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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara none 1963 Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Tzara
Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim 1885 1957 Austrian director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Stroheim
Maya Deren Maya Deren 1917 1961 Ukrainian experimental filmmaker and important promoter of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren
Alice B. Toklas Alice Babette Toklas 1877 1967 American member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_B._Toklas
Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron 1955 n/a American avant-garde jazz drummer who plays frequently with Bill Frisell and John Zorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Baron
Naum Gabo Naum Gabo 1977 n/a null influential sculptor, theorist, and key figure in Russia's post-Revolution avant-garde and the subsequent development of twentieth-century sculpture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Gabo
Rudi Gernreich Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich 1922 1985 Austrian fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Gernreich
Anthony Coleman Anthony Coleman 1955 n/a null avant-garde jazz pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Coleman
Lilya Brik Lilya Yuryevna Brik none 1978 Russian author and socialite, connected to many leading figures in the Russian avant-garde between 1914 and 1930 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilya_Brik
Myra Melford Myra Melford 1957 n/a American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Melford
Nathan Altman Nathan Isaevich Altman none 1970 Russian avant-garde artist, Cubist painter, stage designer and book illustrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Altman
Ilarie Voronca Ilarie Voronca 1903 1946 Romanian avant-garde poet and essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilarie_Voronca
Arthur Lipsett Arthur Lipsett 1936 1986 Canadian avant-garde director of short collage films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lipsett
Ilse Bing Ilse Bing 1899 1998 German avant-garde and commercial photographer who produced pioneering monochrome images during the inter-war era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Bing
Sașa Pană Sașa Pană 1902 1981 Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sașa_Pană
H. Bonciu H. Bonciu, or Horia Bonciu 1893 1950 Romanian novelist, poet, journalist and translator, noted especially as an atypical figure on his country's avant-garde scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Bonciu
Kurt Kren Kurt Kren 1929 1998 Austrian avant-garde filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Kren
Thomas Koppel Thomas Koppel 1944 2006 Danish classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Koppel
Paul Păun Paul Păun 1915 1994 Romanian avant-garde poet and visual artist, who wrote in Romanian and French and produced surrealist and abstract drawings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Păun
Róbert Berény Róbert Berény 1887 1953 Hungarian painter, one of the avant-garde group known as The Eight who introduced cubism and expressionism to Hungarian art in the early twentieth century before the First World War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Róbert_Berény
Vladimir Baranov-Rossine Wladimir Davidovich Baranoff-Rossine 1888 1944 null Ukrainian, Russian painter of Jewish origin, avant-garde artist (Cubo-Futurism), and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Baranov-Rossine
Solomon Nikritin Solomon Nikritin 1898 1965 Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist ( Neo-Primitivist, Constructivist), philosopher, and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Nikritin
Tadeusz Peiper Tadeusz Peiper 1891 1969 Polish poet, art critic, theoretician of literature and one of the precursors of the avant-garde movement in Polish poetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Peiper
Rudolf Fränkel Rudolf Fränkel, often anglicised as Rudolf 1901 1974 German Jewish architect who was among the leaders of the pre-war avant-garde movement in Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Fränkel
Yankev Shternberg Yankev Shternberg 1890 1973 null Yiddish theater director, teacher of theater, playwright, avant-garde poet and short-story writer, best known for his theater work in Romania between the two world wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankev_Shternberg
Armand Schwerner Armand Schwerner 1927 1999 null avant-garde Jewish-American poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Schwerner
Anna Lesznai Anna Lesznai 1885 1966 Hungarian writer, painter, designer, and key figure in the Hungarian avant-garde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lesznai
Marek Szwarc Marek Szwarc 1892 1958 null painter and sculptor associated with the School of Paris (École de Paris), as well as with the Yiddish cultural avant-garde movement in Poland Yung-yidish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Szwarc
Arthur Kaufmann (artist) Arthur Kaufmann 1888 1971 null avant-garde German painter, who was a key figure in the Post-Expressionist and New Objectivity art movements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kaufmann_(artist)
Anita Rée Anita Clara Rée 1885 1933 German avant-garde painter during the Weimar Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Rée
Isaac de Camondo Comte Isaac de Camondo 1851 1911 null member of the House of Camondo noted primarily as an art collector with a noteworthy interest in the then "avant-garde" artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Camondo
Alen Ilijic Alen Ilijic 1975 n/a null new media avant-garde composer and polymedia artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alen_Ilijic