Artist: Erich Heckel (1883 - 1970)
Nationality: German
Movement: Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Erich Heckel met the other founding members of the Die Brucke group, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluf, while studying architecture in Dresden. Their group was influenced by the Post-Impressionist style of Munch, Cezanne, and Van Gogh. After the group disbanded in 1913, Heckel was drafted and served as a medical orderly in World War I. He lived in Berlin and taught at the Karlsruhe Academy of art from 1949 to 1956.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (35)
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Erich Heckel, Sitzende, 1913
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Erich Heckel, Hockende, 1913
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Erich Heckel, Bildnis E.H. (Self-Portrait), 1917
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Erich Heckel, Young Clown, 1930
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Erich Heckel, Stralsund, 1912
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Erich Heckel, Betende (Praying Woman), 1907
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Erich Heckel, Maedchen am Meer (Girl by the sea), 1918
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Erich Heckel, Geschwister (Brother and sister), 1913
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Erich Heckel, Title for: Elf Holzschnitte, 1912 - 1919
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Erich Heckel, List of Contents for the portfolio "Elf Holzschnitte", 1921
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Erich Heckel, Am Strand (On the Beach), early 20th century
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Erich Heckel, Kniende am Stein (Woman Kneeling at a Rock), 1913 - 1914
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Erich Heckel, M‰dchenkopf, plate at p. 115 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2, 1920
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Erich Heckel - Dancers 1911 lithograph The Museum of Modern Art German
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Erich Heckel - Men on a Beach 1919 woodcut University of California, Berkeley Art Museum German
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Erich Heckel - Franzi Reclining 1910 woodcut The Museum of Modern Art German
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Erich Heckel - Gerarder Kanal (Straight Canal) 1915 woodcut on laid pape Portland Museum of Art German
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Erich Stephani, Der Morgenreiter, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Die Seglerin, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Serenade, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Fleurzimmer, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Die Wascherin, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Wegweisserin, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Roemisches Bad, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Was sie traumte, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Leda, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Caprice, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Hexen, 1920
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Erich Stephani, Frauen u Buecher, 1920
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Erich Wolfsfeld, Self-Portrait, 19th - 20th century
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Erich Stephani, Leda and the Swan, 19th - 20th century
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Erich Klossowski, Midsummer Night"s Dream, 19th - 20th century
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Adolph Oswald Erich, Leda and the Swan, 19th - 20th century
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Movement Study
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Erich Ionson Dahlbergh, Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave Roy de SuËde ([Stockholm probably, ca. 1690]), vol. 2, 1690

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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Galerie St. Etienne: Coming of Age: Egon Schiele and the Modernist Culture of Youth
"COMING OF AGE" also includes works by Erich Heckel, E.L. Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Edvard Munch and others. At the turn of the 20th century, the notion of adolescence as a distinct developmental phase between childhood...
Phillips Auctioneers: Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg to Auction Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art
Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg will auction the Diethelm Hoener Collection of 20th Century German Art on Monday, November 5 at 11:00 am. Among the highlights of the collection are two rare beach scenes by Max Liebermann, which illustrate...
Museum of Modern Art: ModernStarts: Places
Landscape painting between 1880 and 1920 ranged from idealized and allegorical depictions of nature, as seen in the ...
Portland Museum of Art: German Expressionist Graphics: The Bradford Collection
The Bradford collection features the work of 16 artists, including self-portraits by Max Beckmann in drypoint, lithography, and woodcut, monumental etchings from Käthe Kollwitz's series on the Peasant War, and prints by Otto Dix that convey the de...
Ketterer Kunst: The Moderne and Gegenwart to be First Autumn Auction
One of the highlights of the auction is a bronze sculpture. Gerhard Marcks’ Schäferin (Shepherdess) is the fourth of seven casts and documents the artist’s new ideas concerning patina. Marcks wrote in 1953: Previously there was too much patina. Bu...
Ketterer Kunst: Spring Auctions Begin With Modern Art on Paper in Hamburg
Nu pour Cleveland was made 14 years earlier. This signed engraving of 1932 by Henri Matisse is more than just an appreciation of femininity. It is estimated at DM 15,000 - 17,000. Another outstanding work of the auction is Marc Chagalls Piro...
Museum of Modern Art: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA
Beginning June 24, 1999, MoMA will present Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA, a display of approximately 100 prints that Mrs. Rockefeller enjoyed in her private collection, before donating them to th...

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