Hilla Becher

1934 Born in Potsdam, Germany

2015 Died in Düsseldorf, Germany

Education

1957-61 Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf

Bernd Becher

1931 Born in Siegen, Germany

2007 Died in Rostock, Germany

Education

1953-56 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart

1957-61 Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf

Awards and Grants

2014 Rheinischer Kulturpreis

2004 Hasselblad Award, Göteborg

2004 Preisträger Kultursalon Düsseldorf e.V.

2002 Erasmuspreis, Praemium Erasmianum, Amsterdam

1994 Goslarer Kaiserring

1990 Golden Lion of the Biennale in Venice

The artists worked together since 1959