Saturday, 17 May 2014

Andre Masson

Part b) Artist:
             Andre Masson


  • Born on 4 January 1896 
  • Died 28 October 1987 at the age of 91 
  • He is a French 
  • He was brought up in Belgium 
  • He began his study of art when he was 11 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts 
  • He fought during the first World War and suffered serious injuries
  • He started off with cubism then moved on to surrealism and eventually automatic drawing
  • Famous works include 'Battle of Fishes', 'Meditation on an Oak Leaf', 'La Poursuite (The pursuit)' 
  • He has a son and a daughter. His son is a composer and his daughter is a painter
//Samantha Toh//

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