Eva Hesse
- Introduction
- Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s.
- Wikidata
- Q215457
- Introduction
- Eva Hesse immigrated to the United States in 1939. She attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1952, Cooper Union from 1954-1957, and Yale University, where she earned her BFA in 1959. She married artist Tom Doyle in 1961 and traveled through Europe in 1964. She taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1968 to her untimely death in 1970. Hesse is best known for her sculptures that utilize latex and fiberglass and is often associated with the Minimalist movement.
- Nationalities
- American, German
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Teacher, Painter, Sculptor
- Name
- Eva Hesse
- Ulan
- 500026528
Exhibitions
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Degree Zero: Drawing at Midcentury
Through Feb 6
MoMA
Last chance -
522: Responding to War
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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413: Breaking the Mold
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 20, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 4, 2020
MoMA
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Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends
May 21–Sep 17, 2017
MoMA
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Eva Hesse has
35 exhibitionsonline.
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Eva Hesse Untitled 1960
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Eva Hesse Untitled 1960
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Eva Hesse Untitled 1960
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Eva Hesse No title 1960–61
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Eva Hesse Advocate of the Personal (1963)
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Eva Hesse Ringaround Arosie 1965
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Eva Hesse No title 1965
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Eva Hesse No title 1966
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Eva Hesse Untitled 1966
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen, First of 3 versions Summer 1967
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen, Second of 3 versions 1967
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen 1967
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen I 1967
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Eva Hesse No title 1967
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Eva Hesse Addendum 1967
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen III 1968
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Eva Hesse Repetition Nineteen I 1967–68
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Eva Hesse Untitled 1968
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Eva Hesse No title c. 1963
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Eva Hesse Studies for Repetition #19 1968
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Eva Hesse Vinculum II 1969
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Various Artists, David Bradshaw, Eva Hesse, Stephen Kaltenbach, Bruce Nauman, Alan Saret, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier 7 Objects/69 1969
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Eva Hesse Enclosed from 7 Objects/69 1969
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Eva Hesse Study for Repetition #19 c. 1968
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