-Yves Tanguy was born in 1900 in Brittany, France.
-He began his career in the merchant marines and was drafted into the army during the World War I.
-After the war he settled in Paris, earning his living by different jobs.
-He never got any formal training in painting.
-Decided to become a painter when he saw De Chirico in 1923.
-His friend, the poet Jacques Prévert, introduced him into the circle of the Surrealists.
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| Mama, Papa is Wounded! 1927, Oil on canvas |
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| "The Sensitive Layer" 1933 |
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