Charles Henri Ford (February 10, 1913 - September 27, 2002) was an American novelist, poet, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist best known for his brilliant editorship of the Surrealist magazine View in New York City in the 1940s, and as the partner of the artist Pavel Tchelitchew. is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... A collage composed of magazine articles and pictures Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... View was an American literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Categories: Stub | 1898 births | 1957 deaths ...

Life

Born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, he dropped out of high school, although by the age of 16, he had started his first magazine, Blues.^[1] His sister is actress Ruth Ford. Brookhaven is a city located in Lincoln County, Mississippi. ... Ruth Ford (b. ...

Not long after, he became part of Gertrude Stein's salon in Paris, where he met Natalie Barney and Marie-Louise Bousquet and became friends with Man Ray, Kay Boyle, Janet Flanner, Peggy Guggenheim, Djuna Barnes and others of the American expatriate community in Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-les-Pris.^[1] He went to Morocco in 1932 at the suggestion of Paul Bowles, and there he typed Barnes' just-completed novel, Nightwood (1936), for her.^[1] Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 29, 1946) was an American writer and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in France. ... Nathalie Barney (1876-1972), also known as Natalie Barney, was a American heiress who became well known as the mistress of a literary salon in France. ... Man Ray, photographed at Gaite-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris by Carl Van Vechten on June 16, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. ... Kay Boyle Kay Boyle, born February 19, 1902 in St. ... Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 - November 7, 1978) was a child of Quakers, an American writer and journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975 [1]. She also published a single novel, The Cubical City, set in New York... Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ... Djuna Barnes, ca. ... The Montparnasse Tower, which at 209m was the tallest building in Western Europe when it was built. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999), was an American composer, author, and traveler. ... Nightwood is a 1936 novel by Djuna Barnes. ...

With Parker Tyler, who would later become a highly respected film critic, he co-authored The Young and Evil (1933), an energetically experimental novel with obvious debts to fellow Villager Djuna Barnes, and also to Gertrude Stein, who called it "the novel that beat the Beat Generation by a generation."^[2] Harrison Parker Tyler, better known as Parker Tyler was born March 6, 1904, in New Orleans and died in 1974. ... Djuna Barnes, ca. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 29, 1946) was an American writer and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in France. ...

In a series of short, episodic chapters, the novel portrays a collection of young genderqueer artists as they write poems, have sex, move in and out of cheap rented rooms, and duck into the neighborhood's many speakeasies. The characters' gender and sexual identities are presented with a candor and artfulness that was unique for the time; it was written concurrently with New York's Pansy Craze, when the city's popular culture was bowdlerizing homosexuality for entertainment purposes. Nonetheless, it was this candor even more than the novel's surrealism that led to its rejection by several American and British publishers. It was, however, picked up by the Obelisk Press in Paris. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A Speakeasy was an establishment that was used for selling and drinking of alcoholic beverages during the period of U.S. history known as Prohibition, when selling or buying alcohol was illegal. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Max Ernst. ... Obelisk Press was an English-language press based in Paris, France, founded by Jack Kahane. ...

Ford returned to New York City in 1934 and brought with him Pavel Tchelitchew, who would be his constant companion until Tchelitchew's death in 1957. Ford's circle at the time included Carl Van Vechten, Glenway Wescott, George Platt Lynes, Lincoln Kirstein, Julien Levy, Orson Welles, George Balanchine, and E. E. Cummings. Visiting friends from abroad included Cecil Beaton, Leonor Fini, George Hoyningen-Huene, and Salvador Dalí.^[1] Categories: Stub | 1898 births | 1957 deaths ... Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ... Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was an American novelist and essayist, author of such works as The Grandmothers (1927), The Pilgrim Hawk (1940), and Apartment in Athens (1945), as well as the essay collection Images of Truth (1962). ... self portrait of George Platt Lynes George Platt Lynes (15 April 1907 – 6 December 1955) was an American fashion and commercial photographer. ... Photograph of Lincoln Kirstein taken by George Platt Lynes. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (January 14, 1904 – January 18, 1980) was an English fashion and portrait photographer and a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. ... Leonor Fini Leonor Fini (August 30, 1907, Buenos Aires—January 18, 1996, Paris) was an Argentine surrealist painter. ... Baron George Hoyningen-Huene was a seminal fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a Spanish (Catalan) surrealist painter. ...

