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Hans Arp was born in Strasbourg. The son of an Alsatian mother and a non-Alsatian German father, he was born during the brief period following the Franco-Prussian War when the area was known as Alsace-Lorraine after it had been returned to Germany by France. Following the return of Alsace to France at the end of World War I, French law determined that his name become Jean.
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In 1904, after leaving the École des Arts et Métiers in Strasbourg, he went to Paris where he published his poetry for the first time. From 1905 to 1907, Arp studied at the Kunstschule, Weimar, Germany and in 1908 went back to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian.
Arp was a founding member of the Dada movement in Zürich in 19161916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies'. January 8 Allied forces withdraw from. In 1920, as Hans Arp, along with Max ErnstMax Ernst ( April 2, 1891 April 1, 1976) was a German painter. Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, Germany. In 1909, he enrolled in the University at Bonn to study philosophy but soon abandoned these courses to pursue his interest in art. In 1913 he met Guillaum, and the social activist Alfred GrunwaldAlfred Grunwald ( 16 February 1884 24 February 1951) was an author, librettist, and lyricist. Some of his better-known works were written in conjunction with composer Emmerich Kalman. Works Dancing Partner (play, 1930) Countess Maritza Grafin Mariza (libr, he set up the CologneThe article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. Cologne ( German: Koln [ˈkœln]) (population 965,954 as of December 31, 2003), is the fourth largest city in Germany and largest city of the North Rhine-Westphalia state. It is one of Dada group. However, in 1925 his work also appeared in the first exhibition of the Surrealist group at the Galerie Pierre in Paris.
In 1926, Jean Arp moved to the Paris suburb of MeudonMeudon is a suburb of Paris in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in northern France. Although a choice residential district, access to the railway ( RER) and Seine have made Meudon a manufacturing center since the 1840's. Metal products and military explos. In 1931, he broke with Surrealism to found Abstraction-Creation , working with the Paris-based group Abstraction-Création and the periodical, "Transition." Throughout the 1930s and until the end of his life, he continued to write and publish essays and poetry. In 1942, he fled from his home in Meudon to escape the German occupation and lived in Zürich until the war ended.
Jean Arp visited New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, in 1949 for a solo exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery. In 1950, he was invited to execute a relief for the Harvard University Graduate Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts would also be commissioned to do a mural at the UNESCO building in Paris. In 1954, Arp won the Grand Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale.
In 1958, a retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, followed by an exhibition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France, in 1962.
The Musée d'art moderne et contemporain of Strasbourg, with open in a place bearing his name has many of its painting and scultures.
Jean Arp died in Basel, Switzerland.