André Masson (Balagny-sur-Thérain (department of Oise), January 4, 1896 - Paris, October 28, 1987) was a French painter. He was one of the earliest French surrealists and a major Parisian friend and mentor of Spanish abstract surrealist Joan Miró. He was especially an artist of the line. Lifecycle Tormented Woman, 1942
As an intellectually and philosophically appointed visual artist, he organized many meetings with writers, musicians, visual artists and poets in Paris in 1925 to stimulate their mutual exchange. Initially, he found inspiration in cubism, but was strongly attracted to surrealism since 1924. He has been busy, but also very critically, with the "automatic writing", the parade horse of the surrealists, which in his opinion has freed his own art. He has become famous through his many erotic drawings, made by automated writing. For the Nazis he had to flee to America, inspired by the fantasy world of Indian culture there. Influence
In America, Masson had a clear influence on post-war abstract expressionists, especially due to his brushing and expressive approach. His art has affected poets and thinkers such as poet Antonin Artaud and French philosopher Georges Bataille.
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