André Breton

male, deceased (1966)
poet, SurrealistManifesto, Dada, atheist, surrealist, Surrealism
André Breton (February 19, 1896 - September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of s...
Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos

male, deceased (1945)
poet, French, communist, soviet, surrealist, Nazi concentration camp victim…SurrealistManifesto
Robert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945), was a French surrealist poet who played key role in the surrealistic movement at the time.
Pierre Reverdy

Pierre Reverdy

male, deceased (1960)
St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes, writer, St. Peter's Abbey, SurrealistManifesto, surrealist, Montmartre
Pierre Reverdy is a French poet associated with surrealism and cubism. Pierre Reverdy was born in Narbonne and grew up near the Montagne Noire in...
Georges Malkine

Georges Malkine

male, deceased (1970)
painter, modern painter, French, Lyrical Abstraction, Georges Alexandre Malkine, SurrealistManifesto
Georges Alexandre Malkine was the only painter to sign the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924; the other signatories were, for the most part, writers....