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Erich Heckel was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor who was one of the founding members of Die Brücke (“The Bridge”), an influential group of German Expressionist artists. He is best known for his paintings and bold woodcuts of nudes and landscapes.
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Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics .
Summary of Erich Heckel. As one of the four founding members of the influential Die Brücke group, Heckel was instrumental in putting Expressionism on the map of twentieth century modernism. He made his own reputation on a series of woodcuts and paintings of nudes, city scenes, landscapes and still lifes but, like so many of his contemporaries ...
- July 31, 1883
- January 27, 1970
Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
One of four architecture students in Dresden who formed the Brücke group in 1905; served as its business manager. Early paintings and prints focus on nudes in the studio, cabaret themes, and landscapes created during intermittent retreats with fellow Brücke artists.
Biography. The young artist (1883–1905) Erich Heckel was born in Döbeln, Saxony, in 1883 as the youngest of three children. His father’s work as an architect on the Royal Saxon State Railways required the family to move frequently, and he spent most of his childhood and school years in Dresden and Chemnitz.
Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970) was a painter, and one of the founders of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (literally, the bridge). During the early 1900s, Heckel and other members of Die Brücke sought to create a link between the work of Edvard Munch and the modern Expressionist paintings.
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