Bernhard Becher

[German Photographer, 1931-2007]

• Also known as:	Bernd Becher
• Relationships:	Husband and collaborator of Hilla Becher. Becher's students include Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Candida Hofer, and Thomas Struth.
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Dallas Museum of Art, Texas   NEW!
Coal Bunkers, 1978

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Armand Hammer Museum of Art at UCLA, California
Gas Tanks (Spherical), 1963

Broad Art Foundation

Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York

Dia:Chelsea, New York City
Installation of photographs

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts   NEW!

Haus der Kunst, Munich (mostly in German)
Images from a 2004 exhibition

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany

Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin   NEW!
Water Towers (Cylindrical)

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
5 photographs online (click "next image" to scroll through photographs)

MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
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Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Cooling Towers

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Silo, Coking Plant 'Eschweiler Reserve' near Aachen, Germany, 1966

S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Belgium

Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam

Tate Gallery, London, UK

Walker Art Center, Minnesota

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Deutsche Börse Group Art Collection, Frankfurt, Germany

The Sender Collection, New York
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Tate Magazine
The Long Look: Michael Collins On Bernd And Hilla Becher

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