Career
He has a brother six years his senior. Their father worked as a plumber and in other crafts. Their mother was a housewife.
At 14 Erich Kissing’s talent was discovered.
From that time private drawing classes enhanced his abilities. After training to professionally retouch offset-prints he turned to study art in his hometown Leipzig from 1965 till 1970.
His modern art is part of the Realist artistic movement “Leipzig School”. The characteristic style of his paintings results from his high-precision glazing technique which consists of several layers.
To complete a painting he works on it for months on education
His themes are romantic and mystical sometimes bizarre but his style remains invariantly realistic. One of his most memorable motifs is the recurring hedonistic centaur. “Sommertag” picture link (2007-2009) is the present high point of his art
lieutenant captivates the observer via Kissing’s characteristic objectivity, its large format and its reference to Diego Velázquez “The Triumph of Bacchus” (“Los Borrachos”, 1628-1629).