MODERNISM/ SURREALISM. ANDRÉ MASSON ET SON UNIVERSE PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS DES TROIS COLLINES 1947.

MODERNISM/SURREALISM.Leiris, M. et Limbour, G. André Masson et son univers. Editions des Trois Collines, Geneva-Paris, 1947. Large stapled 8vo with captioned cover. Illustrated with 124 plates of which 4 are colored. 241 pages. , (VIII).
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Therain, Oise, but grew up in Belgium. He began his studies of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the direction of Constant Montald, and later studied in Paris. He fought for France in World War I and was seriously injured.
Masson was one of the earliest surrealists and in abstract paintings sought to evoke the painful experiences of people and animals in a chaotic world.
Artistic work. Source Wikipedia.