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- January 4, 1896
- October 28, 1987
- Automatic Drawing Andre Masson 1924.
- Pupae to Toledo Andre Masson 1935.
- Iconic views of Toledo Andre Masson 1936.
- Pasiphae Andre Masson 1937.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
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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. One of the first painters to embrace André Breton's Surrealisttheories, Masson channeled the subconscious and explored the themes of sexuality, violenc...
After experiencing the violence and chaos of World War I, Masson incorporated brutal, disembodied images into his paintings with unprecedented graphic force. He combined these savage forms with ide...An admirer of early Renaissanceand early modernism, Masson combined classical themes and emotionally-laden abstract forms. Many of his works draw from classical mythology as archetypes of life, sex...Like many of the Surrealists, he relocated to America during World War II, where his impact on the New York School was more direct. Masson's automatic technique and cosmic narratives were visually...Childhood
André-Aimé-René Masson was born on January 4, 1896 in the small town of Balagny (Oise), north of Paris. He was the eldest of three children in a family of modest means. Growing up in the country, he felt an early connection with nature and the world. Masson's childhood encouraged unconventional thought. In particular, his mother was a French teacher who promoted unusual texts that would later become important to the Surrealistsand were considered scandalous at the time. While his father was m...
Early Training and Work
Through the efforts of his mother and the quality of his drawings, Masson was admitted to the Brussels Académie des Beaux-Arts at age eleven, which was much younger than usual. He studied under the Belgian painter and sculptor Constant Montald, whose method of mixing glue with water and pigment proved very influential for Masson's later technique. He also took a side job making embroidery designs, which meant his days were filled with study and work. In his limited free time, Masson read insa...
Mature Period
In Paris, Masson began making pottery at a studio center for veterans with disabilities. He also took up work with the Journal Officiel. His work from these postwar years featured erotic, sometimes pornographic content that varied widely in style and technique. The founder of the Surrealist movement, André Breton, would later call this Masson's 'erotic period' and believed it to be key to understanding his entire oeuvre. According to the writer Malcolm Haslam, Masson hosted regular gatherings...
- January 4, 1896
- October 28, 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.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Sep 20, 2024 · André Masson (born January 4, 1896, Balagny, Oise, France—died October 28, 1987, Paris) was a 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.
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French artist André Masson studied art in Paris from 1912 until the First World War, when he joined the army. After being seriously wounded, Masson was discharged from military service and lived in the south of France.
