Hilla Becher (1934 - 2015) - photo 1

Hilla Becher

Hilla Becher (née Wobeser) was a German conceptual photographer. Becher was well known for her industrial photographs, or typologies, with longtime collaborator and husband, Bernd Becher. Her career spanned more than 50 years and included photographs from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Italy.

Becher, alongside her husband, received the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award. The Bechers founded the Düsseldorf School of Photography in the mid-1970s.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:2 september 1934, Potsdam, Germany
Date and place of death:10 october 2015, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Photographer
Genre:Architecture photography, Cityscape, Industrial landscape
Art style:Minimalism, Conceptual art, Historicism

Creators Germany

Gerhard Richter (1932)
Gerhard Richter
1932
Timur Si-Qin (1984)
Timur Si-Qin
1984
Friederike Groß (1965)
Friederike Groß
1965
Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1688)
Joachim von Sandrart
1606 - 1688
Arnold Lyongrün (1871 - 1935)
Arnold Lyongrün
1871 - 1935
Ferdinand Bernhard Höppe (1841 - 1922)
Ferdinand Bernhard Höppe
1841 - 1922
Edgar Ende (1901 - 1965)
Edgar Ende
1901 - 1965
Hann Trier (1915 - 1999)
Hann Trier
1915 - 1999
Werner Gilles (1894 - 1961)
Werner Gilles
1894 - 1961
Julius Wohlers (1867 - 1953)
Julius Wohlers
1867 - 1953
Paul Emil Jacobs (1802 - 1866)
Paul Emil Jacobs
1802 - 1866
Karl Salzman (1847 - 1923)
Karl Salzman
1847 - 1923
F. Oskar Knapp (1914 - 1987)
F. Oskar Knapp
1914 - 1987
Rudolf Schlichter (1890 - 1955)
Rudolf Schlichter
1890 - 1955
Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717 - 1799)
Adam Friedrich Oeser
1717 - 1799
Heinrich Siepmann (1904 - 2002)
Heinrich Siepmann
1904 - 2002

Creators Conceptual art

Mel Bochner (1940 - 2025)
Mel Bochner
1940 - 2025
Vija Celmins (1938)
Vija Celmins
1938
Victor Grippo (1936 - 2002)
Victor Grippo
1936 - 2002
Giuseppe Spagnulo (1936 - 2016)
Giuseppe Spagnulo
1936 - 2016
Tania Bruguera (1968)
Tania Bruguera
1968
Karel Novosad (1944)
Karel Novosad
1944
Marcel Broodthaers (1924 - 1976)
Marcel Broodthaers
1924 - 1976
Giuseppe Uncini (1929 - 2008)
Giuseppe Uncini
1929 - 2008
Stanley Brouwn (1935 - 2017)
Stanley Brouwn
1935 - 2017
Ruth May (1974)
Ruth May
1974
Enrico Castellani (1930 - 2017)
Enrico Castellani
1930 - 2017
Piero Pizzi Cannella (1955)
Piero Pizzi Cannella
1955
Christopher Williams (1956)
Christopher Williams
1956
Li Yuan-chia (1929 - 1994)
Li Yuan-chia
1929 - 1994
Gregor Schneider (1969)
Gregor Schneider
1969
Barbara Westermann (1958)
Barbara Westermann
1958