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Ludwig Gosewitz (1936 – 2007) was a German artist known for his involvement with the Fluxus movement and for his diverse artistic practices, which spanned drawing, glass art, mixed media, visual poetry, graphics, and typographic compositions. Born in Naumburg (Saale), Germany, Gosewitz initially studied at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt before shifting his focus to music history, German literature, and philosophy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and Philipps University in Marburg between 1957 and 1965. In the early 1960s, Gosewitz became active in Fluxus events, presenting his artworks publicly through performances and exhibitions. Notably, he participated in Fluxus performances in Amsterdam in 1962 and contributed to the groundbreaking festival organized by Tomas Schmit at the Technical University of Aachen in 1964. In the 1970s, Gosewitz expanded his artistic exploration to include glass art. He studied at the Glasfachhochschule in Zwiesel in 1972 and subsequently worked at a glass studio in Berlin from 1973 to 1978. This period of experimentation resulted in notable glass objects, including a series of 23 distinctive mouth-blown glass pieces created between 1978 and 2001. From 1988 to 2001, Gosewitz held an influential teaching position as a professor in the glass department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His works gained international recognition, exhibited at prestigious venues including documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990, and at respected institutions like the Museum Wiesbaden and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Ludwig Gosewitz passed away on October 2, 2007, in Bad Berka, Germany, leaving behind a lasting legacy in both Fluxus and contemporary glass art.