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Jean Arp

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

c. 1920
Man Ray, The Artists

Man Ray

Humor, sex, and a new camera

1890-1976
Joan Miró, The Artists

Joan Miró

1893-1983
Marcel Janco, The Artists

Marcel Janco

1895-1984
André Breton, The Artists

André Breton

A psychiatrist releases his mind and invents Surrealism

1896-1966
Leonora Carrington, The Artists

Leonora Carrington

"I'm not anyone's muse"

1917-2011
Frida Kahlo, The Artists

Frida Kahlo

The exquisite agony of self-portraits

1907-1954
18012000
Machines that scream: inventing Futurist music
Luigi Russolo
A genius colorist fights schizophrenia
Sigrid Hjertén
"I want to be the painter of my country"
Tarsila do Amaral
The intellectual mother of Abstract Expressionism
Olga Rozanova
Aloïse Corbaz

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