Franziska Becker (born 10 July 1949) is a German cartoonist.

Biography

Franziska Becker was born in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

in 1949. After she had passed her school leaving examination there, she completed an auxiliary training as a medical technical assistant. Between 1972 and 1976 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. Among others she was taught by

Markus Lüpertz Markus Lüpertz (born 25 April 1941) is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggest ...

. In 1973 she became involved in the feminist movement in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

where she also met Alice Schwarzer. Her first cartoon appeared in the first issue of the magazine

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. Since then Becker's cartoons, caricatures and illustrations have appeared in numerous other magazines and journals. She also published twenty books. In 1988 Becker was awarded the Max and Moritz Prize for best comic artist. In 2010, a solo exhibition dedicated to her was shown at the

Caricatura Museum Frankfurt The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and additionally exhi ...

, comprising around 300 objects. In 2019 she was awarded the ''Hedwig Dohm certificate'', which was criticised for her portrayal of women wearing headscarves.

Awards

* 1988:

Max & Moritz Prize The Max & Moritz Prize is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials which has been awarded at each of the biennial International Comics Shows of Erlangen since 1984. It is open to all material published in Germany. 1984 ...

* 2012: ''Göttinger Elch'' * 2013: Wilhelm Busch Prize * 2019: ''Hedwig-Dohm-Urkunde''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Franziska German cartoonists German feminists German editorial cartoonists German women cartoonists German women illustrators German caricaturists Women caricaturists German comics artists German female comics artists Artists from Mannheim 1949 births Living people