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Victor Brauner (1903-1966) Acolo, 1949, Romanian. Encaustic on board. 74.6 x 54.6 cm. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill (http://www.artic.edu); Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection; photograph © 2000, The Art Institute of Chicago. Copyright 2000, Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris, France.

His is hardly a household name, at least not in American art, but the Romanian artist Victor Brauner (1903-1966) was a significant figure in the Surrealist movement in France during the 1930s and 1940s. André Breton himself wrote the introduction for Brauner's first one-man show in Paris in 1934. Born in Piatra-Neamt, Moldavia, as a boy Brauner visited Vienna with his parents; pre–World War I Vienna was a popular intellectual center for Romanians. Like his father, young Brauner was intensely interested in spiritualism. During his early teens, he studied at an evangelical school in Brila, Romania, and developed an interest in . . . [Full Text of this Article]