Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959)

Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) - photo 1

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.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:22 july 1905, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1868-1918)
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

Creators Austria

Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656 - 1730)
Johann Michael Rottmayr
1656 - 1730
Gustav Zafaurek (1841 - 1908)
Gustav Zafaurek
1841 - 1908
Andrej Ajdic (1937 - 2022)
Andrej Ajdic
1937 - 2022
Arnulf Rainer (1929)
Arnulf Rainer
1929
Hans Hollein (1934 - 2014)
Hans Hollein
1934 - 2014
Eduard von Steinle (1810 - 1886)
Eduard von Steinle
1810 - 1886
Franz von Defregger (1835 - 1921)
Franz von Defregger
1835 - 1921
Franz Xaver Kosler (1864 - 1905)
Franz Xaver Kosler
1864 - 1905
Osamu Nakajima (1937 - 2013)
Osamu Nakajima
1937 - 2013
Martin van Meytens (1695 - 1770)
Martin van Meytens
1695 - 1770
Franz Anton Zeiller (1716 - 1794)
Franz Anton Zeiller
1716 - 1794
Franz de Paula Ferg (1689 - 1740)
Franz de Paula Ferg
1689 - 1740
Balthasar Wiegand (1770 - 1846)
Balthasar Wiegand
1770 - 1846
Eva Schlegel (1960)
Eva Schlegel
1960
Hedwig Edle von Malheim Friedlaender (1863 - 1945)
Hedwig Edle von Malheim Friedlaender
1863 - 1945
Ludwig Koch (1866 - 1934)
Ludwig Koch
1866 - 1934

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Ulrich Beier (1928 - 1981)
Ulrich Beier
1928 - 1981
Hedwig Holtz-Sommer (1901 - 1970)
Hedwig Holtz-Sommer
1901 - 1970
Adolf Riesen (1908 - 1982)
Adolf Riesen
1908 - 1982
Lev Naumovich Smorgon (1929)
Lev Naumovich Smorgon
1929
Dominique Dehais (1956)
Dominique Dehais
1956
Klaus Bendixen (1924 - 2003)
Klaus Bendixen
1924 - 2003
Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980)
Henry Valentine Miller
1891 - 1980
Sylvia Hagen (1947)
Sylvia Hagen
1947
Hedda Sterne (1910 - 2011)
Hedda Sterne
1910 - 2011
Semen Moiseevich Ehikelman (1911 - 2000)
Semen Moiseevich Ehikelman
1911 - 2000
Maja Ruznic (1983)
Maja Ruznic
1983
Bruno Goller (1901 - 1998)
Bruno Goller
1901 - 1998
Fritz Schwegler (1935 - 2014)
Fritz Schwegler
1935 - 2014
Willy Ronis (1910 - 2009)
Willy Ronis
1910 - 2009
Gotthard Graubner (1930 - 2013)
Gotthard Graubner
1930 - 2013
Axel Hertenstein (1937)
Axel Hertenstein
1937
× Create a Search Subscription