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Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Early life. Meret Oppenheim [1] was born on 6 October 1913 in Berlin. She was named after Meretlein, a wild child who lives in the woods, from the novel Green Henry by Gottfried Keller.
- 15 November 1985 (aged 72), Basel, Switzerland
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Basel School of Arts and Crafts
Apr 23, 2024 · Meret Oppenheim (born October 6, 1913, Berlin, Germany—died November 15, 1985, Basel, Switzerland) was a German-born Swiss artist whose fur-covered teacup, saucer, and spoon became an emblem of the Surrealist movement. The piece, created when Oppenheim was just 23 years old, became so famous that it overshadowed the rest of her career.
“There is one thing I do not want you to ask me,” Meret Oppenheim told an interviewer in 1978. It was spring in New York, and the Swiss artist’s latest work was on display at an uptown gallery. Meanwhile, her most famous work—about which she flatly refused to answer questions—was installed 20 blocks south, in MoMA’s galleries on ...
Although Oppenheim is normally aligned with Surrealism, her daring use of found objects is straight-up Dada. She is a key transitional figure, linking the two movements. At a time when the only acceptable role for a woman in the art world was mistress or muse, Oppenheim made it as an artist.
- Swiss
- October 6, 1913
- Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
- November 15, 1985
Méret Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Oppenheim was a member of the Surrealist movement along with André Breton, Luis Buñuel, Max Ernst, and other writers and visual artists.
- German, Swiss
- October 6, 1913
- Berlin, Germany
- November 15, 1985
1,646 sculptures online. Meret Oppenheim. Object. Paris, 1936. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon. Cup 4 3/8" (10.9 cm) in diameter; saucer 9 3/8" (23.7 cm) in diameter; spoon 8" (20.2 cm) long, overall height 2 7/8" (7.3 cm).
The twenty-two year old Basel-born artist, Meret Oppenheim, had been in Paris for four years when, one day, she was at a café with Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar. Oppenheim was wearing a brass bracelet covered in fur when Picasso and Maar, who were admiring it, proclaimed, “Almost anything can be covered in fur!”.
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