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Birth
1896 (Balagne, France)
Death
1987 (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Lived/Active
Connecticut / France/Spain
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surrealism, abstract expressionis painting
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Andre Masson was born in Balagne, France on January 4,1896. He was an engraver, sculptor, stage designer and writer; he was one of the leading figures of Surrealism. He was admitted to the Academie Royale des Beaux-arts et l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Brussels, Belgium at the age of eleven
Masson was severely wounded in the First World War and was deeply scarred emotionally. His pessimism was accompanied by a profound and troubled curiosity about the nature and destiny of man and an ob (showing 500 of 4401 characters). |
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