biografia di Hans ARP (1886-1966)
Personal data
Birth : 09/16/1887 - Strasbourg, France
Death : 06/07/1966 - Basel BS, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Germany
Family relations
Husband of Sophie TAEUBER-ARP [ 1889-1943 ]Education
1908 : Académie Julian – 31 rue du Dragon – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1919:He travelled to Cologne, and founded the Cologne DaDa group with Max ERNST and Johannes BAARGELD.
1916:Co-founder of the Zürich DaDa movement.
1912:He went to Munich where he knew KANDINSKY and exhibited semi-figurative drawings at the second Blaue Reiter exhibition.
1904:Visited Paris and was deeply impressed by the modern paintings.
10/20/1922 – 1959:He married Sophie TAEUBER.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage Movements and styles
1916 : Dadaism1912 : Der blaue Reiter
Surrealism
De Stijl
Abstraction
Abstraction/Creation
Modern Sculpture
Works
| Animal de rêve | |
| Date of creation : 1947 Medium : Sculpture Materials : bronze Size : 39 x 25 x 20 cm | |
| Pépin Géant | |
| Date of creation : 1937 Medium : Sculpture | |
| Arrangement According to Laws of chance (Collage with Squares) | |
| Date of creation : 1916-1917 Medium : Collage Size : 49 x 35 cm | |
| Grand Dessin | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
L’invention de la forme
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
03/05/2004 – 06/06/2004
2001
Jean Arp – Invention de Formes
Fundació Joan Miró – Barcelona, Spain
11/23/2001 – 02/24/2002
2000
Metamorphosen
Museum Liner Appenzell – Appenzell AI, Switzerland
2000
1983
Hans Arp, papiers déchirés
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1983
1962
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1962
1958
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1958
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Jan Krugier Gallery – 980 MADISON AVE # 3 – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Hans Mayer – Grabbeplatz 2 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : John Berggruen Gallery – 228 Grant Avenue – San Francisco CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : Galerie Raphaël 12 – Frankfurt, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Von Bartha – Schertlingasse 16 – Basel BS, Switzerland
KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Willem Baars Art Consulting – Henri Polaklaan 12 A – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Walker Fine Art – 13223-1 Black Mountain Road #303 – San Diego CA, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Richard Gray Gallery – Suite 2503 875 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Thessa Herold – 7 rue de Thorigny – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
KunstRAI, n° 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/05/2001 – 06/10/2001
Represented by : Willem Baars Art Consulting – Henri Polaklaan 12 A – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Oberweger – Montjolastrasse 22 – Schruns, Austria
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : William McWillie Chambers III – 319 East 50th Street – New York NY, United States
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Rachel Adler Fine Art – 1200 Broadway – New York NY, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Gallery Erdész & Menshikoff – Bercényi u. 4 – Szentendre, Hungary
Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Rachel Adler Fine Art – 1200 Broadway – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2004
Systèmes de l’art concret
Château de Mouans Sartoux – Mouans-Sartoux, France
06/27/2004 – 10/10/2004
Kurt Schwitters – Jean Arp
Kunstmuseum Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
05/01/2004 – 08/22/2004
La création contemporaine à la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
Campredon – Maison René Char – L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
03/20/2004 – 06/20/2004
2003
Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004
Pour l’amour de Vénus
Donjon de Vez – Vez, France
06/14/2003 – 09/30/2003
Options Sculpture
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
05/06/2003 – 08/31/2003
Sculpture
Grant Selwyn Fine Art – New York NY, United States
05/03/2003 – 06/23/2003
Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003
2002
Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002
Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002
1998
La Collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, un choix au Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
06/16/1998 – 09/19/1999
1997
Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997
1996
Abstraction in the Twentieth Century : total risk, freedom, discipline
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1996
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1959
Picasso, Giacometti, Matisse, Clathworth & Arp
Hanover Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1959
Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959
1955
Documenta 1 – Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/15/1955 – 09/18/1955
1954
27e Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1954
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Periodicals
2004
JOVER Manuel – L’attrape nuages
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 238 p. 37
Paris, France
03/2004
2002
JARQUE Vicente – Jean Arp, o el vanguardista tranquilo
in: Arte y Parte n° 36 p. 52
Santander, Spain
12/2001-01/2002
LEIRIS Michel – Jean Arp
in: Arte y Parte n° 36 p. 50
Santander, Spain
12/2001-01/2002
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