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Mesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971

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Personal name headingMesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971
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Variant(s)Mesens, Edouard Léon Théodore, 1903-1971
Mesens, 1903-1971
Associated countryBelgium
Birth date1903-11-27
Death date1971-05-13
Place of birthBrussels (Belgium)
Place of deathBrussels (Belgium)
Field of activityArts, Modern -- 20th century
Found inHis Alphabet sourd aveugle, 1933: t.p. (Mesens)
RLIN, 9-22-93 (hdgs.: Mesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971; Mesens, Edouard L. T., 1903-; Mesens, Edouard L., 1903-; Mesens, E. L. T., 1903-; usage: E.L.T. Mesens)
Bénézit (Mesens (E.L.T.), poet and painter, b. 1903, d. ca. 1968; "surtout poète")
The star alphabet of E.L.T. Mesens, 2013: p. 27 (musician, poet, critic, editor, gallerist, dealer and collagist, but first and foremost one of the greatest advocates of Belgian and international Surrealism, who never lost the defiant and provocative spirit of Dadism of this youth; a visionary, by the twenties he heralded and championed the talent of Magritte, the originality Miró, Klee, Ernst, Arp, and Schwitters, the photos of Man Ray and the sculptures of Brancusi; he was born on Nov. 27, 1903 in Brussels) p. 34 (died in Brussels on May 13, 1971)