Erich Heckel

(German, 1883–1970)

parklandschaft (park landscape) by erich heckel

Erich Heckel

Parklandschaft (Park Landscape), 1910

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badende vor bäumen by erich heckel

Erich Heckel

Badende vor Bäumen, 1913

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Biography

Timeline

1883
Born in Döbeln, Germany
1904
Studied architecture at the Saxon Technical College, Dresden, Germany
1905
Founding of artist group Die Brücke with Bleyl, Kirchner, and Schmidt-Rottluff
1913
Dissolution of Die Brücke
1937
Branded as 'degenerate' by Nazi authorities, 729 of his works confiscated in German museums
1949 - 1955
Professorship at the School of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
1970
Died in Radolfzell, Germany

Exhibitions

2011
Sommergäste. Von Arp bis Werefkin - Die Klassische Moderne in Mecklenburg und Pommern, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Germany
2010 - 2011
Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Max Pechstein, Der Blick auf Fränzi und Marcella, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
1965
Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1962
Biennale Venice, Italy
1957
Städt. Museum Duisburg, Germany
1956
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
1955
Günther Franke, Munich
1948
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
1933
B. Thommen, Basel, Switzerland
1927
Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, Germany