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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Hartung, Hans (1904 - 1989) France
T46-17, 1946
Oil on canvas; 81 x 100 cm Art Informel
UID 102-250
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Biography
French painter, draughtsman and photographer of German birth, Hans Hartung showed a special interest in painting from an early age. He had an early enthusiasm for the work of Rembrandt and, later, for the work of the Expressionists, particularly Oskar Kokoschka and Emil Nolde. Despite having painted and drawn in an abstract form, Hartung only came into contact with the movement in 1925 at a lecture given by Vassily Kandinsky at the Kunstakademie. In 1926 at the Internatinale Kunstausstellung in Dresden, he first saw modern works by foreign painters such as Rousseau, Picasso, Georges Pouault, Matisse and Braque. In 1932, he went to the island of Minorca and, two years later, abandoned Cubism to return to a more instinctive style that he had developed in his watercolours and charcoal and chalk drawings in 1932-34. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Indépendants and, in 1947, held his first one-man show on his return to Paris. In 1952-54, his work became more static, more serene and, at the end of this decade, Hartung, together with Fautrier, Wolls and Riopelle, became one of the most important painters in the Paris school. In 1955 and 1964, he took part in Documenta 1 and 3, in Kassel. In 1956, he received the Guggenheim prize and, in 1964, the International Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale. In 1981, he received the Oskar Kokoschka prize from the Austrian Republic. His last works were, generally, more varied, combining diverse forms in a genuinely abstract style, anticipating Informal Art.
Exhibitions
Hans Hartung (Basel) Kunsthalle (Basel), Germany 23-02-1952 ~ 23-03-1952
Maîtres Impressionnistes et Modernes Galerie Daniel Malingue, France 10-11-1988 ~ 24-12-1988
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Collecção Berardo Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Portugal 06-03-2002 ~ 16-06-2002
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Contemporâneos de Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva ISBN 9728467192
Maîtres Impressionnistes et Modernes, 1990 Published by Galerie Daniel Malingue
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
Walter Bodmer, Basel – Hans Hartung, 1952 Published by Kunsthalle
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