La couleur rouge et sa valeur pathétique dans l’expressionnisme abstrait et le surréalisme tardif

Abstract

This essay analyses the dialogue between automatism and late surrealism on the color red, with a focus on the intensity shared by painting and literature. The starting point is a collective prose poem by André Breton, Élisa Breton, and Benjamin Péret. This poem, « Riopelle », written for an exhibition of Jean-Paul Riopelle’s automatist paintings in 1949, is included in Breton’s <em>Le</em> <em>Surréalisme et la peinture</em>.<p><br /><em></em></p>