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Eva Hesse

German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970)
Person Human Q215457

Facts

32 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[21]
Date of birth
January 11, 1936
Date of death
May 29, 1970
Place of birth
Hamburg
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
Germany, United States[11][12]
Ethnic group
German Americans[13]
Occupation
sculptor, painter, draftsperson, textile artist, artist, collagist[14]
Employer
School of Visual Arts[16]
Field of work
art of sculpture[15]
Educated at
Yale University, Art Students League of New York, Cooper Union, High School of Art and Design[17][18][19][20]
Spouse
Tom Doyle[10]
Genre
Minimalism, abstract art[23][24]
Cause of death
brain cancer[25]
Work location
Essen, New Haven, New York City[28][29][30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[37]
Artist files at
Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Estate of Eva Hesse
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
American Women Sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions, Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, American Women Artists, Past and Present: A Selected Bibliographic Guide[32][33][34]
End of work period
1970[41]
Family name
Hesse[26]
Given name
Eva[27]
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Has works in the collection
Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Israel Museum, Seattle Art Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Print Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Museum Ludwig
Manner of death
natural causes[31]
Movement
postminimalism[22]
Name in native language
Eva Hesse[38]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/New Mexico State Library, WikiProject Craft, WikiProject New York Public Library
Participant in
Documenta 5, Documenta 6[35][36]
Represented by
Hauser & Wirth[39]
Start of work period
1964[40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eva Hesse ar إيفا هيس cs Eva Hesseová fa اوا هس he אווה הסה hi ईवा हेसे ja エヴァ・ヘス ru Ева Гессе ru Ева Хессе ru Хессе, Ева sv Hesse uk Єва Гессе zh 伊娃·海瑟
🔖 Identifiers · 123
ISNI
0000000081510352
VIAF cluster ID
71440663
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83193496
GND ID
118967967
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eva-Hesse.jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID
34922
AWARE ID
eva-hesse
AbART person ID
26265
American National Biography ID
1700403
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/67987
ArtBrokerage artist ID
Eva-Hesse
Artcyclopedia artist ID
hesse_eva
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
eva-hesse
Artist-info artist ID
14577
Artists of the World ID
00309504
Artnet artist ID
eva-hesse
Artsy artist ID
eva-hesse
AskArt person ID
30982
Athenaeum person ID
11752
BAnQ authority ID
0000270709
BIBSYS ID
90235687
Basis Wien person ID
24862
Benezit ID
B00087056
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12216983f
Bridgeman artist ID
53675, 21616
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
hesse-eva
CANTIC ID
981058515545506706
CLARA-ID
3691
CONOR.SI ID
117299811
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10388186
Christie's creator ID
26844
CiNii Research ID
1140845216753672704
Collective Biographies of Women ID
16144
Cooper Hewitt person ID
18055473
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
internationale-beeldende-kunst-vanaf-1850/eva-hesse
DACS ID (2022)
008429
DACS ID (former)
02c9d290-6a22-e111-9c2b-000c29604b72
DDB person (GND) ID
118967967
DFK Paris person ID
0009239961
DUC ID
eva-hesse
De Agostini ID
Hesse,+Eva
Described at URL
www.solisprints.co.uk
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118967967
Enciclopedia delle donne ID
eva-hesse
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
hessova-eva
Encyclopedia of Jewish Women ID
hesse-eva
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Eva-Hesse
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
eva-hesse
Europeana entity
agent/base/76305
FAST ID
119339
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118967967
FactGrid item ID
United Kingdom
FemBio ID
13342
Film.ru person ID
eva-hesse-0
Freebase ID
/m/07js9s
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991005680679707141
Genealogics.org person ID
I00543533
Geni profile ID
6000000015084833138
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m07js9s
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Eva_Hesse
Grove Art Online ID
T037926
HAND ID
626F-1595-5275-A1D9-F1AB
Hamburger Frauenbiografien ID
4078
IMDb ID
nm4288129
IdRef ID
030833337
Invaluable.com person ID
p1r5c139gt
Itaú Cultural ID
pessoa281089/eva-hesse
J9U entity ID
987007262776205171
Joconde author ID
T513-14877
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
118967967
KBR person ID
14313591
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118967967
Kallías ID
PE00333197
Le Delarge artist ID
10742_artiste_HESSE_Eva
Lex ID
Eva_Hesse
Libraries Australia ID
35191396
Libris-URI
xv8clzrg2pz2q0m
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
2623
MutualArt artist ID
B7EA611BC2650B04
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09781706
NE.se ID
eva-hesse
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005295030
NLA Trove people ID
858669, 1057505
NLP ID
a0000003639213
NUKAT ID
n2003060228
National Gallery of Art artist ID
10136
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
1779
National Library of Brazil ID
000237316
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000062833
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:jI4;=BN
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810531203105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX866651
National Virtual Library of India ID
1278852
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070552290
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
7929
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3911436
Open Library ID
OL602734A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095933826
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
16192
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
1362
Prabook ID
727191
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
26251
Quora topic ID
Eva-Hesse
RERO ID (legacy)
A003368657
RKDartists ID
38043
RKDlibrary ID
143792
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
50490
SELIBR ID
391784
SFMOMA artist ID
Eva_hesse
SNAC ARK ID
w6cr5sm9
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
1391
Tabakalera ID
58332
Tate artist ID
eva-hesse-1280
Treccani ID
eva-hesse
Union List of Artist Names ID
500026528
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
323004
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058515545506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1046956
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
601
WikiArt ID
eva-hesse
WikiTree person ID
Hesse-261
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhmFVTFHQ8hFDvBFWCYT3
Yale LUX ID
person/9ecbda12-8e9e-4f41-8a0c-e2bf651ea7b4

