André Masson (1896-1987) french painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer and writer, was born at Balagny (Oise). He spent most of his youth in Brussels, where he worked as a pattern-drawer in an embroidery studio and studied part-time at the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Then moved to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts 1912-14. He served in the French Army 1914-19, and was gravely wounded. He lived in the South of France (1919-22), then returned to Paris where he met Gris, Derain, and later Miró and Breton. His first one-man exhibition was at the Galerie Simon, Paris in 1923. Paintings of forests, card players and still lifes, followed by experiments with automatic drawing. From 1924-9 he participated in the Surrealist movement. He made further works exploring chance effects, including sand paintings, as well as paintings of metamorphoses of animal and human forms, themes of germination, combats and massacres, with emphasis on violence and eroticism. He lived in Spain 1934-36 where he made paintings of bullfights, Spanish myths, etc. He took refuge in the USA between 1941-45, where he lived at New Preston, Connecticut, and made works inspired by the elemental forces of nature. He returned to France in 1945 and settled in Aix-en-Provence in 1947. Here he painted landscape themes such as mountains and waterfalls for several years, followed by some almost completely abstract pieces. His works also include sets and costumes for the theatre, book illustrations and a number of small sculptures.
This is part 15 of 15-part series on the works of André Masson:
Tree in bloom
pastel on paper 62 x 48 cmTotem
mixed media on paper 31 x 24.5 cmUndergrowth
oil on canvas 54.2 x 33 cm
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| Untitled (Profile) ink on tan paper 31.8 x 24.1 cm |
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| Untitled (Figures) colour lithograph on paper 77.5 x 57.2 cm |
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| Untitled (Figures) colour lithograph on paper 78.1 x 61.6 cm |
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| Untitled colour etching on paper 42 x 52 cm |
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| Untitled colour etching on paper 15 x 11.5 cm (image) |
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| Untitled (figures) colour etching and aquatint on paper c51 x 38 cm |
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| Untitled (figure) colour etching and aquatint on paper c51 x 38 cm |
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| Untitled colour aquatint on paper 51.4 x 33.6 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on Japan paper 32.5 x 25 cm |
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| Untitled (figures) colour lithograph on BFK Rives paper 52.5 x 41.5 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on Arches paper 65 x 50 cm |
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| Untitled (head) colour etching on paper 27.9 x 20.3 cm |
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| Untitled (two heads) colour lithograph on paper 75 x 56 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on paper 74.9 x 53.9 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on paper 66 x 51 cm |
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| Untitled (figures) colour lithograph on paper 64.7 x 50.1 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on paper 11.6 x 8.3 cm |
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| Untitled (composition with figures and faces) colour lithograph 57 x 76 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on vellum 59.5 x 49 cm |
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| Untitled colour lithograph on paper 76 x 56 cm (sheet) |
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| Untitled etching with aquatint on wove paper 19.7 x 24.7 cm |
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| Untitled etching on paper 30 x 22 cm |
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| Untitled etching on Arches paper 29.8 x 23.4 cm |
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| Untitled etching and aquatint on paper 33 x 45 cm |
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| Untitled etching and aquatint 13.3 x 10.7 cm |
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| Untitled pencil on paper 31 x 23 cm |
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| Untitled pastels on canvas paper 50 x 36 cm |
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| Untitled mixed media on paper laid on canvas 26 x 20 cm |
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| Untitled mixed media on paper 34.2 x 29.8 cm |
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| Untitled mixed media on canvas paper 40 x 31 cm |
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| Untitled (bird) lithograph on paper 50 x 65.5 cm |
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| Untitled lithograph on paper 24 x 19 cm |
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| Untitled lithograph on Arches paper 65 x 49.5 cm |
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| Women's Group pen and ink on paper 30 x 23.2 cm |
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| Women lithograph on paper 62.2 x 48.2 cm |
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| Woman's Back two-colour lithograph on paper 14 x 15.3 cm |
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| Woman with Birds colour lithograph on paper 81.9 x 66.6 cm |
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| Woman surrounded by Animals charcoal on tracing paper 32.2 x 24.5 cm |
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| Woman Serving Table bronze 65.4 cm high |
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| Woman and Bird etching and aquatint on paper 42.5 x 31.7 cm |
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| West Indian pastel on paper 64.8 x 49.6 cm |
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| Wandering Soul etching and aquatint on paper 52.5 x 32.3 cm |
Untitled series of 8 etchings on paper 31.5 x 23.5 cm each:
