Frederick G. Becker

Frederick Gerhard Becker (1913-2004) was an American printmaker and educator.

Biography 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. He was also a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.thumb 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 (now a part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts) . He went on to teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Becker died on June 30, 2004, in Amherst, Massachusetts. the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.