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Fuhrken was already involved in the youth movement and the Wandervogel as a teenager and illustrated the logbook with pen drawings. His first graphic works were still entirely indebted to Art Nouveau. During the First World War he served as a volunteer on the Russian front and as a regimental draftsman. He became a prisoner of war in England, where he came into contact with expressionist ideas, especially those of “Blauer Reiter,” through the imprisoned Otto Nebel and Karl Tangerding. After his release in 1919, Fuhrken took up his first teaching position at a primary school in Bremen, became a member of the Bremen Artists' Association, the Northwest German Artists' Association and the artist group “Neuwerker” around Willy Menz. In 1921 he founded the artist group “Der Fels” together with his former campmates Franz Bronstert and Georg Philipp Wörlen. In 1922 Reinhard Hilker and Carry Hauser were accepted as members. Fuhrken visited Alfred Kubin and was fascinated by his mysterious, dark works. In 1924 he moved to Bremen. He also maintained a lifelong friendship with Otto Modersohn and Fritz Stuckenberg. Between 1925 and 1927 Fuhrken studied at the art academy in Kassel. In 1939 Fuhrken was called up and deployed to Russia and France. He suffered from the horrific war experiences in Stalingrad and took his own life near Hesdin in northern France in 1943.


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