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André MASSON

(1896-1987)

Single Work
Monument (Ink ) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Monument, 1960

Ink LCD5959

3 000.00€

Les Hain-Teny (Engraving) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Les Hain-Teny, 1956

Engraving LCD5033

650.00€

Single Work
Samson and Dalila (Drawing (modern)) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Samson and Dalila, 1967

Drawing (modern) LCD5827

4 500.00€

Sonnet XIV (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Sonnet XIV, 1978

Lithograph LCD5373

450.00€

The Hain-Teny, the hawk-eater, plate 9 (Etching and aquatint) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

The Hain-Teny, the hawk-eater, plate 9, 1956

Etching and aquatint LCD5036

650.00€

Metamorphosis on the summit (Etching) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Metamorphosis on the summit, 1973

Etching LCD4950

550.00€

haunted room (Etching) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

haunted room, 1974

Etching LCD4948

450.00€

Demon (Etching) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Demon, 1976

Etching LCD4947

550.00€

Pregnant women (Engraving) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Pregnant women, 1962

Engraving LCD4861

650.00€

Les Erophages (Etching and aquatint) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Les Erophages, 1960

Etching and aquatint LCD4625

650.00€

Sonnets by Louise Labé (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Sonnets by Louise Labé, 1972

Lithograph LCD4415

750.00€

Single Work
For hope (Drawing (modern)) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

For hope, 1948

Drawing (modern) LCD4398

7 500.00€

Single Work
Untitled (Drawing (modern)) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Untitled, 1972

Drawing (modern) LCD4396

8 000.00€

Sans titre (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Sans titre

Lithograph LCD4330

650.00€

Leda with three pearls (Engraving) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Leda with three pearls, 1972

Engraving LCD4279

550.00€

Sonnets by Louise Labé (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Sonnets by Louise Labé, 1972

Lithograph LCD4258

750.00€

Stars and Faces (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Stars and Faces, 1972

Lithograph LCD4233

650.00€

The end of the Caryatids (Etching) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

The end of the Caryatids, 1973

Etching LCD2987

850.00€

Sans Titre (Lithograph) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Sans Titre

Lithograph LCD3845

550.00€

La Jerusalem delivrée (Engraving) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

La Jerusalem delivrée

Engraving LCD3288

650.00€

Philémon et Baucis des "Amants Célèbres" (Etching and aquatint) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

Philémon et Baucis des "Amants Célè..., 1979

Etching and aquatint LCD2620

650.00€

The guardians of Silence I (Etching and aquatint) - André  MASSON

MASSON André

The guardians of Silence I, 1973

Etching and aquatint LCD2386

650.00€

André MASSON

Biography

André Masson is a French painter born on January 4, 1896 in Balagny-sur-Thérain (Oise). He spent his childhood in Brussels, then became a professional embroidery designer in Belgium.

In 1912, he moved to Paris. During the First World War he was seriously wounded in the Chemin des Dames; he will keep his whole life a deep repulsion for war and warmongering. After the war, he shared a workshop with Miro, composed his first Cubist paintings, frequented many artists and befriended Roland Tual and Max Jacob.

In 1923, he met the first surrealists and rallied to The Surrealist Revolution with Antonin Artaud, Miro, Georges Limbour and Michel Leiris. In 1924, he met Georges Bataille with whom he remained bound all his life by a deep friendship. It illustrates in 1928 the sulfurous text History of the eye written by Georges Bataille under the pseudonym of Lord Auch. The same year, he illustrates Justine de Sade.

In 1929 he broke with André Breton. In 1931, he illustrated at the dry point the text of Georges Bataille: File of the pineal eye. The solar anus He left to live in Spain from 1934 to 1936, then from 1937 to 1939 he participated in the adventure of the review Acéphale but did not adhere to the secret society of Bataille. His style seems to be influenced by expressionism. He produces drawings in the form of "series" : Destiny of animals ; Massacres ; Imaginary portraits.

In 1940, he joined the United States to escape the war and found André Breton. He returned to France in 1945, where he illustrated many theater sets. He received the National Arts Award in 1954. He painted the ceiling of the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1965.

André Masson dies on October 28, 1987 in Paris.

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