André Masson - part 14

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 14 of 15-part series on the works of André Masson: 

Nude Woman
etching and aquatint on paper 24 x 34 cm

Orpheus
colour lithograph on paper 51 x 49 cm

On the Theme of Desire
ink on paper ink on paper 30 x 26 cm

Pursuit
pastel on tinted paper 65 x 50.3 cm

Project for a Carpet
coloured crayon on paper 63.2 x 50 cm

Profile
ink paper 60 x 45.5 cm

Printmaking and Surrealism
colour lithograph poster 77 x 51 cm

Portrait
mixed media on paper 32 x 24 cm

Pollen and Chrysalides
gouache on paper mounted on canvas 31.2 x 38.2 cm

Pink Profile
colour lithograph on paper 86.3 x 66 cm

Love - Peace
colour lithograph on aper 53 x 42.5 cm

Rodeo
aquatint etching on wove paper 32 x 50.5 cm (sheet)

Rocks and Forest
pastel on paper 62.7 x 48 cm

Sirens
colour lithograph on Arches filigree paper 22.4 x 29.9 cm

Siren
pastel on cardboard 32.5 x 22.5 cm

Shot Bird
oil on canvas 68 x 61.7 cm

Shadows
etching on Vellum 39.5 x 30 cm (sheet) 

Self-Portrait
charcoal and brush and India ink on paper 62.8 x 47.9 cm

Seated Figure
colour lithograph on paper 28.8 x 21.5 cm

Samson and Delilah
colour etching on laid paper c54.5 x 40 cm

Syncope
ink on paper 36 x 28 cm

Surrealist Woman
colour lithograph on paper 65 x 50 cm

Sunrise over a Torrent
oil on canvas 75.6 x 90 cm

Sunflower Dance
colour lithograph on paper 74 x 54 cm

Styx
oil on canvas 54.8 x 37.7 cm

Study for "The Omens"
pastel and charcoal on paper 48 x 62.8 cm

The Earth Toad
India ink and pencil on paper 50 35.5 cm

The Daisy
coloured pencils and felt-tip pen on paper 61 x 46 cm

The Cards
oil on canvas 38 x 61 cm

The Bronte Sisters
lithograph on paper c18 x 20 cm

The Bird
pastels on paper laid on canvas 46 x 63 cm

The Bathers
pastel and gouache on paper 85 x 112 cm

The Market and the Caryatids
oil on canvas 81.2 x 100 cm

The Leap (Annals of Nature)
oil, tempera and sand on canvas 113.7 x 146.1 cm

The Fugitive
colour lithograph on paper 69 x 55 cm

The Europhages I
etching and aquatint on paper 33 x 26 cm (plate)

The Earth Toad
India ink and pencil on paper 50 35.5 cm

Three Faces
lithograph on paper 35.5 x 25.4 cm

The Waves
oil on canvas 73.5 x 60 cm

The Torso
oil on canvas board 41.9 x 31.1 cm

The Torrent
colour lithograph 35.5 x 53.3 cm 

The Sonnets of Louise Labé
colour lithograph on paper 65 x 50 cm

The Metamorphoses of Sleep
pastel on paper mounted on canvas 73 x 92.2 cm

The Masks
oil on canvas 60.3 x 75.8 cm