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Heinrich Vogeler BIOGRAPHY
1872 Bremen, Germany - 1942 Kazakhstan, Russia. Known for: Figure and landscape painting, book illustration.
Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy. Vogeler was a central... Read full biography
Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy. Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede*, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a... Read full biography
Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy. Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede*, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a cottage there and planted many birch trees around it, which gave the house its new name: Barkenhoff (Low German for Birkenhof, or "birch tree cottage"). In 1901, he married Martha Schröder. He made book... Read full biography
Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy. Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede*, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a cottage there and planted many birch trees around it, which gave the house its new name: Barkenhoff (Low German for Birkenhof, or "birch tree cottage"). In 1901, he married Martha Schröder. He made book illustrations in an art nouveau* style, and executed decorative paintings for the town hall of Bremen shortly before traveling to Ceylon in 1906. During a trip to Lódz, he studied Maxim Gorky's works, which resulted in the development of a deep... Read full biography
Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy. Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede*, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a cottage there and planted many birch trees around it, which gave the house its new name: Barkenhoff (Low German for Birkenhof, or "birch tree cottage"). In 1901, he married Martha Schröder. He made book illustrations in an art nouveau* style, and executed decorative paintings for the town hall of Bremen shortly before traveling to Ceylon in 1906. During a trip to Lódz, he studied Maxim Gorky's works, which resulted in the development of a deep sympathy for the working class. This feeling reached further heights when he saw life in the slums of Glasgow and Manchester during a trip. In... Read full biography
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Heinrich Vogeler was born in Bremen, and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy* from 1890-95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy.
Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede*, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a cottage there and planted many birch trees around it, which gave the house its new name: Barkenhoff (Low German for Birkenhof, or "birch tree cottage"). In 1901, he married Martha Schröder.
He made book illustrations in an art nouveau* style, and executed decorative paintings for the town hall of Bremen shortly before traveling to Ceylon in 1906. During a trip to Lódz, he studied Maxim Gorky's works, which resulted in the development of...But wait, there's more...
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