André Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as “pure psychic automatism”.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Sirens 1947 André Masson 1896-1987 Bequeathed by Elly Kahnweiler 1991 to form part of the gift of Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler, accessioned 1994 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T06821
[image_with_animation image_url=”11209″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Thank you for the Salish Sea art submissions! My inbox has been pinging with new and interesting artworks from all of you. I welcome all these flora, fauna, maps, and memories. I hear a few of you need a couple more days to get your artworks finished, so I’m …
[image_with_animation image_url=”11190″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sun Days was a collection of four paintings started by Anne McGurk. I added to the collection, so here now is 20. Ha. I had hoped to also add a poem, but after reading about suns and moons and how womens’ eyes and bosoms sparkle, or nature this and birdies that, …
This post is from Barry Berridge, a returning student who is currently in my beginning drawing class. Advice from a beginning drawing student I wanted to share an observational drawing habit I started this month that might also help other beginners: There’s a coffee shop super close to my apartment with lots of cool plants …
Last quarter Keith Pfeiffer and I taught a series on color. As promised, this was not a typical color theory class. Here are a few of my favorite student works from one of my favorite exercises. These paintings are made with compressed values, and some are entirely all one light/dark value. Some of them are …
Automatic Drawing: The Andres
Andre Breton – Writer
André Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as “pure psychic automatism”.
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Andre Masson – Artist
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
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