Fritz Mackensen

Fritz Mackensen (8 April 1866 – 12 May 1953) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting and Art Nouveau. He was a friend of Otto Modersohn and Hans am Ende, and was one of the co-founders of the artists' colony at Worpswede. From 1933 to 1935 he was head of the Nordische Kunsthochschule in Bremen (today's University of the Arts Bremen). In 1937 he became a member of the Nazi Party. He was buried in the Worpswede Cemetery.

Selected works paintings "Gottesdienst im Freien", Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover "Tierbild", State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Oldenburg in Oldenburg "Die Scholle", museum Weimar bronze sculpture "Alte Frau mit Ziege", Kunsthalle Bremen