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André Masson

(French, 1896–1987)

André Masson

Ville crânienne, 1940

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André Masson

Poursuite, 1933

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André Masson

Serruriers (Locksmiths), 1946

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André Masson

Amoroso, 1939

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André Masson

Jeux d'oiseaux, 1965

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André Masson

Portrait of Peter Matisse, 1943

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André Masson

Fête, 1956

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Biography

Timeline

1896: Born: in Balagne, France
1904: Moved to Brussels, Belgium where he attended the academy of fine arts
1912: Admitted to the Paul Baudoin studio at the Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1917: Severely injured and spent months in an army hospital during the war
1922: Returned to Paris, where his art was influenced by André Derrain and Cubism
1924: Met André Breton and joined the Surrealist Movement
1925: Took part in the first surrealist exhibition at the Pierre gallery
1929: Broke with Breton and the Surrealist group
1934: Fascist riots in Paris. Moved to Tossa de Mar, Spain
1942: Fled to the USA before the Nazi occupation of France, settled in New Preston, CT
1945: Returned to France
1966: Produced a ceiling painting for the Parisian Théatre Odéon, Paris, France
1987: Died: in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2012: Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
2009: André Masson: Retrospektive, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
Picasso et ses amis, Galerie für Kunst von Picasso-Conzen, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007: André Masson: Sur-Reality, Trigg Ison Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA (solo)
André Masson 'Grenzüberschreitung, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany (solo)
2002: André Masson Inside/Outside Surrealism: Works from the Gotlieb Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA (solo)
1996: André Masson in America: (1941-5), Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
André Masson, Galerie Guy Baertschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
André Masson Work of the Forties, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1995: André Masson, The Mayor Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1993: Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1989: Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1987: Retrospective, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1984: Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1976: Retrospective, MOMA, New York, NY (solo)
Retrospective of drawings, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
1973: Recent paintings, Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
: Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1970: Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy (solo)
1968: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
1967: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
1965: Rétrospective, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
1964: Retrospective, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1963: Galerie Gerard Cramer, Geneva, Switzerland
1962: Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
1960: Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
International Surrealist Exhibition, New York, NY
1959: Retrospective, Galleria Bussola, Turin, Italy (solo)
1958: Retrospective: engravings, L'Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Retrospective", Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
Edgardo Acosto Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1956: Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, France
1955: Retrospective, Leicester Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1954: Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (won Grand Prix National for Painting)
1950: André Masson and Alberto Giacometti, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
1949: Terre Erotique, Place Vendome, Paris, France (closed by the police)
1948: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
1946: Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris, France (solo)
1942: First Papers of Surrealism, Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, New York, NY
1940: International Surrealist Exhibition, Mexico City, Mexico
1938: Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme, Paris, France
1936: International Surrealist Exhibition, London, UK
1934: Galerie Simon, Paris, France
1930: Gallery of Living Art, New York, NY
1926: Galerie Surréaliste, Paris, France
1925: Galerie Pierre, Paris, France
1924: Galerie Simon, Paris, France (solo)
: Selected Public Collections:
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Venice, Italy
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain

Literature

2008: Clark V. Poling, Andre Masson and the surrealist self, New Haven, 2008
2006: Maurizio Vanni, André Masson, La ricerca dell'oltre, Text in ital., dt. U. engl., Modena, Galleria Modenarte 2006
2005: André Masson (1896 - 1987): les grands livres illustrés, ou le monde merveilleux de l'oeuvre gravé en couleur, Ausst. Kat. Cannes, 2005
2004: André Masson - Eine Mythologie der Natur, Ausst. Kat. Museum Würth, Künzelsau, 2004
2003: André Masson: Bilder aus dem Labyrinth der Seele, Ausst. Kat. Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, 2003
1998: André Masson: Rebell des Surrealismus, Ausst. Kat. Ludwig-Museum Koblenz, 1998
1994: Lawrence Saphire/Patrick Cramer, André Masson: The illustrated books, catalogue raisonné, Genève 1994
1988: Roger Passeron, André Masson, General catalogue of the sculptures, Torino 1988

André Masson

(French, 1896–1987)

André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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