The Artist

Jürgen Valdeig, born in Erfurt in 1951, works in his hometown as a painter, author and publisher. In 1968 he began with intensive research and published first articles in the media on the history of the Erfurt Cathedral and Petersberg. So far the artist illustrated art books, Erfurt art calendars, postcards and graphics on the history of Erfurt, Thuringia and the USA. Since 1992, Jürgen Valdeig has been the first German artist to exhibit at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, successfully publishing his work on the geology of the mighty Colorado Plateau. In 1995, he presented his Thuringian homeland in Houston/Texas at the invitation of the Goethe Institute in exhibition and lecture. On the occasion of his 70th birthday in 2021, the Museum of Erfurt showed an excerpt of his life's work with over 100 originals. Jürgen Valdeig has been married to his wife Hannelore since 1971, they are parents of three children and have six grandchildren.

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