Georges Hugnet

Georges Hugnet , born has Paris in 1906 and died in Saint Martin's day de Ré in 1974, is a poet, writer, graphic designer and scenario writer French.

He was the first historian of the Dadaïsme by his articles published in reviews like Cahiers D `Art and Minotaure since 1924. He became member of the surrealist movement in 1932, movement which he will leave in 1936 at the same time as Paul Éluard and Louis Aragon for political divergences with André Breton.

Passed this collective experiment, Georges Hugnet continued his research of the poetic absolute and the graphic beauty through various works as the automatic transfers with the ink black which it developed with his friend Oscar Dominguez, of the photomontages, photographic joinings, cuttings of newspapers like typographical hypothetical plays, or many panels of objects find, objects divert with elements made up of scattered wood, wood floated, stones, marine algas, tablecloths of restaurants, papers tear which will become, according to arbitrary chance, actors or supports creating as many bestiaries, as many herbaria, as many oneiric universes considered as as much D `poetic experiments graphic.

Georges Hugnet was also episodically bookbinder and designed some single bindings which it will entitle “ Livre - Object” which became bibliographical scarcities. The Work pictorial of Georges Hugnet, largely present in the largest museums of the world and collections or private foundations, is nevertheless second compared to its intrinsic poetic Work.

The German occupation will stop its activities D `editor “ the Editions of the Mountain ” due to rationing of paper; in the same way will be stopped literary review qu `it directed “ the Use of the Word ”. Georges Hugnet stopped all artistic activities of foreground to fight against the occupant and the mode of Vichy. He became thus a “helmeted” poet, according to the expensive expression with Pierre Seghers. During this period, Georges Hugnet, member of the group “ the Hand with feather ” took part in the development of many leaflets against the occupants and manufactured false pass in his workshop of binding to allow those which were sought by Gestapo to pass in free zone then abroad.

It is as at that time, as it Co-founded a clandestine publisher whose first work published was the Silence of the sea of Vercors. This house became with the release the Éditions of Midnight.

Released Paris, Georges Hugnet could be again devoted entirely to its Article.

Chronological biography

1906. July 11th: Birth has Paris. Exit D `a family of the good middle-class woman of the Suburb Saint-Anthony, it passes its early childhood to Argentina or his/her father opened a branch of the House Hugnet, one of the most important houses D `cabinet work, of decoration and D `installation of the Saint-Anthony Suburb.
1913. Of return has Paris, it continues its secondary studies has Saint-Louis-of-Gonzague then has Janson-of-Sailly.
1920. Fact the knowledge of Marcel Jouhandeau who lives the same building, Boulevard of Grenelle has Paris. By its intermediary, it is present has max Jacob has which it shows his first poems and thus becomes acquainted with Robert Desnos, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp. Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, etc
1926. Be able to be made reform not to make its military service. This same year, it becomes acquainted with two American, Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein with which it binds D `large and long friendship. Publish its first book which is a collection of youth 40 poetries of Stanislas Boutemer. Concerts D `musical works poetic will be born also has this period with the assistance of Henri Pawl-Pleyel and Virgil Thomson. The price of Freedom for its news the Newspaper D `Antoinette receives.
1929. June 6th: Presentation with the Studio of the Ursulines of her film the Pearl .
1930. Publish the Right of kelp while Robert Desnos makes appear Sources of the Wind and Salvador Dali his film, L `Âge D `Or.

