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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

Marcel Duchamp, The ArtistsPortrait of Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

Giving art a cheerful middle finger

1887 – 1968
Max Ernst, The ArtistsPortrait of Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Trauma and displacement birth surrealism

1891 – 1976
Marcel Janco, The ArtistsPortrait of Marcel Janco

Marcel Janco

1895 – 1984
Leonora Carrington, The ArtistsPortrait of Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington

"I'm not anyone's muse"

1917 – 2011
Max Ernst, The ArtistsPortrait of Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Trauma and displacement birth surrealism

1891 – 1976
Toyen, The ArtistsPortrait of Toyen

Toyen

What's in a name?

1902 – 1980
18012000

Luigi Russolo

Sigrid Hjertén

Tarsila do Amaral

Olga Rozanova

Aloïse Corbaz

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