Hans-Jürgen Schlieker (April 8 1924 – March 12 2004) was a German abstract painter grouped in importance with Hans Hartung Bernard Schultze and Emil Schumacher. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist