Dresden Academy of Fine Arts Eugen Bracht, Giovanni Casanova, Caspar David Friedrich, Oskar Kokoschka, and Otto Dix, who taught at the Dresden Academy and shaped its profile. Other former artist professors are: famous artist presidents: The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts is located at three places along the Elbe river: Each year in early June the graduation ceremonies and annual exhibitions are held at the locations on the Brühl Terrace and at Pfotenhauerstrasse. Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German "Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden"), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located
Dresden the communist era to avoid nationalisation, Dresden was one of the most important German cities, an important industrial centre of the German Democratic Republic. The period of the GDR until 1990 was characterized by low economic growth in comparison to western German cities. In 1990 Dresden had to struggle with the economic collapse of the Soviet Union and the other export markets in Eastern Europe. After reunification enterprises and production sites broke down almost completely as they entered the social market economy, facing competition from the Federal Republic of Germany. After 1990 a completely new legal system and currency system