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, through his friend Jacques Prévert, he was introduced to surrealism and his paintings began to showcase the movement's emphasis on surprise, unexpected images and juxtapositions. Tanguy went on to create many surrealist paintings over the following decades until his death in 1955, with his works becoming increasingly abstract over time.