Erich Heckel

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Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the influential Die Brücke group, and a key figure in the development of early 20th-century Expressionist art.

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instanceOf Expressionist artist
human
painter
printmaker
activeYearsEnd 1960s
activeYearsStart 1900
artisticFocus figurative art
landscape painting
religious motifs
associatedWith Berlin
Dresden NERFINISHED
coFounded Die Brücke
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1883-07-31
dateOfDeath 1970-01-27
educatedAt Dresden University of Technology
surface form: Technische Hochschule Dresden
familyName Heckel
genre etching
lithograph
oil painting
woodcut
givenName Erich
influenced Emil Nolde
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
influencedBy Edvard Munch
Fauvism
Vincent van Gogh
memberOf Die Brücke
movement Die Brücke
Expressionism
name Erich Heckel self-link
notableFor development of early 20th-century Expressionist art
pioneering German Expressionist printmaking
notableWork Fränzi reclining
Gläserner Tag
Männerbildnis (Self-Portrait) 1919
Roquairol
Weisses Haus in Dangast
occupation painter
printmaker
participatedIn World War I
placeOfBirth Döbeln NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Baden-Württemberg
Radolfzell
workLocation Berlin
Dresden NERFINISHED
Lake Constance region

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Die Brücke foundedBy Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel name Erich Heckel self-link
Expressionism notableProponent Erich Heckel