeorg Stengel (1922–2003), writer, cabaret artist
- Tom Pauls (* 1959), cabaret artist, actor
- Wolfgang Stumph (* 1946), cabaret artist, actor
- Wolfgang Rumpf (* 1948), director of cabaret pincers
- Rainer Otto (* 1939) author, director, director Leipziger Pfeffermühle (1982–1992)
Movie
- Doris Abeßer (1935–2016), actress
- Carmen-Maja Antoni (* 1945), actress
- Liselott Baumgarten (1906–1981), actress
- Peter Bause (* 1941), actor
- Heinz Behrens (* 1932), actor
- Werner Bergmann (1921–1990), cameraman and director
- Frank Beyer (1932-2006), director
- Gerhard Bienert (1898–1986), actor
- Gerd Blahuschek (* 1943), actor
- Renate Blume (* 1944), actress
- Christel Bodenstein (* 1938), actress
- Jürgen Böttcher (* 1931), documentary film director
- Peter Borgelt (1927–1994), actor
- Horst E. Brandt (1923–2009), director
- Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), actress
- Gertrud Brendler (1898–1983), actress
- Annekathrin Bürger (* 1937), actress
- Bruno Carstens (1918–2001), actor
- Carl Heinz Choynski (* 1936), actor
- Norbert Christian (1925–1976), actor
- Heiner Carow (1929–1997), director
- Mathilde Danegger (1903–1988), actress
- Fred Delmare (1922–2009), actor
- Fritz Diez (1901–1979), actor
- Werner Dissel (1912–2003), actor
- Peter Dommisch (1934–1991), actor
- Angelica Domröse (* 1941), actress
- Horst Drinda (1927–2005), actor
- Fred Düren (1928–2015), actor
- Karin Düwel (* 1954), actress
- Gerd Ehlers (1924–1988), actor
- Kaspar Eichel (* 1942), actor
- Eberhard Esche (1933–2006), actor
- Martin Flörchinger (1909–2004), actor
- Dieter Franke (1934–1982), actor
- Erich Franz (1903–1961), actor
- Eckart Friedrichson (1930–1976), actor
- Jürgen Frohriep (1928–1993), actor
- Dorit Gäbler (* 1943), actress
- Erwin Geschonneck (1906–2008), actor
- Winfried Glatzeder (* 1945), actor
- Friedrich Gnaß (1892–1958), actor
- Helga Göring (1922–2010), actress
- Manja Göring (* 1955), actress
- Ingolf Gorges (1940–2008), actor
- Wolfgang Greese (1926–2001), actor
- Herwart Grosse (1908–1982), actor
- Jörg Gudzuhn (* 1945), actor
- Egon Günther (1927–2017), director
- Gert Gütschow (* 1928), actor
- Michael Gwisdek (* 1942), actor, film director
- Cox Habbema (1944-2016), actress
- Eva-Maria Hagen (* 1934), actress
- Hans Hardt-Hardtloff (1906–1974), actor
- Hannjo Hasse (1921–1983), actor
- Ezard Haußmann (1935-2010), actor
- Hagen Henning (* 1964), actor
- Jürgen Heinrich (* 1945), actor
- Rolf Herricht (1927–1981), actor, comedian
- Rolf Hoppe (1930–2018), actor
- Günter Junghans (1941–2014), actor
- Wolf Kaiser (1916–1992), actor
- Manfred Karge (* 1938), actor
- Ursula Karusseit (1939–2019), actress
- Inge Keller (1923–2017), actress
- Marianne Kiefer (1928–2008), actress
- Heide Kipp (* 1938), actress
- Erik S. Klein (1926–2002), actor
- Volkmar Kleinert (* 1938), actor
- Herbert Köfer (* 1921), actor
- Agnes Kraus (1911–1995), actress
- Brigitte Krause (1929–2007), actress
- Marina Krogull (born 1961), actress
- Manfred Krug (1937–2016), actor
- Edgar Külow (1925–2012), actor, director
- Helga Labudda (1935-2014), actress
- Marga Legal (1908–2001), actress
- Walter Lendrich (1912–1999), actor
- Karin Lesch (* 1935), actress
- Stefan Lisewski (1933–2016), actor
- Rolf Ludwig (1925–1999), actor
- Dieter Mann (* 1941), actor
- Otto Mellies (1931-2020), actor
- Hans-Peter Minetti (1926–2006), actor
- Helke Misselwitz (* 1947), director
