In 1942 Max Ernst visited her studio in New York and admired an untitled self-portrait of Tanning.

NEWYORKER: Late Harvest

Five years later, the young man secured a banking job in Paris, where he and his wife, who had considerable artistic flair, met leading surrealists such as Max Ernst and Salvador Dali.

ECONOMIST: The

For the last quarter of a century, Mr Cartier-Bresson eschewed photography, taking only the occasional snapshot of friends and family, and turning his attention to drawing. (He trained originally as a painter, his early work influenced by his friend, the surrealist artist Max Ernst.) He maintained that he scarcely wanted to discuss photography any more.

ECONOMIST: Henri Cartier-Bresson