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Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style.

Hans Hartung was born in Leipzig. He became interested in painting, and in 1922 executed a series of abstract tachiste watercolours. Studied philosophy and art history at Leipzig University and art at the Academies at Leipzig 1924-5, Dresden 1925-6 and Munich 1928.

Lived mainly in Paris 1926-31, with visits to Holland and Belgium, and was influenced by Rouault, Cézanne, van Gogh, and then by Cubism. First one-man exhibition at the Galerie Heinrich Kühl, Dresden, 1931. Lived 1932-4 on Minorca, where he returned to a calligraphic abstract style. Moved to Berlin briefly in 1935, but then left Germany because of the Nazis and settled in Paris. Contacts with Hélion, Kandinsky, Mondrian, and other abstract artists working there.

In 1938, through friendship with Gonzalez, made a few sculptures. Fought in the French Foreign Legion and was gravely wounded in 1944. Began to paint again in 1945 after an interruption of six years. Took French nationality. Series of paintings with graphic signs and gestures inscribed with the brush or, from 1961, scratched into the wet paint; also some pictures from 1962 onwards with large shadowy dark patches.

Awarded one of the two main painting prizes at the 1960 Venice Biennale. Married to the Norwegian painter Anna Eva Bergman and lives in Paris.

In 2019 and 2020, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris held a retrospective show of Hartung's work.


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Print, Farandole 11, Hans Hartung

Farandole 11

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 x 1 cm

$1,683

Print, Farandole 15, Hans Hartung

Farandole 15

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 x 0.2 cm

$1,412

Print, Lithographie Farandoles VI, Hans Hartung

Lithographie Farandoles VI

Hans Hartung

Print - 48 x 34 cm

$1,807

Print, L 1973-46, Hans Hartung

L 1973-46

Hans Hartung

Print - 105 x 75 cm

$2,259

Print, G 15, Hans Hartung

G 15

Hans Hartung

Print - 65 x 50 cm

$2,033

Print, L 1977-3, Hans Hartung

L 1977-3

Hans Hartung

Print - 77 x 56 cm

$3,388

Print, H-20, Hans Hartung

H-20

Hans Hartung

Print - 60 x 50 cm

$1,129

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 33 x 48 cm

$2,259

Print, Farandole 4, Hans Hartung

Farandole 4

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole 8, Hans Hartung

Farandole 8

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$2,033

Print, Farandole 1, Hans Hartung

Farandole 1

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole 7, Hans Hartung

Farandole 7

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 56 x 87 cm

$2,484

Print, Hans Arp, Hans Hartung

Hans Arp

Hans Hartung

Print - 22.5 x 17 x 0.2 cm

$1,581 $1,344

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 41 x 53 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 56 x 87 cm

$2,033

Print, Farandole 18, Hans Hartung

Farandole 18

Hans Hartung

Print - 56 x 87 cm

$2,259

Print, AL 4, Hans Hartung

AL 4

Hans Hartung

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$1,581

Print, Farandole 5, Hans Hartung

Farandole 5

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole 2, Hans Hartung

Farandole 2

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, 1997, Hans Hartung

1997

Hans Hartung

Print - 61 x 47 x 1 cm

$1,694

Print, Farandole 3, Hans Hartung

Farandole 3

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$1,694

Print, H-21, Hans Hartung

H-21

Hans Hartung

Print - 66 x 55 x 1 cm

$2,089

Print, Las Estampas de la Cometa, Hans Hartung

Las Estampas de la Cometa

Hans Hartung

Print - 75 x 106 cm

$5,082

Print, HC L-52, Hans Hartung

HC L-52

Hans Hartung

Print - 75 x 105 cm

$2,823

Print, H-23, Hans Hartung

H-23

Hans Hartung

Print - 56.5 x 76 cm

$2,033

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 56 x 87 cm

$2,259

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 59 x 87 cm

$3,388

Print, AL 2, Hans Hartung

AL 2

Hans Hartung

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$3,162

Print, Las Estampas de la Cometa, Hans Hartung

Las Estampas de la Cometa

Hans Hartung

Print - 75 x 106 cm

$5,082

Print, Farandole - 15 lithograhies signées, Hans Hartung

Farandole - 15 lithograhies signées

Hans Hartung

Print - 40.7 x 53 cm

$16,940

Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

$3,388

Print, Sans titre, Hans Hartung

Sans titre

Hans Hartung

Print - 42.4 x 31.7 cm

$5,421

Print, Farandole 6, Hans Hartung

Farandole 6

Hans Hartung

Print - 49 x 74 cm

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Painting, T1971-R10, Hans Hartung

T1971-R10

Hans Hartung

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2.5 cm

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Print, Lithographie Farandoles XVIII, Hans Hartung

Lithographie Farandoles XVIII

Hans Hartung

Print - 50 x 38 cm

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Print, Lithographie Farandoles V, Hans Hartung

Lithographie Farandoles V

Hans Hartung

Print - 46.5 x 31 cm

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Print, L-14-B, Hans Hartung

L-14-B

Hans Hartung

Print - 76 x 105 cm

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Print, L 15, Hans Hartung

L 15

Hans Hartung

Print - 70 x 105 x 1 cm

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Print, HC L-50, Hans Hartung

HC L-50

Hans Hartung

Print - 75 x 105 cm

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Print, L - 16B, Hans Hartung

L - 16B

Hans Hartung

Print - 100 x 79 x 0.1 cm

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Print, Sans titre, 1953, Hans Hartung

Sans titre, 1953

Hans Hartung

Print - 41.5 x 32.7 cm

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Who is the artist?

Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style.

Hans Hartung was born in Leipzig. He became interested in painting, and in 1922 executed a series of abstract tachiste watercolours. Studied philosophy and art history at Leipzig University and art at the Academies at Leipzig 1924-5, Dresden 1925-6 and Munich 1928.

Lived mainly in Paris 1926-31, with visits to Holland and Belgium, and was influenced by Rouault, Cézanne, van Gogh, and then by Cubism. First one-man exhibition at the Galerie Heinrich Kühl, Dresden, 1931. Lived 1932-4 on Minorca, where he returned to a calligraphic abstract style. Moved to Berlin briefly in 1935, but then left Germany because of the Nazis and settled in Paris. Contacts with Hélion, Kandinsky, Mondrian, and other abstract artists working there.

In 1938, through friendship with Gonzalez, made a few sculptures. Fought in the French Foreign Legion and was gravely wounded in 1944. Began to paint again in 1945 after an interruption of six years. Took French nationality. Series of paintings with graphic signs and gestures inscribed with the brush or, from 1961, scratched into the wet paint; also some pictures from 1962 onwards with large shadowy dark patches.

Awarded one of the two main painting prizes at the 1960 Venice Biennale. Married to the Norwegian painter Anna Eva Bergman and lives in Paris.

In 2019 and 2020, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris held a retrospective show of Hartung's work.

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What is Hans Hartung’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Spontaneous Lines, Art Informel

When was Hans Hartung born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1904