André Breton


André Breton

André Breton (1896–1966) was a founder of the surrealist movement, an influential current in twentieth-century art and literature. An opponent of Stalinist-imposed "socialist realism," in 1938 he helped draft and signed the Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art along with muralist Diego Rivera and communist leader Leon Trotsky. Breton is...

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