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Born January 22, 1879 • Paris • France
Died November 30, 1953 (aged 74) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Cubism • Dada • Orphism • Surrealism • Section d’Or
Subjects Of Study Dada

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Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia: Landscape at Cassis
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Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
André Breton
André Breton
French poet
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Louis Aragon
French author
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Philippe Soupault
French writer
Pablo Picasso: Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet
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Pierre Reverdy
French poet
Fernand Léger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
Fernand Léger
French painter
Eiffel Tower, an oil painting on canvas by Robert Delaunay from 1910–11, is on display at the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. The painting was one of Delaunay's contributions to the art movement called cubism.
Robert Delaunay
French painter
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
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Théophile Gautier
French author
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Tristan Tzara
French author
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
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
Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
Antonin Artaud
French author and actor
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Henri Michaux
French painter and poet
Pablo Picasso: Max Jacob
Max Jacob
French poet
Prévert, 1951
Jacques Prévert
French poet
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René Char
French author
Éluard, 1947
Paul Éluard
French author

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