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

Philipp Sporrer (1829 - 1899)
Philipp Sporrer
1829 - 1899
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 - 1932)
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin
1853 - 1932
Gereon Krebber (1973)
Gereon Krebber
1973
Karl Raupp (1837 - 1918)
Karl Raupp
1837 - 1918
Johann Carl Schleich I (1759 - 1842)
Johann Carl Schleich I
1759 - 1842
Hermann Prell (1854 - 1922)
Hermann Prell
1854 - 1922
Hans Porwoll (1898 - 1984)
Hans Porwoll
1898 - 1984
 Rosalie (1953 - 2017)
Rosalie
1953 - 2017
Robert Kummer (1810 - 1889)
Robert Kummer
1810 - 1889
Paul Düyffcke (1847 - 1910)
Paul Düyffcke
1847 - 1910
Günther Gensler (1803 - 1884)
Günther Gensler
1803 - 1884
Josef Urbach (1889 - 1973)
Josef Urbach
1889 - 1973
Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810 - 1853)
Johann Peter Hasenclever
1810 - 1853
Winfred Gaul (1928 - 2003)
Winfred Gaul
1928 - 2003
Franz Martin Kuen (1719 - 1771)
Franz Martin Kuen
1719 - 1771
Wolfram Beck (1930 - 2004)
Wolfram Beck
1930 - 2004

Creators Kinetic art

Ewald Wilhelm Mataré (1887 - 1965)
Ewald Wilhelm Mataré
1887 - 1965
Luis Potosi (1937)
Luis Potosi
1937
Iosif Moiseevich Chaykov (1888 - 1979)
Iosif Moiseevich Chaykov
1888 - 1979
George Clair Tooker (1920 - 2011)
George Clair Tooker
1920 - 2011
Ernst Grasser (1934)
Ernst Grasser
1934
Klaus Moritz (1930 - 2016)
Klaus Moritz
1930 - 2016
Vyacheslav Alekseevich Pichugin (1935)
Vyacheslav Alekseevich Pichugin
1935
Boris Mikhailov (1938)
Boris Mikhailov
1938
Armand Pierre Fernandez (1928 - 2005)
Armand Pierre Fernandez
1928 - 2005
Andrei Afanasevich Egorov (1878 - 1954)
Andrei Afanasevich Egorov
1878 - 1954
Herbert Grünwaldt (1928 - 2014)
Herbert Grünwaldt
1928 - 2014
Max Schegulla (1918 - 2008)
Max Schegulla
1918 - 2008
Ludwig Wilding (1927 - 2010)
Ludwig Wilding
1927 - 2010
Marc Adrian (1930 - 2008)
Marc Adrian
1930 - 2008
Giuseppe Flangini (1898 - 1961)
Giuseppe Flangini
1898 - 1961
Heinz Bochmann (1921 - 2011)
Heinz Bochmann
1921 - 2011
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