Georges Hugnet

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Georges Hugnet (born July 11, 1906 in Paris , † June 26, 1974 in Saint-Martin de Ré ) was a French poet , writer , playwright , illustrator and filmmaker .

Life

Georges Hugnet spent most of his childhood in Buenos Aires , Argentina . In 1913 he returned to Paris . 1920 was the decisive year of his career. By Marcel Jouhandeau , which in the same building on de Grenelle Boulevard lived in Paris, his first poems were Max Jacob presented. Jacob became his mentor, and through him he also got the contacts and access to the Parisian art scene. During this time, Hugnet became friends with a number of influential artists of the early 20th century, such as Joan Miró , Marcel Duchamp , Pablo Picasso , Tristan Tzara , Man Ray and Jean Cocteau .

Portrait automatique
Georges Hugnet , 1938
Decalcomania / surrealism
37.9 x 29.0 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Hugnet came into contact with the Surrealists in 1926 , took part in many of their activities, wrote poetry, created collages , wrote books and designed book covers for Surrealist publications, also in collaboration with his friend Joan Miró. In 1929 his film La Perle was presented in the Ursulines studio in Paris. In the 1930s, Hugnet was a member of the surrealist movement. André Breton became interested in him after reading Hugnet's article Spirit of Dada in Painting ; Tristan Tzara introduced them to each other. In 1936 Hugnet was involved in the organization of the International Surrealist Exhibition in the New Burlington Galleries in London . In 1939 he was excluded from the movement because he did not want to give up his friendship with the disgraced poet Paul Éluard .

In 1940 Hugnet married his first wife, Germaine Pied ; this marriage lasted ten years and remained childless. In 1950 Hugnet married the seventeen year old Myrtille Hubert . The following year his son Nicolas Hugnet was born.

With the support of his father - a French furniture maker - Hugnet set up a publishing house, Les Editions de la Montagne , to publish his works and those of his friends, including Tristan Tzara, Pierre de Massot and Gertrude Stein .

Hugnet wrote and translated numerous scripts and illustrated books until his death in 1974.

