Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was a French-born American painter. Before his career as a Surrealist painter, he joined the Merchant Marine in 1918. This was during the first world war as a ship that carried military personnel or materials. This was short-lived as the war ended the same year, he joined but during his time he had travelled to England, South Africa as well as other parts of Africa. After his service he returned to Paris in 1922 and worked various “odd” jobs and started to sketch in cafes.
In 1923, Tanguy became greatly influenced by Giogio de Chirico, an Italian painter who was one of the founders of the Metaphysical Painting Style. This style went on to having a great influence over the Surrealist artists of the 1920s. It wasn’t long after that Yves Tanguy joined a Surrealist group where he then participated in all the major Surrealist exhibitions. It was after he joined the group, he began to try a new technique called automatism. This technique was commonly used by Surrealist artists to help express the unconscious mind. This was an all-new way, to have dream-like landscapes with no real reference to reality. His art quickly began to develop his painting in spite of his self-taught and less formal compared to other artists. From his trip to Africa in 1930, he incorporated the geological formation that he had seen during his time there. These forms really set him a part to the other Surrealist painters and is often what he is known for.
While in Paris in 1939, Tanguy met a woman Surrealist artist, Kay Sage and later traveled with her to Connecticut where they were married and settled in 1940. After he settled in America, his art change as he used more colour and gave his objects a more metallic appearance. Tanguy continued to travel and participate in exhibition all the way to a few years before his death. When he died in 1955, his art was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Jeff Burgess
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Jeff Burgess
Imogen,
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