Moderni/Eduard Bargheer

Eduard
Bargheer

Biography

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Eduard Bargheer born 1901 in Finkenerder near Hamburg (D) and died 1979 in Blankensee near Hamburg. In 1925 Bargheer visited Italy for the first time. His deep affection for Italy and its culture was to be a principal theme of his life. In 1929, he became a member of the Hamburg Secession. in 1939, Bargheer left Germany for Ischia. After the war, he took part in documenta I in Kassel in 1955 and in documenta II in 1959. He was made an honorary citizen of Forio/Ischia in 1948; while still retaining his German nationality, he received Italian citizenship in 1951.

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