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Greta Knutson

1899 – 1983

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Wikipedia Summary

Greta Knutson, also known as Greta Knutson-Tzara (1899–1983), was a Swedish modernist visual artist, art critic, short story writer, and poet. A student of André Lhote who adopted Abstraction, Cubism and Surrealism, she was also noted for her interest in phenomenology. Knutson was married to Romanian-born author and co-founder of Dadaism Tristan Tzara, but they later divorced.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 10, 1899
Stockholm
Date of death
March 6, 1983
15th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship

Sweden · France

Occupations & fields
writerpaintertranslatorpoetessayistart critic
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