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
Economy of Dresden to its dynamism, among other factors, the economy of Dresden is ranked among the best ten cities in Germany to live in. Three major sectors can be seen as dominating the Dresden economy: The semiconductor industry was built up in 1969 around the "Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden," which is a joint stock company named ZMDI today. The labour force's knowledge and education in technology, as well as intensive subsidies, has drawn other enterprises and global players such as AMD, Infineon Technologies (now partly owned by Qimonda), and Toppan Photomasks to site some of their production capability in Dresden. Their factories attract