Bodo Francke
Bodo Francke (born December 27, 1918 in Berlin , † 1977 in Wuppertal ) was a German painter of abstract art. His representational works are similar in color and form to the abstract ones.
Life
Francke studied art history and theater studies in Berlin and Düsseldorf . He was a student of Heinrich Nauen . After his first exhibition was closed prematurely in 1938, he exhibited together with Käthe Kollwitz in 1939 , after which he emigrated to France on the grounds of a study visit.
After 1945 Francke lived in Prenzlauer Berg and belonged there to the circle around the Löwinski bookstore and the painter Paul Rosié . When political pressure made work difficult, he moved to West Berlin in 1959 and from there to the Federal Republic.
With his works in the style of the Paris School, he was involved in all major German post-war exhibitions and was considered a representative of Classical Modernism and the lost generation . With him the language of the line of the objective phase dissolves into the abstract and vice versa.
Exhibitions (selection)
- "Young Generation - Works by the Younger", organized in 1947 by the Greater Berlin City Council
- "Bodo Francke", November 14-29, 1983, in the Urania, Berlin
literature
- Link, Erich: Archivarion Paper 6: "Bodo Francke", Berlin 1949,
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francke, Bodo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of abstract and concrete art as well as representatives of constructivism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |
| Place of death | Wuppertal |