War shifted Hartung’s world view. Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He subsequently studied at the Fine Arts academy of Dresden, where he copied the paintings of the masters. Informacje o okolicy grobu Hans Hartung (Urodzony/a: 8 Dec 1916) at Maissemy German Cemetery in Maissemy, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France from BillionGraves He was rejected from Nazi Germany on account of being a 'degenerate', because his painting style was associated with Cubism – an art movement incompatible with Nazi Germany's ideals. He developed his appreciation for German painters early in his life and enrolled in the Fine Arts academy of Dresden where he replicated paintings of the masters. A series of limpid and tentatively emotional watercolours produced when Hartung was 18 show that, while not yet eloquent, he already possessed the vocabulary with which he would so fluently express himself from the late 1940s onwards. In 1973, Hartung and his wife, the Norwegian artist Anna-Eva Bergman, left Paris for Antibes and Champs des Oliviers, a home and studio Hartung had designed. Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. He was arrested and detained by the authorities, locked in a red-painted cell in the hope that it would disrupt his vision. In 1924 he enrolled in Leipzig University, where he studied philosophy and art history. Hans Hartung was a French-German artist known for his lyrical abstractions and involvement in the Art Informel movement. Hans Heinrich Ernst Hartung (* 21. září 1904, Lipsko, Německo - 8. prosince 1989, Antibes, Francie) byl německý abstraktní malíř a grafik, známý svou spontánní gestickou malbou.Je řazen k předním představitelům informelu a tašismu. Od 1915 uczęszczał do Gimnazjum Humanistycznego w Dreźnie, gdzie uzyskał maturę. Oil on canvas. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion. ‘Death in itself is not very welcome,’ Hartung wrote in his 1976 autobiography Self-Portrait. Hartung developed a vigorously gestural and linear style in the early 1930s. Han er rekna for å vere ein av dei viktigaste representantane for abstrakt kunst, og opphavsmannen til den franske kunstretninga tachisme (fransk tache, «flekk») på 1950-talet, der han stod for ein nonfigurativ kalligrafisk versjon. Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. ), French painter of German origins, one of the leading European exponents of a completely abstract style of painting.He became particularly well known for his carefully composed, almost calligraphic arrangements of black lines on coloured backgrounds. 8 grudnia 1989 w Antibes we Francji) – niemiecko–francuski malarz i grafik. A French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, once described the painter Hans Hartung as ‘one of those who constructed the new pictorial language of our time’. He was closely followed by the Gestapo and arrested for seven months by the French police. His work became less structured, literally more organic. The move to Provence saw a change in technique. As a consequence, Hartung’s work lacks the raw — at times almost physical — aggression of his US counterparts. Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. Title: ... For the time being he could only afford a little shop where he could work at improving his technique. The move to Provence saw a change in technique. He was closely followed by the Gestapo and arrested for seven months by the French police. sheet 56 cm x 76 cm Dim. In a bloody battle at Belfort near Strasbourg, Hartung, stretchering a fallen comrade to safety, was severely wounded. Offered in Paris Avant-garde on 22 October 2020 at Christie’s in Paris. Hans Hartung can be considered, in terms of age – being almost a generation older than Mathieu and Soulages – as well as stylish precocity, the European precursor of that research conventionally grouped under the label “Signic Informalism”. Believing that painting should record and evoke his immediate inner experiences, tensions and energies, he rejected observation and memory as possible starting points and relied instead on spontaneous feeling and direct physical action. In the 1950s, he would often begin by making a small ‘model’ of a painting, perfecting that before creating the larger version by employing a gridded system similar to that used by industrial designers. In 1928 he visited Munich where he studied painting technique with Max Doerner. View Hans Hartung’s 6,384 artworks on artnet. References. Taking branches from the trees outside his studio, Hartung dipped them in paint and thrashed them across the canvas, making vivid explosions of colour that hinted at sunlit liberation. your own Pins on Pinterest Image courtesy of Hans Hartung From 11 October 2019 to 01 March 2020. Yet, Hartung’s paintings from the late 1940s and 50s were carefully planned. May 3, 2014 - Explore Kirk Menser's board "Hans Hartung" on Pinterest. Hans Hartung. The full text of the article is here →, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hartung. Taking branches from the trees outside his studio, Hartung dipped them in paint and thrashed them across the canvas, making … I had found a method to spray the canvas with colour—first using an inverted vacuum-cleaner and later with a compressor—and I used both techniques simultaneously.” Hans Hartung , 1962. After studying art in Leipzig, Dresden and Munich, Hartung, whose work was deemed ‘degenerate’ by Hitler’s regime, left Germany for good in 1935. Hartung was born in Leipzig, Germany into an artistic family. There was both pattern and precision to his work. Estimate: €1,100,000-1,500,000. Now a French citizen, he emerged as a leading figure of the Taschists, a group of lyrical abstractionists that included, among others, Pierre Soulages, Jean-Paul Riopelle and Nicolas de Staël. This work was produced by the German artist Hans Hartung in 1982, when he was living and working in Antibes in south-east France. 