Heinrich Campendonk
Heinrich Campendonk Krefeld 1889 - Amsterdam 1957 After his studies under the Dutch artist Johan Thorn Prikker at the Krefeld "Kunstgewerbeschule ", Heinrich Campendonk followed Franz Marc's invitation to the Bavarian village of Sindelsdorf and moved there in 1911. At that time Heinrich Campendonk already found the basic subject of his works: the depiction of harmony between man and beast, Creation, the infinite circle of life and death. He produced paintings, watercolors, gouaches and his first woodcuts. In Sindelsdorf the artist met other members of the ''Blaue Reiter'' group and participated in one of the group's exhibitions that very same year. Two years later, Heinrich Campendonk also showed his work together with the "Blauer Reiter" at the "Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon" at Herwarth Walden's gallery "Der Sturm" in Berlin. During these years Campendonk's artwork was influenced by