SURREALISM: An art movement influenced by the theories of the pioneer of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The images found in surrealist works are as confusing and startling as those of dreams. Surrealist works can have a realistic, irrational style, precisely describing dreamlike fantasies, or, it could have a more abstract style. Surrealism aims to eliminate conscious control in order to express the workings of the unconscious mind.
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SURREALISM:An art movement influenced by the theories of the pioneer of
psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The images found in surrealist works are as confusing and startling as those of dreams. Surrealist
works can have a realistic, irrational style, precisely describing dreamlike fantasies, or, it could have a more abstract style.
Surrealism aims to eliminate conscious control in order to express the workings of the unconscious mind.
The Nostalgia of the Poet (La Nostalgie du poète), 1914. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 89.7 x 40.7 cm.
Giorgio de Chirico
The Duo. Paris, winter 1914-15. Oil on canvas, 32 1/4 x 23 1/4" (81.9 x 59 cm).
Giorgio de Chirico
Naturaleza muerta evangélica1956Óleo sobre lienzo60 x 50 cm
Giorgio de Chirico
The Philosopher's Conquest, 1914Oil on canvas125.1 x 99.1 cm
The Eventuality of Destiny (Monumental Figures), 1927Oil on canvas146 x 114.3 cm
Giorgio de Chirico
(Spanish, 1904-1989). The Persistence of Memory. 1931. Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm).
Salvador Dalí
Tête Raphaëlesque éclatée [Exploding Raphaelesque Head]1951.MediumOil on canvas Size43.20 x 33.10 cm
Salvador DalíFollowing the atomic explosion over Hiroshima in 1945, Dalí painted a number of fragmented heads and figures.
The upper area of the painting, with the halo and brown clouds resembles photographs of atomic explosions. The female face, with its tender expression and thin halo, is recognisable as the face of a Madonna by Raphael. Dalí was a great admirer of Old Master paintings. The skull section in this work is based upon the inside of the dome of the Pantheon building in Rome.
The Kiss (Le Baiser), 1927. Oil on canvas, 129 x 161.2 cm.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
The Fireside Angel, 1937Oil on canvas; 44 7/8 x 57 1/2 in. (114 x 146 cm)
Max Ernst
Max Ernst Ambiguous Figures (1 Copper Plate, 1 Zinc Plate, 1 Rubber Cloth...), Collage, gouache, India ink, pencil and painting over a print; 10 x 7 3/8 in. (25.4 x 18.5 cm)
Max Ernst
Oedipus Rex, 1922Oil on canvas; 36 5/8 x 40 1/4 in. (93 x 102 cm)Private collection
Max Ernst
Surrealism and Painting, 1942Oil on canvas; 77 x 92 in. (195.6 x 233.7 cm)
Empire of Light (L’Empire des lumières), 1953–54. Oil on canvas, 195.4 x 131.2 cm.
Rene Magritte
Rene Magritte Voice of
Space (La Voix des airs), 1931. Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 54.2 cm.
Rene Magritte
René Magritte The Promenades of Euclid 1955 Oil on canvas 64 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (162.88 x 129.86 cm) (canvas)