Franz Heckendorf Explained

Franz Heckendorf
Nationality:German
Occupation:Painter
Birth Date:5 November 1888
Birth Place:Schöneberg, Germany
Death Place:Munich, Germany

Franz Heckendorf (5 November 1888  - 17 August 1962) was a German expressionist painter closely associated with the Berlin Secession. He contributed works to the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] His work was highly regarded during the Weimar Republic but from 1937 was classed as entartete Kunst.[2] During World War II, he was incarcerated in various prisons and eventually in Mauthausen concentration camp for helping Jews escape over the Swiss border.

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  1. Web site: Franz Heckendorf . Olympedia . 28 July 2020.
  2. http://emuseum.campus.fu-berlin.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&lang=de/ Freie Universität Berlin: Datenbank Entartete Kunst