Paul Nougé

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Nougé, Paul (1895-1967). A founder member of the Belgian Communist Party, Nougé brought an austere and trenchant intellect to the service of Surrealism, founding the review Correspondance in 1924 with Marcel Lecomte and Camille Goëmans and masterminding a collective strategy for the Brussels group, whose diplomatic deflection of Parisian influences fostered a deceptive blend of seeming modesty and occasional abrupt assertiveness. A biochemist by training, Nougé wrote aphoristically, producing tracts, open letters, and theoretical essays, gathered in Histoire de ne pas rire (1956). His assiduous commentaries on the surreal canvases of his friend René Magritte, printed as Les Images défendues in 1943, are as gnomic and provocative as the paintings.

[Roger Cardinal]

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Paul Nougé
Born 13 February 1895 (1895-02-13) (age 116) -->
Died June 1967 (aged 1955–1956)
Nationality  Belgium
Occupation Surrealist, Philosopher, Poet, Photographer

Paul Nougé (1895–1967) was a Belgian poet, philosopher and surrealist photographer who heavily influenced the Belgian Surrealist School of which he was a member.

He was a friend and associate of fellow artists Louis Scutenaire, Marcel Mariën and René Magritte - whom he was a major influence upon.[1]

Some 19 surrealist photographs, produced by Nougé between 1929 and 1930[2], have been published and displayed posthumously notably, and most recently, at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2009[3]

A number of his poems have been translated into English by Robert Archambeau and Jean-Luc Garneau, and appear in Samizdat (poetry magazine).

References

External links

  • Magritte : "Paul Nougé", 1927 (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) [1]



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