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Dictionary definition: Éluard, Paul
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- A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
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Éluard, Paul (pseudonym of
Eugène Grindel
) (1895–1952).
French writer, patron, collector, entrepreneur, draughtsman, and collagist, a leading figure of
Surrealism
from the beginning of the movement. Éluard is best known as one of the outstanding French poets of the 20th century, but he was deeply interested in the visual arts and was a friend of many distinguished painters, several of whom he commissioned to illustrate his books (notably Max
Ernst
,
Man Ray
, and
Picasso
). He helped to organize various events, including the International Surrealist Exhibition in ...