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Yves Tanguy (American/French, 1900-1955)
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Yves Tanguy
Reflet 1951
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Biographie |
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1900 |
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Born: January 5, in Paris, France |
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1918 |
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Drafted into the Army, where he befriended Jacques Prévert |
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1923 |
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Profoundly shaken by his discovery of a painting by Giorgio de Chirico, "Child’s Skull" in a gallery window. Began paiting after this encounter |
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1924 |
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Introduced to the circle of surrealist artists around André Breton, by his friend Prévert |
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1927 |
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Developed his own unique surrealist painting style |
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1938 |
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Moved to New York with fellow artist Kay Sage |
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1942 |
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Moved to Woodbury, CT |
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1948 |
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Became a citizen of the United States |
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1955 |
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Died: January 15, in Woodbury, CT |
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Expositions |
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2007 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Musée des Beaux-arts de Quimper, Quimper, France (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", The National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), Barcelone, Spain (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, France (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Yves Tanguy and surrealism",The Menil Collection, Houston, TX (solo) |
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2000 |
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"Yves Tanguy und surrealismus", Staatgallerie, Stuttgart, Germany (solo) |
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1983 |
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"Yves Tanguy : a retrospective", Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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"Yves Tanguy. Rétrospective, 1925-1955", Musée National d'Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Germany (solo) |
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1977 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Galerie André-François Petit, Paris, France (solo) |
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1976 |
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"Yves Tanguy - das Druckgraphische Werk", Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel,Düsseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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1974 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY (solo) |
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1971 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Galleria Galatea, Turin, Italy (solo) |
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1963 |
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"Exhibition of Gouaches and Drawings by Yves Tanguy", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1955 |
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"Hommage à Yves Tanguy", Galerie Rive Gauche, paris, France (solo)
"Yves Tanguy : A Retrospective Exhibition", The Museum of modern Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1954 |
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"Yves Tanguy - Kay Sage", Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT |
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1953 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Galleria dell'Obelisco, Via Sistina, Naples, Italy (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy (solo)
"Exposition Yves Tanguy, œuvres récentes", Galerie Renou et Poyet, Paris, France (solo) |
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1950 |
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"Yves Tanguy, Exhibition of Paintings, Gouaches and Drawings", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Paintings and Drawings by Yves Tanguy", London Gallery, London, UK (solo) |
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1949 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris, France (solo) |
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1948 |
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"Yves Tanguy : Paintings and Gouaches"Copley Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA (solo) |
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1947 |
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"Tanguy, quelques toiles, aquarelles, dessins", Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, France (solo) |
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1946 |
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"Yves Tanguy, Retrospective exhibition of paintings and gouaches, 1927-1946", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1945 |
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"Yves Tanguy : Paintings", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1943 |
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"Yves TANGUY, Recent Paintings", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1940 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", San Francisco Museum ot Art,San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1939 |
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"Yves Tanguy : paintings, gouaches, drawings", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Art in Our Time", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1938 |
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"Exposition Yves Tanguy", Galerie Bucher-Myrbo, Paris, France (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Guggenheim Jeune, Londres, UK (solo) |
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1936 |
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"Yves Tanguy", Museum of modern art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Yves Tanguy", Howard Putzel Galleries, Hollywood, CA (solo) |
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1935 |
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"Exposition Yves Tanguy", Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France (solo)
"Yves Tanguy, first exhibition in America", Stanley Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
"Exposición Surrealista por Gazeta de Arte", Ateneo de Santa Cruz, Ténérife, Spain
"Exposition surréaliste", Salle d'Exposition de la Commune, La Louvière, Belgium
"Dessins surréalistes", Galerie Quatre-Chemins, Paris, France |
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1934 |
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"Exposition Minotaure", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium |
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1933 |
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"Exposition Surréaliste, peintures, dessins, sculptures, objets, collages", Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris, France
Salon des surindépendants, Paris, France |
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1932 |
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Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY |
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1930 |
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"Exposition de collages", Galerie Goemans, Paris, France
Studio 28, Paris, France |
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1929 |
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Galerie Goemans, Paris, France
"Abstrackte und surrealistische malerei und plastik", Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1928 |
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"Le Surréalisme existe-t-il ?", Galerie le Sacre du Printemps, Paris, France |
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1927 |
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"Yves Tanguy et Objets d'Amérique", Galerie Surréaliste, Paris, France (solo) |
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1925 |
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Paris, Salon de Araignée |
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Selected Public Collections: |
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Metropolitan museum of Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the fine arts, Philadelphia, PA
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France
The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Tate Modern, London, UK
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Publications |
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2006 |
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Nicaise, Christian. Yves Tanguy : Les livres illustrés. Rouen, France: Éditions L'Instant perpétuel, 2006 |
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2001 |
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Le Bihan, René, Mabin, Renée et Martica Sawin. Yves Tanguy. Quimper, France, Éditions Palantines, 2001 |
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2001 |
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Maur K. von, Davidson S., Klapheck K., Onslow Ford G., Schalhorn A., and Beate Wolf. Yves Tanguy and Surrealism. Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2001 |
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2001 |
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An Important Private Collection of Works by Yves Tanguy. New york: Christie's New York, 2001 |
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1996 |
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Riou, Liliane. Ma vie blanche et noire, notes sur Yves Tanguy. Baye, France: Éditions la Digitale, 1996 |
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1995 |
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Tanguy, Geneviève-Morgane. Yves Tanguy, druide surréaliste : d'Armorique en Amérique : Locronan, Woodbury. Paris, France: Éditions Fernand Lanore, 1995 |
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1984 |
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Waldberg, Patrick. Tanguy, peinture. Paris, France: Éditions l'Autre Musées, 1984 |
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1983 |
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Yves Tanguy: A Retrospective (Exhib. cata.). New York: Guggenheim Foundation, 1983
Gordon Onslow-Ford. Yves Tanguy et l'automatisme. Baye, France: Éditions la Digitale, 1983 |
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1982 |
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Agnès Angliviel de la Beaumelle. Yves Tanguy (Exhib. cata.). Paris: Centre George Pompidou, 1982 |
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1977 |
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Waldberg, Patrick. Yves Tanguy. Bruxelles, Belgique: Éditions A. de Rache, 1977 |
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1976 |
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Wittrock, Wolfgang, and Stanley W. Hayter.Yves Tanguy: The Graphic Work. Berlin, Germany: Wolfgang Wittrock, 1976 |
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1974 |
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Acquavella, Nicholas M., and John Ashbery. Yves Tanguy. New York: Acquavella Galleries, Inc., 1974
Daniel Marchesseau. Yves Tanguy. Paris, France: Éditions Filipacchi, 1974 |
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1963 |
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Sage, Kay. Yves Tanguy : a summary of his works. New York: Éditions Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1963 |
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1955 |
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Soby, James Thrall. Yves Tanguy. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1955 (Second Edition 1977) |
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1946 |
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Breton, André. Yves Tanguy. New York: Éditions Pierre Matisse, 1946 |
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