Biography
André Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe bʁətɔ̃]; 18 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist. He is known best as the co-founder, leader, principal theorist and chief apologist of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
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André Breton, Nusch Eluard, Valentine Hugo, Paul Eluard Exquisite Corpse
c.1930
André Breton I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes (Poem object)
1942
Features
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Outsider art
Outsider art is used to describe art that has a naïve quality, often produced by people who have not trained ...
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Automatism
In art, automatism refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the ...
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Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse)
Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse) is a collaborative drawing approach first used by surrealist artists to create bizarre and intuitive drawings
Tate Papers
Becoming Machine: Surrealist Automatism and Some Contemporary Instances
Involuntary Drawing
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Drawing in the Dark: Involuntary Drawing
Susan Morris approaches the subject of involuntary drawing from the point of view of an artist trying to make a ...
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Tate Etc. issue 20: Autumn 2010
Tate Etc. Issue 20 Autumn 2010 online edition of Tate's magazine
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Tate Etc. issue 18: Spring 2010
Tate Etc. Issue 18 Spring 2010 online edition of Tate's magazine
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Bring the noise: Futurism
As well as being noted for their avant-garde painting, the Futurists’ performances were legendary for their intent to provoke and ...
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The unholy trinity: Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
To coincide with the first exhibition to explore the inter-relationship between Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia, to be staged at ...
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