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

Eva Renee Nele (1932)
Eva Renee Nele
1932
Rudolf Marcuse (1878 - 1940)
Rudolf Marcuse
1878 - 1940
Alfred Rasenberger (1885 - 1949)
Alfred Rasenberger
1885 - 1949
Ludwig Muninger (1929 - 1997)
Ludwig Muninger
1929 - 1997
Carl Ernst Forberg (1844 - 1915)
Carl Ernst Forberg
1844 - 1915
Marc Sterling (1895 - 1976)
Marc Sterling
1895 - 1976
Gustav Lange (1811 - 1887)
Gustav Lange
1811 - 1887
Ulrike Crespo (1950 - 2019)
Ulrike Crespo
1950 - 2019
Otto Antoine (1865 - 1951)
Otto Antoine
1865 - 1951
Thomas Bayrle (1937)
Thomas Bayrle
1937
Peter Sorge (1937 - 2000)
Peter Sorge
1937 - 2000
Ludwig Gies (1887 - 1966)
Ludwig Gies
1887 - 1966
Oscar Begas (1828 - 1883)
Oscar Begas
1828 - 1883
Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813 - 1878)
Anton Dominik Fernkorn
1813 - 1878
Eduard Magnus (1799 - 1872)
Eduard Magnus
1799 - 1872
Hagen Hilderhof (1937)
Hagen Hilderhof
1937

Creators Kinetic art

Angelika Platen (1942)
Angelika Platen
1942
Arnulf Rainer (1929)
Arnulf Rainer
1929
Carlo Scarpa (1906 - 1978)
Carlo Scarpa
1906 - 1978
Bernd Koberling (1938)
Bernd Koberling
1938
Ivan Malavašič (1927 - 2019)
Ivan Malavašič
1927 - 2019
Lisel Oppel (1897 - 1960)
Lisel Oppel
1897 - 1960
Herta Günther (1934 - 2018)
Herta Günther
1934 - 2018
Zhu Jinshi (1954)
Zhu Jinshi
1954
Robert Metzkes (1954)
Robert Metzkes
1954
Raymond Carver (1938 - 1988)
Raymond Carver
1938 - 1988
Gunther Hauschildt (1950)
Gunther Hauschildt
1950
Tranquillo Marangoni (1912 - 1992)
Tranquillo Marangoni
1912 - 1992
Michael Sailstorfer (1979)
Michael Sailstorfer
1979
Lyda Levi (1922 - ?)
Lyda Levi
1922 - ?
Leonard James McCombe (1923 - 2015)
Leonard James McCombe
1923 - 2015
Vasily Sitnikov (1915 - 1987)
Vasily Sitnikov
1915 - 1987
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