P r o f . D r. W o l f g a n g B e c k e r
Gründungsdirektor der Neuen Galerie – Sammlung Ludwig 1970 und des Ludwig Forums für Internationale Kunst in Aachen 1990 i.R. –
Mitglied/ Member ICOM
Frei schaffender Kunstkritiker und Kunstberater
Lebt mit Frau Sonja und Sohn Jakob in Aachen

Foto: Friedhelm Petrovitsch 2017 vor Gemälde von Roland Mertens Bocca della Verità

Former Founding Director of the Neue Galerie – Ludwig Collection 1970 and the Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen 1990
Member ICOM
Free Lance Art Critic and Art Consultant
Lives in Aachen with his wife Sonja and their son Jakob

Born 1936 in Hannover
Art History Studies at the Universities of Cologne, Bonn and Paris
Cologne doctor thesis on „Paris and German Painting 1760-1840“
Collaboration with Irene and Peter Ludwig as Collectors of Contemporary Art in Cologne and Aachen since 1968
Founder and Director of the City Museum „Neue Galerie – Ludwig Collection“ since 1970
Professor of Art History at the Aachen High School since 1989
Chevalier de l´Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, 1990
Founder and Director of the Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen since 1991
Distincion por la Cultura Nacional de Cuba 1995
Golden Laury of the Society of Austrian artists 2007

Mobil +49-178-5152530
wbecker@heimat.de
beckeraachen@gmail.com
http://www.wbecker.kulturserver.de
http://www.wasserkunst-ac.de