"I had done a good number of portraits of Arp of more or less abstract form. I used the blue of the carbon paper because I liked this blue better than that of the pencil. I made the original drawing, but the result was the copy, the copy was the original."
Hans Richter is a painter, sculptor, and filmmaker of German origin. WIth origins in expressionism, and standing at the crossroads of the Dada movement, constructivism, and neoplasticism, he was one of the major figures in the avant-garde of the 1910s and 1920s, serving as a catalyst between intellectuals and artists from all over the world. He follows the shift of the artistic scene from Europe to the United States and contributes, through his teaching, his publications, and his exhibitions, to writing the history of the modern movement in which he had actively participated. Hans Richter also helps to constitute a new system of the arts in which the film occupies a decisive place. In Hans Richter's polymorphous work, the cinema acts as a meeting point, the privileged place for the circulation of mediums: painting, drawing, but also typography, photography, and architecture.