Before the 1960s, Dorothea Tanning’s paintings were surrealistically oriented, undoubtedly due to her relationship with German surrealist Max Ernst. He didn’t just have an impact on her artistic career; the couple married in the 1940s and lived and worked together for three decades. But in the early 1960s, Tanning’s work changed radically, veering toward abstraction, and later, toward a more figurative style. Read More