Artist: Meret Oppenheim (1913 - 1985)
Nationality: German
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Painting, Sculpture
Influences:

Biography:
After growing up in Switzerland, Meret Opeenheim traveled in Paris an enrolled at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. After meeting Giacometti, Arp, and Man Ray, she became absorbed in Surrealism, first contributing her sculptures to their exhibitions in 1933. At this point, many of her pieces consisted of everyday objects arranged so that they had allusions to female sexuality and feminine exploitation by the opposite sex. Oppenheim’s paintings focused on the same themes. Her originality and audacity established her as a leading female figure in the Surrealist movement.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (37)
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Meret Oppenheim - Object 1936 fur-covered cup, sau The Museum of Modern Art German
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Little Meret, René Beeh (France, Strasbourg, 1886 - 1922) , circa 1920, Lithograph printed in brick red on wove paper
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Still from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, Collage
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Star Skid, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1977, Photograph
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Text panel
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Gelatin-silver print
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Gelatin-silver print
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Still from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, Gelatin-silver print
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Still from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Still from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Still from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Parallel Stress, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970, Chromogenic development (Ektacolor) print
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Tar Wells, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1976, printed 1978, Photo-lithographic print
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Removal Transplant-New York Stock Exchange, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Paper
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Removal Transplant-New York Stock Exchange, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Gelatin-silver print
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Removal Transplant-New York Stock Exchange, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, Gelatin-silver print
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Boundary Split, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, 2 gelatin-silver prints 2 chromogenic prints and text panel
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Spartakus at Work! Association for the Fight against Bolshevism, Louis Oppenheim (Switzerland, Coburg, 1879 - 1936) , 1919, Lithograph printed in black, yellow and red on wove paper
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Removal Transplant-New York Stock Exchange, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1968, 2 gelatin-silver prints and text panel
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What We Are Supposed to Lose!, Louis Oppenheim (Switzerland, Coburg, 1879 - 1936) , 1919, Lithograph printed in black, green, orange and brown on wove paper mounted on linen
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Help Needed Urgently! Aid for the Soldiers Council, Louis Oppenheim (Switzerland, Coburg, 1879 - 1936) , 1919, Lithograph printed in black and orange on poster paper mounted on linen
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Subscribe! 5% German War Bonds, Louis Oppenheim (Switzerland, Coburg, 1879 - 1936) , circa 1918, Lithograph printed in yellow, red, black and purple on thin smooth newsprint paper
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The Kornfranck--Aunt, Louis Oppenheim (Switzerland, Coburg, 1879 - 1936) , 1909-1910, Lithograph printed in greens, rose, violet and black on wove paper mounted on linen
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Crystal Recorder (Stroking the Throat of Tornado Diane), Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1980, Graphite, ink and pastel on vellum with colored paper
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Stills from Gingerbread Man, Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1970-1971, 1 gelatin-silver print, 3 chromogenic development (Ektacolor) prints, and text panel
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Dennis Oppenheim - Theme for a Major Hit 1974-1996 seven motor-drive ma Des Moines Art Center American
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Crystal Recorder. (Stroking the Throat of Tornado Diane). (An Early Warning System)., Dennis Oppenheim (United States, Washington, Electric City, born 1938) , 1972-1979, Formica, copper, glass, rosewood, galvanized steel, cables, pulleys, canvas, crystals
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RUINES DE LA MOSQUEE DU KHALIFE HAKEM AU CAIRE (1846 vers) by MARILHAT Prosper Georges Antoine
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Peter Aubry Effigies Erasmi Ungepaur, etc. 16th - 17th century
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Peter Aubry Excellentissimus Dominus Paulus Bernhardus 16th - 17th century
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Henricus IIII Borbonius Dei Gratia (Rex Francorum et Navarrae, 1595) (titre d'origine) ; Henri IV Roy de France et de Navarre (titre traduit) (1595) by BRY Johann Theodor de (graveur)
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LES ACTIONS DU GRAND CONDE, FRIBOURG 1644 (1686 entre ; 1694 et) by LE CONTE Sauveur, SAUVEUR LE CONTE (dit)
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Henrico IIII Galliae et Navarrae Regi (christianissimo et invictissimo) (titre d'origine) ; Henri IV Roy de France et de Navarre (très chrétien et invincible) (titre traduit) (1595) by BRY Johann Theodor de (graveur)
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Henri IIII Rex Franciae et Rex Navarrae (titre d'origine) ; Henri IV Roy de France et de Navarre (titre traduit) (1589) by WIERIX Jérôme (graveur) ; BRY Johann Theodor de (d'après) ; BUNEL François le Jeune (d'après, peintre) ; BRACHFELDT Paul (édit
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La Basilique de Constantin à Rome (1778) by NICOLLE Victor Jean (attribué)