- Gojko Mitić (* 1940), actor
- Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor
- Alfred Müller (1926-2010), actor
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (* 1930), actor
- Günter Naumann (1925–2009), actor
- Jörg Panknin (* 1944), actor
- Katja Paryla (1940–2013), actress and director
- Christa Pasemann (1935–2018), actress
- Werner Peters (1918–1971), actor
- Helga Piur (* 1939), actress
- Peter Pollatschek (1944–1968), actor
- Kurt Radeke (1924–2017), actor
- Helga Raumer (1924–1997), actress
- Dean Reed (1938–1986), actor
- Hans-Peter Reinecke (1941–2005), actor
- Rolf Richter (1932–1992), film critic
- Dietmar Richter-Reinick (1935–1997), actor
- Walter Richter-Reinick (1911–1984), actor
- Peter Reusse (* 1941), actor
- Lutz Riemann (* 1940), actor
- Gudrun Ritter (* 1936), actress
- Rolf Römer (1935–2000), actor
- Katrin Saß (* 1956), actress, singer
- Gerd E. Schäfer (1923–2001), actor
- Johanna Schall (* 1958), actress
- Frank-Otto Schenk (1943–2020), actor, dubbing actor and dubbing director
- Fritz Schlegel (1901–1971), actor
- Thomas Schmidt (1942–2008), actor
- Walfriede Schmitt (* 1943), actress
- Gunter Schoss (* 1940), actor
- Willi Schrade (* 1935), actor
- Günter Schubert (1938–2008), actor
- Horst Schulze (1921–2018), actor
- Dieter Schumann (* 1953), documentary film director
- Willi Schwabe (1915–1991), actor
- Ernst-Georg Schwill (1939–2020), actor
- Siegfried Seibt (1920–1982), actor and voice actor
- Günther Simon (1925–1972), actor
- Gunter Sonneson (* 1943), actor
- Steffie Spira (1908–1995), actress
- Uwe Steimle (* 1963), actor, cabaret artist
- Erika Stiska (1926–2016), actress
- Alfred Struwe (1927–1998), actor
- Kati Székely (* 1941), actress
- Sabine Thalbach (1932–1966), actress
- Katharina Thalbach (* 1954), actress
- Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor
- Klaus-Peter Thiele (1940–2011), actor
- Jochen Thomas (1925–1995), actor
- Werner Tietze (1940–2013), actor
- Werner Toelcke (1930–2017), actor
- Joachim Tomaschewsky (1919–2019), actor
- Martin Trettau (1930–2007), actor
- Jürgen Trott (* 1955), actor
- Karin Ugowski (* 1943), actress
- Ilse Voigt (1905–1990), actress
- Ulrich Voss (* 1938), actor
- Angelika Waller (* 1944), actress, director
- Heidemarie Wenzel (* 1945), actress
- Ursula Werner (* 1943), actress
- Dieter Wien (1934), actor
- Günter Wolf (1930–2014), actor
- Konrad Wolf (1925–1982), director
- Gerry Wolff (1920–2005), actor
- Monika Woytowicz (* 1944), actress
- Marianne Wünscher (1930–1990), actress
- Arno Wyzniewski (1938–1997), actor
- Jürgen Zartmann (* 1941), actor
- Manfred Zetzsche (* 1930), actor
- Simone von Zglinicki (* 1951), actress
- Joachim Zschocke (1928–2003), actor
literature
see: List of GDR writers
Painting, graphics and sculpture
- Hans Georg Anniès (1930-2006)
- Ali Kurt Baumgarten (1914-2009)
- Bruno Bernitz (1915–1987)
- Tom Beyer (1907-1981)
- Dieter Kurt Borchardt (* 1931)
- Hans Brockhage (1925-2009)
- Eckhard Buchholz (* 1941)
- Fritz Cremer (1906–1993)
- Fritz Dähn (1908–1980)
- Heinrich Drake (1903-1994)
- Dieter Dressler (1932–2011)
- Günther Dührkop (1925-2002)
- Albert Ebert (1906–1976)
- Fritz Eisel (1929-2010)
- Gerd Gombert (1935–1993)
- Ulf Göpfert (* 1943)
- Hans Grundig (1901–1958)
- Lea Grundig (1906–1977)
- Waldemar Grzimek (1918–1984)
- Klaus Gumpert (* 1943)
- Ulrich Hachulla (* 1943)
- Harald Hakenbeck (* 1926)
- Volkmar Hammerschmidt (1934–?)
