Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
- Introduction
- Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 – July 9, 1974) was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet. In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos. He contributed to the Dada (and later surrealist) periodical Literature. Among Ribemont-Dessaignes' works for the theater are the plays The Emperor of China (1916) and The Mute Canary (1919), and the opera libretti The Knife's Tears (1926) and The Three Wishes (1926), both with music by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. His novels include L'Autruche aux yeux clos (1924), Ariane (1925), Le Bar du lendemain (1927), Céleste Ugolin (1928), and Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu (1934).
- Wikidata
- Q1393354
- Introduction
- Comment on works: modern
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Writer, Painter
- Names
- Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges Ribemont-dessaignes
- Ulan
- 500064579
Exhibitions
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508: Readymade in Paris and New York
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
MoMA
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Painters for the Theater
Jul 14–Nov 1, 1989
MoMA
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Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes has
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