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Hans Bellmer Biography
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Born: Kattowitz, Poland
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1923 |
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Studied engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin
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1924 |
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Learned drawing and perspective from friend George Grosz
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1925 |
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Began artistic career designing advertisements as a commercial artist and illustrating various Dada novels (such as Das Eisenbahnglück oder der Antifreud by Mynona).
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1975 |
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Died in Paris, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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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
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2008
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Wunderkammer: a century of curiosities - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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2007
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EROS in der Kunst der Moderne, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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2007
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busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris
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2007
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Hans Bellmer, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
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2006
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Auktion 23, Lehr, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2006
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Hans Bellmer, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Galerie 1900-2000, Paris; Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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2006
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FLUTTER, The Approach, London, UK
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2006
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Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Dalí, Picasso, and the Surrealist Vision, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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2005
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Modernist Photography, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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2005
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Auktion 20 and Auktion 21, Lehr, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2005
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Extraordinary Visions, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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The White Rose, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
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2005
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Begierde im Blick: Surrealistische Photographie, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2004
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Auktion 18 and Auktion 19, Lehr, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2004
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The Invisible Revealed: Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
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2004
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Im Rausch der Dinge, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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2004
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Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to the Present, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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2003
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Geografie del mistero. Metafisica, dada, surrealismo, Il Narciso Galleria d´arte contemporanea, Rome
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2003
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Valley of the Dolls, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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Phantom der Lust. Visionen des Masochismus in der Kunst, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
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2003
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Flesh Tones: 100 Years of the Nude,Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Not Exactly Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2002
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Rendez-Vous mit dem Surrealismus: Arbeiten auf Papier,Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne
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2002
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La Révolution surréaliste,Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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2001
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"Sade surreal: Der Marquis de Sade und die erotische Fantasie des Surrealismus," Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
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2001
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"Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer," International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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2001
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"Hypermental: Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit, 1950-2000, Von Salvador Dali bis Jeff K," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2000
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Some Summer Surrealists,The Mayor Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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La collection photographique,les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
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2000
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Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) Photographien und Zeichnungen aus den 30er Jahren,Galerie Berinson, Berlin
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1999
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Surrealism: Two Private Eyes,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1999
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Hans Bellmer, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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Auf den Spuren des Surrealismus: Gemälde und Zeichnungen,Galerie Brockstedt Berlin, Berlin
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1998
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Private ficcions,Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona
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1998
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Imagined World,David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
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