CONF: Hans Hartung et l’abstraction (Paris, 12-13 Jan 17)

Hans Hartung and abstraction “Reality other, but reality nevertheless”, International Colloquium (in French, English and German)

Paris, January 12-13, 2017

DFK Hans Hartung et l’abstraction

Venue: DFK Paris, German Center for the History of Art, 45 rue des Petits Champs, 75002.

In 1949, four years after the end of the war, Stuttgart’s neurologist and art collector Ottomar Domnick published the first monograph (in three languages) on Hans Hartung (1904-1989), a painter and engraver, then mostly unknown. However, in her contribution to the same work, Madeleine Rousseau already characterizes him as a determining figure for the history of abstraction, considering that he “invented a new language” forged “by the experience of present reality” . Whether one thinks of his participation in the first three documents or the Grand Prix of painting at the Venice Biennale in 1960, Hans Hartung occupies a significant place in the history of art of the second half of the 20th century. He became one of the leading figures of the Ecole de Paris and even of European post-war modernism.

Find the full programm here.

We would like to point to Session 3 in particular:

Friday, 13 January 2017

Session 3 – Acteurs, réseaux, marchés
Modération : Éric de Chassey (Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris)

10 h 00 – Le voisinage le plus difficile à supporter : Soulages et Hartung, c. 1948
Natalie Adamson (University of Saint Andrews)

10 h 40 – Der Künstler als Seismograph. Hans Hartung und Werner Haftmann
Sabine Fastert (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)

11 h 20 – Pause

11 h 40- Fortune et infortune : Hartung et son marchand, 1962
Sophie Cras (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

12 h 20 – Les galeristes de Hans Hartung. Promouvoir, exposer et vendre une œuvre plurielle,
Julie Verlaine (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)