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 9 of 15-part series on the works of André Masson:
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| 1962 The Kingdom of Fear oil on canvas 125 x 110 cm |
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| 1962 Succubes China and coloured inks, gouache on paper (size not given) |
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| 1962 Secret Ceremony, "The Ascetics" Series ink and watercolour on paper 64.5 x 44.3 cm |
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| 1962 Romance in a Farmyard oil on canvas 81.3 x 100 cm |
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| 1962 Rainbow abduction oil on canvas 91.9 x 65.3 cm |
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| 1962 For death in the aftermath pastel on paper 25.8 x 18.7 cm |
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| 1962 Woman and Minotaur India ink, red ink and felt-tip pen on paper 26.5 x 17.6 cm |
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| 1962 The Tragic Comedians oil on canvas 130 x 116.2 cm |
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| 1962 The Myth of Sisyphus lithograph on Japan paper 27.3 x 20.9 cm |
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| 1963 Sundays of Life pencil and pastel on paper 18 x 23 cm |
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| 1963 Plant Face colour lithograph on Arches Vellum c27 x 21 cm |
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| 1963 Metamorphosis lithograph 63.2 x 47.6 cm (sheet) |
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| 1964 Obsession watercolour and ink on paper 65 x 50 cm |
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| 1964 Lovers in the City watercolour on paper 41.7 x 55.7 cm |
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| 1964 Isis, Heraclitus and the River colour lithograph on paper 33.6 x 26 cm |
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| 1964 In the secret Room aquatint on paper 13 x 9 cm |
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| 1964 Woman with a Bird grey wash on paper 76 x 56 cm |
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| 1964 The Tragedy of Salome watercolour and ink on paper 24.5 x 36.5 cm |
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| 1964 Saturn bronze 93.3 x 50.7 x 44.8 cm |
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| 1964 Priape ink and watercolour on paper 39.2 x 28.9 cm |
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| 1964-65 Isis, Heraclitus and the River colour lithograph on paper 29.4 x 21.6 cm |
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| 1965 Caliban (from Shakespeare's "The Tempest") colour lithograph on paper 25.5 x 19 cm |
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| 1965 Album B aquatint on paper 38.1 x 27.9 cm |
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| 1965 Zincography on wove paper 47 x 37 cm |
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| 1965 Profile Head pen on paper 48.2 x 36.8 cm |
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| 1965 Furnished Hotel oil on canvas 46 x 38.2 cm |
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| 1965 For Daniel-Henry lithograph on paper 29.8 x 22.8 cm |
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| c1965 Untitled wash and felt-tip pen on paper 29.7 x 13.7 cm |
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| c1965 Day and Night pastel on paper 60.6 x 45.2 cm |
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| c1965 Bread making colour lithograph on paper 67.3 x 48.8 cm |
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| 1966 The Rabbit Killers oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm |
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| 1966 Assembly of Women etching and aquatint on paper 31.7 x 34.9 cm |
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| 1966c In memory of Miro lithograph on Vellum4 8 x 36 cm |
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| 1966-67 The Astrologer etching and colour aquatint on paper 64 x 50 cm (image) |
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| 1967 Young Girl presenting a Surrealist Engraving etching and aquatint on paper 50 x 37.9 cm |
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| 1967 Untitled (Couple at Twilight) tempera and oil pastel on paper 20 x 26 cm |
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| 1967 The Chicken Thief and Vagabond pursued pastel and ink on paper 32 x 24.7 cm |
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| 1967 Red Profile etching and aquatint on paper 26 x 20 cm |
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| 1967 Poster for the opening of the Atelier Mourlot premises in New York colour lithograph on BFK Rives paper 31 x 53.5 cm |
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| 1967 Love colour lithograph on Arches paper 61 x 48 cm |
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| 1967 Dalila brush and ink on paper 66 x 49.8 cm |
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