Hans Hartung
L-5-1974
1974

About the Item

Title: L-5-1974 Medium: Lithograph Year: 1974 Signed, titled and inscribed by hand Size: 16.4 × 12.5 on 29.8 × 21.8 inches COA provided Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion. In 1947 in Paris he had his first solo exhibition. By the late 1950s he had achieved recognition for his gestural paintings, which were nearly monochromatic and characterized by configurations of long rhythmical brushstrokes or scratches. In 1960 he was awarded the International Grand Prix for painting at the Venice Biennale. Hartung's freewheeling abstract paintings set influential precedents for many younger American painters of the sixties, making him an important forerunner of American Lyrical Abstraction of the 1960s and 1970s. He was featured in the 1963 film documentary "School of Paris: (5 Artists at Work)" by American filmmaker Warren Forma.

Creator:
Hans Hartung (1904 - 1989, German)
Creation Year:
1974
Dimensions:
Height: 29.8 in (75.7 cm)Width: 21.8 in (55.38 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
1970-1979
Framing:
Framing Options Available
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Kansas City, MO
Reference Number:
Seller: HHA_1710_1091stDibs: LU60832198243
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