Jacques Vaché

Jacques Vaché (7 September 1895 – 6 January 1919) was a friend of André Breton, the founder of surrealism.

Vaché was one of the chief inspirations behind the Surrealist movement.

As Breton said: He was born on 7 September 1895 in Lorient, France, and died in a hotel room in Nantes on 6 January 1919 from an overdose of opium.

Alongside him lay the naked body of another French soldier.

[1] André Breton believed his death to be a suicide.