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Jean Arp (Hans Arp)

1886–1966

Moustaches c.1925
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Biography

Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.

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Dada Abstraction-Création Surrealism

Artworks

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  • Pagoda Fruit

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1949
  • Constellation According to the Laws of Chance

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    c.1930
    On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio
  • Torn-Up Woodcut

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1920–54
  • Winged Being

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1961
    On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio
  • Sculpture to be Lost in the Forest

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1932, cast c.1953–8
  • According to the Laws of Chance

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1933
  • Impish Fruit

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1943
  • Danger of Death

    Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
    1954
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  • Portrait of Jean Arp

    Hans Bellmer
    1957

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