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Feb 25, 2016 · In 1941, she married her second husband, notorious painter Max Ernst, who she would divorce in 1946. One image that stands out from this period is that of him dressing up in her clothes.
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Sep 30, 2015 · Lee Krasner’s final verdict on what one should say about Peggy Guggenheim has an aphoristic appeal, and it’s easy to understand why Francine Prose should invoke it more than once in the course...
Nov 22, 2023 · Just a year after the gallery’s opening in 1942, the 31 Women exhibition in 1943 was pivotal. The exhibition was one of the first-ever exhibitions to exclusively showcase female artists. Furthermore, it amassed works by women of 16 different nationalities.
Dec 21, 2015 · Guggenheim once described herself as “the midwife,” and her maternal relationship with Pollock shines through in “Art Addict.” As Pollock rose to prominence, Peggy felt sidelined.
Feb 23, 2016 · Tanning's work was chosen by the celebrated European Surrealist, Max Ernst, then married to Guggenheim; she had assigned him the task of visiting the studios of promising female artists in order to choose likely candidates for the upcoming show. Ernst, a notorious womanizer, promptly left Guggenheim and moved in with the much younger Tanning.
The art collector Peggy Guggenheim had just opened her gallery on West 57 Street in the fall of 1942 when a friend Marcel Duchamp suggested that she organizes an all-woman exhibition. Guggenheim loved the idea: the show, featuring 31 women, would be radical not only because of its gender composition but also because of its modernist selection ...
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When she dispatched her then-husband, Max Ernst, to go and select paintings for the exhibition, one of his favorites was a self-portrait by Dorothea Tanning, which he named Birthday. Ernst and Tanning soon started a love affair which brought the end to Guggenheim's and Ernst's marriage and business collaboration.