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Hans Bellmer

1902–1975

The Doll c.1936
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Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 – 24 February 1975) was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.

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Surrealism

Artworks

  • Peg-Top

    Hans Bellmer
    c.1937–52
    On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio
  • The Doll

    Hans Bellmer
    1936, reconstructed 1965
  • The Doll

    Hans Bellmer
    c.1937–8
  • Portrait of Jean Arp

    Hans Bellmer
    1957
  • The Doll

    Hans Bellmer
    c.1936

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