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Tableau vivant | National Galleries of Scotland What Is Surrealism, Dorothea Tanning, Tableaux Vivants, Peggy Guggenheim, Gallery Of Modern Art, Max Ernst, Spirit Animals, Painting Subjects, Hur Man Målar

Dorothea Tanning was one of the most celebrated of the American Surrealists. She met the artist Max Ernst in New York in 1942 and they married in 1946. Their dog, a Lhasa Apso terrier named Katchina, appears regularly in Tanning’s work. Sometimes the dog is the artist's alter-ego and at other times appears as a witness or protagonist. Tanning painted this work while living in France. It was originally titled L’Etreinte, which means ‘The Embrace’ or even ‘The Stranglehold’. A few months…

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