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

Thomas Lange (1957)
Thomas Lange
1957
Adolf Mühlhan (1886 - 1956)
Adolf Mühlhan
1886 - 1956
Carl Johann Lasch (1822 - 1888)
Carl Johann Lasch
1822 - 1888
Georg Melchior Kraus (1737 - 1806)
Georg Melchior Kraus
1737 - 1806
Christina Puth (1967)
Christina Puth
1967
Johannes Pfeiffer (1954)
Johannes Pfeiffer
1954
Helmut Schober (1947)
Helmut Schober
1947
Peter Ackermann (1934 - 2007)
Peter Ackermann
1934 - 2007
Georg Siebert (1896 - 1984)
Georg Siebert
1896 - 1984
Heinrich Knirr (1862 - 1944)
Heinrich Knirr
1862 - 1944
Max Hermann Mahlmann (1912 - 2000)
Max Hermann Mahlmann
1912 - 2000
Hannsjörg Voth (1940)
Hannsjörg Voth
1940
Paul Walter Ehrhardt (1872 - 1959)
Paul Walter Ehrhardt
1872 - 1959
Ludwig Gebhardt (1830 - 1908)
Ludwig Gebhardt
1830 - 1908
Heinrich Iser (1869 - 1932)
Heinrich Iser
1869 - 1932
Alexander Kanoldt (1881 - 1939)
Alexander Kanoldt
1881 - 1939

Creators Kinetic art

Esteban Vicente (1903 - 2001)
Esteban Vicente
1903 - 2001
John Nieto (1936 - 2018)
John Nieto
1936 - 2018
Emil Bollmann (1885 - 1955)
Emil Bollmann
1885 - 1955
Pierre Reverdy (1889 - 1960)
Pierre Reverdy
1889 - 1960
Revekka Moiseevna Tsuzmer (1918 - 2009)
Revekka Moiseevna Tsuzmer
1918 - 2009
Heinz Zander (1939 - 2024)
Heinz Zander
1939 - 2024
Roland Duss (1901 - 1977)
Roland Duss
1901 - 1977
Oskar Denner (1924)
Oskar Denner
1924
Doris Emrick Lee (1905 - 1983)
Doris Emrick Lee
1905 - 1983
John Kacere (1920 - 1999)
John Kacere
1920 - 1999
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989)
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946 - 1989
Hans Hunziker (1927 - 1987)
Hans Hunziker
1927 - 1987
Kenneth Martin (1905 - 1984)
Kenneth Martin
1905 - 1984
Werner Tuebke (1929 - 2004)
Werner Tuebke
1929 - 2004
Waldemar Otto (1929 - 2020)
Waldemar Otto
1929 - 2020
Friedrich Werthmann (1927 - 2018)
Friedrich Werthmann
1927 - 2018
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