Nasce a Lipsia in Germania 1904. Studia filosofia e storia dell'arte presso l'università di Lipsia, frequenta le accademie di belle arti di Dresda, Lipsia e Monaco e dal 1926 compie diversi viaggi in Europa fino al 1935 anno in cui si stabilisce a Parigi. In città entra in contatto con A. Calder, V. Kandinsky, J. Mirò e P. Mondrian e realizza la sua prima personale presso la Galerie Lydia Conti nel 1947. La sua attività pittorica segue la via dell'astrazione più rigorosa, con un gesto caratterizzato dall’immediatezza nella violenza dinamica del segno. Nel 1960 vince il Premio alla Biennale di Venezia e nel 1970 il Grand prix de beaux-arts di Parigi.

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI PERSONALI:

1931

Dresda, Kunstausstellung Kuhl, Hans Hartung

1947

Parigi, Galerie Lydia Conti, Hans Hartung

1949

Londra, The Hanover Gallery, Hans Hartung, Abstractions

1953

Londra, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by Hans Hartung

1954

Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Hartung

1957

Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft (itinerante), Hans Hartung
New York, Kleemann Galeries, Hans Hartung: Paintings

1959

Monaco, Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Hans Hartung: Exhibition
New York, Kleemann Galleries, Hans Hartung: Pastels 1958

1960

Londra, Gimpel Fils, Hans Hartung
Parigi, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung

1961

Parigi, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung, Oeuvres de 1920-1939

1962

Parigi, Galerie de France, Fifty New Works by Hans Hartung

1963

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Hartung
Zurigo, Kunsthaus Zurich, Hans Hartung
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein, Hans Hartung

1966

Torino, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Hans Hartung
Parigi, Galerie La Hune, Hartung

1967

Torino, Galleria d’Arte Narciso, Hartung

1968

Parigi, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Hartung

1969

Parigi, Musée National d’Art Modern de Paris (itinerante), Hans Hartung

1971

Parigi, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung: 1971
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Hartung: Large formats 1961-1971

1974

Colonia, Wallraf-Richortz-Museum; Berlino, National Galerie, Hans Hartung: Works from Five Decades
Parigi, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung: 1971-1974

1975

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hans Hartung: Paintings 1971-1975

1977

Parigi, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Hartung

1978

Emka, Fondation Veronneman, Hans Hartung
Ahlen, Fritz-Winter-Haus, Hans Hartung: Paintings and Graphics

1979

Antibes, Musée Picasso, Hans Hartung
Parigi, Galerie de France, Hans Hartung: Paintings and works on Paper 1976-1977

1980

Parigi, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Hartung: Works from 1922-1939

1981

Dusseldorf, Steddtische Kunsthalle; Monaco, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Hans Hartung: Paintings, Drawings, Photography
Londra, Fischer Fine Art Limited, Hans Hartung: A Vision into Abstraction 1923-1964

1983

Nizza, Galerie Sapone, Hartung: Paintings 1980-1983

1984

Arras, Noroit, Hans Hartung 1971-1983

1985

Parigi, L’Hotel de ville de Paris, Hans Hartung: Grand formats 1971-1984

1987

Antibes, Musée Picasso, Hans Hartung: First Paintings, 1922-1949

1988

Ferrara, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Hans Hartung
Carcassonne, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Hans Hartung: Recent Works, 1986-1987-1988

1989

Nizza, Galerie Sapone, Hartung: Paintings 1988

1992

Montbéliard, Musée de Montbéliard, Hans Hartung: Extreme Artworks 1922-1989

1996

Londra, Tate Britain, Hans Hartung: Works on paper, 1922-1956

1998

Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Hans Hartung

1999

Berlino, Kunstforum in der Grundkreditbank, Hans Hartung, Works on paper 1922-1985

2000

Torino, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Hans Hartung

2004

Colonia, Museum Ludwig, Hans Hartung: Works on Paper 1922-1938
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Hans Hartung: Conceptualism Before Letter

2005

Beijing, Palace of Fine Arts; Nankin, National Museum, Hartung in China

2008

Saint-Paul-De-Vence, Fondation Marguerite and Aimé Maeght, Hans Hartung: The Gesture and the Method
Madrid, Circua de Bellas Artes, Hans Hartung: Essential

2009

Gaeta, Caserma Cosenz, Hans Hartung: The ultimate work

2010

New York, Cheim & Read, Hans Hartung: the last paintings
Berlino, National Museum of Berlin – Museum of Prints and Drawings (itinerante), Hans Hartung

2011

Ginevra, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Hartung: Prints
Londra, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Hans Hartung: The Final Years 1980-1989
Vannes, Musée de Vannes, Hartung: Prints

2013

Roma, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, The Roots of Signs: Graphic Works

2014

San Paolo, CCBB, Hans Hartung: L’Atelieur du Geste

2015

Cannes, Espace Miramar, Hans Hartung, A tribute to Daniel Cordier / Collection Fondation Hartung-Bergman

2016

Siegen, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Hans Hartung and photography
Landerneau, Fondation Leclerc, Hartung et les peintres Iyriques

2017

Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Hans Hartung. Polittici
Berlino, Galerie Fahnemann, Hans Hartung
Milano, Galleria Dellupi, Hans Hartung, the 60’s

2018

Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Hans Hartung: Malerei als Experiment –Werke von 1962-1989
Londra, Simon Lee Gallery, Hans Hartung
New York, Perrotin, Hans Hartung. A Constant Storm. Works from 1922 to 1989


 

SELEZIONE ESPOSIZIONI COLLETTIVE:

1931

Dresda, Galerie Heinrich Kuhl, Painting, Watercolors and Drawings

1936

Parigi, La Galerie Pierre, Recent Works

1937

Parigi, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Origin and developments of Independent International Art

