Hans Bellmer

German artist and photographer (1902-1975)

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Born: March 13, 1902
Died: February 24, 1975
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1902

About Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer. Bellmer is most famous for the creation of a series of dolls as well as photographs of them. Bellmer produced the first doll in Berlin in 1933. Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 – 24 February 1975) was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s.

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Hans Bellmer timeline

1902Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 – 24 February 1975) was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s.
1933Bellmer produced the first doll in Berlin in 1933.

The world when Hans Bellmer was born

Hans Bellmer was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
Notable inventionAir conditioning
World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

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Measure	1902	2026
Population	79.0M	341 million

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