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

Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764 - 1850)
Johann Gottfried Schadow
1764 - 1850
Norbert Hochsider (1879 - 1958)
Norbert Hochsider
1879 - 1958
Bernd Kirschner (1980)
Bernd Kirschner
1980
Clara Tzetkin (Zetkin) (1857 - 1933)
Clara Tzetkin (Zetkin)
1857 - 1933
Erdmut Bramke (1940 - 2002)
Erdmut Bramke
1940 - 2002
Burkhard Held (1953)
Burkhard Held
1953
Gunther Rothe (1947)
Gunther Rothe
1947
Eylert Spars (1903 - 1984)
Eylert Spars
1903 - 1984
Axel Heil (1965)
Axel Heil
1965
Charline von Heyl (1960)
Charline von Heyl
1960
Fritz Neumann (1880 - 1930)
Fritz Neumann
1880 - 1930
Cornelius Wagner (1870 - 1956)
Cornelius Wagner
1870 - 1956
Hugo Lederer (1871 - 1940)
Hugo Lederer
1871 - 1940
Wieland Payer (1981)
Wieland Payer
1981
Bernhard Neher (1806 - 1886)
Bernhard Neher
1806 - 1886
Afanasij Ivanovich Scheloumoff (1892 - 1983)
Afanasij Ivanovich Scheloumoff
1892 - 1983

Creators Kinetic art

Betty (Elizabeth) Woodman (Abrahams) (1930 - 2018)
Betty (Elizabeth) Woodman (Abrahams)
1930 - 2018
Edouard Boubat (1923 - 1999)
Edouard Boubat
1923 - 1999
Friedrich Josef Ruland (1910 - 1986)
Friedrich Josef Ruland
1910 - 1986
Willy Ronis (1910 - 2009)
Willy Ronis
1910 - 2009
Austin Osman Spare (1886 - 1956)
Austin Osman Spare
1886 - 1956
Willi Baumeister (1889 - 1955)
Willi Baumeister
1889 - 1955
Michelangelo Pistoletto (1933)
Michelangelo Pistoletto
1933
Hans Staudacher (1923 - 2021)
Hans Staudacher
1923 - 2021
Uwe H. Seyl (1939)
Uwe H. Seyl
1939
Kirill Serafimovich Mamonov (1937)
Kirill Serafimovich Mamonov
1937
Gernot Schauer (1940)
Gernot Schauer
1940
Robert Pudlich (1905 - 1962)
Robert Pudlich
1905 - 1962
John Spooner (1946)
John Spooner
1946
Heinrich Müller (1893 - 1976)
Heinrich Müller
1893 - 1976
Franz Heckendorf (1888 - 1962)
Franz Heckendorf
1888 - 1962
Theofiel Agnes van de Kerckhove (1911 - 2010)
Theofiel Agnes van de Kerckhove
1911 - 2010
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