André Breton
- Introduction
- André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 18 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet and anti-fascist. He is known best as the co-founder, leader, principal theorist and chief apologist of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
- Wikidata
- Q161955
- Introduction
- French writer and leader of the Surrealist group in Paris. He was first active with Dada in Paris ca. 1920, then became the chief proponent of Surrealism. Generally a writer of poetry and novels that demonstrated the practice of 'automatic writing,' it was his thoughts on aesthetics that may be his lasting legacy. He wrote on and promoted the work of many painters that conformed to his stringent definitions of Surrealism, outlined in the periodically issued "Le Surréalisme et la peinture," as well as his "Manifeste du Surréalisme-Poisson Soluble" (1924). He organized the first group exhibition of surrealist art, "La peinture surréaliste" in 1925.
- Nationalities
- French, American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Critic, Writer, Essayist, Poet, Painter, Leader
- Names
- André Breton, Andre Breton, D'André Breton, Yves Tanguy
- Ulan
- 500125870
Exhibitions
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Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction
November 21, 2016–
March 19, 2017 MoMA
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
June 12–
September 18, 2016 MoMA
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938
September 28, 2013–
January 12, 2014 MoMA
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Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City
July 10, 2013–
January 5, 2014 MoMA
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Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
March 14–
July 9, 2012 MoMA
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André Breton has 27 exhibitionsonline.
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André Breton Handwritten letter to Monsieur Maríchal 1918
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Cadavre Exquis, André Breton, Max Morise, Jeannette Ducrocq Tanguy, Pierre Naville, Benjamin Péret, Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prévert Figure 1928
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Cadavre Exquis, Valentine Hugo, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, Greta Knutson Landscape c. 1933
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Cadavre Exquis, André Breton, Jacques Hérold, Yves Tanguy, Victor Brauner Figure 1934
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André Breton Untitled 1935
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton Volière (Aviary) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton Untitled (pages from Breton-Tanguy Notebook) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton Untitled 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Lingères (1912), .b: Hommage (1913) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Hymne (1914), .b: Façon (1915) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Âge (1916), .b: A Propos de Guillaume Apollinaire (1917) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Forêt - Noire (1918), .b: Poses Fatales (1919) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Épervier Incassable (1920), .b: Untitled (1921) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1922), .b: Le Buvard de Cendre (1923) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (page from Breton-Tanguy Notebook), .b: Untitled (page from Breton-Tanguy Notebook) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Suite des Prodiges (1924), .b: Untitled (1925) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Les Attitudes Spectrales (1926), .b: Cinquantenaire de L'Hystérie (1927) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1928), .b: Untitled (1929) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1930), .b: L'Union Libre (1931) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled, .b: Untitled 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1932), .b: Untitled (1933) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1934), .b: Untitled (1935) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1936), .b: Aspect Zénithal de Jacques Vaché (1937) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1938), .b: La Maison D'Yves Tanguy (1939) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled (1940), .b: La Laterne Sourde (1941) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled, .b: (untitled) 1941
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Yves Tanguy, André Breton .a: Untitled, .b: Untitled 1941
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André Breton Poem-Object December 1941
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André Breton Poème-Objet _ from _VVV Portfolio 1942, published 1943
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André Breton Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio (c 1942)
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Various Artists, André Breton, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, David Hare, André Masson, Robert Motherwell, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy VVV Portfolio c. 1942, published 1943
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