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1905 Baden near Vienna, Austria - 1959 Taxco, Mexico. Known for: Non objective and surreal imagery-painting.
Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905. At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger. A modernist, his work... Read full biography
Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905. At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger. A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959. Source:... Read full biography
Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905. At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger. A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full... Read full biography
Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905. At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger. A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.... Read full biography
Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905. At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger. A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Non Objective Subject
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim, New York City