Fritz Mackensen (born 8 April 1866 in Greene, near Kreiensen,

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– 12 May 1953 in

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) was a German painter of the

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and

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. He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, and was one of the co-founders of the artists' colony at

Worpswede Worpswede (Northern Low Saxon: ''Worpsweed'') is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teufelsmoor, northeast of Bremen. The small town itself is located near the Weyerberg hill. It has bee ...

. From 1933 to 1935 he was head of the ''Nordische Kunsthochschule'' in Bremen (today's University of the Arts Bremen). In 1937 he became a member of the

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. He was buried in the Worpswede Cemetery.

Selected works

;paintings *"Gottesdienst im Freien", Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover *"Tierbild",

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in Oldenburg in Oldenburg *"Die Scholle", museum Weimar ;bronze sculpture *"Alte Frau mit Ziege", Kunsthalle Bremen

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: ''Fritz Mackensen. Der Entdecker Worpswedes.'' (1981), Atelier im Bauernhaus, . 1866 births 1953 deaths People from Northeim (district) People from the Duchy of Brunswick 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists Art Nouveau painters Nazi Party politicians Militant League for German Culture members Stahlhelm members Bauhaus University, Weimar faculty {{Germany-painter-stub