101.5 The View
Dorothea Tanning was born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois. She attended Knox College there (1928–30) before living for several years in Chicago. In 1935, Tanning moved to New York, where she discovered Dada and Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art’s seminal exhibition, Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism, in 1936. By the early 1940s, Tanning was working on her own surreal paintings while supporting herself as a commercial artist. Impressed by her creativity and talent in illustrating fashion advertisements, the art director at Macy’s department store introduced her in 1941 to the gallery owner Julien Levy, who immediately offered to show her work
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
101.5 The View
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