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Hans Hartung is commonly presented as a standard-bearer of the Ecole de Paris and the Lyrical Abstraction and first considered as a post-war painter. Nevertheless, in the late 30's, the German born artist had already participated in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe. His career really began in 1922 : at only eighteen, without knowing Kandinsky's theories, he produced a series of abstract watercolors striking by their sheer expressiveness. This was the beginning of a career that lasted nearly seventy years and was punctuated by constant technical innovations.
Paradoxical artist, …