Born in 1896 in Balagny-sur- Thérain, a small village in France, André Masson spent most of his youth in Brussels, Belgium working as a pattern maker at an embroidery atelier. Masson began his schooling in 1907 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1912, he relocated to Paris, where he attended the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1914, the artist was called to military duty for the First World War, where he was severely wounded and sent back to Paris. Much of Masson’s work is influenced by this trauma; his drawings and paintings executed during the 1920s represent battle scenes, blood, death, birds and fish. The strange realities of trench warfare and the immediate contiguity of life and death are drawn upon, and his imagery suggests a confrontation of life at an abnormal level of experience. His signature style deals with violence, evident in terrifying, fragmented figures, which reflect the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and WWII, as well as his troubled psyche in the aftermath of his service in WWI.
After WWI, Masson moved to the South of France, where he met Juan Gris, André Derain, Joan Miró and André Breton. Breton championed the Surrealist Manifesto and Masson joined in the group exhibition of the first Surrealists. An iconoclast, whose abrupt stylistic transitions defy classification, Masson also explored automatism (automatic drawing), a process that sought to express the creative force of the unconscious. These automatic drawings had no preconceived subject or composition. Like a medium channeling a spirit, Masson let his pen travel rapidly across the paper without conscious control. He soon found hints of images, fragmented bodies and objects, emerging from the abstract, lacelike web of pen marks. At times, Masson elaborated on these with conscious changes or additions, but he left the traces of the rapidly drawn ink mostly intact. Masson’s oeuvre explores several techniques of painting, drawing and sculpture and displays rich, colorful abstraction as well as monochrome imagery and automatic linear representations. An early Surrealist and student of Cubism, Masson went on to inspire the New York Abstract Expressionists. Masson developed a technique of automatic painting that retained the element of chance; he dripped glue onto paper to form drawings and then covered it with sand. These ‘sand paintings’ are unquestionably his most iconic style.
When Masson emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, he strongly influenced several American painters with this technique, the most evident example being Jackson Pollack. After his time in America, he returned to Europe and while living in Spain during the mid-1930s, he became enraptured with Spanish themes—bullfights, matadors and Spanish mythology. Masson finally settled down in France (Aix-en-Provence), where he took up a late interest in impressionistic landscape, but he ultimately came to a place where he painted nearly exclusively abstract images. Masson dedicated his life as an artist to encouraging the non-rational purpose in art, to the direct transference of subconscious thought and to the primal forces of conflicts that he experienced in the trenches of World War One. Masson sought to convey in his work a deeper reality of man’s behavior, his own complex personal imagery, and his belief that painting is not a matter of developing style but a part of life itself.
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Andre Masson, Untitled, from Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, 1962
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1962 album Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe d...
Lithograph
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Andre Masson, Untitled, from Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, 1962
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1962 album Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe d...
Lithograph
La montagne Sainte-Victoire, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - La montagne Sainte-Victoire, Year: 1947, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 10/20, Image Size: 8 x 9.75 inches, Size: 1...
Etching
Dark Yellow Composition, Surrealist Aquatint by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Dark Yellow Composition, Medium: Aquatint (unsigned), Image Size: 13 x 9.5 inches, Size: 15 x 11.25 in. (38.1 x 28.58 cm), Description: From t...
Aquatint
Feuilles Épaisses, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Feuilles Épaisses, Year: 1958, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, Image Size: 8 x 6.75 inches, Size: 9.25 x 7.75 in. (23.5 x 19.69 cm), Description...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,500
Le Fil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Clew) /// Modern Surrealism Surrelist Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: André Masson (French, 1896-1987) Title: "Le Fil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Clew)" Portfolio: For Meyer Schapiro *Signed by Masson in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original E...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Orphée (Signed), Surrealist Etching by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Orphée (Signed), Year: 1972, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 1/50, Image Size: 11.75 x 9.25 inches, Size: 16.5 x 12....
Etching
$7,591
C'est les bottes de 7 lieues cette phrase "je me vois" - 1920s - André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Signed by André Masson (illustrator) and Robert Desnos (Author) on colophon. Limited edition of 112 copies, including 4 original etchings by André Masson...
Etching
Isis, Héraclite et le Fleuve, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Isis, Heraclite et le Fleuve, Year: 1964, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: Test Proof, Image Size: 10.25 x 8 inches, Size: 13.25 x 10.25 in. (33...
Lithograph
Untitled II from Body and Heart, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Untitled II from Body and Heart, Year: 1968, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 130, Image Size: 11.75 x 9.25...
Etching
Untitled from Body and Heart, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Untitled from Body and Heart, Year: 1968, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 105/130, Image Size: 11.75 x 9.2...
Etching
Surrealist Composition 9 - Original Collotype Print by A. Masson - 20th Century
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Composition 9 is an original collotype realized by André Masson. The artwork is in good conditions, no signature on a yellowed paper. André Masson (1896-1987)was a Frenc...
Black and White
No title
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 38/150 53.00 cm. x 75.00 cm. 20.87 in. x 29.53 in. (paper) 48.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 18.9 in. x 24.8 in. (image) LCD3845
Lithograph
Light Blue Composition, Surrealist Aquatint by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Light Blue Composition, Medium: Aquatint (unsigned), Image Size: 13 x 10 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Description: From the co...
Aquatint
Pompeii I, Surrealist Lithograph by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Pompeii I, Year: 1953, Medium: Lithograph and Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches, Size: ...
Lithograph
Désespoir, Surrealist Lithograph by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Désespoir pour les Poèmes d'Emily Brontë, Year: circa 1945, Medium: Lithograph on thin wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 12/3...
Lithograph
Deux Femmes en une, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Deux Femmes en une, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches, Size: 11 x 9.75 in. (27.94 x 24.77 cm), Description: From the c...
