Fritz Burkhardt - Artist Info

About Fritz Burkhardt

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Fritz Burckhardt
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    Fritz Burkhardt (Arnstein 1900 - Munich 1983)

    Burkhardt grew up in Herschbruck near Nürnberg.

    From 1914 - 1920 he studied in Eichstätt, where he met Eduard Aigner.

    1921 stayed in Iphofen

    From 1924 - 1927 he studied at de Art Academy In Munich under Adolf Schinnerer

    1928 scholarship of the city of Munich and journey to Italy

    1930 - 1934 Membership of the 'Juryfreien'

    1931 Start of the friendship with Max Radler

    1934 Won the Albrecht Dürer price of the city of Nürnberg and journeyed to Paris

    During the Nazi regime he worked 'underground', but was not very productive

    In 1945 his workshop - as well as most of his work - was destroyed in a bombardment on Munich

    1946 Co-...

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