Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning
Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. Photo by Robert Bruce Inverarity in the Smithsonian Institution collection.
Born
Dorothea Margaret Tanning

25 August 1910
Died31 January 2012(2012-01-31) (aged 101)
New York City, U.S.
Known forPainting, sculpture, printmaking, writing
MovementSurrealism
Spouses
Homer Shannon
(m. 1941, divorced)
(m. 1946; died 1976)

Dorothea Margaret Tanning (25 August 1910 – 31 January 2012) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by Surrealism.