Eva Hesse (1936–1970) was a German-American artist
who had a short but exceptional career. Born in Hamburg
into a Jewish family, Hesse was forced to flee Germany
during the rise of Nazism. Eva and her sister Helen
travelled by Kinderstransport to Amsterdam, stayng at a
children’s home until their parents arrived three months
later. Reunited, the family moved to New York in 1939 but
Hesse’s mother suffered from depression which led to her
suicide in 1946. Hesse studied at New York’s High School
of Industrial Arts and the Art Students League graduating from The Yale School of Art
andArchitecture in 1959. During this period she worked in an abstract impressionist
style. In 1961, she exhibited a series of drawings and watercolours at the John Heller
Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum and Wadsworth Athenaeum. She became friends
with Sol Le Witt and Yayoi Kusama who were experimenting with minimalist and
conceptual art and this influenced her style.
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Eva Hesse (1936–1970) was a German-American artist
who had a short but exceptional career. Born in Hamburg
into a Jewish family, Hesse was forced to flee Germany
during the rise of Nazism. Eva and her sister Helen
travelled by Kinderstransport to Amsterdam, stayng at a
children’s home until their parents arrived three months
later. Reunited, the family moved to New York in 1939 but
Hesse’s mother suffered from depression which led to her
suicide in 1946. Hesse studied at New York’s High School
of Industrial Arts and the Art Students League graduating from The Yale School of Art
andArchitecture in 1959. During this period she worked in an abstract impressionist
style. In 1961, she exhibited a series of drawings and watercolours at the John Heller
Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum and Wadsworth Athenaeum. She became friends
with Sol Le Witt and Yayoi Kusama who were experimenting with minimalist and
conceptual art and this influenced her style.
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