Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

Writing

Birthday

1879/01/22

Day of death

1953/11/30 (74 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also know as

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Biography

Francis Picabia (born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in contrasts. He was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France. He was later briefly associated with Surrealism, but would soon turn his back on t...Read more

Acting
Entr'acte
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(1924) Entr'acte

as A man loading the cannon

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(1978) Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)