Dorothea Tanning

Tanning, Dorothea





Dorothea Tanning was born Aug 25 1910 BirthGalesburg, Illinois, USA.

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Dorothea Tanning is one of the last living members of the Surrealist movement. After studying briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago School in 1930, she went to New York City where she learned about art by going to galleries and studying the art on exhibit…
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Tanning learned to paint, she claimed, by visiting art museums. She attended Knox College in Galesburg, studied art in Chicago, and in 1935 moved to New York City, where she supported herself with advertising art and painted in her spare time…

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