Hans ARP
German- French Artist 1886-1966
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Framed: 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches
Inside Frame: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hans Arp
German-French sculptor
Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp, better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. He was known as Dadaist and abstract artist. Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1886, Strasbourg, France
Died: June 7, 1966, Basel, Switzerland
"These paintings, these sculptures – these objects – should remain anonymous, in the great workshop of nature, like the clouds, the mountains, the seas, the animals, and man himself. Yes! Man should go back to nature! Artists should work together like the artists of the Middle Ages." [c. 1941–42]
"Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow. Art should melt into and even merge with nature itself. This is obviously contrary to painting and sculpture based on nature. By so doing, art will rid itself more and more of self-centredness, virtuosity and absurdity." [in 'Arp on Arp', 1958]
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