Esteban Francés (1913-1976) was a Spanish surrealist painter.
Biography
Francés was an important member of the surrealist movements in Paris, Mexico, and New York. He fled the Spanish Civil War and traveled to Paris where he became a member of the surrealist circle that included André Breton, Yves Tanguy, Óscar Domínguez, Victor Brauner, Roberto Matta and Gordon Onslow Ford, amongst others. In the 1930s Francés became romantically involved with the important Spanish/Mexican painter Remedios Varo.
Irène Hamoir re-tells the story of a violent argument, which took place if 1938, between Dominguez, Louis Scutenaire and Francés. Victor Brauner attempted to protect Esteban and was hit by a glass thrown by Domínguez. He was permanently deprived of his left eye ás a result. Also present were Paul Éluard , Georges Hugnet , Wolfgang Paalen , Benjamin Péret and Tanguy.[1]
References
Hamoir, I., Le Vocatif, No. 207, Brussels, March 1980 (8 pages, unnumbered)
External links
Esteban Francés at pintura.aut.org (in Spanish)
Esteban Francés at mcnbiografias.com (in Spanish)
Esteban Francés at moma.org
Esteban Francés at askart.com
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