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Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels.[1] He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.[2]
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. By the end of the 1920s, however, he was finding automatic drawing rather restricting, and he left the surrealist movement and turned instead to a more structured style, often producing works with a violent or erotic theme. He was living in Tossa de Mar, a small fishing village on the Costa Brava, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, which is reflected in a number of his paintings (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).[4]
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, was the last private owner of Gustave Courbet's provocative painting L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World); Lacan asked Masson to paint a surrealist variant.
Family
His son, Diego Masson[5] (born 1935), is a conductor, composer, and percussionist, while another son, Luis Masson, is an actor.[6] His daughter, Lily Masson (1920-2019), was a painter.
Bibliography
Hélène Parant, Fabrice Flahutez, and Camille Morando. La bibliothèque d'André Masson. Une archéologie. Paris: Artvenir, 2011. ISBN2-9539406-0-X.
André Masson. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1919–1941. Vaumarcus: Éditions ArtAcatos, 2010. Catalog by Guite Masson, Martin Masson, and Catherine Loewer, preface by Bernard Noël, "André Masson" de Dawn Adès, Biographie d'André Masson (1896–1941) by Camille Morando.
Dawn Ades. André Masson. Collection Les grands maîtres de l’art contemporain. Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, 1994. (Translated from the English by Jacques Tranier).
André Breton. Le Surréalisme et la Peinture. Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 1965.
Jean-Claude Clébert, Mythologie d'André Masson. Genève: Éditions Pierre Cailler, 1971.
Daniel Guérin. Eux et Lui. suivi de commentaires, ornés de cinq dessins originaux d’André Masson. Lille:[full citation needed] 2000.
Georges LimbourAndré Masson, dessins. Collection "Plastique". Paris: Éditions Braun, 1951.
André Masson. Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier, préface de Georges Limbour. Paris: Julliard, 1958. Reprinted 1995 by éditions André Dimanche, Marseille.
André Masson. La Mémoire du monde. Geneva: Skira, 1974 (conversations with Gaétan Picon).
André Masson. Le Vagabond du surréalisme. (conversations with Gilbert Brownstone). Paris: Éditions Saint-Germain-des-Près, 1975.
André Masson. Le Rebelle du Surréalisme. Paris: Éditions Hermann, 1976. (Anthologie établie par Françoise Levaillant). Reprinted 1994.
André Masson. Les Années surréalistes. Correspondance 1916–1942. Lyon: La Manufacture, 1990. (édition établie et présentée par Françoise Levaillant, d’après le Doctorat de F. Levaillant, "André Masson: Lettres choisies 1922–1942". Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1986).
André Masson. "Dissonances". In An Anthology from X. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. "X magazine", Vol. I, No. III (June 1960)
Florence de Mèredieu. André Masson, les dessins automatiques.[full citation needed] Blusson, 1988.
Stephan Moebius. Die Zauberlehrlinge. Soziologiegeschichte des Collège de Sociologie. Constance:[full citation needed], 2006.
Bernard Noël. André Masson, la chair du regard. Collection l'art et l'écrivain. Paris: Gallimard, 1993.
René Passeron. André Masson et les puissances de signe.[full citation needed] Denoël 1975.
José Pierre," L’Aventure Surréaliste autour d’André Breton ", Paris, éd. Filipacchi, 1986.
Clark V. Poling. André Masson and the Surrealist Self. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008.[ISBN missing]
Françoise Will-Levaillant. André Masson, période asiatique 1950–1959. Paris: Galerie de Seine, 1972.
Buchholz, Kai, and Klaus Wolbert (eds.). André Masson. Bilder aus dem Labyrinth der Seele. Frankfurt a. M.:[full citation needed] 2003.
Kaiser-Strohmann, Dagmar. Vom Aufruhr zur Struktur. Schriftwerte im Informel, exhibition catalogue,[full citation needed]: Gustav-Luebcke-Museum Hamm 2008. ISBN3-9807898-6-1.
Mueller-Yao, Marguerite Hui. Der Einfluss der Kunst der chinesischen Kalligraphie auf die westliche informelle Malerei. PhD diss. Bonn, Koeln[clarification needed] 1985. ISBN3-88375-051-4.
