1900-1955. French Surrealist painter, who
lived in the USA from 1939. His inventive
canvases feature semi-abstract creatures in a
barren landscape. Tanguy was first inspired
to paint by de Chirico's work and in 1925 he
joined the Surrealist movement. He soon
developed his characteristic style with
bizarre, slender forms in a typically
Surrealist wasteland.