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Painting
by the German painter Franz Heckendorf. Hand signed. Still life with
fruit in front of an interior in strong, bright colors. Expressive
realism. Material: watercolor, mixed media. Frame dimensions: 34 x 41 x 2
cm. Image detail: 20 x 28 cm. With gray passepartout behind glass in a
wooden frame (marbled with gold strip). Very good, clean condition. see
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About the artist:
Friedrich
Heinrich Franz Heckendorf (1888-1962) was a German painter and graphic
artist who was particularly successful in the Weimar Republic. Studied
at the Berlin School of Arts and Crafts and at the Berlin Academy of
Arts. Special exhibition at the Kestner Society in Hanover in the early
summer of 1918. His paintings found their way into the collections of
prominent democratic politicians such as Matthias Erzberger and Walther
Rathenau, and one of his paintings of the constitutional celebration in
front of the Berlin Reichstag in 1929 was purchased by the Reich
Chancellor. After the Second World War, working at the Academy of Fine
Arts Vienna.
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