Hans Hartung was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the Legion d'honneur.
Hans Hartung, 1955. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1955 (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC)
The School of Paris refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century.
Raoul Dufy, Regatta at Cowes, 1934, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art
Marc Chagall, The Fiddler, 1912–13
Sonia Delaunay, Rythme, 1938