Carl Leonhard Becker
Carl Leonhard Becker (born May 5, 1843 in Bonn ; † January 6, 1917 there ; ± Alter Friedhof Bonn ) was a German painter and engraver.
Life
Becker came from the old Bonn art gardener and landscape gardener family Becker . His father was the art gardener and draftsman Anton Becker. He was married to Franziska Berke. His son was the painter Hans-Josef Becker-Leber , married to the painter Sophia Becker-Leber . His grandson, son of the aforementioned, was the draftsman and graphic artist Helmar Becker-Berke . His daughter Elisabeth (1874–1942) was married to the well-known philosopher Joseph Geyser . His granddaughter was the federal judge Maria Elisabeth Geyser .
Becker studied at the Berlin Academy and worked primarily as a painter and illustrator. Becker became famous for drawing and engraving Greek coins. Later he made numerous bookplates .
Becker was also a passionate baritone singer and sang in concerts.
Works
photos
Self-portrait 1879
Franziska Berke
Franziska Berke
Grandfather's nursery
in Bonn 1869
House of K.St.V. Arminia Bonn 1900
Apollo from Naxos 1901
Greek coins
Commissioned portraits
- Julius Wolff (1834–1910), cloth manufacturer, writer and founder of the "Harzer Zeitung" (1880)
Illustrations
- Wilhelm Philipp Alfred Ferdinand von der Horst, Seven Gemstones , Minden 1879
bookplate
- Fedor von Zobeltitz , writer
literature
- Wolfgang Mecklenburg a. a., Carl Leonhard Becker in: Ex libris: Book Art and Applied Graphics , Volume 3, 1813, pp. 89f
- Hans Vollmer, General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , Volume V, p. 283.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Carl Leonhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1917 |
| Place of death | Bonn |