1900 b. in in La Charité-sur-Loire French Painter and Writer. 1932 Met the Surrealists. 1934 Signed the Manifesto of 10 Fevrier Appel a la Lutte. 1935 July Cadavre Exquis in Barcelona with Oscar Dominguez, Remedios Varo and Esteban Frances. 1936 Exhibited at the London International Surrealist Exhibition. 1937 Ubu enchaine with Sylvain Itkine and Roger Blin. Cadavre Exquis with Jean Arp, Sophie Taeuber, Oscar Dominguez.
1938 January; exhibits in Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme? at the Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris; organizers Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp assisted by Paul Eluard. One of the artists who featured in the Man Ray film Resurrection des Mannequins. 1940 Stranded in Budapest when war broke out. 1947 Provides original artwork for the catalogue of Le Surrealisme en 1947 or Please Touch at Galerie Maeght, Paris. 1948 Exhibition Paris. (Catalogue) ->. 1951 Expelled from the Surrealist Group. 1953 Saw his old friend Yves Tanguy with his wife Kay Sage when they visited Paris. 1955 London Exhibition (pdf) -> with introduction by Jean Arp. 1960 Published The History of Surrealist Painting ->. 1971? Solo exhibition New York . (Catalogue) (pdf) ->. 1993? d. Dec. 4th. Louveciennes. See wiki (Fr). -> and work -> and more ->. See Timeline