André Masson

(French, 1896–1987)

André Masson was a French artist whose work has been cited as the bridge between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He was a noted proponent of automatic art, in which the hand is allowed to move freely across the canvas without a conscious plan in order to uncover thoughts and images from the subconscious mind. One such example, Automatic Drawing (1924), now hangs prominently in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Born on January 4, 1896 in Balagny-sur-Thérain, France, he studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Belgium, and was later wounded during World War I. During the Second World War, Masson fled to the United States and worked from a farmhouse in Connecticut. His work gradually attracted the attention of the art world in New York, and Jackson Pollock is rumored to have been inspired by Masson’s Pasiphae (1944) when it was shown at Buchholz Gallery in Manhattan in 1944. In 1976, Masson’s work was the subject of a retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. He died on October 28, 1987 in Paris, France.

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Contemporary Art, Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints and Multiples, Surrealism

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Gradiva, 1939
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Identification d’une mante avec un chardon,..., 1935

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Identification d’une mante avec un chardon,..., 1935

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Les voyeurs. Second titre : Suzanne et les..., 1966

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Les voyeurs. Second titre : Suzanne et les..., 1966

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Tête de tigre, 1933, 1933

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Tête de tigre, 1933, 1933

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Sans titre, 1933

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Sans titre, 1933

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Autoportraits, 1946, 1946

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Autoportraits, 1946, 1946

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Étreinte animale, 1930, 1930

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Étreinte animale, 1930, 1930

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Portrait de l’artiste, 1972, 1972

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Portrait de l’artiste, 1972, 1972

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Naissance de chevaux, circa 1933, 1933

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Naissance de chevaux, circa 1933, 1933

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Les Amants. Têtes, Mars 1979, 1979

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Les Amants. Têtes, Mars 1979, 1979

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Orphée outragé par les Ménades, 1933, 1933

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Orphée outragé par les Ménades, 1933, 1933

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Métamorphose de la Gorgone en Chimère, circa , 1933

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Métamorphose de la Gorgone en Chimère, circa , 1933

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Maldoror sur la place des trophées, 1973, 1973

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Maldoror sur la place des trophées, 1973, 1973

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La terre n’est à personne, 1929, 1929

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La terre n’est à personne, 1929, 1929

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Féminaire de la rue Saint-Denis, 1956, 1956

André Masson

Féminaire de la rue Saint-Denis, 1956, 1956

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Au matin la montagne Sainte-Victoire dans le , 1949

André Masson

Au matin la montagne Sainte-Victoire dans le , 1949

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La désolation, 1944, 1944

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La désolation, 1944, 1944

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La Dame du soleil et Femme au soleil, 1972, 1972

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La Dame du soleil et Femme au soleil, 1972, 1972

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Suzon, 1950, 1950

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Suzon, 1950, 1950

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Le Minotaure, 1942, 1942

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Le Minotaure, 1942, 1942

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Portrait de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1946, 1946

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Portrait de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1946, 1946

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Combat d’animaux, 1929, 1929

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Combat d’animaux, 1929, 1929

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Portrait du marchand et éditeur Curt..., 1946

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Portrait du marchand et éditeur Curt..., 1946

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Trois nus dans l’herbe, 1950, 1950

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Trois nus dans l’herbe, 1950, 1950

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