Georges Hugnet
Georges Hugnet (11 July 1906 – 26 June 1974) was a French graphic artist. He was also active as a poet, writer, art historian, bookbinding designer, critic and film director. Hugnet was a figure in the Dada movement and Surrealism.
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Georges Hugnet
- Name
- Georges Hugnet
- Born
- 11 July 1906
- Died
- 26 June 1974
- Movement
- Dada, surrealism
- Full name
- Georges Marie Jules Hugnet.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- film director, poet, illustrator, writer, photographer, painter, collagist and artist.
- Movements
- Dada.
- Languages
- French.
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Georges Hugnet (11 July 1906 – 26 June 1974) was a French graphic artist. He was also active as a poet, writer, art historian, bookbinding designer, critic and film director. Hugnet was a figure in the Dada movement and Surrealism.
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He was the author of the collage novel Le septième face du dé (1936). Hugnet wrote about the "Exposition surrealiste internationale", saying "Les artistes surrealists.. Se sensetaient tous l'ame de Pygmalion.. On put voir les heureux posseurs de mannequins..arrive. Munis de mysterieux petits ou grands paquets, hommages a leurs bien-aimees, contenant les cadeaux les plus disaparates." Lewis Kachur translates this as "The Surrealist artists all felt they had the soul of Pygmalion. One could see the happy owners of mannequins.. Come in, furnished with mysterious little or big bundles, tokens for their beloved, containing the most unlikely presents." There is an.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Georges Hugnet is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Canada and Museum of Modern Art.
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• Name — Georges Hugnet • Born — 11 July 1906 • Died — 26 June 1974 • Movement — Dada, surrealism
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12th arrondissement of Paris.
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Saint-Martin-de-Ré.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q458721: Georges Hugnet
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