Eva hesse artist biography

German- American sculptor Eva Hesse is world-renowned for her drawings, paintings and sculptures, which brought deeply resonant emotions into the structured realms of Minimalism.

Exploring two- and three-dimensional forms with textural drawings, collages and relief sculptures, she broke down boundaries between painting, drawing and sculpture.

The unusual, ephemeral materials she explored, including rubber, latex and cheesecloth, opened up adventurous new pathways into Post-Minimalist sculpture.

A Difficult Childhood

Eva Hesse was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1936.

As a Jewish family under the rise of Nazism times were hard; Hesse’s father was banned from practicing law, while her mother had severe bouts of depression. When she was just two years old, Eva was sent with her sister to Amsterdam via a children’s train to escape the Nazi programme.

The family reunited in England, before traveling to the United States to set