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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1910
- Active to
- 2012
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Key facts
- Born
- Dorothea Margaret Tanning , 25 August 1910, Galesburg, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- 31 January 2012 (2012-01-31) (aged 101), New York City, U.S.
- Known for
- Painting, sculpture, printmaking, writing
- Movement
- Surrealism
- Spouses
- Homer Shannon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 , divorced ) Max Ernst ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 ; died 1976 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothea
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Galesburg
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Max Ernst
- Occupation
- theatre designer
- Educated at
- Knox College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- surrealism
- Movement
- surrealism
- Official website
- www.dorotheatanning.org
- Image
- Willy Mucha and max Ernst.png
- Work location
- London
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- date of birth
- 1910-08-25
- date of death
- 2012-01-31
- has works in the collection
- Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
- name in native language
- Dorothea Tanning
- ethnic group
- White Americans
- catalog code
- 253
- subject has role
- centenarian
- Commons category
- Dorothea Tanning
- start of work period
- 1935-01-01
- end of work period
- 2011-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorothea Margaret Tanning (25 August 1910 – 31 January 2012) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by European Surrealism.
Biography
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