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MASSON Andre
(1896-1987)
"Part of the meaning image is replaced by a substitute "
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| Andre MASSON, a few dates |
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| 1896 |
born on January 4th 1896 in Balagny-sur-Thérain (Oise - France) |
| 1908 |
studies at the Art school in Bruxels until 1912 |
| 1912 |
settles in Paris |
| 1914 |
seriously wounded during war
first cubist paintings, meets Roland Tual and Max Jacob |
| 1923 |
meets the first surrealists and participates to the Surrealist Revolution with Antonin Artaud, Miro, Georges Limbour et Michel Leiris |
| 1928 |
illustrates anonimously the "Story of the eye" written by his friend Georges Bataille under the pseudo Lord Auch |
| 1929 |
breaks with André Breton and the surrealists |
| 1940 |
goes to the United Stated to escape war and meets André Breton there and meets Jackson Pollock |
| 1965 |
paints the ceiling of the Odeon theatre in Paris |
| 1987 |
died on October 28th 1987 in Paris |
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