What is Dorothea Tanning?
'''Dorothea Margaret Tanning''' (25 August [[1910]] – 31 January [[2012]]) was an [[Americans|American]] [[painter]] and sculptor. She also created [[ballet]] sets and [[costume]]s. She was also a book writer who performed [[poetry]]. She wrote ''Between Lives: An Artist and Her World''. Her most notable paintings were done in the [[1930s]], the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]]. Tanning was born in [[Galesburg, Illinois]]. She died at age 101 in [[Manhattan, New York]]. {{Surrealism}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanning, Dorothea}} [[Category:Writers from Illinois]] [[Category:Artists from Illinois]] [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:American sculptors]]