Friedrich Becker (1922 - 1997)

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Friedrich Becker

Friedrich Becker was a German artist, jeweler, and inventor of kinetic jewelry.

Friedrich Becker is one of the most influential jewelers of the second half of the twentieth century. He became known primarily for his avant-garde projects of kinetic jewelry and large kinetic objects.

Becker was interested in kinetics, the interaction of force and motion already during his apprenticeship years. He first trained as a mechanical engineer, then joined the aviation department. Only after World War II did he "make the reckless decision to become a jeweler." After training as a jeweler, he studied at the Werkkunstschule and then founded his own workshop in Düsseldorf, becoming a professor at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.

Becker experimented and supplemented various jewelry pieces with interchangeable stones and eventually developed kinetic jewelry. He was not only the inventor of kinetic jewelry, but also revolutionized the jewelry market with the introduction of stainless steel and synthetic gemstones. Each kinetic piece by Friedrich Becker is a perfect symbiosis of form, color and material.

Date and place of birt:25 may 1922, Herdecke, Germany
Date and place of death:15 may 1997, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Jeweler, Media artist, Sculptor
Art school / group:Düsseldorf school of painting
Art style:Kinetic art, Post War Art

Creators Germany

Hans-Wilhelm Spitzmann (1920 - 1989)
Hans-Wilhelm Spitzmann
1920 - 1989
Reinhold Boeltzig (1863 - 1941)
Reinhold Boeltzig
1863 - 1941
Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht (1842 - 1921)
Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht
1842 - 1921
William Barnes Wollen (1857 - 1936)
William Barnes Wollen
1857 - 1936
Christian Hasucha (1955)
Christian Hasucha
1955
Otto Seitz (1846 - 1912)
Otto Seitz
1846 - 1912
Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955)
Max Pechstein
1881 - 1955
Corinne Wasmuht (1964)
Corinne Wasmuht
1964
Dieter Roth (1930 - 1998)
Dieter Roth
1930 - 1998
Eugen Batz (1905 - 1986)
Eugen Batz
1905 - 1986
Joseph Emanuel Michel (1887 - 1973)
Joseph Emanuel Michel
1887 - 1973
Konrad Hitz (1798 - 1866)
Konrad Hitz
1798 - 1866
Andreas Schulze (1955)
Andreas Schulze
1955
Gustav Kluge (1947)
Gustav Kluge
1947
Elisabeth Büchsel (1867 - 1957)
Elisabeth Büchsel
1867 - 1957
Hein Hoppmann (1901 - 1982)
Hein Hoppmann
1901 - 1982

Creators Kinetic art

Dick De Groot (1920 - 2019)
Dick De Groot
1920 - 2019
Vojtech Marx (1885 - 1963)
Vojtech Marx
1885 - 1963
Thomas Ring (1892 - 1983)
Thomas Ring
1892 - 1983
Helen Torr (1886 - 1967)
Helen Torr
1886 - 1967
Rashit Garifovich Maksyutov (1925 - 1997)
Rashit Garifovich Maksyutov
1925 - 1997
Samuel Buri (1935)
Samuel Buri
1935
Joachim Palm (1936)
Joachim Palm
1936
Kurt Ard (1925)
Kurt Ard
1925
Ulrich Leman (1885 - 1988)
Ulrich Leman
1885 - 1988
Joep Nicolas (1897 - 1972)
Joep Nicolas
1897 - 1972
Wucius Wong (1936)
Wucius Wong
1936
Tamara Nikolaevna Sapozhnikova (1919)
Tamara Nikolaevna Sapozhnikova
1919
Pang Jiun (1936)
Pang Jiun
1936
Max Baur (1898 - 1988)
Max Baur
1898 - 1988
Felix Glatz (1894 - 1953)
Felix Glatz
1894 - 1953
Mārtiņš Zaurs (1915 - 1998)
Mārtiņš Zaurs
1915 - 1998
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