Tanguy, Yves (1900-1955), a surrealist artist, painted with exacting technique a strange world where objects like bones and rocks are grouped in fantastic structures. He decided to paint when he saw a Giorgio de Chirico painting in 1923. His first works were crude because he taught himself, but by 1927 he had developed his style. Tanguy was born in Paris, but moved to Connecticut in 1939.
