Related article Nov 3, 2005
For Berlin's Gallery Fahnemann, a standard fixture of the fair, sales of works by Hans Hartung and Imi Knoebel were brisk, but here as elsewhere, focus was on the middle price range. Sales of more than 100,000 were rare, though Munich's Gallery Thomas found a buyer at 300,000 for Fernand L. (International Herald Tribune)
Cologne's contemporary fair shows its age Nov 6, 2004
One of the fair's genuine revelations was the suite of India-ink sketches by Hans Hartung, shown by the Berlin dealer Clemens Fahnemann, who sold 22 of the works on paper for a total of 250,000, with a block of 16 going to the National Gallery in Berlin. Such intricate linear studies often served as precise models for those familiar Hartung paintings of the 1950s and '60s that seem to be executed with such spontaneous verve. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Artist finds self through East-West fusion Apr 23, 2004
" In the midst of the social and political upheaval in 1949, Chao moved to Taiwan, where he worked as an art professor. In 1956, he travelled to Barcelona, in Spain, on a scholarship from the Spanish Government. So successful was he there that he was made a Permanent Member of the National Art Association of Spain in 1957. Two years later, he settled down in New York. Chao died in 1991 in Taiwan, where he had just returned after living abroad for more than 30 years. Two traditions Surrounded by... (Xinhuanet, China)
An aging fair changes its tune Nov 7, 2003
The rhythmic compositions of Hans Hartung on offer there, completed in 1973 but looking as fresh as tomorrow, were priced at E32,000 each. Success at this year's installment of Art Cologne, however, was measured by most participants in the sale of works priced between E1,000 and E30,000 (International Herald Tribune, France)