Mueller-Yao, Marguerite. "Informelle Malerei und chinesische Kalligrafie". In Informel, Begegnung und Wandel, edited by Heinz Althoefer,[page needed]. Schriftenreihe des Museums am Ostwall 2. Dortmund:[full citation needed], 2002. ISBN3-611-01062-6.
in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
Interview with André Masson on Acéphale in Black Sun Lit (October 2016)
March 16, 2023
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For the French economist see Andre Masson economist Andre Aime Rene Masson 4 January 1896 28 October 1987 was a French artist Andre MassonBornAndre Aime Rene Masson 1896 01 04 4 January 1896Balagny sur Therain Oise FranceDied28 October 1987 1987 10 28 aged 91 Paris FranceKnown forPaintingMovementSurrealismAndre Masson Pedestal Table in the Studio 1922 Andre Masson Automatic Drawing 1924 Ink on paper 91 4 81 8 23 5 20 6 cm Museum of Modern Art New York Contents 1 Biography 2 Artistic works 3 Family 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditThis section needs expansion with more details about the artist s life after WWI You can help by adding to it August 2022 Masson was born in Balagny sur Therain Oise but when he was eight his father s work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels 1 He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels under the guidance of Constant Montald and later he studied in Paris He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured 2 Artistic works EditHis early works display an interest in cubism He later became associated with surrealism and he was one of the most enthusiastic employers of automatic drawing making a number of automatic works in pen and ink Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud Michel Leiris Joan Miro Georges Bataille Jean Dubuffet and Georges Malkine who were neighbors of his studio in Paris 3 From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed By the end of the 1920s however he was finding automatic drawing rather restricting and he left the surrealist movement and turned instead to a more structured style often producing works with a violent or erotic theme He was living in Tossa de Mar a small fishing village on the Costa Brava at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War which is reflected in a number of his paintings he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s 4 Under the German occupation of France during World War II his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate With the assistance of Varian Fry in Marseille Masson escaped the Nazi regime on a ship to the French island of Martinique from where he went on to the United States Upon arrival in New York City customs officials inspecting Masson s luggage found a cache of his erotic drawings Living in New Preston Connecticut his work became an important influence on American abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock Following the war he returned to France and settled in Aix en Provence where he painted a number of landscapes Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille s review Acephale in 1936 and participated in all its issues until 1939 His brother in law the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan was the last private owner of Gustave Courbet s provocative painting L Origine du monde The Origin of the World Lacan asked Masson to paint a surrealist variant Family EditHis son Diego Masson 5 born 1935 is a conductor composer and percussionist while another son Luis Masson is an actor 6 His daughter Lily Masson 1920 2019 was a painter Bibliography EditHelene Parant Fabrice Flahutez and Camille Morando La bibliotheque d Andre Masson Une archeologie Paris Artvenir 2011 ISBN 2 9539406 0 X Andre Masson Catalogue raisonne de l œuvre peint 1919 1941 Vaumarcus Editions ArtAcatos 2010 Catalog by Guite Masson Martin Masson and Catherine Loewer preface by Bernard Noel Andre Masson de Dawn Ades Biographie d Andre Masson 1896 1941 by Camille Morando Andre Masson Published on the initiative of Robert Desnos and Armand Salacrou in 1940 limited edition by an anonymous publisher Each copy initialed by Andre Masson Text by Jean Louis Barrault Georges Bataille Andre Breton Robert Desnos Paul Eluard Armel Guerne Pierre Jean Jouve Madeleine Landsberg Michel Leiris Georges Limbour Benjamin Peret Reprinted 1993 by Editions Andre Dimanche in Marseille