- Ernst Hassebrauk (1905–1974)
- Werner Hazel Grouse (1925-2007)
- John Heartfield (1891-1968)
- Josef Hegenbarth (1884–1962)
- Bernhard Heisig (1925–2011)
- Bert Heller (1912–1970)
- Egbert Herfurth (* 1944)
- Peter Hoppe (1938-2010)
- Werner Klemke (1917–1994)
- Paul Kuhfuss (1883–1960)
- Siegfried Krepp (1930-2013)
- Will Lammert (1892–1957)
- Max Lingner (1888-1959)
- Klaus Magnus (* 1936)
- Wolfgang Mattheuer (1927-2004)
- Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt (* 1926)
- Elrid Metzkes (1932-2014)
- Harald Metzkes (* 1929)
- Robert Metzkes (* 1954)
- Gerhard Kurt Müller (1926-2019)
- Otto Nagel (1894–1967)
- Willi Neubert (1920–2011)
- Walter Opitz (1929-2003)
- Ronald Paris (* 1933)
- Egmont Schaefer (1908-2004)
- Heinz Scharr (1924-2017)
- Werner Schinko (1929-2016)
- Harald K. Schulze (* 1952)
- Kurt Heinz Sieger (1917–2002)
- Willi Sitte (1921–2013)
- Volker Stelzmann (* 1940)
- Kurt Teubner (1903–1990)
- Werner Tübke (1929-2004)
- Eva Vent (* 1934)
- Hans Vent (1934-2018)
- Klaus Vonderwerth (1935 / 36–2016)
- Claus Weidensdorfer (1931-2020)
- Ursula Wendorff-Weidt (1919–2000)
- Jürgen Wittdorf (1932-2018)
- Klaus Wittkugel (1910–1985)
- Walter Womacka (1925-2010)
- Volkmar Hammerschmidt (1934–?)
Visual arts
- Gerhard Altenbourg (1926–1989), painter
- Erwin Andrä (* 1921), designer
- Hans Georg Anniès (1930–2006), graphic artist and sculptor
- Walter Arnold (1909–1979), sculptor
- Theo Balden (1904–1995), sculptor
- Peter Baumbach (* 1940), architect
- Herbert Behrens-Hangeler (1898–1981), painter and graphic artist
- Rudolf Bergander (1909–1970), painter
- Sibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), photographer
- Thomas Billhardt (* 1937), photographer
- Gudrun Brüne (* 1941), painter and graphic artist
- Hans Brockhage (1925–2009), sculptor and designer
- Carlfriedrich Claus (1930–1998), graphic artist and poet
- Fritz Cremer (1906–1993), sculptor
- Lutz Dammbeck (* 1948), painter and filmmaker
- Ilse Decho (1915–1978), glass and porcelain designer
- Ludwig Deiters (1921–2018), architect and general curator
- Clauss Dietel (* 1934), designer
- Andreas Dress (1943–2019), painter and graphic artist
- Dieter Dressler (1932–2011), painter and graphic artist
- Hans Grundig (1901–1958), painter
- Sighard Gille (* 1941), painter
- Lea Grundig (1906–1977), painter
- Ruthild Hahne (1910–2001), sculptor
- Bernhard Heisig (1925–2011), painter
- John Heartfield (1891–1968), painter, photomontage artist
- Rudolf Horn (* 1929), designer
- Erich John (* 1932), designer
- Heinrich Kiefer (1911–1980), painter and graphic artist
- Gerhard Knabe (1936–2005), painter and graphic artist
- Dorothea Kobs-Lehmann (1930–2014), painter
- Fritz Kühn (1910–1967), blacksmith, photographer and sculptor
- Walter Libuda (* 1950), painter
- Werner Liebmann (* 1951), painter
- Lutz Lipkowski (* 1945), designer
- Wolfgang Mattheuer (1927–2004), painter and sculptor
- Steffen Mertens (* 1943), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Harald Metzkes (* 1929), painter
- Hans Mocznay (1906–1996), painter and sculptor
- Christa Petroff-Bohne (* 1934), designer
- Wolfgang Peuker (1945–2001), painter and graphic artist
- Arno Rink (1940–2017), painter and graphic artist
- Dietmar Riemann (* 1950), photographer
- Wolf Röhner (* 1944), designer
- Frank Ruddigkeit (* 1939), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Lutz Rudolph (1936–2011), designer
- Harald K. Schulze (* 1952), painter
- Kurt Heinz Sieger (1917–2002), painter
- Willi Sitte (1921–2013), painter
- Werner Stötzer (1931–2010), sculptor
- Strawalde (* 1931), painter
- Werner Tübke (1929–2004), painter
- Kurt Teubner (1903–1990), painter and graphic artist
- Hans Ticha (* 1940), painter, graphic artist and book illustrator.
