Fritz Mackensen

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Fritz Mackensen (born 6 April 1866 near Kreiensen, Northeim – 12 May 1953 in Bremen) was a German painter of Art Nouveau. He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, and they were the founders of the artists' colony Worpswede. From 1933 to 1935 he was head of the Nordischen Kunsthochschule in Bremen (today University of the Arts Bremen).

[edit] Selected works

paintings

• "Gottesdienst im Freien", museum Hanover
• "Tierbild", museum Oldenburg
• "Die Scholle", museum Weimar

bronze sculpture

• "Alte Frau mit Ziege", Kunsthalle Bremen