Chronological bibliography

1928. 40 poetries of Stanislas Boutemer . Editions Theophilus Briant, Paris. Illustrations of max Jacob.
1930. the Right of kelp precedes by the Dumb man or the secrecies by the life . Editions of the Mountain, Paris.
1932. Shadows . Editions of the Mountain. Paris.
1932. L `Apocalypse . Jeanne edition To rough-hew. Paris.
1933. Beautiful while sleeping the . Editions of the Free Books. Paris.
1933. Before the Flowers off Friendship . Writte one has poem by Georges Hugnet, Gertrude Stein. Lime pit Edition. Paris. Translation of the Enfances poem under a title imagines by Gertrude Stein.
1933. Childhoods . Editions of the Books D `Art.Paris. Illustrations of Joan Miro.
1934. Small poetic Anthology of Surrealism . Jeanne editions To rough-hew. Paris.
1934. Onan . Surrealist editions. Jose Corti. Paris. Illustration of Salvador Dali.
1936. the Seventh face of . Jeanne editions To rough-hew. Paris. Cover of Marcel Duchamp.
1936. Hobby-horse and Surrealism . Bulletin off the Museum off Modern Art, New York.
1936. the imaginary Pole of L `. Edition G.L.M. Paris. Illustrations D `Dominguez Oscar.
1937. the Hair . Edition Wisdom. Paris. Frontispiece of Yves Tanguy.
1937. L `Apocalypse . Editions G.L.M. Paris.
1938. a readable Writing . Editions of the Chronicles of the Day. Paris. Illustrations of Kurt Seligman.
1938. Winks sciselees of branches . Jeanne editions To rough-hew. Paris. Illustrations of Hans Bellmer.
1940. Not To want . s.n. Paris. Frontispiece of Joan Miro.
1941. Marcel Duchamp . s.n. Paris. Frontispiece of Marcel Duchamp.
1941. Pablo Picasso . s.n. Paris. Illustrations of Pablo Picasso.
1941. With depend on the words . Editions Merry Christmas. Paris. Frontispiece of Valentine Hugo.
1942. the easy Woman . Jeanne editions To rough-hew. Paris. Illustrations of Henri Goetz and Christine Boumester.
1942. Not To want . Jeanne editions To rough-hew. Paris. Illustrations of Pablo Picasso.
1943. the sand Sphere. Editions Robert Cup. Paris. Illustrations of Hans Arp.
1943. Fire with the bottom . Editions Robert Cup. Paris. Illustrations of Dominguez Oscar.
1943. Chèvre-feuille . Editions Robert Cup. Paris. Illustrations of Pablo Picasso.
1945. the Drinker of dew . Editions Fountain. Paris.
1946. Oiseaux do not copy anybody . s.n. Paris. Etchings of Andre Bea.
1946. Very beautiful my heart . Seghers editions. Paris.
1949. Good-bye Dory . Editions Theophilus Briant. Paris.
1952. future Ghosts . s.n. Paris. Etchings of Jean-Paul Vroom.
1952. Very beautiful my heart . Seghers. Paris. Lithographies of Georges Hugnet.
1952. Tablecloth of the Catalan . Poems of Jean Cocteau and Georges Hugnet. s.n. Paris. Illustrations of Jean Cocteau and Georges Hugnet.
1954. Here the voice followed of future Ghosts . Seghers. Illustrations of Pablo Picasso.
1957. L `Adventure Hobby-horse . 1916 - 1922. Gallery of L `Institute. Paris. Introduction of Tristan Tzara. Hobby-horse - made of Man Ray.
1961. 1961 . At L `author. Paris. Illustrations of Georges Hugnet.
1963. Variations on same the words . Gallery of Marignan. Paris. All `Insegna del Pesce D `Oro. Milan. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1963. Paris - Subway . Gallery of Marignan. Paris. Galleria Dantesca. Turin. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1963. Parigi . It Bisonte. Edizioni D `Arte. Firenze. Illustrations of `Orfeo Tamburi.
1964. Morals has Nicolas . All `Insegna del Pesce D `Oro. Milan. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1964. Eight days has Trebaumec . Newspaper of holidays decorates of 82 photograph - assemblies of Georges Hugnet. Mercher editions. Paris.
1964. It or the weekly one of the pleasure. The Pergola. Edizioni D `Arte. Pesare. Milan. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1970. the Drinker of dew . Alessandro Corubolo and Gino Castiglioni. Verone. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1970. Fiori . The Pergola. Edizioni D `Arte.Pesare. Milan. Illustrations D `Orfeo Tamburi.
1971. L `Adventure Hobby-horse . Seghers. Paris. Introduction of Tristan Tzara.
1972. Per conoscere L `will avventura Dada . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Milan. Italian edition of L `Adventure Hobby-horse.
1972. Full and untie . memories and testimonys (1926 - 1972). Editions Guy Authier. Paris.
1973. Ventured It Hobby-horse . Jucar. Madrid. Spanish edition of L `Adventure Hobby-horse.
1976. Dictionary of Dadaism . Jean editions - Claude Simoen. Paris.

; Translations

1929. Gertrude Stein. selected Pieces of the manufacture of American . Editions of the Mountain. Paris. Translation and foreword of Georges Hugnet.
1930. Gertrude Stein. Ten portraits . Editions of the Mountain. Paris. Translation of Georges Hugnet and Virgil Thomson.

; Review 1939. “ L `Use of the Word” . Review appearing every two months under the direction of Georges Hugnet. Editions of the Books D `Article Paris. 3 published numbers:

N 1. December 1939. Cover illustrated by Man Ray.
N2:. February 1940. Cover illustrated by max Ernst.
N 3. April 1940. Cover illustrated by Juan Miro.
N 4 remained in the form of tests, stopped by the arrival of German.

Collaborated in these numbers: Hans Arp, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Eluard, Georges Hugnet, Valentine Hugo, Rene Magritte, Juan Miro, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Reverdy, Sophie Teauber-Arp, Tristan Tzara, etc

Catalog of films

the Pearl . Film carried out by Henri d' Arche, count d' Ursel on a scenario of Georges Hugnet with, for principal interpreters, Kissa Kouprine and Georges Hugnet, projected for the first time at the Studio of the Ursulines, on June 6th, 1929.

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