(1896-1987)
MASSON André
Sonnet XIV, 1978
Lithograph LCD5373
450.00€
MASSON André
The Hain-Teny, the hawk-eater, plate 9, 1956
Etching and aquatint LCD5036
650.00€
MASSON André
Les Hain-Teny, 1956
Engraving LCD5035
650.00€
MASSON André
Metamorphosis on the summit, 1973
Etching LCD4950
550.00€
MASSON André
haunted room, 1974
Etching LCD4948
450.00€
MASSON André
Demon, 1976
Etching LCD4947
550.00€
MASSON André
Pregnant women, 1962
Engraving LCD4861
650.00€
MASSON André
Les Erophages, 1960
Etching and aquatint LCD4626
650.00€
MASSON André
Les Erophages, 1960
Etching and aquatint LCD4625
650.00€
MASSON André
Sonnets by Louise Labé, 1972
Lithograph LCD4416
750.00€
MASSON André
The Lady of the Labyrinth, 1962
Etching and aquatint LCD4419
550.00€
MASSON André
Sonnets by Louise Labé, 1972
Lithograph LCD4415
750.00€
MASSON André
, 1946
Drawing (modern) LCD4400
2 500.00€
MASSON André
For hope, 1948
Drawing (modern) LCD4398
7 500.00€
MASSON André
Untitled, 1972
Drawing (modern) LCD4396
8 000.00€
MASSON André
Sans titre
Lithograph LCD4330
650.00€
MASSON André
Leda with three pearls, 1972
Engraving LCD4279
550.00€
MASSON André
Sonnets by Louise Labé, 1972
Lithograph LCD4258
750.00€
MASSON André
Stars and Faces, 1972
Lithograph LCD4233
650.00€
MASSON André
The end of the Caryatids, 1973
Etching LCD2987
850.00€
MASSON André
The Titan, 1972
Lithograph LCD1195
650.00€
MASSON André
Atalante et le centaure
Lithograph LCD3848
250.00€
MASSON André
Sans Titre
Lithograph LCD3845
550.00€
MASSON André
La Jerusalem delivrée
Engraving LCD3288
650.00€
MASSON André
Philémon et Baucis des "Amants Célè..., 1979
Etching and aquatint LCD2620
650.00€
MASSON André
Héro et Léandre des "Amants Cél&eg..., 1979
Lithograph LCD2615
650.00€
MASSON André
The guardians of Silence I, 1973
Etching and aquatint LCD2386
650.00€
MASSON André
for Saint-Pol Roux, 1961
Etching and aquatint LCD2310
480.00€
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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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