Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer
Born(1902-03-13)13 March 1902
Died24 February 1975(1975-02-24) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Known forPhotography, sculpture, painting, and poetry
Notable workDie Puppe (1934), La Poupée (1935)
MovementSurrealism, Berlin Dada

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.