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Wolfgang Paalen

Wolfgang Paalen (1905 - 1959) was active/lived in California / Mexico, Austria.  Wolfgang Paalen is known for Non objective and surreal imagery-painting.

Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905.  At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger.  A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.  He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959.

Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"


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Facts about Wolfgang Paalen

   Wolfgang Paalen  Born:  1905 - Baden near Vienna, Austria
Died:   1959 - Taxco, Mexico
Known for:  Non objective and surreal imagery-painting

Wolfgang Paalen was born in Baden near Vienna, Austria in 1905.  At 16 Paalen studied painting in Berlin with Leo von Koenig, and later continued in Paris with Fernnd Léger.  A modernist, his work embraces Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.  He committed suicide in Taxco, Mexico in 1959.

Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"


Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

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