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Fred Becker - John Henry’s Funeral

John Henry’s Funeral (1935–40)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
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Fred Becker

Frederick Gerhard Becker was an American printmaker and educator.

Becker was born on August 5, 1913, in Oakland, California. Becker was born to a silent film actor, and was raised in Hollywood. In 1933 he moved to New York City where he briefly studied architecture at New York University. He abandoned architecture to become a printmaker. In 1935 he joined the Graphic Arts Division of the Works Project Administration and then became involved with the Atelier 17 printmaking studio in the 1940s before he was drafted into World War II. He was also a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.

Becker began his teaching career after his return from the war. He first taught at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He then taught Washington University in St. Louis where he created the printmaking department. He went on to teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Becker was the recipient of a Tiffany Foundation fellowship and a Yaddo fellowship. In 1957 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship.

Becker died on June 30, 2004, in Amhurst, Massachusetts.

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Aspects of Negro Life; An Idyll of the Deep South (1935)

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By Request

By Request (1936–41)

Charles L. Sallee, Jr. (American, 1913–2006)
Employment Office

Employment Office (1935–36)

Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
Technological Improvements

Technological Improvements (1935 - 1943)

Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Automobile Accident

Automobile Accident (ca. 1936)

Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Women’s House of Detention

Women’s House of Detention (1935 - 1943)

Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Gladys

Gladys (1936)

Will Barnet (American, 1911-2012)
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Landscape (1938)

Walter Ellis Ragsdale Jr. (American, 1924–2011)
Danish Church, San Francisco

Danish Church, San Francisco (ca.1936)

Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh (American, 1890–1944)
Inland, Porto Rico

Inland, Porto Rico (1935 - 1937)

Albert Potter (American, 1903 - 1937)
Mural Study

Mural Study (1936)

Selma Day (American, 1907–1994)
For She Knows Not Sorrow

For She Knows Not Sorrow (ca. 1935-1942)

Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965)
Public Building

Public Building (1935–43)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
CCC Camp Balboa Park

CCC Camp Balboa Park (ca. 1933-1937)

Josephine Joy (American, 1869-1948)
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