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  Biographie: Hans Arp, 1886-1966
Während seines Studiums an der Kunstgewerbeschule in Straßburg veröffentlicht Arp seine ersten Gedichte.
Arp veröffentlicht Artikel in der expressionistischen Zeitschrift "Der Sturm" in Berlin.
Nach der deutschen Besetzung Frankreichs flieht Arp nach Grasse (bei Nizza) in den unbesetzten Teil Frankreichs.
www.dhm.de /lemo/html/biografien/ArpHans   (367 words)

  
  Jean Arp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hans (Jean) Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) was a sculptor, painter, and poet.
Arp later told the story of how, when he was notified to report to the German embassy, he avoided being drafted into the army: he took the paperwork he had been given and, in the first blank, wrote the date.
Arp was a founding member of the Dada movement in Zürich in 1916.
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 HANS ARP | HUMAN CONCRETIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jean Arp married Sophie Tauber in 1922, during a period where he was most notable for his painted wooden bas-reliefs and humorous cut-cardboard constructions.
Arp was tenacious in correcting art critics as to the nature of his sculptures; he insisted that his pieces were "concrete" rather than "abstract", since they occupied space, and that art was a natural generation of form–"a fruit that grows in man", as he had stated.
Jean Arp visited the United States in 1949 and 1950 to finish a monumental wood and metal relief for Harvard University; in 1958, he composed a mural relief for the UNESCO Building in Paris.
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 Art - Hans Arp
Hans Arp had to fulfill his compulsory service in the German army, but he avoided this duty to pretend he was mad.
Hans Arp was a broken man, but he married the Swiss Marguerite Hagenbach in 1945, she was a great admirer and collector of Hans and Sophie Arp's work.
Hans Arp died in 1966 as one of the greatest abstract sculptors.
home.hccnet.nl /arnoud.de.bruijn/html/art/ArtArp01.htm   (390 words)

  
 Jean Arp -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hans (Jean) Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) was a sculptor, painter, and poet.
Hans Arp was born in (City on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port) Strasbourg.
Jean Arp visited (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City in 1949 for a solo exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jean_arp.htm   (371 words)

  
 Hans Arp and Zurich Dada
Arp’s role in Zurich Dada is characterised rather precisely by the fact that he painted, glued, and wrote "with all the strength of his heart" in this political and social situation instead of becoming politically involved, as later did, in particular, the Berlin Dadas.
Arp’s complete literary works until 1918 consist in the poems in der vogel selbdritt, probably composed for the most part before 1916; in the "arpades" which are not completely "lost" (28); the "cloud pumps"; the poems in Pyramidenrock; and the collaboratively written simultaneous poems.
Hans Arp, "Sophie Taeuber," in Unsern täglichen Traum, 10.
www.uni-stuttgart.de /ndl1/arp_zurichdada.htm   (5384 words)

  
 Hans Arp
Hans Arp visits the art and vocational school of Strasbourg from 1901 to 1903, where he already questions the traditional teaching methods.
Arp follows a group of artists, who meet regularly in the Café Voltaire in Zurich/Switzerland, in order to express publicly their pacifistic adjustment.
Arps art of poetry is not by any means an artistic subplot, but an equivalent expression of his abstract work, with an outstanding differentiated rhythm.
www.balloon-painting.de /earp.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Jean (Hans)  Arp 
As the Dada movement waned, Arp (like many of his colleagues) gravitated toward Surrealism, and in 1925 he took part in the first group exhibition of Surrealist artists at the Galerie Pierre in Paris.
Gradually Arp abandoned the earlier Dada-like forms, which were meant to shock, and began to emphasize organic growth and structure.
Arp's Surrealist work is of the abstract or "automatic" variety practiced by Joan Miro, in which lines and forms of half-consciously perceived inner impulses suggested themselves on the surface of the canvas.
www.3d-dali.com /Artist-Biographies/Jean_Hans_Arp.html   (440 words)

  
 Jean Arp
Jean Arp (also called Hans Arp) was born in Alsace and studied at the Strasbourg School of Arts and Crafts, at Weimar (1905-7) and the Academie Julian, Paris (1908).
At a time when he began to turn towards full 3-D sculptures, Arp insisted that his sculpture was 'concrete' rather than 'abstract', since it occupied space, and that art was a natural generation of form: 'a fruit that grows in man', as he put it.
The Early Sculpture of Jean Arp, by Margherita Andreotti.
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 Hans Arp - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Hans Arp
Using chance and automatism, Arp developed an abstract sculpture whose sensuous shapes suggest organic forms.
From 1916 to 1919 Arp took a leading role in Dada activities in Zürich, Switzerland.
Arp was born in Strasbourg, but moved to Zürich during World War I. In 1915 he made a series of abstract geometric collages in coloured paper, papiers déchirés.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Hans+Arp   (219 words)

