She was a loner, but Max was the only she needed.

DOROTHEA TANNING was born and raised in Galesburg (Illinois), where attended public schools. After attending Knox College, she moved to Chicago and New Yok, where discovered Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art’s. Then, the gallery owner Julien Levy introduced her to the circle of émigré Surrealists (including the painter Max Ernst). The two fell in love, and embarked on a life together that took them to Sedona (Arizona), where they hosted visits from many friends crossing the country (including Yves Tanguy, George Balanchine, and Dylan Thomas. In 1949, they relocated to France (returning to Sedona for intervals), where they lived in Paris and Provence, until Ernst’s death. Returned to New York, she continued to create art, also with attention to writing and poetry, until the end of her life. She was a self-taught artist. The surreal imagery of her paintings (whithin her close friendships with artists of the Surrealist Movement), they she accompanied her own individual style over the course of an artistic career that spanned six decades. Her early works, were figurative renderings of dream-like situations. DOROTHEA TANNING was meticulous in her attention to details, with carefully muted brushstrokes. Through the late 1940s, she paint depictions of unreal scenes, with enigmatic symbols and desolate space. Her 1942’s “Birthday” (oil on canvas painting, 102.2 x 64.8 cm), you to can admire at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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