Works and publications

  • 1928. 40 poésies de Stanislas Boutemer . Editions Théophile Briant, Paris. Illustration by Max Jacob .
  • 1930. The droit de varech précédé par Le Muet ou les secrets de la vie . Editions de la Montagne, Paris.
  • 1932. Ombres portées . Editions de la Montagne. Paris.
  • 1932. L'Apocalypse . Édition Jeanne Bucher. Paris.
  • 1933. La Belle en dormant . Éditions des Cahiers Libres. Paris.
  • 1933. Before the Flowers of Friendship . Plain Edition. Paris.
  • 1933. Enfances . Éditions des Cahiers d'Art. Paris. Illustration by Joan Miró .
  • 1934. Petite Anthologie poétique du Surréalisme . Editions Jeanne Bucher. Paris.
  • 1934. Onan . Editions surréalistes. Jose Corti. Paris. Illustration by Salvador Dalí .
  • 1936. La Septième face du de . Editions Jeanne Bucher. Paris. Couverture de Marcel Duchamp.
  • 1936. Dada and Surrealism . Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
  • 1936. La Hampe de l'imaginaire . Edition GLM Paris. Illustration by Oscar Dominguez.
  • 1937. La Chevelure . Edition Sagesse. Paris. Frontispice de Yves Tanguy.
  • 1937. L'Apocalypse . Editions GLM Paris.
  • 1938. Une Écriture lisible . Editions des Chroniques du Jour. Paris. Illustration by Kurt Seligman.
  • 1938. Œillades ciselées en branches . Editions Jeanne Bucher. Paris. Illustration by Hans Bellmer.
  • 1940. Non Vouloir . sn Paris. Illustration by Joan Miro.
  • 1941. Marcel Duchamp . sn Paris. Illustration Marcel Duchamp.
  • 1941. Pablo Picasso . sn Paris. Illustration by Pablo Picasso.
  • 1941. Aux dépens des mots . Editions Merry Christmas. Paris.
  • 1942. La femme facile . Editions Jeanne Bucher. Paris. Illustrations by Henri Goetz and Christine Boumeester .
  • 1942. Non Vouloir . Editions Jeanne Bucher. Paris. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso .
  • 1943. La sphere de sable . Editions Robert Godet. Paris. Illustrations by Hans Arp .
  • 1943. Le Feu au cul . Editions Robert Godet. Paris. Illustrations by Óscar Domínguez .
  • 1943. La Chèvre-feuille . Editions Robert Godet. Paris. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso.
  • 1945. Le Buveur de rosée . Editions Fontaine. Paris.
  • 1946. Oiseaux ne copiez personne . sn Paris. Eaux-fortes de André Bea.
  • 1946. Tout beau mon coeur . Editions Seghers. Paris.
  • 1949. Adieu Doris . Editions Theophile Briant. Paris.
  • 1952. Les Revenants futurs . sn Paris. Eaux-fortes de Jean-Paul Vroom.
  • 1952. Tout beau mon coeur . Seghers. Paris. Lithographies de Georges Hugnet.
  • 1952. La Nappe du Catalan . Poèmes de Jean Cocteau et de Georges Hugnet. sn Paris. Illustrations by Jean Cocteau and Georges Hugnet.
  • 1954. Ici la voix suivi de Les Revenants futurs . Seghers. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso.
  • 1957. L'Aventure Dada . 1916-1922. Gallery de l'Institut. Paris. Introduction de Tristan Tzara.
  • 1961. Dada-made de Man Ray.
  • 1961. Chez l'auteur . Paris. Illustrations by Georges Hugnet.
  • 1963. Variations on les mêmes mots . Gallery de Marignan. Paris. All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro. Milan. Illustration Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1963. Paris - Metro . Gallery de Marignan. Paris. Galleria Dantesca. Turin. Illustration Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1963. Parigi . Il bisonte. Edizioni d'Arte. Firenze. Illustrations by Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1964. La Morale a Nicolas . All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro. Milan. Illustration Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1964. Huit jours à Trebaumec . Journal de vacances orné de 82 photo-montages de Georges Hugnet. Editions Mercher. Paris.
  • 1964. Elle ou le semainier du plaisir. La Pergola. Edizioni d'Arte. Pesare. Milan. Illustration by Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1970. Le Buveur de rosée . Alessandro Corubolo and Gino Castiglioni. Verone. Illustration Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1970. Fiori . La Pergola. Edizioni d'Arte.Pesare. Milan. Illustration Orfeo Tamburi.
  • 1971. L'Aventure Dada . Seghers. Paris.
  • 1972. Per conoscere l'avventura Dada . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Milan. Edition Italienne de L'Aventure Dada.
  • 1972. Pleins et déliés . souvenirs et temoignages (1926–1972). Editions Guy Authier. Paris.
  • 1973. La Aventura Dada . Jucar. Madrid. Edition espagnole de L'Aventure Dada .
Translations
  • 1929. Gertrude Stein . Morceaux choisis de la fabrication des americains. Editions de la Montagne. Paris.
  • 1930. Gertrude Stein. Dix portraits. Editions de la Montagne. Paris. Translation by Georges Hugnet and Virgil Thomson.
Magazines
  • 1939. L'Usage de la Parole. Revue paraissant tous les deux mois sous la direction de Georges Hugnet. Éditions des Cahiers d'Art. Paris. In 3 issues:
    • n ° December 1, 1939. Illustrée couverture by Man Ray .
    • n ° February 2, 1940. Couverture illustrée par Max Ernst .
    • n ° April 3, 1940. Couverture illustrée by Joan Miró .

Posthumously

  • 1976. Dictionnaire du Dadaisme. Editions Jean-Claude Simoen. Paris. (Georges Hugnet wrote this work on Dadaism between 1916 and 1922)

Filmography

La Perle film about Henri d'Arche, Comte d'Ursel ; Screenplay: George Hugnet, premiered June 6, 1929.

exhibition

  • 2011/2012: Georges Hugnet: La Vie Amoureuse des Spumifères. Ubu Gallery, Manhattan, New York City with catalog

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carlton Lake Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Texas
  2. ^ Carlton Lake Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Texas
  3. ↑ Salvador Dalí invents a method that he himself describes as "Espasmo-Grafisme" and the results of which can be found as an illustration in the artist's book Onan published in 1934 together with Georges Hugnet.
  4. ↑ Who? A spumifer? in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from January 1, 2011, page 47
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personal data
SURNAME Hugnet, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1974
Place of death Saint-Martin de Ré , Charente-Maritime department , France