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Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Aliases:
Francis Martinez de Picabia;
Francis Marie Martinez Picabia;
Francis Martinez "de" Picabia;
François Picabia;
Llamado Francis Picabia
Professions:
Painter
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Biography
(b
Paris,
22
Jan
1879;
d
Paris,
30
Nov
1953).
French
painter
and
writer.
He
was
one
of
the
major
figures
of
the
Dada
movement
in
France
and
in
the
USA
but
remained
as
stubbornly
uncategorizable
as
he
was
influential.
In
his
rejection
of
consistency
and
of
an
identifiable
manner,
he
called
into
question
attitudes
to
the
artistic
process
that
had
been
regarded
as
sacrosanct
and
in
so
doing
guaranteed
the
intellectual
force
of
his
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