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (25)
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Jewish Museum: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim: Scenes From Frankfurt's Jewish Past
Based on earlier color paintings, they were reworked as grisailles from 1865 through 1880 to facilitate reproduction by the photographic technology of the time. Several of the works in this group depart from the standard gray palette and contain touc...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Dennis Oppenheim: One of the Key Figures of American Conceptual Art
Dennis Oppenheim: Land and Body features many of the revolutionary ideas which Oppenheim, and a small group of other young artists, introduced to the art world of the 1960s and '70s. A time of great social...
Frye Art Museum: An American in Europe: The Photography Collection of Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim from the Norton Museum of Art
The exciting presentation includes the work of several prominent pre-war European photographers published in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine Camerawork; a very significant group o...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Take a New Look at Contemporary Art
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Art Gallery of Ontario: Take a New Look at Contemporary Art
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Kunsthalle Basel: red gray: Basel Painting, Put Together by Peter Suter
Exhibits which cannot enter the exhibition for conservation reasons, shall nevertheless play a role: the Kunsthalle invited Candida Höfer, Michael Clegg, Sherrie Levine, Louise Lawler and Crista Ziegler to close the gaps with their photographic...
Association of Photographers Gallery: The Fuji Film - AOP Assistants Awards 2001
This competition for young aspiring photographers provides an important platform for their work and has launched many a photographic career. This years prestigious Velvia Bursary portfolio series will be represented by Jo Brougton, Jens Lucking, J...
Malmo Konsthall: Moderna Museet c/o Malmo Kunsthall
The exhibition focuses on the more eccentric and sharp parts of the 20th-century collection, including such works as Paulina Wallenberg-Olsson's bullet-proof dress, Marcel Duchamp's notorious urinal and Edward Kienholz's The State Hospital. -It'...
Columbia Museum of Art: Burn: Artists Play with Fire
Technique and theme merge in these dramatic works as artists explore such issues as cultural identity, environmental fragility and personal loss. Some of the featured artists include L.C. Armstrong, Chris Burden, John Cage, Willie Cole, Kathleen K...
Bayly Art Museum: Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium
The special exhibition Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium opens to the public on Saturday, June 17. Curated by Dr. Lyn Bolen Rushton for the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, the exhibition features site-specific piec...
Stux Gallery: Six Degrees of Separation 2: The Inner Workings of Cold Contact
The featured artists investigate the aesthetics of cultural decay and personal loss by using both “low-tech” methods of application, as evidenced in the “hand work” of Xenobia Bailey, alongside works that utilize the most up-to-date technologies...
CASADECOR MIAMI 2007: Jean Pierre Rousselet to Exhibit Paintings that Exemplify Trends in Contemporary Art
Now, CASADECOR will return to Miami for a second year, bringing together more than 60 top international designers, architects, manufacturers and sponsors to redesign a 50,000 square foot, multi-level building on Biscayne Boulevard near the new Per...
Pump House Gallery: Shake It :  An Instant History of the Polaroid
Besides work by some of the most important artists working with the medium, the show will also include Polaroids from other diverse professions and disciplines such as forensics, archaeology, medicine, filmmaking and fashion, as well as those of a...
Bayly Art Museum: Charlottesville Collects
“We think our visitors will be both surprised and delighted to see the wonderful works in Charlottesville Collects,” says Jill Hartz, director of the Bayly Art Museum. “We are thrilled to share these works with the public, and are so grateful ...
Municipality of Tel Aviv: Ilana Raviv Receives Women of the Year Award
Read more about Ilana Raviv's exhibition at the State Russian Museum in 2007 at "Ilana Raviv: Solo Exhibition" Ilana Raviv states about her work: "Synthetic Realism expres...
Haines Gallery: Multiple Personalities: An Onsite / Online Group Exhibition of Artist Multiples and Editions
Multiple Personalities comments on the history of the multiple and addresses the reasons behind this art form's development over time. Simply, a multiple can be defined as an art object that is produced in a quantity of more than one copy. Howe...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...
Exit Art Gallery: Vertical Gardens at Exit Underground
The past decade has seen a greater emergence of green roofs and vertical gardens created by artists, designers, architects and urban gardeners to combat the lack of flora in the city. Buildings around the world ˜ from the Musée du Quai Branly in P...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photographs: A Decade of Collecting
Collecting great works of art is the Metropolitan Museum's most important mission, noted Director Philippe de Montebello. The enrichment of our photography hol...
Museum of Modern Art: The Dream of Utopia/Utopia of the Dream
One extreme was defined by the pure abstractions of painters such as Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich, who sought the systematic restructuring of reality through emphasis on the logic of form. For example, the spare black and white ...
Whitney Museum of American Art: Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2000
Curator Sylvia Wolf's selection focuses on artists who live and work in this country. Portraits, landscapes, street photographs, and genre subjects will be featured, including works by Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Dawoud Bey, Nancy B...
California State Capital Building: Synthia Saint James Receives Woman of the Year 2008 Award
Her architectural designs include a 150 foot ceramic tile mural for Ontario, California's international airport, 6 - 9x4 foot elevator doors for a building in California's State Capitol's East End Complex, Sacramento, California, stained...
Neweums: Synthia Saint James' Circle of Promise to be Unveiled
SAINT JAMES, who now serves as a National Ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, is a international award winning artist and the designer of the first United States Postal Stamp for the Kwanzaa holiday. She has to date written and...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Fotodocs: Photography Between Commission and Autonomy
The presentation is framed by a survey of the heyday of books of Dutch industrial photography from 1945 to 1965 - work with a purely documentary character - and by highlights from the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum's collection of photography, a...
Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris Expo: 29th Annual Modern and Contemporary Art Fair Presents 170 Galleries from 23 Countries
This year’s fair includes a rigorous selection of international galleries, focusing on individual and thematic shows, new and previously unseen works, and site-specific installations. The fair will be divided into five sections: Solo Shows; Group ...

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