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Franz Heckendorf

* 1888, Berlin 1964, München

Franz Heckendorf
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* 1888, Berlin, 1964, München

Franz Heckendorf
Born in Berlin, Franz Heckendorf studied both at the city‘s Art College and the Academy. He exhibited as early as 1909 in the Berlin Secession. As a fighter pilot on the Eastern Front, he had the opportunity to study the landscape of the Balkans, the Bosphorus and the Tigris, from which he took motifs for his work. Initially beholden to Impressionism, the artist developed his own style which came close to Expressionism. Rather than a naturalistic rendition, it was the enhanced representation of a perception of nature that was at the forefront of his work. Besides oil painting, Heckendorf used pastels, watercolor, and graphic art. After the Third Reich‘s declaration of his work as ‚degenerate‘, he taught at the Academy in Vienna, and later as Professor in Salzburg. He worked in Munich until his death on 17th August 1965.

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Berlin, Bröhan Museum

Ferch, Kossätenhaus Ferch Museum der Havelländischen Malerkolonie

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Ludwig, Horst: s.v. „Heckendorf, Franz“, in: Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert (Geburtsjahrgänge 1871-1900), bearbeitet von Horst Ludwig, Bd. 5: Achmann-Kursell, München 1993, S. 359-360 Vollmer, Hans: s.v. „Heckendorf, Franz“, in: Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker, hrsg. von Hans Vollmer, Bd. 16: Hansen-Heubach, Leipzig 1923, S. 211-212 Franz Heckendorf : mit einer Selbstbiographie des Künstlers / von Joachim Kirchner Leipzig : Klinkhardt u. Biermann, 1919 Franz Heckendorf, Gemälde, Graphik : 17. Sonderausstellung: (15. Mai - 16. Juni 1918) / Kestner-Gesellschaft. Paul E. Küppers, Hannover : Edler & Krische, 1918