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Dorothea Margaret Tanning BIOGRAPHY
1910 Galesburg, Illinois - 2012 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Surrealist painting, soft sculpture, etching, writing.
Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck. Dorothea Tanning, a leading... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck. Dorothea Tanning, a leading Surrealist painter of the 1930s whose path had led her from the small town of Galesburg, Ill., to a... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck. Dorothea Tanning, a leading Surrealist painter of the 1930s whose path had led her from the small town of Galesburg, Ill., to a whirlwind life in the international art world, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by Mimi Johnson, a niece. Married for 30 years to the Surrealist painter... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck. Dorothea Tanning, a leading Surrealist painter of the 1930s whose path had led her from the small town of Galesburg, Ill., to a whirlwind life in the international art world, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by Mimi Johnson, a niece. Married for 30 years to the Surrealist painter and sculptor Max Ernst, Ms. Tanning became well known in her own right for her vivid renderings of dream imagery. Much later in life, after she had reached 80, she gained a different kind of attention when she began to concentrate on writing, producing... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck. Dorothea Tanning, a leading Surrealist painter of the 1930s whose path had led her from the small town of Galesburg, Ill., to a whirlwind life in the international art world, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by Mimi Johnson, a niece. Married for 30 years to the Surrealist painter and sculptor Max Ernst, Ms. Tanning became well known in her own right for her vivid renderings of dream imagery. Much later in life, after she had reached 80, she gained a different kind of attention when she began to concentrate on writing, producing a novel, an autobiography and poems that appeared in The New Yorker, The Yale Review and The Paris Review.... Read full biography
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Following is the obituary of the artist as published online in The New York Times, February 1, 2012:
Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101, by Grace Glueck
Dorothea Tanning, a leading Surrealist painter of the 1930s whose path had led her from the small town of Galesburg, Ill., to a whirlwind life in the international art world, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 101.
Her death was confirmed by Mimi Johnson, a niece.
Married for 30 years to the Surrealist painter and sculptor Max Ernst, Ms. Tanning became well known in her own right for her vivid renderings of dream imagery. Much later in life, after she had reached 80, she gained a different kind of attention when she began to c...But wait, there's more...
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