Etching
Andromède
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 prints. Original Prints. Publisher : Paris, Galerie Louis Leiris Image Dimensions : 21 x 26 cm This artwork is shipp...
Etching
Feuilles Épaisses II, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Feuilles Épaisses II, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, numbered in pencil, Edition: 1/3, Image Size: 8.25 x 6.5 inches, Size: 9.5 x 7.75 in. (24....
Etching
$950
Viviane French Original Surrealist Lithograph signed and numbered Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
His early works display an interest in cubism. He later became associated with surrealism, and he was one of the most enthusiastic employers of automatic drawing, making a number of ...
Lithograph
Apollon et Dionysos
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21x33 cm. Edition of 50 prints by Galerie Louis Leiris, numbered and hand signed by the Artist. Excellent conditions. This artw...
Etching
D.A.F. de Sade, Surrealist Color Etching by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - D.A.F. de Sade, Medium: Color Etching on laid paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 8/20, Image Size: 4.75 x 2.75 inches, Size: 8.5 x...
Etching
Ruine, Surrealist Lithograph by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Ruine, Year: 1945, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 10/30, Image Size: 8 x 6.25 inches, Size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x...
Lithograph
Le soleil passe au dessus de la fontaine, Surrealist Lithograph by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Le soleil passe au dessus de la fontaine, Medium: Lithograph on thin wove paper, unsigned, Image Size: 9.75 x 12.75 inches, Size: 11 x 13.25 in...
Lithograph
Self-Portrait I, Modern Drypoint and aquatint by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Self-Portrait I (Portrait de l'artiste I), Year: 1946, Medium: Drypoint and aquatint on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50,...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Deux femmes en une, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Deux femmes en une, Medium: Etching on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 10/30, Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches, Size: 14.25 x 12....
Etching
Sonnets by Louise Labé
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1972 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 74/150 Publisher : André Sauret (Monte-Carlo) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. ...
Lithograph
Galerie Louis Leiris - Lithograph by André Masson - 1968
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
This is an hand signed lithograph by André Masson, with dedication. André Masson was a French artist, well-known as part of the Surrealism. He was a painter but also a sculptor and ...
Lithograph
$1,401
Totem
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 28x18 cm. Edition of only 30 prints, numbered and hand signed. Excellent conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in...
Etching
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Lithograph, Offset
Chrysalides, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Chrysalides, Year: Circa 1947, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 10 x 14 inches, S...
Etching, Aquatint
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Lithograph, Offset
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Lithograph, Offset
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
Les Deux Nus, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Les Deux Nus, Year: 1949, Medium: Lithograph on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 20/20, Image Size: 14 x 11 inches, Size: 19 ...
Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Lithograph, Offset
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
L'oiseau amoureux, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - L'oiseau amoureux, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching and aquatint on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 27/30, Image Size: 8 x 6.75 in...
Etching, Aquatint
Caliban, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Caliban, Year: 1966, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 10 x 7.5 in. (25.4 x 19.05 cm), Printer: Mourlot, Publisher: Mourlot, Paris
Lithograph
No title
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Etching Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted EA Printer : Crommelynck 50.00 cm. x 66.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.98 in. (paper) 37.00 cm. x 44.00 cm. 14.57 in. x 17.32 in. (ima...
Etching
Pompeii IV, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Pompeii IV, Year: 1953, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 9.25 x 12.5 inches, Size: 12.5 x 17.75 in. ...
Lithograph
Monument
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Ink , 1960 Handsigned by the artist in pencil 30.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 9.45 in. (paper) A drawing in Indian ink and wash by the French artist singled out for his architec...
Ink
$650
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Vintage Lithograph Mourlot Poster Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family ...
Lithograph
Lithograph on Japon Paper by André Masson Edition 70/101
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
This reserved and sophisticated Lithograph on Japon Paper by André Masson Edition 70/101 originates from France, C. 1973. This surrealistic abstraction features a vertical compositio...
Lithograph
Feminaire de la rue saint Denis
By André Masson
Located in Roma, RM
André Masson (Balagny-sur-Therain 1896 – Parigi 1987 ), Feminaire de la rue saint Denis (1958) Pastello grasso su carta di cm 20 x 14, sul retro è presente l’etichetta dello Studio ...
Paper, Pastel
Dancing under the Stars - Original lithograph, Signed
By André Masson
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre MASSON Dancing under the Stars, 1973 Original lithograph Signed with the stamp of the artist Numbered / 100 On vellum 58 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in) Very good condition, small de...
Lithograph
$360Sale Price|20% Off
1974 Andre Masson 'Le Septieme Chant' Cubism White, Red France Etching
By André Masson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 14.75 x 11 inches ( 37.465 x 27.94 cm ) Image Size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches ( 29.21 x 20.955 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Found inside BK2922 P...
Etching
$7,591Sale Price|50% Off
Deux Femmes Nues Ceramic Plate, Surrealist, Signed, 20th Century
By André Masson
Located in CANNES, FR
"Deux femmes nues ". " naked women " is a ceramic plate signed Masson (underneath ) ." unic piece ". dated 1921 . Andre Masson realized very few works o...
Ceramic
$7,300
"La Naissance D'Eve" from "Je Reve, " Color Lithograph signed by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Naissance D'Eve" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece, depicting Adam and Eve, is from Masson's "Je Reve (I Dream)" portfolio, and is signed in pencil lowe...
Lithograph
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
Andre Masson, Untitled, from The Seventh Song, 1974
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le septieme chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bovembre 1870, 7 Rue du Faub...
Engraving
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Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
Lithograph
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Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
Lithograph
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Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
Lithograph
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Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
Lithograph
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Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
Lithograph