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André Masson
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French
, 1896–1987)
André Masson
Vestiges d'un massacre,
1958
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Timeline
1896
Born: in Balagne, France
1904
Moved to Brussels, Belgium where he attended the academy of fine arts
1912
Admitted to the Paul Baudoin studio at the Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1917
Severely injured and spent months in an army hospital during the war
1922
Returned to Paris, where his art was influenced by André Derrain and Cubism
1924
Met André Breton and joined the Surrealist Movement
1925
Took part in the first surrealist exhibition at the Pierre gallery
1929
Broke with Breton and the Surrealist group
1934
Fascist riots in Paris. Moved to Tossa de Mar, Spain
1942
Fled to the USA before the Nazi occupation of France, settled in New Preston, CT
1945
Returned to France
1966
Produced a ceiling painting for the Parisian Théatre Odéon, Paris, France
1987
Died: in Paris, France
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Exhibitions
2012
Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
2009
André Masson: Retrospektive, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
Picasso et ses amis, Galerie für Kunst von Picasso-Conzen, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007
André Masson: Sur-Reality, Trigg Ison Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA (solo)
André Masson 'Grenzüberschreitung, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany (solo)
2002
André Masson Inside/Outside Surrealism: Works from the Gotlieb Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA (solo)
1996
André Masson in America: (1941-5), Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
André Masson, Galerie Guy Baertschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
André Masson Work of the Forties, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1995
André Masson, The Mayor Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1993
Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1989
Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1987
Retrospective, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1984
Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1976
Retrospective, MOMA, New York, NY (solo)
Retrospective of drawings, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
1973
Recent paintings, Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France (solo)
1970
Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy (solo)
1968
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
1967
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
1965
Rétrospective, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
1964
Retrospective, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1963
Galerie Gerard Cramer, Geneva, Switzerland
1962
Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
1960
Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
International Surrealist Exhibition, New York, NY
1959
Retrospective, Galleria Bussola, Turin, Italy (solo)
1958
Retrospective: engravings, L'Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Retrospective", Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
Edgardo Acosto Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1956
Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, France
1955
Retrospective, Leicester Galleries, London, UK (solo)
1954
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (won Grand Prix National for Painting)
1950
André Masson and Alberto Giacometti, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
1949
Terre Erotique, Place Vendome, Paris, France (closed by the police)
1948
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
1946
Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris, France (solo)
1942
First Papers of Surrealism, Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, New York, NY
1940
International Surrealist Exhibition, Mexico City, Mexico
1938
Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme, Paris, France
1936
International Surrealist Exhibition, London, UK
1934
Galerie Simon, Paris, France
1930
Gallery of Living Art, New York, NY
1926
Galerie Surréaliste, Paris, France
1925
Galerie Pierre, Paris, France
1924
Galerie Simon, Paris, France (solo)
Selected Public Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Venice, Italy
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Literature
2008
Clark V. Poling, Andre Masson and the surrealist self, New Haven, 2008
2006
Maurizio Vanni, André Masson, La ricerca dell'oltre, Text in ital., dt. U. engl., Modena, Galleria Modenarte 2006
2005
André Masson (1896 - 1987): les grands livres illustrés, ou le monde merveilleux de l'oeuvre gravé en couleur, Ausst. Kat. Cannes, 2005
2004
André Masson - Eine Mythologie der Natur, Ausst. Kat. Museum Würth, Künzelsau, 2004
2003
André Masson: Bilder aus dem Labyrinth der Seele, Ausst. Kat. Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, 2003
1998
André Masson: Rebell des Surrealismus, Ausst. Kat. Ludwig-Museum Koblenz, 1998
1994
Lawrence Saphire/Patrick Cramer, André Masson: The illustrated books, catalogue raisonné, Genève 1994
1988
Roger Passeron, André Masson, General catalogue of the sculptures, Torino 1988
