rolf weinert was born in worms in 1943.

he began his training as an apprentice typesetter in a jobbing and book printing house in worms. he then studied graphic design at the technical art school staatliche werkkunstschule in mainz. subsequently, he gathered a diverse range of experience in graphic design and commercial art while working at the atelier anton stankowski in stuttgart. the use of movable type and lead fonts as well as the strict typographical schooling at the mainz academy and with anton stankowski provided the important groundwork for his later artistic work.

the ’68 student movement politicised rolf weinert, which inspired him to change his career orientation fundamentally. after further studies in london, he therefore returned to germany to study art, german and history at the college of education in cologne. the teaching work at schools and with young people was an expression of his growing societal engagement.

this new career brought him from cologne to dortmund, wuppertal and finally lübeck, where he helped to establish an integrated comprehensive school. among other activities, he was co-initiator and chairman of a non-profit association for the promotion of art, culture and creativity.

during the time in wuppertal and lübeck, rolf also worked intensely as an artist. from the end of the 1980s he regularly spent the summer in his studio in umbria, where he produced numerous works. among other things, he created a new series of pictures that could be ascribed to gestural painting.

when he moved to berlin, rolf weinert established a new studio in the klausenerplatz quarter of charlottenburg. there he returned to the roots of his typographical experimentation, making pictorial works on paper with a roller, compacted through additional drawing. he often mounted the results onto canvas and again painted over them. he frequently experimented with collages and putty work.

painting was always at the centre of his life.

rolf weinert died on 21 september 2018 after long and serious illness.