Wolfgang Fräger

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Wolfgang Fräger (born August 6, 1923 in Bergkamen ; † May 18, 1983 in Bönen ) was a German painter , graphic artist and sculptor with a strong regional influence. He is considered an artist of European standing. His often symbolic, abstract works are characterized by strong references to the people in mining, industrialization, environmental destruction and religious issues.

Life

After studying at the Werkkunstschule Dortmund from 1940 to 1942, he was called up for military service and imprisonment (1942 to 1947). Between 1947 and 1949 he continued his training with the study of free and applied graphics at the Werkkunstschule Dortmund. He then started working as a freelance painter, graphic artist and sculptor.

In 1951 he received the "Young Westphalia Art Prize" for Westphalia, and in 1952 the 1st prize for the "Thank You Donation of the German People".

Study visits to Paris, Amsterdam and Sweden followed between 1952 and 1958, and a scholarship from the Aldegrever Society, Münster, from 1959 to 1961.

In 1968 the ZDF culture magazine Aspects dedicated an article to him.

In 1979 he received another scholarship from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association for a stay on Gotland, Sweden.

In 1982 he was able to attend a graphics workshop for the Goethe Institute in Nairobi before he died in 1983 at the age of 60.

In the late 1990s, Fräger's hometown Bergkamen named a street after him. In 2008 the municipality of Bönen also named a street after the artist.

Works

  • Woodcut cycle Ars Sacra , cycle on the Passion of Christ and the Revelation of John.

literature

  • Inge Berbecker: Wolfgang Fräger, the graphic work . Kettler, Bönen 1985

swell

  • City of Bergkamen
  • Westfälische Rundschau
  • Wolfgang Fräger Society

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personal data
SURNAME Fräger, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergkamen
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1983
Place of death Bonen