II. documenta was the second edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 11 July and 1 October 1959 in Kassel, West Germany. The artistic director was Arnold Bode in collaboration with art historian Werner Haftmann.[1]

Participants

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A
René Acht Henri-Georges Adam Hans Aeschbacher Afro (Afro Basaldella) Gerhard Altenbourg
Karel Appel Mordecai Ardon Kenneth Armitage Hans Arp
B
Francis Bacon Vojin Bakić Eduard Bargheer Heinz Battke Eugen Batz
Willi Baumeister Jean Bazaine William Baziotes André Beaudin Gustav Kurt Beck
Max Beckmann Hans Bellmer Anna-Eva Bergman Hubert Berke Gaston Bertrand
Max Bill Renato Birolli Julius Bissier Roger Bissière André Bloc
Norman Bluhm Umberto Boccioni Walter Bodmer Anne Bonnet Constantin Brâncuși
Georges Braque Theo Braun Victor Brauner James Brooks Peter Brüning
Carl Buchheister Alberto Burri Jan Burssens Reg Butler
C
Alexander Calder Alexander Camaro Massimo Campigli Giuseppe Capogrossi Carmelo Cappello
Bruno Cassinari Sergio de Castro César Baldaccini Lynn Chadwick Marc Chagall
Bernard Childs Eduardo Chillida Giorgio de Chirico Emil Cimiotti Antoni Clavé
Henry Cliffe Otto Coester Pietro Consagra Constant Nieuwenhuys Corneille Guillaume Beverloo
Antonio Corpora Pierre Courtin Harold B. Cousins Modest Cuixart
D
Karl Fred Dahmen Alan Davie Jean Degottex Jacques Charles Delahaye Robert Delaunay
Paul Delvaux André Derain Jean Deyrolle Eugène Dodeigne Piero Dorazio
Gianni Dova Jean Dubuffet Bernard Dufour
E
Theo Eble Max Ernst Maurice Estève Merlyn Oliver Evans
F
Joseph Fassbender Jean Fautrier Pericle Fazzini Franz Fedier Luis Feito
Herbert Ferber Lucio Fontana Nino Franchina Sam Francis Helen Frankenthaler
Othon Friesz
G
Naum Gabo Winfried Gaul Rupprecht Geiger Claude Georges Jacques Germain
Alberto Giacometti Émile Gilioli Werner Gilles Roger-Edgar Gillet Michael Goldberg
Bruno Goller Julio González Arshile Gorky Adolph Gottlieb Karl Otto Götz
Otto Greis HAP Grieshaber Juan Gris Marcel Gromaire Philip Guston
H
Terry Haass Roel D’Haese Étienne Hajdú Otto Herbert Hajek Simon Hantaï
Fritz Harnest Grace Hartigan Hans Hartung Karl Hartung Rudolf Hausner
Stanley William Hayter Bernhard Heiliger Werner Heldt Barbara Hepworth Auguste Herbin
Peter Herkenrath Ernst Hermanns Anton Heyboer Roger Hilton Gerhard Hoehme
Rudolf Hoflehner Hans Hofmann
I
Yūichi Inoue Rolf Iseli
J
Robert Jacobsen Franz M. Jansen Guido Jendritzko Asger Jorn
K
Wassily Kandinsky Tadeusz Kantor Zoltán Kemény Eugène de Kermadec Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Heinrich Kirchner Paul Klee Franz Kline Fritz Koenig Max Kohler
Oskar Kokoschka Willem de Kooning Norbert Kricke Rudolf Kügler
L
Wifredo Lam Octave Landuyt André Lanskoy Peter Lanyon Berto Lardera
Ibram Lassaw Ger Lataster Henri Laurens Jan Lebenstein Le Corbusier
Fernand Léger Heinz Leinfellner Jean Le Moal Osvaldo Licini Walter Linck
Jacques Lipchitz Morice Lipsi Seymour Lipton Lucebert Jean Lurçat
M
Alberto Magnelli René Magritte Kazimir Malevich Alfred Manessier Giacomo Manzù
Franz Marc Conrad Marca-Relli Gerhard Marcks Adam Marczyński André Marfaing
Marino Marini Albert Marquet André Masson Umberto Mastroianni Ewald Mataré
Georges Mathieu Henri Matisse Roberto Matta Bernard Meadows Matschinsky-Denninghoff
Georg Meistermann Marc Mendelson Ludwig Merwart Hans Mettel Henri Michaux
Leone Minassian Luciano Minguzzi Mirko Basaldella Joan Miró Joan Mitchell
Piet Mondrian Henry Moore Giorgio Morandi Mattia Moreni Ennio Morlotti
Richard Mortensen Robert Motherwell Max von Mühlenen Robert Müller Willi Müller-Hufschmid
Edo Murtić Zoran Mušič
N
Ernst Wilhelm Nay Renee Nele Endre Nemes Rolf Nesch Barnett Newman
Ben Nicholson Isamu Noguchi Sidney Nolan Emil Nolde
O
Richard Oelze Christian d’Orgeix Fayga Ostrower
P
Eduardo Paolozzi Victor Pasmore Alicia Penalba Achille Perilli Antoine Pevsner
Jean Piaubert Pablo Picasso Édouard Pignon Arthur Luiz Piza Hans Platschek
Serge Poliakoff Jackson Pollock Arnaldo Pomodoro Giò Pomodoro Piotr Potworowski
Richard Pousette-Dart Mario Prassinos
R
Robert Rauschenberg Paul Rebeyrolle Germaine Richier Fritz Riedl Jean-Paul Riopelle
Günter Ferdinand Ris Otto Ritschl Kurt Roesch Gerburg Rohde Hans Rompel
Theodore Roszak Mark Rothko Georges Rouault
S
Rolf Sackenheim Giuseppe Santomaso Antonio Saura Emilio Scanavino Karl Schaper
Edwin Scharff Oskar Schlemmer Gérard Ernest Schneider Nicolas Schöffer Bernard Schultze
Emil Schumacher Kurt Schwitters Toti Scialoja William Scott André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Gustav Seitz Jaroslaw Serpan Michel Seuphor Ben Shahn Josef Šíma
Gustave Singier Mario Sironi David Smith K.R.H. Sonderborg Pierre Soulages
Luigi Spazzapan Ferdinand Springer Toni Stadler Nicolas de Staël François Stahly
Theodoros Stamos Clyfford Still Gabrijel Stupica Kumi Sugai Graham Sutherland
Arpad Szenès
T
Shinkichi Tajiri Pierre Tal-Coat Rufino Tamayo Yves Tanguy Dorothea Tanning
Antoni Tàpies Yūkei Tejima Fred Thieler Mark Tobey Bradley Walker Tomlin
Hann Trier Heinz Trökes Drago Tršar Giulio Turcato Ann Twardowicz
Jack Tworkov
U
Raoul Ubac Hans Uhlmann
V
Louis Van Lint Victor Vasarely Emilio Vedova Geer van Velde Alberto Viani
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Jacques Villon Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
W
Gerhard Wendland Hans Werdehausen Theodor Werner Gerhard Wind Fritz Winter
Karl Anton Wolf Wols Fritz Wotruba Woty Werner Bryan Wynter
Y
Taihô Yamazaki
Z
Ossip Zadkine Mac Zimmermann Unica Zürn

References

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  1. ^ Ausstellungskatalog: II. documenta ’59. Kunst nach 1945; Katalog: Band 1: Malerei; Band 2: Skulptur; Band 3: Druckgrafik; Textband. Kassel/Köln 1959