André Masson (born January 4, 1896, Balagny, Oise, France—died October 28, 1987, Paris) noted French Surrealist painter and graphic artist. Masson studied painting in Brussels and then in Paris. He fought in World War I and was severely wounded. 1 of 6 Summary of André Masson Painting dreamscapes of writhing mythological figures and tortured natural forms, André Masson combined the two main visual techniques of Surrealism: biomorphic abstraction and automatic techniques.
The Labyrinth (1938) by Andre Masson.
André-Aimé-René Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but was brought up in Belgium. He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured. Surrealism André Masson, Battle of Fishes By Dr. Stephanie Chadwick André Masson, Battle of Fishes, 1926, sand, gesso, oil, pencil, and charcoal on canvas ( Museum of Modern Art) It takes the eyes a moment to adjust to seeing André Masson's Battle of Fishes and to rest on any of its particular forms. Artist biography. André Masson born 1896 [- 1987] French painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer and writer, born at Balagny (Oise). Spent most of his youth in Brussels, where he worked as pattern-drawer in an embroidery studio and studied part-time at the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Then moved to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Andre Masson (b. Balagny, France, 1896) was one of the key exponents of Surrealism in painting during its pioneer years from 1922-29. In 1922, a group of artists and writers including Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Armand Salacrou and Antonin Artaud began to gather in his atelier, adjacent to Miro's, at the rue Blomet and explore a new.
André Masson. Painting, drawing, sculpture Galeria Marc Domenech
The visual artists who first worked with Surrealist techniques and imagery were the German Max Ernst (1891-1976), the Frenchman André Masson (1896-1987), the Spaniard Joan Miró (1893-1983), and the American Man Ray (1890-1976). Recently Added André Masson was a French artist whose work has been cited as the bridge between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. View André Masson's 6,453 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Automatic Drawing (1924). Ink on paper, 9 1⁄4 × 8 1⁄8 " (23.5 × 20.6 cm). Museum of Modern Art, New York. André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 - 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Biography This section needs expansion with: more details about the artist's life after WWI. You can help by adding to it. (August 2022) André Masson, Andre Masson, Masson Ulan 500030295 View the full Getty record. Information from Getty's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Works 106 works online André Masson. Card Trick. 1923. André Masson. Soleils bas. 1924. André Masson.
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André Masson (18961987) , Vue emblématique de Tolède Christie's
André Masson surrealist (Balagny-sur-Thérain, 1896 - Paris, 1987) André Masson spent his childhood in Brussels. He reveals very early donations draftsman and his parents enroll him at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. But before entering the artistic life, the First World War forced him to engage as an infantry soldier on the front. The classically trained French painter, printmaker and designer Andre Masson was one of the leading figures within the Surrealism movement, which dominated modern art in Europe during the interwar years. He was a pioneer of Automatism in art, and exploited chance and accident as part of his creative technique.
Oct. 29, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Andre Masson, whose turbulent paintings and graphics led him into exotic and controversial areas of linear movement, died early Wednesday at his Paris. André Masson fought in the Great War because he wanted to experience "the Wagnerian aspects of battle" and know "the ecstasy of death." In his biography of Masson, Otto Hahn explained that ecstasy the day a bullet ripped into the young artist's chest during the offensive at Chemin des Dames in April 1917. Stretcher-bearers were unable.
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10 Famous Surrealist Paintings From The Masters of Surrealism | Widewalls Read more about the most famous surrealist paintings, ones that shaped Surrealism as an art movement and that still twist our perception. André Masson was a French painter, specifically born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, in Oise, on January 4, 1896. His first years were spent in the countryside, learning and living in a fully natural environment, which we will see how his work influences throughout his life, as is often the case with painters' childhoods.
