Artist

Hans Bellmer

Portrait of Hans Bellmer
Portrait of Hans Bellmer

German, 1902–1975

Hans Bellmer was a German Surrealism artist. 7 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Hans Bellmer was born in Katowice.

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.

Works by Hans Bellmer

Collections represented

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