Toyen Film at Custom House Museum
Key West Art & Historical Society’s “Art as History, History as Art” film series continues Thursday, August 18 at 6:00 pm in the Helmerich Research & Learning Center at the Custom House Museum, 281 Front Street with “Toyen,” a study of Marie Cermínová, one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century and painter of “La Guerre”, the 1945 oil on canvas shown here. Creating art under the name of Toyen, Cermínová co-founded the surrealist movement in her native Prague, survived the Nazis and the Communists, maintained artistic and personal relationships with artists Jindrich Heisler (whom she hid during WWII) and Jindrich Styrsky, and was an active member of the French surrealist circle. The film reveals how she broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings often erotic in nature. Tickets can be purchased online at KWAHS.ORG/LEARN: $5 for Key West Art & Historical Society members, $10 for non-members. For more information contact Adele Williams, Director of Education, at 305-295-6616, ext. 115.