Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959)
1905-07-22Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918)1959-09-24Taxco de Alarcón, MexicoAustria, France, Mexico, USA, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918)
Wolfgang Paalen
Wolfgang Robert Paalen was an Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor, and art philosopher. A member of the Abstraction-Création group from 1934 to 1935, he joined the influential Surrealist movement in 1935 and was one of its prominent exponents until 1942. Whilst in exile in Mexico, he founded his own counter-surrealist art-magazine DYN, in which he summarized his critical attitude towards radical subjectivism and Freudo-Marxism in Surrealism with his philosophy of contingency. He rejoined the group between 1951 and 1954, during his sojourn in Paris.
Date and place of birt: | 22 july 1905, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918) |
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Date and place of death: | 24 september 1959, Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico |
Nationality: | Austria, France, Mexico, USA, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918) |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Poet, Sculptor, Writer |
Genre: | Landscape painting |
Art style: | Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Post War Art, Surrealism |
Technique: | Oil |