Jacques Herold - Artist Info

About Jacques Herold

  • Biography

    To celebrate the centenary of the surrealist artist Jacques Hérold, the Musée Cantini in Marseille presented around a hundred of his paintings, drawings and sculptures. It's the first time Hérold (1910-1987) had a major retrospective at a French museum.

    The exhibition traced the Romanian-born artist's career beginning with his arrival in Paris in 1930 and his joining of the surrealists in 1934, the year he painted Crystal Amoureux. He remained involved with the group until 1951. The show also includes his late work from the 1960s, as well as photographs and Hérold's letters to his fellow surrealists.

    Hérold has a special connection with Marseille: in 1940, along with other intellectuals, he fled to the South...

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