Hans Bellmer
(1902-1975)
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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Surreal exploration of fragmented identity and distorted beauty in defiance of fascist ideals.
Post-war surrealist exploration blending photography, poetry, and hand-coloring to examine identity and desire.
Books
The Doll
(Treville, 2005)
Hans Bellmer: The Doll
(Atlas Press, 2013)
Hans Bellmer
(Rizzoli, 1972)
Death, Desire, and the Doll: The Life and Art of Hans Bellmer
(Solar Books, 2008)