Dawn Ades Andre Masson Collection Les grands maitres de l art contemporain Paris Editions Albin Michel 1994 Translated from the English by Jacques Tranier Andre Breton Le Surrealisme et la Peinture Paris Editions Gallimard 1965 Jean Claude Clebert Mythologie d Andre Masson Geneve Editions Pierre Cailler 1971 Daniel Guerin Eux et Lui suivi de commentaires ornes de cinq dessins originaux d Andre Masson Lille full citation needed 2000 Armel Guerne Andre Masson ou les autres valeurs full citation needed 2007 Hubert Juin Andre Masson Paris Le musee de poche 1963 Jean Clarence Lambert Andre Masson Paris Editions Filipacchi 1979 Francoise Levaillant Massacre de signes Tokyo Misuzu Shobo 1995 Georges Limbour et Michel Leiris Andre Masson et son univers Lausanne Les Trois collines 1947 Georges Limbour Andre Masson dessins Collection Plastique Paris Editions Braun 1951 Andre Masson Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier preface de Georges Limbour Paris Julliard 1958 Reprinted 1995 by editions Andre Dimanche Marseille Andre Masson La Memoire du monde Geneva Skira 1974 conversations with Gaetan Picon Andre Masson Le Vagabond du surrealisme conversations with Gilbert Brownstone Paris Editions Saint Germain des Pres 1975 Andre Masson Le Rebelle du Surrealisme Paris Editions Hermann 1976 Anthologie etablie par Francoise Levaillant Reprinted 1994 Andre Masson Les Annees surrealistes Correspondance 1916 1942 Lyon La Manufacture 1990 edition etablie et presentee par Francoise Levaillant d apres le Doctorat de F Levaillant Andre Masson Lettres choisies 1922 1942 Universite de Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne 1986 Andre Masson Dissonances In An Anthology from X Oxford and New York Oxford University Press 1988 X magazine Vol I No III June 1960 Florence de Meredieu Andre Masson les dessins automatiques full citation needed Blusson 1988 Stephan Moebius Die Zauberlehrlinge Soziologiegeschichte des College de Sociologie Constance full citation needed 2006 Bernard Noel Andre Masson la chair du regard Collection l art et l ecrivain Paris Gallimard 1993 Rene Passeron Andre Masson et les puissances de signe full citation needed Denoel 1975 Jose Pierre L Aventure Surrealiste autour d Andre Breton Paris ed Filipacchi 1986 Clark V Poling Andre Masson and the Surrealist Self New Haven and London Yale University Press 2008 ISBN missing Michel Surya Georges Bataille la mort a l œuvre Paris Gallimard 1992 ISBN missing Francoise Will Levaillant Andre Masson periode asiatique 1950 1959 Paris Galerie de Seine 1972 Buchholz Kai and Klaus Wolbert eds Andre Masson Bilder aus dem Labyrinth der Seele Frankfurt a M full citation needed 2003 Kaiser Strohmann Dagmar Vom Aufruhr zur Struktur Schriftwerte im Informel exhibition catalogue full citation needed Gustav Luebcke Museum Hamm 2008 ISBN 3 9807898 6 1 Mueller Yao Marguerite Hui Der Einfluss der Kunst der chinesischen Kalligraphie auf die westliche informelle Malerei PhD diss Bonn Koeln clarification needed 1985 ISBN 3 88375 051 4 Mueller Yao Marguerite Informelle Malerei und chinesische Kalligrafie In Informel Begegnung und Wandel edited by Heinz Althoefer page needed Schriftenreihe des Museums am Ostwall 2 Dortmund full citation needed 2002 ISBN 3 611 01062 6 Rolf Wedewer Die Malerei des Informel Weltverlust und Ich Behauptung Munich Deutscher Kunstverlag 2007 ISBN 3 422 06560 1 Carmine Benincasa Andre Masson L universo della pittura Milan Editore Mondatori 1989 ISBN missing References Edit Masson Andre Benezit Dictionary of Artists Oxford Art Online accessed 7 June 2016 McCloskey Barbara Artists of World War II London Greenwood Press 2005 ISBN 0313321531 page 34 Oisteanu Valery May 2012 The Mythology of Desire Masterworks from 1925 to 1945 The Brooklyn Rail The Making of an Englishman Fred Uhlman Victor Gollanz 1960 p 188 Editions Larousse Encyclopedie Larousse en ligne Diego Masson larousse fr Luis Masson at IMDbExternal links EditMasson at the Tate Gallery Short biography Muller Yao Marguerite Informelle Malerei und chinesische Kalligrafie Dortmund 2002 ISBN 3 611 01062 6 Andre Masson in American public collections on the French Sculpture Census website Interview with Andre Masson on Acephale in Black Sun Lit October 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andre Masson amp oldid 1139739251, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
