Centre Pompidou, Metz

“One of the greatest exponents of automatic drawing and sand pictures, André Masson (1896–1987) was actively involved in, and acutely aware of, the upheavals of his century, both historical and intellectual. He had fruitful relationships with the artists and thinkers of his time, and his drawings and paintings influenced the beginnings of American Abstract Expressionism, forming the best-known part of an oeuvre whose overall power is not yet fully appreciated…”

Among the many masterpieces on display, you may spot 14 paintings on loan by Applicat-Prazan, among which Pygmalion”, 1938.