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Bernd and Hilla Becher Biography
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1931 |
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Bernd Becher born in Siegen District, Germany
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1934 |
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Hilla Becher born in Berlin, Germany
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1953 - 1956 |
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Bernd Becher studied lithography and painting at the Staatliche Akademie der Blidenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
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1959 |
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The two artists collaborated for the first time
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1957 - 1961 |
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Bernd Becher studied typography at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1961 |
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The two artists got married
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1963 |
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Had their first gallery show in Siegen at the Galerie Ruth Nohl
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1991 |
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Recipient, the Leone d’Oro award for sculpture at the Venic e Biennale
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Recipient, the Erasmus Prize
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2007 |
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Bernd Becher died in Rostock, Germany on June 26th
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Der Westen leuchtet, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
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2009
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1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (group)
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2009
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Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures 1945-1989, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin/Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, Germany (group)
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2008 - 2009
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Made in Munich, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2008
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Die Hande der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford
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2008
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Second Thoughts, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hundson, NY
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2007
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20 ans du Musee d'Art Moderne - L'art apres 1960 dans les collections, Musee d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
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2006
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Dusseldorf School of Photography and Contemporary Western Masters, Hannart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR
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2004
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'Early works', Andre Simoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
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2002
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The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2002
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Augenblick – Foto/Kunst in der Sammlung Essl, Sammlung Ess, Klosterneuburg
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2002
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Positionen der Fotografie, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
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2002
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documenta 11, Kassel
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2001
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Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gallery Zwirner & Wirth, New York (solo)
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1999
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Photographische Sammlung – SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln (solo)
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1994
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Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster (solo)
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1993
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco (solo)
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1991
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Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg (solo)
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1990
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York (solo)
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1990
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne (solo)
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1990
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Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (solo)
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1990
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DIA Art Foundation NY (solo)
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1990
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Typologies, XLIV Venice Biennale, Kolnischer Kunstverein, etc. Italy; Germany; Cambridge, MA; Cleveland, OH (solo)
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| Literature |
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Wassertürme, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1988
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Klaus Bussmann: Bernd & Hilla Becher – Typologien - Typologies, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1990
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Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tipples, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1991
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Häuser und Hallen, Hrsg. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 1992
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Grundformen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1993
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Fabrikhallen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1994
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Zeche Hannibal, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1995
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August Sander, Karl Blossfeldt, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bernd und Hilla Becher – Vergleichende Konzeptionen, Hrsg. Photographische Sammlung, Köln 1997
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Thierry de Duve: Basic Forms, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1999
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Fachwerkhäuser, Hrsg. Martina Doppe, Museum für Kunst der Gegenwart, Siegen 2001
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Industrielandschaften, Schirmer/Mosel, München 2002
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Gasbehälter, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1993/2002
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Hochöfen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1990/2002
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