Norbert Bisky (born 1970 in Leipzig, Germany, lives and works in Berlin) is a German painter. His treatment of
landscapes and exploration of the
portrait and
narrative structure place him firmly in the tradition of great European painting. But Norbert Bisky's experiments with breaking down forms and with blocks of colour also place him on the borderline of
abstract art. His
figurative style of painting, conjuring up the socialist realism he experienced as a child in GDR, suggests both hedonism and chaos in its contemporary form.