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Yves Tanguy

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Yves Tanguy

Birth
Île-de-France, France
Death
15 Jan 1955 (aged 55)
Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Cremation/Ashes scattered with wife(Kay Sage) at the beach of Douarnenez on the coast of Brittany. Add to Map
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French-born American painter. Originally a merchant seaman, he was impelled to take up painting after seeing pictures by de Chirico and in 1925 joined the Surrealist group. In 1939 he emigrated to the USA, where he lived for the rest of his life, marrying the American Surrealist painter Kay Sage in 1940 and becoming an American citizen in 1948.
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorage
Burial:Cremation/Ashes scattered with wife (Kay Sage) at the beach of Douarnenez on the coast of Brittany.
French-born American painter. Originally a merchant seaman, he was impelled to take up painting after seeing pictures by de Chirico and in 1925 joined the Surrealist group. In 1939 he emigrated to the USA, where he lived for the rest of his life, marrying the American Surrealist painter Kay Sage in 1940 and becoming an American citizen in 1948.
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorage
Burial:Cremation/Ashes scattered with wife (Kay Sage) at the beach of Douarnenez on the coast of Brittany.


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