Brauner is not so well known today though he was a great influence on the style. He was born in Romania early in the 20th century. In 1930, fearing the rise of Fascism in Romania he came to Paris, met Yves Tanguy and became part of the surrealist group. His paintings from the 1930s are a surrealist tour-de-force, articulating... In 1938, fellow surrealist Oscar Dominquez, threw a glass which struck Brauner's left eye and as a consequence he lost his sight in that eye. Thankfully this did not deter Brauner, indeed it led to some new developments in his style. Strangely, 7 years earlier, Brauner had painted a self portrait showing him with an injured eye. In a series of paintings from 1939-40 he developed a spectral style using diffuse, ethereal, glazes. Thus in Mitsi 1939 he presents a naked female figure standing on kitten like high heels, her body segmented and lacking arms. Emerging out of her like ectopasm is a diffuse smokey, spirit form. (http://surrealism.website/Brauner.html)