Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer

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Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for the life-sized pubescent female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer. Wikipedia

Born: March 13, 1902, Katowice Died: February 23, 1975, Paris Artwork: The Doll, The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace, Doll, La Poupee, The Machine Gun(neress) in a State of Grace Periods: Dada, Surrealism

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A German artist and writer, Bellmer joined forces with the Paris Surrealists during the 1930s, contributing to the periodicalMinotaure. He is perhaps best known for The Doll, a series of startling objects, photographs and drawings, depicting doll parts arranged in provocative positions. Bellmer's highly erotic imagery exhibits a personal fascination with the human form, often presented in a disjointed and fragmented manner. He created paintings, sculptures, photographs, gouaches and drawings. Among his notable works are The Machine Gun in a State of Grace (1937),Peppermint Tower in Honor of Greedy Little Girls (1942), A Thousand Girls (1950), Self Portrait With Unica Zürn (1955) and Portrait of Wilfredo Lam (1958).