French painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer, and writer, born in Baragny (Oise). He spent most of his youth in Brussels, working as a pattern designer in an embroidery studio and also studying at the Acadu00e9mie des Beaux-Arts. He then moved to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1912 to 1914. He served in the French army from 1914 to 1919 and was seriously wounded. From 1919 to 1922 he lived in the south of France before returning to Paris, where he met Gris and Derain, and later Miru00f3 and Breton. In 1923, he held his first solo exhibition at Galerie Simon in Paris. He painted forests, card players, still lifes, and later experimented with automatic drawing. He participated in the Surrealist movement from 1924 to 1929. In addition to his sand paintings, he also created other works that explore the effects of chance, such as paintings depicting the transformation of animal and human forms, with an emphasis on violence and eroticism, and themes such as germination, combat, and slaughter. did. He lived in Spain from 1934 to 1936. He painted bullfights and Spanish mythology. From 1941 to 1945, he lived in exile in the United States in New Preston, Connecticut, where he created work inspired by the primal forces of nature. He returned to France in 1945 and in 1947 he settled in Provence. He painted landscape themes such as mountains and waterfalls for several years, after which he created several almost completely abstract paintings. His work also includes theater sets and costumes, book illustrations, and a series of small sculptures. He has written various books, including 1971’s Mythologie d’Andre Masson.
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