Gordon Onslow Ford was the last
surviving member of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André
Breton.
He was born in
Wendover,
England, on December 26, 1912. He served in the British Navy until 1937
after which he focused on his art career. In 1938 he became an official
member of the surrealist group in Paris. At the onset of World War II, he
returned to Britain. In 1941 he was asked to present a series of lectures
in New York. It was while in New York that he met and married Jacqueline
Johnson. They lived in
Erongaricuaro, a small village in central Mexico, for six years before
moving to San Francisco.
Peinture
Pre-Birthday
A New Beginning
Benefit of Blunders
Country Feast
Future of the Falcon
In Land
Meeting the Muse
Painter and the Muse
Strawberry Fair
The All Powerful Stranger
Fey Follet
Floating Woods
Present in Company
One Becoming
Travel in Depth
Young in Space
Arising Hearts
Eco Echo
Eternal Woods
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