- Andreas Wachter (* 1951), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Ursula Wendorff-Weidt (1919–2000), painter and graphic artist
Cartoons
- Heinz Behling (1920–2003), caricaturist
- Manfred Bofinger (1941–2006), caricaturist
- Henry Büttner (* 1928), cartoonist
- Klaus Gumpert (* 1943), cartoonist
- Barbara Henniger (* 1938), cartoonist
- Heinz Jankofsky (1935–2002), caricaturist
- Werner Klemke (1917–1994), caricaturist
- Willy Moese (1927–2007), caricaturist
- Herbert Sandberg (1908–1991), "The Cheeky Drawing Pen"
- Erich Schmitt (1924–1984), caricaturist
comics
- Horst Alisch (1925–2020), author, draftsman
- Wolfgang Altenburger (1931–2008), author
- Jürgen Günther (1938–2015), author, draftsman
- Hannes Hegen (1925–2014), author, draftsman
- Jürgen Kieser (1921–2019), author, draftsman
- Lona Rietschel (1933–2017), draftsman
- Thomas Schmitt (* 1951), draftsman, singer and songwriter
architecture
- Heinz Graffunder (1926–1994)
- Hermann Henselmann (1905–1995)
- Josef Kaiser (1910–1991)
- Richard Paulick (1903–1979)
- Karl Souradny (1904–1973)
music
see: Portal: Music of the GDR, artists by genre
Mass media
Radio and television
- Lothar Bellag (1930-2001), director
- Urte Blankenstein (* 1943), actress
- Eberhard Cohrs (1921–1999), comedian
- Georg Dannenberg (1931–1999), radio documentarist
- Margot Ebert (1926–2009), actress, presenter
- Gunther Emmerlich (* 1944), opera singer, entertainer
- Antje Garden (1951–1993), TV announcer and presenter
- Helga Göring (1922–2010), actress
- Rolf Gumlich (* 1932), journalist and screenwriter
- Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991), entertainer
- Rolf Herricht (1927–1981), actor, comedian
- Hans Jacobus (1923–2003), journalist
- Joachim Kaps (* 1952), actor, voice actor
- Jürgen Karney (* 1954), moderator
- Peter Kersten ("Zauberpeter"; * 1943), magician
- Ingeborg Krabbe (1931–2017), actress
- Rudi Kurz (* 1921), screenwriter, actor and director
- Beppo Küster (* 1950), singer, entertainer
- Hans-Joachim Leschnitz (* 1944), actor, voice actor
- Wolfgang Lippert (* 1952), presenter, singer
- Luise Mirsch (* 1939), producer
- Heinz-Florian Oertel (* 1927), sports reporter
- Hans-Joachim Preil (1923–1999), author, actor, comedian
- Heinz Quermann (1921–2003), entertainer, talent promoter
- Heinz Rennhack (* 1937), actor
- Gerd E. Schäfer (1923–2001), actor
- Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (1918–2001), journalist
- Heinz Schröder (1928–2009), puppeteer
- Hans Schroeder (1928–2014), puppeteer
- Willi Schwabe (1915–1991), actor, presenter
- Erich Selbmann (1926–2006), journalist, editor-in-chief for the latest camera
- Alfred Struwe (1927–1998), actor
- Reiner Süß (1930–2015), chamber singer and presenter
- Angelika Unterlauf (* 1946), news spokeswoman
- Bärbel Wachholz (1938–1984), singer, entertainer
- OF Weidling (1924–1985), talk show host and emcee
Alternative art scene
- Jürgen Schweinbraden, Baron von Wichmann-Eichhorn (* 1938) (EP Gallery Jürgen Schweinbraden)
literature
- Art documentation SBZ / GDR 1945–1990, articles - reports - materials, edited by Günter Feist, Eckhard Gillen and Beatrice Vierneisel, Museum Pedagogical Service Berlin in cooperation with the Kulturfonds Foundation, DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1996
- GDR manual, ed. from the Federal Ministry for Internal German Relations , Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Cologne 1985
- Lothar Lang: Painting and graphics in East Germany . Faber & Faber, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-932545-87-7
See also
- History of the GDR
- Cultural worker
- Music of the GDR
- Culture in the GDR
- Culture (GDR) overview
- Commissioned art
Web links
- Made in GDR - The GDR (N) Ostalgie website