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Born July 5, 1889 • Maisons-Laffitte • France
Died October 11, 1963 (aged 74) • France
Notable Works “Beauty and the Beast” • “La Lampe d’Aladin” • “Le Boeuf sur le toit” • “Les Enfants terribles” • “Orpheus” • “Parade” • “The Blood of a Poet” • “The Cape of Good Hope” • “The Infernal Machine” • “Thomas the Imposter”
Movement / Style Surrealism

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