Jean Arp

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Arp, Jean or Hans,

1887–1966, French sculptor and painter. Arp was connected with the Blaue ReiterBlaue Reiter, der
[Ger.,=the blue rider], German expressionist art movement, lasting from 1911 to 1914. It took its name from a painting by Kandinsky, Le cavalier bleu.
..... Click the link for more information. in Munich, various avant-garde groups in Paris, including the surrealists, and the Dadaists in Zürich. He consistently created novel and abstract forms in various media—bas-reliefs, collages, painted cutouts, sculpture in the round, and painted wood reliefs. 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.

Bibliography

See his Arp on Arp, ed. by M. Jean (1972); catalog of his sculpture by François Arp (1968); study by H. Read (1968).

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Gallivanting among galleries: it is said that upon emerging from the Gotthard Tunnel on the Ticino side, one finds oneself in a new, tropical country, leaving the often cold and foggy northern region of Switzerland behind. However; when I first got out of the car in Canton Ticino--after a brilliant drive through warm sunshine that lasted until the entrance to the tunnel--I was knocked back by a cold, wet wind

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mention include Henry Moore (1898-1986), especially Recumbent Figure, Jean Arp (1886-1996) and Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973).

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As he matured, his work became more "free form," reflecting the influence of artist friends Joan Miro and Jean Arp.

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A move to Zurich brought Jawlensky stimulating exchanges with Paul Klee, the inventive Dadaists Jean Arp and Sophie Tauber-Arp, and sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck.

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Patsy and Raymond Nasher began their collection in the 1960s with the purchase of major sculptures by Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, and Henry Moore.

A century of modern sculpture

Along with a painting and plaster sculpture by Jean Arp, another highlight on the gallery's stand is Orpheus (2008-9) by Anthony Caro.

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Clement Greenberg observed in 1940 that certain artists, such as Jean Arp, had moved from painting to bas-relief and then to sculpture because they wanted to work with elements unavailable to "pure painting"--a phrase that implies there is painting other than pure and furthermore just as good.

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He was exposed there to modernist artists and sculptors - among them Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp and Henry Moore - who influenced his future artistic style.

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He himself was a fabulous photographer and he produced hundreds of images of various Dada and Surrealist artists that he had published, including Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, Tristan Tzara, Hans Bellmer, Giorgio de Chirico, and, of course, Dali.