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Jean Arp, The Artists
Portrait of Jean Arp

Jean Arp was a German artist born on September 16, 1886. Arp contributed to the Dadaist and Surrealist movements, worked in France and Switzerland and died on June 7, 1966.

Birds in an Aquarium, Jean Arp

Birds in an Aquarium 1920

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, The ArtistsPortrait of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

A living collage

1874 – 1927
Hannah Höch, The ArtistsPortrait of Hannah Höch

Hannah Höch

Dissecting the 'new woman' through collage

1889 – 1978
Max Ernst, The ArtistsPortrait of Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Trauma and displacement birth surrealism

1891 – 1976
Yves Tanguy, The ArtistsPortrait of Yves Tanguy

Yves Tanguy

1900 – 1955
Leonor Fini, The ArtistsPortrait of Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

The brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism

1907 – 1996
Dorothea Tanning, The ArtistsPortrait of Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning

Exploring the strange world of dreams

1910 – 2012
18012000

Luigi Russolo

Sigrid Hjertén

Tarsila do Amaral

Olga Rozanova

Aloïse Corbaz

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