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 14
Israel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Whitney Museum of American Art +6 more
Occupation 4
artist, painter, sculptor, draftsperson
Educated at 3
Yale University, Cooper Union, Art Students League of New York
Work location 3
New York City, Essen, New Haven
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Germany
Genre 2
abstract art, Minimalism
Participant in 2
Documenta 5, Documenta 6
Participated in 2
Documenta 5, Documenta 6
Employer 1
School of Visual Arts
Ethnic group 1
German Americans
FactGrid item ID 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Hesse
Field of work 1
art of sculpture
Given name 1
Eva
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Movement 1
postminimalism
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Art+Feminism
Place of birth 1
Hamburg
Place of death 1
New York City
Represented by 1
Hauser & Wirth
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Eva Hesse was born on January 11, 1936[1], in Hamburg[2]. She died on May 29, 1970[3], in New York City[4]. She worked as a sculptor[5], painter[6], draftsperson[7], textile artist[8], and artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Eva Hesse born?

Eva Hesse was born in Hamburg[2].

Where did Eva Hesse die?

Eva Hesse died in New York City[4].

Who was Eva Hesse married to?

Eva Hesse's spouses include Tom Doyle[10].

What did Eva Hesse do for work?

Eva Hesse worked as a sculptor[5], painter[6], draftsperson[7], textile artist[8], and artist[9].

Where did Eva Hesse go to school?

Eva Hesse was educated at Yale University[17], Art Students League of New York[18], Cooper Union[19], and High School of Art and Design[20].

Related Entities

Detroit Institute of Arts Germany Israel Museum Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Victoria New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts United States Whitney Museum of American Art

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Concise Dictionary of Women Artists. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . artsy.net. artsy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  22. [13] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . hauserwirth.com. Retrieved . hauserwirth.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1h ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-11-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added reference: Educated at: Yale University, Add book reference to existing P69 statement for Eva Hesse"
  2. 28d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (…"
  3. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 626F-1595-5275-A1D9-F1AB
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 626F-1595-5275-A1D9-F1AB, batch #269215"
  4. 13w ago · Agaath · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Eva-Hesse.jpg
    "Created claim: Image: Eva-Hesse.jpg"
  5. 20w ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-eva-hesse
    "Created claim: Described at URL: https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-eva-hesse, Add described at URL (P973) to sourced Solis Prints artist page; language English (P407)"
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