Bernd Becher
- Wikidata
- Q16947617
- Introduction
- Born 20 August 1931. Becher worked as a painter and decorator in Seigen, Germany from 1947 to 1950. From 1953 to 1956, Becher studied painting and lithography at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Stuttgart, Germany. Becher studied typography at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, from 1957 to 1961. In 1959 Becher began to work with Hilla Wobeser in Düsseldorf, Germany as freelance artistic and industrial photographers. In 1961 the Bechers married and began to develop a project of documentary photography of industrial constructions in the Netherlands. In 1974-1975 and 1977-1978, the Bechers photographed in Pennsylvania, United States. Since 1976, Bernd Becher has been a professor of photography at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf.
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Teacher, Lithographer, Typographer, Painter, Photographer
- Names
- Bernd Becher, Bernhard Becher
- Ulan
- 500027822
Exhibitions
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415: Idea Art
Ongoing
MoMA
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The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel
Oct 29, 2016–May 7, 2017
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
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The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook
Apr 16, 2012–Apr 21, 2013
MoMA
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Bernd Becher has
20 exhibitionsonline.
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Fforchaman Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom 1966
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Anonymous Sculpture 1970
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Knutange, Lorraine, France 1971
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Hannover Mine 1/2/5, Bochum-Hordel, Ruhr Region, Germany 1973
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Framework Houses 1959-73
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Coal Mine, Bear Valley, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States 1974
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Consolidation Mine, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Region, Germany 1974
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Coal Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania 1975
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Terre Rouge, Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg 1979
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Charette Works, Liège, Belgium 1980
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Ensley, Alabama, United States 1982
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Water Towers 1988
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Industrial Façades 1978-92
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Water Towers 1963-93
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Winding Towers 1966-97
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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Ruhr Region, Germany 1999
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