Artist: Andre Breton (1896 - 1966)
Nationality: French
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Writing
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Biography:
Andre Breton is credited with founding the Surrealist movement. It began with the publishing of his Manifeste du surrealisme in 1924. A year later, the movement’s first exhibition was held at the Galerie Pierre in Paris. Breton also wrote a number of other articles on the movement and helped launch two Surrealist periodicals, La Revolution Surrealiste and Le Surrealisme au service de la revolution. Breton moved to New York in 1941 where he and a group of other artists assisted in the development of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He returned to Paris five years later just as the Surrealist movement was declining.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Andre Breton - Poem-Object 1941 assemblage mounted o The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fumeur de pipe breton (1920 vers) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)
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Breton (4e quart 19e siècle) by PORQUIER-BEAU (faïencerie)
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Odilon Redon - Breton Village c. 1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Paysan breton au livre (1ère moitié 19e siècle) by COLOMB F
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LE CHANT DU ROSSIGNOL (1894) by BRETON Emile
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A Peasant Girl Knitting, 1873 Jules Breton (French, 1827-1906)Oil on canvas; 22 5/8 x 18
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ETUDE FAITE A SANTES (4e quart 19e siècle) by BRETON Emile
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TETE DE FEMME (1857) by BRETON Jules
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Emile Bernard - Breton Woman and Haystacks c. 1890 oil on pulpwood boar Ackland Art Museum French
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Edouard Vuillard - Andre Benac 1936 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Balthus - Andre Derain 1936 oil on wood The Museum of Modern Art French
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Noce bretonne (1858) by DARJOU Alfred
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VVV, Nos. 1 (June 1942)–4 (February 1944) New York: VVV, 1942-1944Serial publication, illustrated; 4 nos.
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Pardon à Ploaré (1850 vers) by CARADEC Louis
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Mendiante bretonne (1920 vers) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)
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PAYSAGE A CERNAY (ESQUISSE) (1865) by BRETON Emile
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Homme de Plabennec (1850 vers) by CARADEC Louis
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FRERE JEAN ANDRE (1662-1753) (1ère moitié 18e siècle) by ANDRE Jean, Frère André (dit)
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PLANTATION D'UN CALVAIRE (ESQUISSE) (1858) by BRETON Jules
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The Weeders, 1868 Jules Breton (French, 1827-1906)Oil on canvas; 28 1/8 x 50 1/4 in.
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Fête bretonne (1850 vers) by CARADEC Louis
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VILLAGE BRETON (1919 AVANT) by DAYOT Magdeleine A
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Héro et Léandre (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1er quart 19e siècle) by GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON Anne Louis
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Paysage (1864 avant) by ANDRE Jules
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Paul Gauguin - Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven 1888 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Couple de Bretons (1er quart 20e siècle) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)
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SOUS LES PINS (2e moitié 19e siècle) by BRETON Jules
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Chênes et châtaigniers (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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JEUNE FILLE PORTANT UNE BANNIERE (1858 vers) by BRETON Jules
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Bretons en barque (1900 vers) by GALLE Emile (ébéniste)
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Breton Fishermen and Their Families Augustin-Théodule Ribot (French, 1823-1891)Oil on canvas; 21 3/4 x 18
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Yannicq (1992) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)
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Paul Guigou - Landscape at Saint-Andre, Near Marseilles c. 1865 oil on wood panel Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Le Foyer Breton / Comorre ; Le Foyer Breton (1982) by SZEKELY Pierre
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UNE NUIT D'HIVER EN ARTOIS (1874) by BRETON Emile
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EGLISE DE COURRIERES (1880) by BRETON Emile
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Autoportrait, de profil vers la droite (1926) by BRETON Jules
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Etude de châtaigniers (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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Effet de nuit à Kerlagadic (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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PAYSAGE DE NUIT (1894) by BRETON Emile
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Channicq (1992) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)
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Héro et Léandre (1897 en) by GASQ Paul
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Eglise Saint-Mathieu de Quimper (1989) by CARADEC Louis (attribué)
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LES ALPES - 1219 BIS - ST-ANDRE-LES-ALPES (892 M.). - LE PONT DE MEUILLES SUR LE VERDON ET VUE GENERALE DE ST-ANDRE-LES-ALPES (1932) by JOUBERT Mlle (éditeur)
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Le Foyer Breton / Introduction II ; Le Foyer Breton (1982) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Deux vaches à l'abreuvoir (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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Les arbres du Pouldu (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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Le Foyer Breton / Histoire de saint Galonnek ; Le Foyer Breton (1982) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Woman’s Breton, Rex, Inc. , 1950s, Straw, grosgrain ribbon
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Woman’s Breton, Rex, Inc. , mid-1950s, Silk satin, sequins
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Léandre passant l'Hellespont pour aller voir Héro by COYPEL Charles Antoine (attribué à)
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Le Foyer Breton / Histoire de saint Galonnek ; Le Foyer Breton (1982) by SZEKELY Pierre
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Léandre traversant l'Hellespont (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1er quart 19e siècle) by GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON Anne Louis
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BOURGOGNE - CHATEAU DE CORTON-ANDRE - P.-A. ANDRE, PROPRIETAIRE, ALOXE-CORTON (1903 entre ; 1920 et) by anonyme (photographe)
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Mendiante bretonne (4e quart 19e siècle) by PORQUIER-BEAU (faïencerie)
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Vache blanche et noire (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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Woman’s Breton, Le Monnier (House of) , 1950s, Wool felt
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Chemin de Kerlou (4e quart 19e siècle) by BERNIER Camille
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Vierge à l'enfant langé (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENRIOT (faïencerie)

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