Did André Breton make art?

André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet. ... Those activities combined with his critical and theoretical work for writing and the plastic arts, made André Breton a major figure in twentieth-century French art and literature.

What did André Breton do?

André Breton, (born February 18, 1896, Tinchebray, France—died September 28, 1966, Paris), French poet, essayist, critic, and editor, chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. ... Breton's novel Nadja (1928) merged everyday occurrences with psychological aberrations.