Franz Heckendorf
German · 1888–1962 · Painter, Printmaker
Franz Heckendorf was a German expressionist painter closely associated with the Berlin Secession. He contributed works to the painting event in the art competition at the 1928… (Wikipedia)
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Partie am WannseeGrisebach · €56,250≈ $68,203≈ £48,210Sign up to see
Blick von Caputh auf Schwielowsee und HavelGrisebach · €40,000≈ $44,604≈ £35,476Sign up to see
Gebirgslandschaft mit Fluss und BurgenGrisebach · €18,750≈ $22,734≈ £16,070Sign up to see
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Franz Heckendorf was a German expressionist painter closely associated with the Berlin Secession. He contributed works to the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. His work was highly regarded during the Weimar Republic but from 1937 was classed as entartete Kunst. During World War II, he was incarcerated in various prisons and eventually in Mauthausen concentration camp for helping Jews escape over the Swiss border.
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Expressionism
Also known as f. heckendorf, fr. heckendorf, Franz Heckendorfer, Heckendorf
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