Gordon Onslow Ford (December 26, 1912 – November 9, 2003) was the last surviving member of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, He was born in Wendover, England, on December 26, 1912. Wendover is a Market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He served in the British Navy until 1937 after which he focused on his art career. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
In 1938 he became an official member of the surrealist group in Paris. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city At the onset of World War II, he returned to Britain. In 1941 he was asked to present a series of lectures in New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
While in New York, he met and married writer Jacqueline Johnson. They lived in Erongaricuaro, a small village in central Mexico, for six years before moving to San Francisco in 1947. Erongarícuaro, which means "Place of waiting" in the Purepecha language is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Together with his friend Wolfgang Paalen whom he knew from Paris and Mexico, he exhibited in the San Francisco Museum of Art in the group show Dynaton, which was also the name of the small group of artists, Paalen had founded in 1949. During the 50's, Ford and artist Jean Varda co-owned the SS Vallejo which served as their studio, and was docked at the waterfront in Sausalito. Sausalito (from Spanish: sauzalito "small willow grove" from sauce "willow" + collective derivative -al meaning "place
In 1958, Ford turned over his half of the Vallejo to Alan Watts, and Ford and Johnson moved to Inverness, California, where they had previously purchased 300 acres (1. Alan Wilson Watts ( January 6, 1915 &ndash November 16, 1973) was a British Philosopher, Writer, speaker and Inverness is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place (CDP located in western Marin County California. 2 km²) of forest.
His wife died in 1978.
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