Painting, Object Art, Photography · 1938–1996 · 11 Works in the Collection
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Rolf Hans was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1938 and died in Basel in 1996. He was a self-taught painter and a student of Heinz Kreutz from 1961 to 1963; he also worked as a jazz musician in the Barrelhouse Jazzband and as a photographer. His painterly work is divided into series, from the "Fleckenbilder" (spot paintings) (1961–1965) to stripe, box, corner, and surface paintings, to monochromatic paintings (1976–1990); from 1971 he created objects, and from 1990 paper collages. Watercolor and pastel were among his preferred techniques; he was reserved towards the art market and rarely exhibited.
In the collection: "Design for a three-part piece: Interruption with Brown", "Design for a three-piece set: large against small", "3+1", "Geometric Abstraction in Blue", "Two Parts: 2x Dark Blue", "The Language of Color", among others.
Technique: Oil/painting board, graphic lithography, oil/wood fiberboard, watercolor.
