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

Walter Leistikow (1865 - 1908)
Walter Leistikow
1865 - 1908
Richard Klingshirn (1941)
Richard Klingshirn
1941
Andreas Brandt (1935 - 2016)
Andreas Brandt
1935 - 2016
Peter Binoit (1590 - 1632)
Peter Binoit
1590 - 1632
Malgosia Jankowska (1978)
Malgosia Jankowska
1978
Otto Schubert (1892 - 1970)
Otto Schubert
1892 - 1970
Claudius Schraudolph (1813 - 1891)
Claudius Schraudolph
1813 - 1891
Karl-Ludwig Schmaltz (1932)
Karl-Ludwig Schmaltz
1932
Auguste de Niederhäusern (1863 - 1913)
Auguste de Niederhäusern
1863 - 1913
Alfred Lörcher (1875 - 1962)
Alfred Lörcher
1875 - 1962
Walter Spies (1895 - 1942)
Walter Spies
1895 - 1942
Ida Gerhardi (1862 - 1927)
Ida Gerhardi
1862 - 1927
Peter Foeller (1945)
Peter Foeller
1945
Adolf Henning (1809 - 1900)
Adolf Henning
1809 - 1900
Dieter Göltenboth (1933 - 2013)
Dieter Göltenboth
1933 - 2013
Bernhard Gutmann (1869 - 1936)
Bernhard Gutmann
1869 - 1936

Creators Kinetic art

Solomon Rossin (1937)
Solomon Rossin
1937
Renzo Vespignani (1924 - 2001)
Renzo Vespignani
1924 - 2001
Gunther Hauschildt (1950)
Gunther Hauschildt
1950
Max Emanuel Huber (1903 - 1987)
Max Emanuel Huber
1903 - 1987
Markus Lüpertz (1941)
Markus Lüpertz
1941
Tamara Pavlovna Nechaeva (1922 - 2003)
Tamara Pavlovna Nechaeva
1922 - 2003
Bob Bonies (1937)
Bob Bonies
1937
Wang Naizhuang (1929)
Wang Naizhuang
1929
Els Pletscher (1908 - 1998)
Els Pletscher
1908 - 1998
Alf Lechner (1925 - 2017)
Alf Lechner
1925 - 2017
John Randall Bratby (1928 - 1992)
John Randall Bratby
1928 - 1992
Peter Weitzner (1936)
Peter Weitzner
1936
Giuliano Vangi (1931 - 2024)
Giuliano Vangi
1931 - 2024
Pier Paolo Calzolari (1943)
Pier Paolo Calzolari
1943
Terry Atkinson (1939)
Terry Atkinson
1939
Gerhard Fietz (1910 - 1997)
Gerhard Fietz
1910 - 1997