Fritz Mackensen
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Fritz Mackensen (born 8 April 1866 in Greene, near Kreiensen, Duchy of Brunswick – 12 May 1953 in Bremen) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting and Art Nouveau.[1][2] He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, and was one of the co-founders of the artists' colony at Worpswede. From 1933 to 1935 he was head of the Nordische Kunsthochschule in Bremen (today's University of the Arts Bremen). In 1937 he became a member of the Nazi Party. He was buried in the Worpswede Cemetery.
Selected works
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- "Gottesdienst im Freien", Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover
- "Tierbild", State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Oldenburg in Oldenburg
- "Die Scholle", museum Weimar
- bronze sculpture
- "Alte Frau mit Ziege", Kunsthalle Bremen
References
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[edit | edit source]- Klaus Dede: Fritz Mackensen. Der Entdecker Worpswedes. (1981), Atelier im Bauernhaus, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1953 deaths
- People from Northeim (district)
- Artists from the Duchy of Brunswick
- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century German male artists
- German male painters
- 20th-century German painters
- 20th-century German male artists
- Art Nouveau painters
- Nazi Party politicians
- Militant League for German Culture members
- Stahlhelm members
- Academic staff of Bauhaus University, Weimar
- Düsseldorf school of painting
- Academic staff of the University of the Arts Bremen
- German painter, 19th-century birth stubs