  
 Hans Arp (1886 - 1966) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Hans (Jean) Arp was born in Strasbourg before traveling to Paris in 1912, where he met the Delaunays.
Arp moved to Zurich in 1915 and co-founded the Dada movement and met future wife and collaborator, Sophie Taeuber.
Hans Baldung (Hans Baldung Grien), Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saints Longinus, Mary Magdalen and John, 1505
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 Hans-Jörn Arp, MdL - Pressemeldungen
Klare Wiederwahl für Hans-Jörn Arp: Mit 91,1 Prozent der Stimmen sicherte sich der Vorsitzende beim Kreisparteitag der Steinburger CDU in Itzehoe ein eindeutiges Ergebnis.
Auf Einladung der Kellinghusener CDU diskutierte der Landtagsabgeordnete Hans-Jörn Arp mit Politikern...
Ein entsprechender - und vom Landtagsabgeordneten Hans-Jörn Arp unterstützter - Vorstoß der örtlichen CDU scheitert vor allem an den hohen Kosten.
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 Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Arp - Biography
Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strasbourg.
Arp participated in the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon in 1913 at the gallery Der Sturm, Berlin.
Arp’s work appeared in the first exhibition of the Surrealist group at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, in 1925.
www.guggenheimcollection.org /site/artist_bio_8.html   (386 words)

  
 Art Journal: Sophie Taeuber and Hans Arp: a community of two.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sophie Taeuber and Hans Arp: a community of two.
Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber experimented with innovative methods and discarded conventional techniques of artistry.
When Hans Arp (1886--1966) and Sophie Taeuber (1889--1943) met at the threshold of their careers, they were both eager to experiment and sweep aside artistic conventions.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:14970135&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (184 words)

  
 Arp
Godparents: Hans Arp farmer Hinrich Arp and Trien Wiese from Stein.
Hans Arp, legitimate son of the late farmer Jochim Arp in Stein and Trin née Arp.
Jochim Arp in Lutterbek, legitimate son of the habitant Hans Arp in Stein and Sielke née Maass, 27 years old, first marriage, attestation of vaccination [ smallpox], [dated] Schoenberg 25.
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 Jean arp Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hans Jean Arp, sculpture, 20th century art A link to Hans Jean Arp's sculpture   Images of Hans Jean Arp's sculpture can at be viewed at Digital Archive of Art.
Jean Arp (also called Hans Arp) was born in Alsace and studied...
1966, Basel Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strasbourg.
jeans.2greatsite5.info /in-those-jeans/jean-arp.html   (276 words)

  
 Jean Arp Online
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany (in German)
Jean Arp in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
All images and text on this Jean Arp page are copyright 2007 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/arp_jean.html   (458 words)

  
 Onze peintres vus par Arp (Limited ed. with signed woodcuts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Vorzugsausgabe - with three original full page woodcuts by Arp, Kandinsky and Leuppi (the prints by Arp and Leuppi are individually signed; the multicolored Kandinsky woodcut from his Blaue Reiter years was specially provided by Nina Kandinsky at the time of publication).
The woodcut by Arp in this limited edition was created for this publication and is different from the woodcut used as the frontispiece in the trade edition.
This book is a tribute by Hans Arp to the work of his fellow artists with a text and one poem on each.
www.artextbooks.com /images/a16445.html   (164 words)

  
 Hans Arp (1887-1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Was one of the organizers of the first exhibition of "Der moderne Bund" in Lucerne, showing works by Amiet, Arp, Friesz, Gauguin, Gimmi, Helbig, Hodler, Lüthy, Matisse, and Picasso.
Visited Kandinsky in Munich in 1911, who requested his (Arp's) collaboration on the book "Der blaue Reiter" ("The Blue Rider").
Took part in the second "Blauer Reiter" exhibition in Munich in 1912, and at the second "Moderner Bund" exhibition in Zurich in 1913.
www.peak.org /~dadaist/English/Graphics/arp.html   (473 words)

