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Né à Piatra en Roumanie en 1910, où il étudie à l’école de Beaux-Arts de Bucarest de 1925 à 1929. Refusant la voie de l’académisme, il se tourne vers la publication avant-gardiste 75HP. Il part pour Paris au début des années 1930 où il rencontre son compatriote Victor Brauner mais aussi Yves Tanguy qui lui présentent André Breton. En 1941, alors qu’il s’est réfugié à la Bella Bel Air près de Marseille, il crée avec les surréaliste le Jeu de Marseille, jeu de carte surréaliste pour lequel il produit les Lamiel et Sade. Il participe aux expositions du groupe surréaliste de Bruxelles en 1945, Prague en 1947, Lima en 1954, Milan en 1959, New York en 1960 et Paris en 1947, 1959 et 1965. Peintre à l’onirisme astrologique, André Breton lui consacre un passage dans la réédition de son ouvrage Le Surréalisme et la peinture en 1965. Henry illustre également de nombreux ouvrages à l’instar des livres de Georges Bataille, Gilbert Lely ou encore du Marquis de Sade et de Michel Butor. Hérold continue de peindre jusqu’à sa mort en 1987. Plus de trente ans après sa disparition, son importance dans le mouvement surréaliste demeure, le musée Cantini de Marseille lui consacrant pour le centenaire de sa naissance, en 2010, une exposition monographique : Jacques Hérold et le Surréalisme.
Jacques Hérold was born in 1910 in Piatra, Romania, where he studied at the National University of Arts in Bucharest from 1925 to 1929. He eventually rejected academia to join the avant-garde publication 75HP. He moved to Paris in the early 1930s. There, he met his fellow countryman Victor Brauner, as well as Yves Tanguy, who introduced him to André Breton. In 1941, holed up in Bella Bel Air near Marseille, he and the Surrealists created the Jeu de Marseille, a Surrealist card game for which he created the Lamiel and Sade figures. He was featured in many Surrealist exhibitions: in Brussels in 1945, Prague in 1947, Lima in 1954, Milan in 1959, New York in 1960 and Paris in 1947, '59 and '65. His painting had an astrological, dream-like quality. André Breton dedicated a passage to Hérold in the 1965 edition of Surrealism and Painting. Hérold also illustrated many works, such as the books of George Bataille, Gilbert Lely, the Marquis de Sade and Michel Butor. Hérold continued to paint until his death in 1987. More than thirty years after his death, Hérold remains an important figure in the Surrealist movement. The Musée Cantini in Marseille put on a solo exhibition of his work commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, titled Jacques Hérold et le Surréalisme.
Jacques Hérold was born in 1910 in Piatra, Romania, where he studied at the National University of Arts in Bucharest from 1925 to 1929. He eventually rejected academia to join the avant-garde publication 75HP. He moved to Paris in the early 1930s. There, he met his fellow countryman Victor Brauner, as well as Yves Tanguy, who introduced him to André Breton. In 1941, holed up in Bella Bel Air near Marseille, he and the Surrealists created the Jeu de Marseille, a Surrealist card game for which he created the Lamiel and Sade figures. He was featured in many Surrealist exhibitions: in Brussels in 1945, Prague in 1947, Lima in 1954, Milan in 1959, New York in 1960 and Paris in 1947, '59 and '65. His painting had an astrological, dream-like quality. André Breton dedicated a passage to Hérold in the 1965 edition of Surrealism and Painting. Hérold also illustrated many works, such as the books of George Bataille, Gilbert Lely, the Marquis de Sade and Michel Butor. Hérold continued to paint until his death in 1987. More than thirty years after his death, Hérold remains an important figure in the Surrealist movement. The Musée Cantini in Marseille put on a solo exhibition of his work commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, titled Jacques Hérold et le Surréalisme.