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

Christian Georg Schüz (1718 - 1791)
Christian Georg Schüz
1718 - 1791
Hans Laubner (1884 - 1968)
Hans Laubner
1884 - 1968
Richard Lipps (1857 - 1926)
Richard Lipps
1857 - 1926
Walter Schott (1861 - 1938)
Walter Schott
1861 - 1938
Andreas Paul Weber (1893 - 1980)
Andreas Paul Weber
1893 - 1980
Inge King (1915 - 2016)
Inge King
1915 - 2016
Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848 - 1917)
Toby Edward Rosenthal
1848 - 1917
Konrad Balder Schäuffelen (1929 - 2012)
Konrad Balder Schäuffelen
1929 - 2012
Ferdinand Staeger (1880 - 1976)
Ferdinand Staeger
1880 - 1976
Johann Nepomuk Ott (1804 - 1870)
Johann Nepomuk Ott
1804 - 1870
Theodor Martens (1822 - 1884)
Theodor Martens
1822 - 1884
Dorothea von Philipsborn (1894 - 1971)
Dorothea von Philipsborn
1894 - 1971
Johann König (1586 - 1642)
Johann König
1586 - 1642
Clara von Sivers (1854 - 1924)
Clara von Sivers
1854 - 1924
Andreas Reimann (1946)
Andreas Reimann
1946
Johannes Gutenberg (1400 - 1468)
Johannes Gutenberg
1400 - 1468

Creators Kinetic art

Jürgen Rose (1937)
Jürgen Rose
1937
Ludwig Wilding (1927 - 2010)
Ludwig Wilding
1927 - 2010
Edmund Lewandowski (1914 - 1998)
Edmund Lewandowski
1914 - 1998
Morris Adrian Grant (1929 - 2004)
Morris Adrian Grant
1929 - 2004
 Sanyu (1895 - 1966)
Sanyu
1895 - 1966
Robert Gwathmey (1903 - 1988)
Robert Gwathmey
1903 - 1988
Eva Zeisel (1906 - 2011)
Eva Zeisel
1906 - 2011
Chen Ting-shih (1913 - 2002)
Chen Ting-shih
1913 - 2002
Nancy Graves (1939 - 1995)
Nancy Graves
1939 - 1995
Yun Gee (1906 - 1963)
Yun Gee
1906 - 1963
Barbara Morgan (1900 - 1992)
Barbara Morgan
1900 - 1992
Kathy Thys (1936)
Kathy Thys
1936
Luitpold Domberger (1912 - 2005)
Luitpold Domberger
1912 - 2005
Kai Kristiansen (1929)
Kai Kristiansen
1929
E. R. Nele (1932)
E. R. Nele
1932
Herbert Achternbusch (1938 - 2022)
Herbert Achternbusch
1938 - 2022
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