Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter born in 1900 in Paris. He was heavily influenced by Giorgio de Chirico's metaphysical paintings. In the 1920s, Tanguy joined the surrealist movement in Paris and his paintings featured strange dreamlike and surreal landscapes. Throughout his career, Tanguy continued to paint surreal scenes featuring unfamiliar geometric and organic forms. He lived and worked in Paris until his death in 1955.