Jean Arp

Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.

Jean Arp
Photograph of Jean Arp, published in De Stijl, vol. 7, nr. 73/74 (January 1926)
Born
Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp

(1886-09-16)16 September 1886
Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire
Died7 June 1966(1966-06-07) (aged 79)
Basel, Switzerland
NationalityGerman
EducationAcadémie Julian
Known forSculpture, painting
MovementAbstraction-Création, Surrealism, Dada
Spouses
  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp,
  • Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach
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