Friday, March 27, 2015

Victor Brauner was born in piatra neamt, Romania on June 15,1903. He attended the national school of fine arts in Bucharest from 1916-1918. Victor also attended the school of painting. He was introduced to the circle of surrealists by poets Benjamin fondane and yves  Tanguy. Brauner takes  attitude through the very character and ideology of his art. On April 27,1935 he created illustrations for Gellu naum's poetry collections  – The Incendiary Traveler and The Freedom to Sleep on the Forehead. on march 12 1966 He died in Paris as a result of a prolonged illness.

Oscar M. Dominguez Was a was a Spanish surrealist painter.Born in San Cristobel de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, on the Canary Islands Spain, Dominguez spent his youth with his grandmother in Taconite and devoted himself to painting at a young age after suffering a serious illness which affected his growth and caused a progressive deformation of his facial bone frame and limbs. He went to Paris at 21 where he first worked for his father in the central market of Les Halles, and spent his nights diving in cabarets. He then frequented some art schools, and visited galleries and museums. Dominguez was rapidly attracted by avant-garde painters, notably Yves Tanguy and Pablo Picasso, whose influences were visible in his first works. Dominguez committed suicide December 31, 1957, by slitting his wrists in the bath.
Artist: Oscar Dominguez
Title : Silent Listener
Date: 1943.

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