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René Crevel

French writer active in Dada and Surrealism. The MNAC's 2018 Gala exhibition describes him as one of Gala's close friends.

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Illustrated portrait of Gala Dalí

Gala Dalí

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Met

The MNAC's 2018 exhibition identifies the Surrealist writer René Crevel as Gala's friend.

— Estrella de Diego, Gala Salvador Dalí: A Room of One's Own in Púbol (2018), pp. 2, 5

Henri Cartier-Bresson

  • Photographer
  • Filmmaker
  • Painter

Met · 1929

The Centre Pompidou's artist record credits the poet Rene Crevel with introducing the young Cartier-Bresson to the Surrealists - the connection that led to his meeting Andre Breton in 1929 and to a decade of photographs built on chance and odd juxtaposition.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson — artist record, Centre Pompidou collection

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Met

Gala Dalí

The MNAC's 2018 exhibition identifies the Surrealist writer René Crevel as Gala's friend.

— Estrella de Diego, Gala Salvador Dalí: A Room of One's Own in Púbol (2018), pp. 2, 5

Met · 1929

Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Centre Pompidou's artist record credits the poet Rene Crevel with introducing the young Cartier-Bresson to the Surrealists - the connection that led to his meeting Andre Breton in 1929 and to a decade of photographs built on chance and odd juxtaposition.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson — artist record, Centre Pompidou collection