Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires
Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires
The Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires (AEAR) was a French association of revolutionary artists and writers active between 1932 and 1939.
An association of the same name was formed in 2006.
The AEAR was founded by communist and communist-sympathizing writers in March 1932 as the French section of the International Union of Revolutionary Writers, established by the Comintern in the Soviet Union in 1930. Leading figures included Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Léon Moussinac, Charles Vildrac and Francis Jourdain.
Notable members
(Selection)
Henri-Georges Adam
Yves Allégret
Henri Barbusse
Jean Bernier
Henri Cartier-Bresson
André Breton (left the group in 1933)
Luis Buñuel
Claude Cahun (civil name Lucy Schwob)
Max Ernst
Élie Faure
André Gide
Jean Giono
Francis Jourdain
Jean Lévy
Max Lingner
Eli Lotar
Suzanne Malherbe (alias Marcel Moore)
Léon Moussinac
Paul Nizan
Jean Painlevé
Édouard Pignon
Man Ray (briefly)
Vladimir Pozner
Paul Vaillant-Couturier
Jean Vigo
Charles Vildrac