Hans Richter

About the Artist

Man Ray. Portrait of Hans Richter. c. 1928. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Digital image: © CNAC/MNAM/Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. © 2014 Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Alternate Name(s) Johannes Siegfried Richter (Birth Name)

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Berlin
Moscow
New York
Paris
Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
Publications Malerei, Photographie, Film, 1925
Es kommt der neue Fotograf!, 1929

Artist Chronology

April 6, 1888	Born At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1908	Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1909	Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts At location: Hans Richter	Weimar
1910	Attends Académie Julian At location: Hans Richter	Paris
1911–15	Creates the Workers and Musicians series of Cubist paintings and etchings At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1912	Exhibition of the Berlin Secession Participant: Hans Richter	Berlin
1913	Meets Herwarth Walden and members of Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1913	Meets F. T. Marinetti and distributes Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto" in Berlin At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1914	Drafted into the army but is soon wounded in battle At location: Hans Richter	Vilnius
1915–22	Raoul Hausmann lives with Hannah Höch, with whom he has a romantic relationship. He meets avant-garde artists Georg Muche and Hans Richter At location: Raoul Hausmann Affiliated: Georg Muche, Hans Richter	Berlin
1916	A special edition of Die Aktion is dedicated to his work Contributor: Hans Richter	Berlin
September 1916	Meets Tristan Tzara at Cabaret Voltaire; joins the Dada group At location: Hans Richter	Zürich
January 1917	First Dada exhibition at Galerie Corray Participant: Hans Richter	Zürich
1917	Explores chance and unconsciousness in the Visionary Portraits series At location: Hans Richter	Zürich
1918	Cofounds the group Das Neue Leben At location: Hans Richter	Basel
December 1918	Associates with the Novembergruppe At location: Lyonel Feininger, Hans Richter	Berlin
1919	Attends the Second Socialist International, drawing attendees for the magazine Die Weissen Blätter At location: Hans Richter	Bern
April 1919	First Dada exhibition in Berlin Participant: Hans Richter	Berlin
April 1919	Cofounds the Association of Radical Artists At location: Hans Richter	Zürich
April 1919	Becomes chairman of the Action Committee of Revolutionary Artists At location: Hans Richter	Munich
1920–22	César Domela-Nieuwenhuis lives in Ascona; meets the Zurich Dadaists Hans Arp and Hans Richter. Domela begins painting landscapes and still lifes At location: César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Hans Richter	Ascona
1920s	Hans Richter travels frequently to Paris and meets Man Ray, who introduces him to the Surrealists At location: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Hans Richter	Paris
1922	El Lissitzky meets Kurt Schwitters, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, Hans Richter, and George Grosz; meets Russians at Café Nollendorfplatz At location: Raoul Hausmann, El Lissitzky, Hans Richter	Berlin
1922	Begins collaborating with Werner Graeff, a student at the Bauhaus Affiliated: Hans Richter	Weimar
February 1922	Hans Richter cofounds the Constructivist Group; members include László Moholy-Nagy and El Lissitzky At location: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter	Berlin
May 29–31, 1922	Kongress der Union internationaler fortschrittlicher Künstler At location: Raoul Hausmann, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter	Düsseldorf
September 15, 1922	Kongress der Konstruktivisten und Dadaisten At location: Max Burchartz, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Lucia Moholy	Weimar
1923	Raoul Hausmann publishes in Hans Richter's journal G Contributor: Raoul Hausmann, Hans Richter	Berlin
July 1923	Hans Richter publishes the first issue of G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung with Graeff and El Lissitzky Contributor: El Lissitzky, Hans Richter	Berlin
July 1923	Final Dada event, Soirée du coeur à barbe Includes screenings of Hans Richter's Rhythmus 23, Man Ray's Le Retour à la raison, and Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler's Manhatta Participant: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Hans Richter, Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand	Paris
1925	László Moholy-Nagy publishes Malerei, Photographie, Film Contributor: Paul Citroen, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Georg Muche, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Alfred Stieglitz, István Kerny	Munich
1926	Attends a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1929	Werner Graeff publishes Es kommt der neue Fotograf! Contributor: Herbert Bayer, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Oskar Nerlinger, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone	Berlin
January 20–February 17, 1929	Fotografie der Gegenwart at Museum Folkwang Kestner Gesellschaft v.V, Königstrasse 8, Hannover March 10–April 7, 1929 Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Lützowstrasse 32, Berlin April 20–May 20, 1929 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London June 6–29, 1929 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt July 7–August 8, 1929 Leipziger Kunstverein, Augustusplatz 6, Leipzig August 18–September 8, 1929 Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses, Dresden September 15–October 6, 1929 Kunstverein, Rostock October 20-November 10, 1929 am Adolf-Mittag-See, Städtisches Ausstellungsamt, Magdeburg November 28–December 19, 1929 Landesgewerbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern February 23–March 23, 1930 Vereinigung Göttinger Kunstfreunde, Göttingen May 18–June 8, 1930 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Lucia Moholy, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Comeriner, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Frieda Gertrud Riess, Sasha Stone, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, Cami Stone	Essen
May 18–July 7, 1929	Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich August 28–September 22, 1929 Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin October 19–November 17, 1929 Stadtmuseum, Danzig (dates unknown) Österreichisches Museum, Vienna February 20–March 31, 1930 Agram, Zagreb April 5–14, 1930 Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich June 5–September 7, 1930 Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo April 1931 Asahi Shimbun, Osaka July 1–7, 1931 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied	Stuttgart
November 1929	Lectures and gives workshops with Sergei Eisenstein At location: Hans Richter	London
1930	Becomes art, film, and music editor of Tägliche Rundschau At location: Hans Richter	Berlin
1930	Lectures at the Bauhaus At location: Hans Richter	Dessau
September 1930	Leads the German delegation at the Congress of Independent Film At location: Hans Richter	Brussels
1933	Leaves for the USSR after his apartment in Berlin is looted At location: Hans Richter	Moscow
1933	Settles in the Netherlands for a short period At location: Hans Richter	Eindhoven
1935–36	Seeks residency in France after his German citizenship is revoked by the Nuremberg Laws At location: Hans Richter	Meudon
March 2–April 19, 1936	Cubism and Abstract Art at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Herbert Bayer, Constantin Brancusi, Francis Bruguière, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Lyonel Feininger, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko	New York
1937–38	Works at the Central Film Studios At location: Hans Richter	Zürich
1940	Hilla Rebay invites Richter to lecture at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting; Richter secures a visa through the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society At location: Hans Richter	New York
1941–56	Teaches at the Institute of Film Techniques at the City College of New York; becomes Director in 1948 At location: Hans Richter	New York
1942–45	Creates monumental collages At location: Hans Richter	New York
1946	Peggy Guggenheim organizes Richter's first solo exhibition in the United States at Art of This Century Gallery Participant: Hans Richter	New York
1958	Retrospective exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Participant: Hans Richter	District of Columbia
February 1, 1976	Dies At location: Hans Richter	Locarno