Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strasbourg.
In 1909, he moved to Switzerland and in 1911 was a founder of the Moderner Bund group there.
In 1916, Hugo Ball opened the Cabaret Voltaire, which was to become the center of Dada activities in Zurich for a group that included Arp ~.
Arp�s work appeared in the first exhibition of the Surrealist group at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, in 1925.
Throughout the 1930s and until the end of his life, he continued to write and publish poetry and essays.
In 1958 Arp’s first retrospective exhibition is held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Big collection of links to Jean Arps work at Art Cyclopedia.
Much more at ArtNet.com, but requires subscription ($29.95/month).
