Toyen, 1902-1980
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Toyen, 1902-1980
Other forms of name
Cerminova, Marie, 1902-1980
Date of birth
1902-09-21
Date of death
1980-11-09
Place of birth
Czech Republic
Occupation
Graphic artists
Painters
Printmakers
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Breton, A.Toyen, par Andre Breton, 1953.
- Her Toyen, 1985:p. 14 (d. 1980 in Paris) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
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Toyen1930
Anonymous, Public domain
File:1925 Toyen och Karel Teige.jpg
Anonymous, Public domain
File:Toyen1930.jpg
Anonymous, Public domain
File:Toyen Heisler Teige 1940.jpg
Anonymous, Public domain
File:Toyen signatura.jpg
Marie Čermínová-Toyen, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Toyen (born Marie Čermínová; 21 September 1902 – 9 November 1980) was a Czech painter, drafter, and illustrator and a member of the surrealist movement. In 1923, the artist adopted the professional pseudonym Toyen. The name Toyen has been suggested to be derived from the French word 'citoyen,' meaning citizen, but it has also been proposed to be a play on the Czech expression ‘to je on’ (‘it is he’). Toyen favored this gender-neutral mononym (in Czech the family name is gendered, with women's names ending in "ová") and would speak the language in the masculine singular form. Vítězslav Nezval wrote that Toyen "refused... to use the feminine endings" when speaking in the first person.
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