Auguste Forestier began a playful
artistic practice after being sectioned at the Saint-Alban Hospital
for apparently derailing a passenger train. There, his modest drawings developed into ambitious
three-dimensional constructs. Using
discarded materials, he carved
furniture and toys for friends and
visitors. Word spread and the
soldiers and medallions, mythic
bestiary and mighty naval vessels
were subsequently snapped up by
Pablo Picasso and the surrealists.
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