GEORG HECK

works

Constructive, 1976, color woodcut, 87 x 58 cm
approx. 16 x 24 cm
18 x 14 cm
Color woodcut, 1950s, 63 x 72 cm
Abstract color composition, 1963, watercolor, 28 x 38 cm
Untitled, no year, 16 x 24.5 cm, color woodcut, signed and framed
Abstract color composition, 1966, watercolor on paper, 39 x 51 cm
The silent companions, 1954, color woodcut, 69 x 57 cm
1944, ca. 55 x 40 cm
14.5 x 14 cm
Last Station, 1950, color woodcut, 90 x 61 cm, signed
1949, woodcut, 93 x 62 cm
Constructive, 1970, woodcut, 48 x 71 cm
Untitled, 1975, color woodcut, 21,5 x 13,5 cm, signed
Cleaning, 1954, color woodcut, 85 x 60 cm
Fantasy, 1965, woodcut, 67.5 x 52 cm, signed
1967, ca. 22 x 32 cm
56.5 x 80 cm
Mourners, 1950, woodcut, 86 x 61.5 cm, signed

biography

1911-14
Training as a blacksmith

1923
Student at the Städelschule Frankfurt/Main in Eggersdörfer's landscape class

1928-32
Städelschule in the master class with Max Beckmann

1929
Mural in the casino of the I.G. Farben building, his most important work

from 1933
he was considered "degenerate" and his paintings were burned on the Römerberg,

1944
Loss of his personal belongings and his artistic work due to the bombing of the Carmelite monastery in Frankfurt/Main

1945
Military service and captivity

from 1946
freelance artist, co-founder of the Frankfurt Secession
Although Heck organized more than a hundred exhibitions and was in contact with many artists and cultural figures, his financial situation remained precarious throughout his life.

1982
dies in Frankfurt am Main

2005
Uncovering the mural in the casino of the I.G.-Farben-Haus (now Goethe University)