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Meret Oppenheim, in full Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim, (born October 6, , Berlin, Germany—died November 15, , Basel, Switzerland)....
Meret Oppenheim () created two of the most astonishing Surrealist objects (the fur-covered tea service and the bound high-heels on a platter).
Méret Oppenheim
German-Swiss surrealist artist (–)
Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 15 November ) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer.
Early life
Meret Oppenheim[1] was born on 6 October in Berlin. She was named after Meretlein, a wild child who lives in the woods, from the novel Green Henry by Gottfried Keller.[2][3] Oppenheim had two siblings, a sister Kristin (born ), and a brother Burkhard (born ).[4] Her father, a German-Jewish[5] doctor, was conscripted into the army at the outbreak of war in [4] Consequently, Oppenheim and her mother, who was Swiss,[5] moved to live with Oppenheim's maternal grandparents in Delémont, Switzerland.[6] In Switzerland, Oppenheim was exposed to a plethora of art and artists from a young age, including Alfred Kubin, German Expressionists, French Impressionists and poems of the Romantics.[7] Oppenheim was a