Peter Dreher (b. 1932, Mannheim, Germany, d. 2020, Wittnau, Germany) studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts at Karlsruhe between 1950 to 1956, and was Professor of Painting at the State Academy, Karlsruhe, between 1968 to 1997. During his professorship, he taught and influenced a number of acclaimed artists, including Anselm Kiefer. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at institutions internationally, most recently at Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (2022), and previously at the Milton Keynes Museum, Great Britain (2013); Landesvertretung Baden-Würtemberg, Berlin (2012); Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, (2011), Museum Erfurt, Germany (2008); Athens Biennial (2007) and Staatliche Kunsthalle (Baden-Baden) (1977).