Willy von Beckerath

Willy von Beckerath
Von Beckerath c. 1898
Born	(1868-09-28)28 September 1868 Krefeld, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	10 May 1938(1938-05-10) (aged 69) Irschenhausen, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Education	Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Occupations	Painter designer academic teacher
Organizations	Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule, Hamburg
Works	Die ewige Welle (1918)
Children	Hermann [de] Rudolf

Willy von Beckerath (28 September 1868 – 10 May 1938) was a German painter and art professor associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. He was primarily known for portraits, landscapes and murals. From 1902, he was instrumental in the formation of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau. He designed furniture and furnishings for churches. From 1907 to 1931, he was professor at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg (now University of Fine Arts of Hamburg), where he decorated a new assembly hall with a monumental mural over three of its walls, Die ewige Welle [de] (The Eternal Wave).