Hans Hartung

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Hans Hartung was a German-French abstract painter known for his gestural, calligraphic style and as a leading figure in European postwar abstraction.

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Hans Hartung canonical 5

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instanceOf German-French artist ⓘ
abstract painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Prix International de Peinture ⓘ
Kandinsky Prize ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1904-09-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Leipzig ⓘ
deathCountry France ⓘ
deathDate 1989-12-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Antibes ⓘ
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts Dresden ⓘ
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig ⓘ
familyName Hartung ⓘ
genre abstract painting ⓘ
givenName Hans ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Centre Pompidou ⓘ
Guggenheim Museum, New York ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
influenced European abstract painters after World War II ⓘ
influencedBy German Expressionism ⓘ
Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ
knownFor European postwar abstraction ⓘ
dynamic brushwork ⓘ
scratched and sprayed surfaces ⓘ
lost part of his right leg in World War II ⓘ
militaryConflict World War II ⓘ
movement Art informel ⓘ
linked to: Art Informel

Lyrical abstraction ⓘ
Tachisme ⓘ
linked to: Art Informel

abstract art ⓘ
name Hans Hartung ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
German ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
participatedIn documenta II ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)

documenta III ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)

documenta IV ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)
residence Antibes ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
servedIn French Foreign Legion ⓘ
spouse Anna-Eva Bergman ⓘ
style calligraphic abstraction ⓘ
gestural abstraction ⓘ

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