Robert Tatin: A Surrealist Vision of the Rural and the Primitive Born in Laval, Mayenne, in 1902, Robert Tatin’s life was a remarkable confluence of seemingly disparate passions – construction, carpentry, ceramics, painting, sculpture, and architecture. He wasn't merely an artist; he was a builder of worlds, both tangible and imagined, driven by a profound desire to translate the rhythms of nature and the echoes of ancient myths into a singular, deeply personal visual language. His story is one of quiet revolution, a rejection of academic constraints in favor of intuitive creation, and ultim…