# Michael Triegel

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**Michael Triegel** (born 13 December 1968 in [Erfurt](/source/Erfurt)), is a German painter, illustrator and graphic artist based in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig). He is associated with the [New Leipzig School](/source/New_Leipzig_School).[1] He studied painting and graphic art under [Arno Rink](/source/Arno_Rink) at the [Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Grafik_und_Buchkunst_Leipzig) from 1990 to 1995. His paintings are highly influenced by [Renaissance art](/source/Renaissance_art).[2]

Triegel was baptised in 2014 and paints Christian subjects.[3] In 2010 he painted an official portrait of [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI). Instead of having the pope model the conventional way, Triegel was invited to the front row during a general audience.[4] In 2015, *[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit)* called him "Germany's most famous religious artist".[1] Between 2020 and 2022, he worked on reconstituting a partially destroyed altarpiece by [Lucas Cranach the Elder](/source/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder). The resulting [Cranach-Triegel Altarpiece](/source/Cranach-Triegel_Altarpiece) has been the center of an ongoing controversy.[5]

## References

1. Löbbert, Raoul (2015-10-15). ["Jesus von Triegel"](http://www.zeit.de/2015/42/michael-triegel-koethen-kirchenfenster) (in German). *[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit)*. Retrieved 2017-02-12. der bekannteste religiöse Künstler Deutschlands

1. Artner, Alan G. (2004-10-01). ["Michael Triegel's joys revealed in new show"](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/10/01/michael-triegels-joys-revealed-in-new-show/). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

1. ["Leipziger Papst-Maler in Dresden getauft"](https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/triegel-35643236.bild.html). *www.bild.de*. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

1. Haubrich, Rainer (2011-01-17). ["Ich male den Papst. Mehr Tabubruch geht nicht"](https://www.welt.de/kultur/article12024046/Ich-male-den-Papst-Mehr-Tabubruch-geht-nicht.html) (in German). *[Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt)*. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

1. Seifert (23 December 2022). ["Streit um Unesco-Welterbestätte: Unruhe im Dom. Der Naumburger Dom ist seit 2018 Unesco-Welterbe. Nun gibt es Zoff. Ein Altarbild muss weichen, fordert die Unesco. Wie weit kann Denkmalpflege gehen?"](https://taz.de/Streit-um-Unesco-Welterbestaette/!5901069/). *[Die Tageszeitung](/source/Die_Tageszeitung)*. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

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