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Erich Heckel

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Erich Heckel

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Also known as Heckel, E. Heckel

German artist (1883–1970)

Person · Open Library

Born
1883
Died
1970
Works
27

Top works

  • Ein Farbmusterbuch für Walter Gramatté
  • Druckgrafik Erich Heckel
  • Erich Heckel zum 100. Geburtstag
  • Erich Heckel, 1883-1970
  • Die Künstler der Brücke

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Total plays
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Quotes

  • We saw your [ Cuno Amiet's ] work with feelings of admiration and enthusiasm.. .Our group [ Die Brücke ] would be exceedingly glad to find in you a comrade in arms and a champion of its cause.
  • I finished my first woodcut in Dresden in 1905 after the Xylographic art, cutting out of the hard boxwood the clean sketches with the slate pencil. Then followed the rounded iron, to arrive at the woodcut more freely through the simply ripped out sketch on the log (alder, lime tree, poplar), which would be utilized from here on out. Then finally came a short cobbler knife, and without a pré-sketch, the hand cuts freely into the wood a woodcut, just like it would work on paper with the pen.
  • What we [Brücke-artists] had to remove ourselves from [the German bourgeois mores] was clear; where we were heading was certainly less clear. (original German: Wovon wir weg mussten, war uns klar. Wohin wir kommen würden, stand allerdings weniger fest).
  • ..differences arose that hindered the publication of the 'Chronik' (written by Kirchner and brought us to the agreement of dissolving Die Brücke group.
  • Brücke will remain in the inner sense; only the outer organizational thing should be dissolved.
  • How glad I was to paint that for the soldiers it is very beautiful, how much respect and even love for art there is in human beings, in spite of everything, and who would have thought that my style, which seemed so modern and incomprehensible to critics and public at rotten exhibitions in the cities, would now be able to speak and convey something to men to whom I make a gift of it.

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Key facts

Born
( 1883-07-31 ) 31 July 1883, Döbeln , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
Died
27 January 1970 (1970-01-27) (aged 86), Radolfzell , Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Education
Königliche Technische Hochschule
Known for
Painting, woodcuts/printmaking
Style
Expressionism
Movement
Die Brücke

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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Erich Heckel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Weisses Haus in Dangast, oil painting by Erich Heckel, 1908. 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.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erich Heckel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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