1938

Londra, New Burlington Galleries, Exhibition of 20th Century German Art

1940

New York, Museum of Living Art

1946

tours, Musée de Tours, De l’avénement du Cubisme à nos jours

1947

Parigi, Musée des Beaux Arts de la ville, Salon des Réalités Nouvelles

1949

Nimes, Musée de Nimes, Peintures d’aujourd’hui

1951

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Advancing French Art
Erlangen, Das Amerika-Haus, Hans Hartung, Fritz Winter

1952

Basilea, Kunsthalle Basel, Walter Bodmer, Basel: Hans Hartung, Paris
Berna, Kunsthalle Bern, Tendances actuelles de l’Ecole de Paris

1953

New York, The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Younger European Painters
Stoccarda, Wurttembergische Staatsgalerie, Collection Domnick

1954

Berna, Kunsthalle Bern, Current trends at the school of Paris: Hartung et al
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Collection Philippe Dotremont

1955

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The Pittsburgh International Exhibition
New York, The Brooklyn Museum, International color exhibition 18th Biennal
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Art in the twentieth century: commemorating

Kassel, Documenta 1

1956

New York, Guggenheim International Award

1957

Zurigo, Kunsthaus, Collection Moltzau

1958

Liege, Musée de l’Art Wallon
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux Arts, Cinquante ans d’Art Moderne

1959

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, School of Paris
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Twenty Contemporary Painters
Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Peintres d’aujourd’hui
Kassel, Documenta 2

1960

Tel Aviv, Musée de Tel Aviv, Peinture Francaise d’aujourd’hui
Nantes, Musée des Beaux Arts, Rencontre d’Octobre
Venezia, Biennale di Venezia, Gran Premio Internazionale per la Pittura

1962

Basilea, Kunsthalle, La Collection “Sonia Henie”
Bruxelles, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Abstraction lyrique et abstraction construite
Londra, Tate Gallery, Ecole de Paris

1963

Parigi, Grand Palais, Art Contempirain
Montreal, Musée de Montréal, Peinture francaise contemporaine

1964

Londra, Tate Gallery, Painting and sculpture of a decade 54-64
Kassel, Documenta 3

1965

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Painting without a brush

1967

Amburgo – Berlino, Kunsthaus, Tendances de la peinture francaise
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 40 ans d’art vivant hommage à Robert Giron
Basilea, Musée de Bale, Collection Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach

1969

Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art Dialogue between the east and the west
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Three trends in contemporary French Art

1971

Seoul, Musée National d’Art Moderne, 25 ans de peinture d’art moderne

1972

Atene, Pinacothéque Nationale, Panorama de l’art francais 1935-1965

1973

Amburgo, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Art in Germany 1898-1973

1974

Norimberga, Kunsthalle, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus den Niederlanden

1976

Berlino, Nationalgalerie, Freunde danken Werner Haftmann

1977

Amburgo, Kunsthalle, Kunst was ist das?
Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris-New York

1978

Milano, Palazzo Reale, Ecole de Paris

1979

Lisbona, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Ecole de Paris

1980

Rio de Janeiro, Musée d’Art Moderne, Arte contemporaneada Comunidade Europeia
Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Paris, 1937-1957

1985

Nizza, Villa Arson, Le Parlement des idoles
Osaka, Musée National d’Art, Action et émotion, peintures des années 50
Antibes, Musée Picasso, Peintures et Tapisseries

1986

Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Zen 49
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Un Musée éphémère

1987

Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le cadre et le socle dans l’art du 20ème siècle

1991

Tokyo, Museum of Tsukuba Ibaraki, Premiers chefs-d’oeuvres des grands maitres

1993

Parigi, Musée du Louvre, Copier créer
Parigi, Centre Georges Pompidour, Une histoire parallele 1960-1990

1995

Parigi, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Passions privées
Ginevra, Musée Rath, Les figures de la libertè

1996

Antibes, Musée Picasso, 1946, l’art de la reconstruction

1997

Parigi, Centre George Pompidou, Made in France 1947-1997

1998

Vienna, Secession, Secession, a century of artistic freedom
Lussemburgo, Musée national d’histoire de l’art, L’Ecole de Paris 1945-1964

2000

Brema, Kunsthalle Bremen, Times are changing – On the way! From the 20th century!
Norimberga, National Museum of Art and Design in Nuremberg, Abstract Art

2001

Lugano, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, From Kandinsky to Pollock

2004

Basilea, Galerie Beyeler, Africa – Beauty and Disaster
Parigi, Musée du Luxembourg, Moi! Autoportraits au XXème siècle

2005

Modena, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Informal – Jean Dubuffet e l’arte europea 1945-1970
Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Austrian Contemporary Art and Postwar Painting

2006

Seoul, The Columns, The faces behind the making
Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Miranda mùltiple
Parma, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Da Monet a Boltanski

2007

Dusseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, The Art of Collection
Barcellona, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Be-Bomb: the Transatlantic War of Images and all that jazz. 1946-1956
Lipsia, Museum of Contemporary Art, German Stories

2008

Basilea, Fondation Beyeler, Action Painting

2011

Bilbao, Guggenhiem Bilbao, Painterly Abstraction: 1949-1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections
Nizza, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nice, La couleur en avant

2012

Antibes, Musée Picasso, Dialogue Kirili-Hartung

2013

Londra, Tate Gallery
Parigi, Musée Guimet, I Went

2014

Saint-Paul-De-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Face à l’oeuvre

2015

Londra, Gagosian Gallery, Sprayed

2017

Taipei, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Uninhibited Vision
Martinique, Fondation Clément, Le Geste et la Matière, une Abstraction 'Autre'