Werner Maier – born in 1956 | studied art education and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1982-87 | from 1998-2001 lecturer in nude drawing at the Munich Academy | lives and works as a painter and illustrator in Olching near Munich | numerous works in museums and public collections, including the Albertina in Vienna | publication of two drawing books: Fascination Nude Drawing and Fascination Portrait Drawing, Englisch Verlag