View was an American literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. Charles Henri Ford ( February 10 1913 - September 27 2002) was an American novelist poet filmmaker photographer and Collage artist Harrison Parker Tyler, better known as Parker Tyler (born 6 March 1904, New Orleans - died in June 1974 New York City of Prostate The magazine is best known for introducing Surrealism to the American public. 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 [1]
The magazine covered the contemporary avant-garde and Surrealist scene, and was published quarterly as finances permitted until 1947. 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 Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. View featured cover designs by renown artists with the highly stylised typography of Tyler along with their art, and the prose and poetry of the day. [1]
Many of the contributors had been living in Europe, but took refuge in the U. S. during World War II bringing with them the avant-garde ideas of the time and precipitating a shift of the center of the art world from Paris to New York. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It attracted contributions from such writers and artists as Pavel Tchelitchew, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Andre Masson, Pablo Picasso, Henry Miller, Paul Klee, Albert Camus, Lawrence Durrell, Georgia O'Keefe, Man Ray, Jorge Luis Borges, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jean Genet, Rene Magritte, Jean Dubuffet, and Edouard Roditi. Pavel Tchelitchew ( Russian Павел Фёдорович Челищев ( 21 September 1898, Moscow - 31 July 1957, Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy ( January 5, 1900 &ndash January 15, 1955) was a Surrealist painter Max Ernst ( 2 April 1891 &ndash 1 April 1976) was a German painter, Sculptor, Graphic artist, and André-Aimé-René Masson ( January 4, 1896 &ndash October 28, 1987) was a French Artist. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26 1891 &ndash June 7 1980 was an American writer and painter. Albert Camus ( (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 was an Algerian born French Author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize Lawrence George Durrell ( February 27, 1912 &ndash November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British Novelist, Poet, Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15 1887—March 6 1986 was an American Artist She is associated with the American Southwest where she found artistic inspiration Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky ( August 27 1890 &ndash November 18 1976) in Philadelphia PA and raised Joan Miró i Ferrà ( April 20, 1893 &ndash December 25, 1983) was an ethnic Catalan (of Spanish nationality Alexander Calder (22 July 1898 – 11 November 1976 also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and Artist most famous for inventing Marc Chagall (מאַרק שאַגאַל&lrm Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ; Russian: Марк Jean Genet (ʒɑ̃ ʒəˈnɛ in French ( –) was a prominent controversial French writer and later political activist. René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian Surrealist artist Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet ( July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was one of the most famous French painters and sculptors Edouard Roditi (1910-1992 was an American Poet, short-story writer and translator [2]
In the 1940s, View Editions, an associated publishing house, came out with the first monograph on Marcel Duchamp and the first book translations of Andre Breton's poems. Marcel Duchamp (maʀsɛl dyˈʃɑ̃ (28 July 1887 &ndash 2 October 1968 was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, [2]
See also
- Acéphale, a surrealist review created by Georges Bataille, published from 1936 to 1939
- Documents, a surrealist journal edited by Georges Bataille from 1929 to 1930
- Minotaure, a primarily surrealist-oriented publication founded by Albert Skira, published in Paris from 1933 to 1939
- La Révolution surréaliste, a seminal Surrealist publication founded by André Breton, published in Paris from 1924 to 1929
- VVV - a New York journal published by emigré European surrealists from 1942 through 1944
References
- ^ a b Ford, Charles Henri (editor), View: Parade of the Avant-Garde, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1991. Acéphale (from the Greek a-cephalus, literally "headless" designates both a public review created by Georges Bataille (which counted five issues from Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Documents was a late 1920s-era Surrealist journal edited and masterminded by Georges Bataille. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minotaure (1933 to 1939 was a primarily Surrealist -oriented publication founded by Albert Skira in Paris Albert Skira (1904 - 1973 was a French publisher In 1933 he contacted André Breton about a new journal which he planned to be the most luxurious art and literary Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. La Révolution surréaliste (The Surrealist Revolution was a publication by Surrealists in Paris Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. VVV was a journal devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism, published in New York City from 1942 through 1944. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ISBN 1-56025-014-3
- ^ a b "Charles Henri Ford" memorial article, Milk magazine, Volume 8 (publication date unclear), accessed January 4, 2007
External links
- "American Surrealism and View Magazine" - an essay by Andrew Otwell, 1996
- "Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection"
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