Bernd & Hilla Becher

1931

Bernd Becher born in Siegen

1934

Hilla Becher (née Wobeser) born in Potsdam

1947-1950

Bernd Becher completes an apprenticeship as decorator

1950er

Hilla Wobeser completes a photography apprenticeship and worked as a freelance photographer in Hamburg and Dusseldorf

1953-1956

Bernd Becher studies at the State Academy of Art in Stuttgart

1957-1961

Bernd Becher studies typography at Düsseldorf State Art Academy

1959

Start of the collaboration between Bernd Becher and Hilla Wobeser

1961

Marriage of Bernd and Hilla Becher

1967

Bernd Becher is appointed professor at Düsseldorf State Art Academy

1972

Participiation in documenta 5 (Also: 1977, 1982, 2002)

1990

Golden Lion for sculpture at the Biennale in Venice

2002

Praemium Erasmianum, Amsterdam

2004

Hasselblad Award, Göteborg

2007

Bernd Becher died on the 22th June in Rostock

2015

Hilla Becher died on the 10th October in Dusseldorf

2022

“Bernd & Hilla Becher”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

2018

“Bernd und Hilla Becher. Bergwerke und Hütten”, Josef Albers Museum. Quadrat, Bottrop

2008

“Bernd and Hilla Becher: Landscape/Typology”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

“Bernd and Hilla Becher: Basic Forms”, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

2005

"Bernd und Hilla Becher - Typologien industrieller Bauten", Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

"Bernd & Hilla Becher - The Basic Shapes of Industrial Building", Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway

2004

“Bernd et Hilla Becher“, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

"Bernd & Hilla Becher - Typologien industrieller Bauten", Haus der Kunst, Munich

2003

“Typologien industrieller Bauten“, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

2002

“Industriële Structuren werk van Bernd & Hilla Becher”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001

“Bernd und Hilla Becher. Häuser“, Centre de la photographie, Geneve, Switzerland

1989

Dia Art Foundation, New York, USA

1985

Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen

ARC/Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

1981

“Bernd und Hilla Becher – Arbeiten 1957-1981“, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

1978

Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal

1975

“Projects: Bernd and Hilla Becher“, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA