Méret Oppenheim

Méret Oppenheim
Negative of X-Ray of Meret Oppenheim’s Skull, 1964
Born
Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim

(1913-10-06)6 October 1913
Died15 November 1985(1985-11-15) (aged 72)
Basel, Switzerland
EducationAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière, Basel School of Arts and Crafts
Known forPainting, Sculpture, Poetry
Notable workObject: Breakfast in Fur (1936)
My Nurse (1936)
Giacometti's Ear (1933)
MovementSurrealism, Conceptualism
AwardsArt Award of the City of Basel

Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 1913 15 November 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer.