Hinrich Fokken-Esens
Hinrich Fokken-Esens , actually Hinrich Fokken , (born July 31, 1889 in Esens , † 1976 in Bremen ) was a German painter .
biography
Fokken completed an apprenticeship as a painter and worked as a painter's assistant from 1908 to 1910. He then moved to Bremen and had a painting business on Nordstrasse . After 1920 he was also active as an artist. In 1927 he passed the master craftsman examination and founded a company for higher demands in painting. Among other things, he designed stage sets and festival decorations. Now many views of Bremen and North German landscapes were created, primarily from East Frisia as oil paintings and watercolors . He designed numerous artist festivals, particularly in the Centralhallen in Bremen, and was represented in several art exhibitions. He was a member of the Bremen Artists Association and since 1951 of the Association of Visual Artists of Northwest Germany . During the Second World War , his house and workshop with around 200 pictures burned down. He lived and worked first in a barrack in Bremen- Findorff , later in a studio house on Otto-Finsch-Strasse in Bremen- Walle .
He added his hometown Esens to his name in order to distinguish himself from the Bremen painter Johann or Jan Fokken (1881–1962), son of the captain Hinricus Fokken.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Web links
- * Entry in the Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (PDF file; 50 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fokken-Esens, Hinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fokken, Hinrich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Esens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1976 |
| Place of death | Bremen |