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Also Known As Vosdanik Adoian
Born April 15, 1904 • Turkey
Died July 21, 1948 (aged 44) • Connecticut
Notable Works “The Liver Is the Cock’s Comb”
Movement / Style Surrealism • automatism • biomorphic art • Abstraction-Création

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German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German artist
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
André Masson
André Masson
French artist
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning
American painter and writer
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Kay Sage
American painter and poet
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Ethel Schwabacher
American artist
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Man Ray
American photographer and painter
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Philip C. Curtis
American artist
Josef Albers, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1948.
Josef Albers
German-born American painter
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Yves Tanguy
American artist
Tworkov, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1960
Jack Tworkov
American artist
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Franz Kline
American artist
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Bradley Walker Tomlin
American painter
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist

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