Yves Tanguy

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) was a surrealist painter. He was born in Paris, France, the son of a retired navy captain. His parents were both of Breton origin. After his father's death in 1908, his mother moved back to her native Locronan, Finistère, and he ended up spending much of his youth living with various relatives.

Selected list of works

• 1924 Vite! Vite!
• 1925 Rue de la Santé
• 1927 Shadow Country
• 1927 Mama, Papa is wounded!
• 1927 Extinction of Useless lights
• 1929 The Look of Amber
• 1929 L?Avion
• 1930 La Splendeur Semblable
• 1930 Neither Legends Nor Figures
• 1931 Promontory Palace
• 1934 I Await You
• 1935 Echelles
• 1936 L?Extinction des Especes
• 1937 Les Filles des Consequences
• 1937 The Sun in its Jewel Case
• 1939 La Rue aux Levres
• 1939 The Furniture of Time
• 1940 The Satin Tuning Fork
• 1941 En Lieu de Peur
• 1942 Indefinite Divisibility
• 1942 The Absent Lady
• 1942 The Great Mutation
• 1942 Slowly Toward the North
• 1943 Through Birds, Through Fire and Not Through Glass
• 1943 Reply to Red
• 1943 Zones D?Instabilite
• 1945 The Rapidity of Sleep
• 1946 La Grue des Sebles
• 1946 Hands and Gloves
• 1951 The Invisibles
• 1951 Le Temps Egaux
• 1954 Multiplication of the Arcs