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Wolfgang Paalen : the Austrian Surrealist in Paris and Mexico

Title
Wolfgang Paalen : the Austrian Surrealist in Paris and Mexico / editors: Stella Rollig, Andreas Neufert, Franz Smola ; authors: Dawn Ades [and 7 others].
Author
Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959
Publication
  • London : Koenig Books, [2019]
  • ©2019

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  • Rollig, Stella, 1960-
  • Neufert, Andreas
  • Smola, Franz
  • Unteres Belvedere, host institution.
Description
248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
Summary
The artist and intellectual Wolfgang Paalen was an important trendsetter in art around the middle of the 20th century. His pictures and texts provided both support and inspiration for young representatives of American abstract expressionist painting such as Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko. Paalen, born in Vienna, moved to Paris in 1929, where he affiliated with the Surrealists. His original contribution to Surrealism were his so-called "Fumage pictures." In these he painted hallucinatory motifs using candle smoke, some of which he continued associatively with oil paint, others he left in their own right. Paalen went into exile in Mexico in 1939 on the invitation of Frida Kahlo. From 1942 to 1944 he edited the influential art magazine DYN. The catalogue is dedicated to all of the artist's creative periods. His long-standing interest in collecting and researching the indigenous art of British Columbia and Mexico as well as his literary work are also illuminated in more detail. --Publisher's website.
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Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Lower Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, October 4, 2019-January 19, 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JQE 20-438
ISBN
  • 9783960985877
  • 3960985878
LCCN
9783960985877
OCLC
  • 1126280938
  • 1126280938
Author
Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959, artist.
Title
Wolfgang Paalen : the Austrian Surrealist in Paris and Mexico / editors: Stella Rollig, Andreas Neufert, Franz Smola ; authors: Dawn Ades [and 7 others].
Publisher
London : Koenig Books, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
English retail edition.
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Rollig, Stella, 1960- editor.
Neufert, Andreas, editor.
Smola, Franz, editor.
Unteres Belvedere, host institution.
Other Form:
9783903114944 English museum edition
9783960985860 German retail edition
Other Standard Identifier
9783960985877
Research Call Number
JQE 20-438
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