Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

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Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884-1974) was a French writer, poet, dramatist, and painter who played a pivotal role in the early avant-garde movements. Initially influenced by the Nabis and Symbolists, he began as a musician and painter, producing works like 'Paysage de printemps' (1906) and the double-sided painting 'Grand Musicien' / 'Deux femmes dans un paysage' (c. 1905/1920). Around 1915, alongside Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, he became a precursor to Dada in Paris, predating its formal naming by Tristan Tzara in Zurich in 1916. Mobilized during World War I, he wrote proto-Dada poems and plays such as 'L'Empereur de Chine' while serving in military intelligence.[1][2][3][4][5]

Dadaist and Surrealist tendencies, initially Nabi-influenced