Hans Bellmer

(German, 1902–1975)

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Hans Bellmer

Les Jeux de la Poupée XIV, 1939–1949

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Biography

Timeline

1902
Born in Kattowitz, Poland
1923
Studied engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin
1924
Learned drawing and perspective from friend George Grosz
1925
Began artistic career designing advertisements as a commercial artist and illustrating various Dada novels (such as Das Eisenbahnglück oder der Antifreud by Mynona).
1975
Died in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2009
Hans Bellmer: Octopus Time - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
La subversion des images. Surréalisme, photographie, film - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
2008
Wunderkammer: a century of curiosities - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
2007
EROS in der Kunst der Moderne, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Hans Bellmer, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
2006
Auktion 23, Lehr, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
Hans Bellmer, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Galerie 1900-2000, Paris; Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
FLUTTER, The Approach, London, UK
Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2005
Dalí, Picasso, and the Surrealist Vision, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT