Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Illustration — Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, pen drawn by Jules Pascin, 1906 Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann (17 July 1883 – 11 December 1973) was a German painter and art writer from Hamburg. He was a member of the Hamburgische Künstlerclub of 1897, as well as of the Hamburg artist's workshop of 1832 and pupil of the Académie Matisse in Paris. In 1913, he met the Russian painter Alexandra Povorina, whom he married in 1916.
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Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Jules Pascin · Buch "das Café du Dome und die Académie Matisse" K.F.Schimper-Verlag · Public domain
- Born
- 1883 · Hamburg.
- Died
- 1973 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher · writer · art historian · lithographer · draftsperson
- Education
- Académie Matisse
- Honours
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Berliner Kunstpreis
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, pen drawn by Jules Pascin, 1906 Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann (17 July 1883 – 11 December 1973) was a German painter and art writer from Hamburg. He was a member of the Hamburgische Künstlerclub of 1897, as well as of the Hamburg artist's workshop of 1832 and pupil of the Académie Matisse in Paris. In 1913, he met the Russian painter Alexandra Povorina, whom he married in 1916.
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Born at Hamburg in 1883, died in Berlin in 1973.
Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann studied at Académie Matisse. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Hamburg and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Work by Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann is recorded in the collections of Berlinische Galerie, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Neue Nationalgalerie, Wallraf–Richartz Museum and Museum Wiesbaden. Distinctions recorded are Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Berliner Kunstpreis.
Honory grave of German painter Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann in Dankes-Friedhof, Berlin-Reinickendorf
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