Surrealism

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Surrealism

• The Art of Self Discovery

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The Birth of Surrealism

• Surrealism evolved from the Dada movement shortly
  after WWI.
• Andre Breton, a French Doctor who served in WWI,
  led the movement (although he was a writer, not a
  painter).
• Surrealist artists were interested in the
  writings of psychoanalysts like Sigmund Freud and
  Carl Jung.
• Surrealists used the subconscious mind and dreams
  as the inspiration for a new type of art.

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What is Surrealism?

• The word surreal means bizarre or dreamlike.
• Realism describes art that is depicted as true to
  natural life as possible realistic
• Surrealism realistic objects in a bizarre or
  dreamlike setting

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Giorgio de Chirico 1888-1978

• Greek-Italian proto-surrealist painter
• Studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in
  Munich, Germany
• Often painted the piazzas and archways of the
  city of Turin, Italy during his Metaphysical
  phase
• Influenced the Surrealist artists Max Ernst,
  Salvador Dalí, and René Magritte

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The Enigma of a Day - 1914
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The Song of Love - 1914
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The Evil Genius of a King - 1915
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The Seer - 1915
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Salvador Dali 1904-1989

• Very famous and influential Spanish Surrealist
• Admired Pablo Picasso and did his early paintings
  in a cubist style
• Dali was very eccentric and was kicked out of
  school for his behavior.
• He was often at odds with other Surrealists
  because of his political views.

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The Persistence of Memory - 1931
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Sleep - 1937
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Car Clothing - 1941
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Madonna with a Mystical Rose - 1963
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Galas Castle at Pubol - 1973
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René Magritte 1898-1967

• Belgian Surrealist
• Worked as a poster and advertisement designer
  until he was able to be a full time painter.
• His first painting was ridiculed, so he moved to
  Paris where he met Andre Breton and became
  involved with the Surrealists.
• Later returned to Brussels and remained there
  during WWII
• Often painted ordinary objects in unusual
  juxtapositions

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The Portrait - 1935
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The Treachery of Images - 1928
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The Human Condition - 1933
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La Durée Poignardée - 1938
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The Son of Man - 1964
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Golconde - 1953
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Other Surrealist Artists

• Francis Picabia 1879-1953 French Painter 
• Jean Arp 1886-1966 German/French Painter/Sculptor
  
• Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968 French/American
  Conceptual Artist
• Paul Nash 1889-1946 English Painter 
• Man Ray 1890-1976 American Photographer/Painter
• Max Ernst 1891-1976 German/French Painter
• Alberto Savinio 1891-1952 Greek/Italian Painter 
• Joan Miro 1893-1983 Spanish Painter/Sculptor
  Claude Cahun 1894-1954 French Photographer
• Andre Breton 1896-1966 French Writer/Artist
• Andre Masson 1896-1987 French Painter 
• Paul Delvaux 1897-1994 Belgian Painter
• Kay Sage 1898-1963 American Painter 
• Pavel Tchelitchew 1898-1957 Russian Painter
•  Eileen Agar 1899-1991 British Painter 
• Yves Tanguy 1900-1955 French/American Painter 

• Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966 Swiss
  Painter/Sculptor
• Stanley William Hayter 1901-1988 British Painter 
• Hans Bellmer 1902-1975 German/French 
• Boris Margo 1902-1995 Ukrainian/American
  Painter/Printmaker 
• Victor Brauner 1903-1966 Romanian Painter
• Oscar Dominguez 1906-1957 Spanish Painter 
• Remedios Varo 1908-1963 Spanish/Mexican Painter 
• Enrico Donati Born 1909 American Painter 
• Wilhelm Freddie 1909-1995 Danish 
• Dorothea Tanning Born 1910 American
  Painter/Sculptor 
• Roberto Matta 1912-2002 Chilean/French Painter 
• Meret Oppenheim 1913-1985 German/Swiss 
• Sven Dalsgaard 1914-1999 Danish Painter 
• James Gleeson Born 1915 Australian Painter 
• Leonora Carrington Born 1917 British/Mexican
  Painter/Writer
•  Arnulf Rainer Born 1929 Austrian 
• Rodolfo Opazo Bernales Born 1935 Chilean Painter