The Wonderful Unknown: An Analysis of Erich Heckel

The Wonderful Unknown: An Analysis of Erich Heckel
Through this time period the feminist movement in Europe was growing rapidly. During the eighteenth century is actually when the term feminism started to be used. More and more rights were being granted to women around the world, but still they were not equal. Also, during this time is when World War I was fought. The Great War brought down many countries and destroyed many, but because of this tragic event there has been a massive deal of new art. These events alone caused a boundless change in the art world; music and paintings began to reflect what went on around them. The modern era was a time of rapid change and there was many events that influenced the arts. Erich Heckel is a painter, an expressionist, and a modern era artist.
Heckel is not a well know painter compared to others in his time period. People mostly looked over his work, but he has great contributions to the modern era of art. He is a German painter and he was born in Döbeln in 1883 (Brucke Museum). Also Erich Heckel was a part of a grouped school called Die Brucke, which can be translated as “the bridge.” According to Jill Lloyd, “Heckel, who alongside his own artistic activities managed the business affairs for the Brucke from 1905 to 1913, was a less dramatic figure than Kirchner both as an artist and as a personality” (787). Heckel does have strong importance to his time, but even with that he does not really have much to compare to big artist around his era, such as Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. This happens with many worthy artist, they are overshadowed by others that people just seem to know more about. In Heckel’s painting Two painters at the Table, one can really see his art style (Cunningham, ...

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...in their art. Most of the feeling will be in the character’s faces. This painter is barely known, but he does contribute to his German culture and adds some diversity. Just because an illustrator is only known by few does not mean they are less of an artist.

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