He published his first full-length book of poems, The Garden of Disorder in 1938. William Carlos Williams wrote the introduction.^[1] In 1940, Ford and Tyler collaborated again on the magazine View, which was mainly concerned with avant-garde and surrealist art. It was published quarterly, as finances permitted, until 1947. It attracted contributions from such artists as^[1] Pavel Tchelitchew, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Andre Masson, Pablo Picasso, Henry Miller, Paul Klee, Albert Camus, Lawrence Durrell, Georgia O'Keefe, Man Ray, Jorge Luis Borges, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jean Genet, Rene Magritte, Jean Dubuffet, and Edouard Roditi. // Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, editors, Understanding Poetry (appearing thereafter in revised editions to 1976) Louis MacNeice, The Earth Compels W.B. Yeats, New Poems, including Lapis Lazuli Hawthornden Prize - David Jones for In Parenthesis Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marya Zaturenska: Cold Morning Sky February 22 — Ishmael Reed, American... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... View was an American literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | 1898 births | 1957 deaths ... Indefinite Divisibility 1942 Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) was a surrealist painter. ... Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. ... Andr -Aim -Ren Masson (January 4, 1896 - October 28, 1987) was a French artist. ... “Picasso” redirects here. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter. ... For other persons named Klee, see Klee (disambiguation). ... Albert Camus (IPA: ) (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. ... Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. ... Georgia O’Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950 Georgia OKeeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. ... Man Ray, photographed at Gaite-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris by Carl Van Vechten on June 16, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. ... Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer. ... Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983) was a painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... For other persons named Alexander Calder, see Alexander Calder (disambiguation). ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Jean Genet (French IPA: ) (December 19, 1910) – April 15, 1986), was a prominent, controversial French writer and later political activist. ... René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967) was a Surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ... Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was a French artist. ... Edouard Roditi (1910-1992) was an American poet, short-story writer and translator. ...

In the 1940s, View Editions, an associated publishing house, came out with the first monograph on Marcel Duchamp and the first book translations of Andre Breton's poems.^[1] Charles Henri Ford's 1949 book of poems, Sleep in a Nest of Flames, contained a preface by Edith Sitwell.^[3] Marcel Duchamp (pronounced ) (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was a French artist (he became an American citizen in 1955) whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War II Western art, and whose advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the... Andr Breton (February 18, 1896 - September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and Surrealist theoretician. ... // Carlos de Oliveira - Descida aos Infernos Judith Wright, Woman to Man Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), By Avon River Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress): Elizabeth Bishop appointed this year. ... Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. ...

Ford and Tchelitchew moved to Europe in 1952, and in 1955 Ford had an exhibition of his photographs, Thirty Images from Italy at London's Institute of Contemporary Art. In Paris the next year he had his first one-man show of paintings and drawings. Jean Cocteau wrote the foreword to the catalog. In 1957, Tchelitchew died in Rome. ^[3] Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Categories: Stub | 1898 births | 1957 deaths ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5...

In 1962 Ford again returned to the United States and began associating with Pop artists and underground filmmakers. His 1965 exhibition of "Poem Posters" at Cordier & Ekstrom gallery triggered a color-poster fad, and a film made of the show was chosen for Fourth International Avant-Garde Film Festival in Belgium.^[3] Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? (1956) is one of the earliest works to be considered pop art. ...

Ford also had a long connection with Nepal, where he bought a house. He brought Indra Tamang, a young man from a Nepali village, back to New York City to be his caretaker. With one other Nepali collaborator, Ford compiled a number of art projects using his art and Indra's photography. Indra took care of him till his death, and also continues to look after his sister Ruth Ford. Ford left some paintings, and the rights to his book "Young and Evil," to Indra Tamang.

He lived for many years in The Dakota, the famous apartment house on Central Park West. In 2001, Water From A Bucket: A Diary 1948-1957 was published.^[4] Also in 2001 he was the subject of a documentary, Sleep in a Nest of Flames made by James Dowell and John Kolomvakis.^[5] He died, aged 89, in 2002. Southeast view of the Dakota from Central Park West The Dakota in the 1880s The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884,[1] is an apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. ... Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Books

Nonfiction

• Water From A Bucket: A Diary 1948-1957 (2001)

See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Fiction

• The Young and the Evil (with Parker Tyler) (1933)

See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Poetry

• A Pamphlet of Sonnets (1936)
• The Garden of Disorder (1938)
• ABC's (1940)
• The Overturned Lake (1941)
• Poems for Painters (1945)
• The Half-Thoughts, The Distances of Pain (1947)
• Sleep in a Nest of Flames (1949)
• Spare Parts (1966)
• Silver Flower Coo (1968)
• Flag of Ecstasy: Selected Poems (1972)
• 7 poems (1974)
• Om Krishna I: Special Effects (1972)
• Om Krishna II: from the Sickroom of the Walking Eagles (1981)
• Om Krishna III (1982)
• Emblems of Arachne (1986)

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References

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External links

• Charles Henri Ford Page at Milk Magazine
• Modern Poetry Web pages on Ford
• Interview with Charles Henri Ford
• Charles Henri Ford on glbtq
• A review of The Young and Evil
• Sleep in a nest of flames