1. Discover (and save!) See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Artist in Focus: an artist's imagination usually with a CV and a selection of several plants and the usually limited to around 20 different works of art, so you can get … Hartung was born in Leipzig, Germany into an artistic family. 2014. A resolute advocate of abstraction, Franco-German artist Hans Hartung is considered one of the most important representatives of European art informel. Looking from a contemporary stance, the intensity and progressiveness of his innovative activity contributed to him being perceived as one of the major figures of post-war art. Settling in Paris, where he became assistant to the Catalan sculptor and Picasso collaborator Julio González, Hartung painted, gradually removing any traces of the figurative from his work, and awaited the inevitable outcome of Germany’s aggression. Privacy Policy. 15 - WIDEWALLS님이 찾은 핀입니다. In this technique, one typically attempts to scratch and remove the chromatic pigment spread on a prepared support (the canvas or other material) in order to move the surface and make it dynamic. In 1942, with the Gestapo ever more vicious in their pursuit of anti-Nazi elements, Hartung moved to Spain and then to North Africa where he re-enlisted in the legion, now part of Charles de Gaulle’s Free French army, and took part in the Allied invasion of the French Riviera. Get the best stories from Christies.com in a weekly email, *We will never sell or rent your information. 1 Life 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Hartung was born in Leipzig, Germany into an artistic family. 21 września 1904 w Lipsku, zm. Helen Frankenthaler Abstract Lines American Artists Painting Landscape Museum Art Paint Painting Art Grattage (literally "scratching", "scraping") is a technique in surrealist painting which consists in "scratching" fresh paint with a sharp blade.. Yet although his work appeared spontaneous, there was a strict method to it. He began with drawings, which were then meticulously transferred to the canvas using a special grid-technique. The death of his father in 1932 severed Hartung's last bonds with Germany. Hans Hartung (1904-1989), T1949-23, 1949. Astonishingly, it would be another four years before he attended an exhibition of contemporary painting in Dresden and saw work — by Kandinsky, Joan Miró and others — that chimed with his own ambition to ‘act on canvas’ and inspired him to render with pigment the otherwise inexpressible feelings that swirled within him. It was executed on a single piece of medium-weight, commercially primed linen, which was placed on top of a second piece of unprimed linen, after which both were attached to a softwood stretcher. Hans Hartung was a German-French painter best known for gestural abstract art. He was able to flee the country with the help of his friend Christian Zervos. The astonishing artistic practice of Hans Hartung was largely framed by the agenda of rethinking and upgrading abstraction. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry. Working with a mix of acrylic paint, ink, chalk and pastels on canvas or cardboard, Hartung would scratch, scrape and reapply pigment in the whirls and thatched lines that came to be emblematic of his painting. Pinterest에서 회원님만의 핀을 찾아 저장하세요. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Hartung loved astronomy and studied mathematics, naming his paintings with a system of letters and numbers resembling some arcane military code. In 1939 Hartung married González’s daughter Roberta. If his style appeared to be spontaneously present, its development would be hindered and ultimately liberated by world events. Hans Hartung, né le 21 septembre 1904 à Leipzig, et mort le 7 décembre 1989 à Antibes, est un peintre français, photographe et architecte d'origine allemande, l'un des plus grands représentants de l'art abstrait. As the Germans withdrew, the legion pursued them. This is a part of the Wikipedia article used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). 2013. In Paris, Hartung had little contact with other artists, and copied the works of old and modern masters. Pinterest에서 회원님만의 핀을 찾아 저장하세요. After being released he rejoined the Legion to fight in North Africa, losing a leg in a battle near Belfort. View Hans Hartung’s 6,384 artworks on artnet. desember 1989) var ein fransk kunstmålar av tysk opphav, med fransk statsborgarskap frå 1946. Photo: Collection Fondation Hartung-Bergman, Antibes. He earned French citizenship in 1945, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.