  
 Dadaism and Surrealism
Tristan Tzara Jean (Hans) Arp, Tzara, Hans Richter
After World War I is declared in Europe, a number of artists, including the future DaDaists Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Marcel Janco, and Tristan Tzara all converge on Zürich, Switzerland, which remains neutral throughout the war.
While in Zürich, many of these artists and writers continue to publish and exhibit their works; having taken strong anti-war views themselves, their art also shows such opinions of disgust towards the activities of the rest of the continent.
www.chss.montclair.edu /~nielsenw/dada.html   (746 words)

  
 Richard Meier & Partners - Hans Arp Museum :: arcspace.com
The main body of the Hans Arp Museum is situated on a heavily wooded escarpment high above the Rhine River.
In its most recent incarnation, the complex consists of the Arp Museum proper plus a gallery for special exhibitions, linked to the main museum via a subterranean corridor and elevator.
Designed to accommodate a unique collection of work by Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, together with works by members of their immediate circle, the museum’s collection includes a wide variety of art objects including sculpture, drawings, paintings and textiles.
www.arcspace.com /architects/meier/arp/arp.html   (319 words)

  
 Arp, Hans (1887-1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hans Arp was born in Alsace and educated at Strasbourg, Weimar and Paris.
In 1912 he went to Munich, met Kandinsky and became a member of the Blaue Reiter group.
Arp left France because of the germans in 1942, but after the war he returned to Meudon.
www.xs4all.nl /~androom/biography/p000156.htm   (137 words)

  
 Hans Arp, Kent Gallery, NYC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In total, Arp produced eight unique Roue-Foret (Forest Wheels) sculptures between 1961 and 1964.
Seven of the series Roue-Foret I thru Roue-Foret VII were carved in Granite, and there exists a second version of Roue-Foret II fabricated in bronze plate.
The largest piece is the granite Forest Wheel II, with dimensions of 40 1/2 x 39 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches, the smallest piece is Forest Wheel I, with dimensions of 29 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.
www.kentgallery.com /groArp.htm   (179 words)

  
 Amazon.com Books: Arp, Jean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jean Arp, la poesía de la forma.(exposición de obras de artista; Fundación Joan Miró; Barcelona, España)(TT: Jean Arp, poetry in form.)(TA: exhibit of...
Zerstreuung des Alphabets: Hommage à Arp : Hans/Jean Arp zum 100.
Arp: Hans Arp Skulpturen, Reliefs, Gouachen : Ausstellung, 4.
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 Hans Arp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp wurde im Jahr 1886 in Strassburg, im damals deutschen Elsass, geboren.
Jean (Hans) Arp - Artist and bilingual writer associated with the Dada movement in Zurich, Cologne, and Paris.
Arp, Jean or Hans - (1887 - 1966)
www.artpool.hu /Poetry/soundimage/Arp.html   (80 words)

  
 Hans-Jörn Arp, Mitglied des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtages
Hans-Jörn Arp: Wirtschaft und Arbeitsplätze stehen an erster Stelle.
Hans-Jörn Arp im Gespräch mit Altbundespräsident Roman Herzog
Die Sanierung des Glückstädter Hafens, der Ausbau von Radwegen, Ortsentwässerungen und Wasserversorgungen sowie der Einsatz für die Bereitstellung von Landes-, Bundes- und EU-Mitteln waren Projekte im Kreis Steinburg, an denen ich beteiligt war.
www.hans-joern-arp.de   (258 words)

  
 Hans Arp - Serge Fauchereau - Low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Recently I have bought Hans Arp, it is very nice.
Hans Arp is one of my nicest presents.
I was so excited on 15 November, 1988 when I bought my Hans Arp.
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 Jean Arp
Arp, Jean or Hans, 1887–1966, French sculptor and painter.
Often given a humorous touch, his works contain elements of organic form while retaining their essential abstraction.
Arp finished a monumental wood relief for Harvard in 1950.
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 HANS ARP art quotations from The Resource of Art Quotations :: painterskeys.com ::
HANS ARP art quotations from The Resource of Art Quotations :: painterskeys.com ::
This is by far the largest collection of art quotations available anywhere.
The essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow.
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 Books, Arts & Photography, Artists, A-Z, ( A-C ), Arp, Jean Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Museum of Modern Art, James T. Soby, Jean Hans Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, Robert Melville and Carola Giedion-Welcker have written the very nice book "Arp", a lof of excited readers have read this book.
Jean Arp have written the very nice book "Jean Arp: January-February 1965", a lof of excited readers have read this book.
Jean Arp, la poesía de _ la forma.[exposición de obras de artista; Fundación Joan Miró; Barcelona, España][TT: Jean Arp, poetry in form.][TA: exhibit of...
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