Surrealism

SURREALISM

Outline;What is Surrealism?Historical ContextFeatures of SurrealismTwo main types of Surrealists

Automatic SurrealistsVeristic Surrealists

Important ArtistsSalvador DALI

René MAGRITTE

What is SURREALISM?

WHAT IS SURREALISM?a cultural movement that began

in the 1920s.is best known for its visual

artworks and writings.art that included unconscious

thoughts and dreams.they preferred to set their

imaginations free.

The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions

of dream and reality.

Historical Contextbegan in 1924 with Andre

Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto. The Surrealism movement was

influenced by the ideas of Freud. It grew out of the Dadaism

movement in many respects.Many artists were influenced by

major events such as World War I and the Great Depression.

Features of SurrealismCentral importance of the

subconscious Dreams and the dream world

regarded as typifying this.

Two main types of Surrealists

Automatic Surrealism

without thought, and was meant to show the workings of the subconscious mind.

was adopted by many Surrealists, who painted whatever came into their heads.

All about FEELINGS.

Joan Miro, La Leçon de Ski, 1966

Andre Masson, Automatic Drawing, 1924

Veristic Surrealistsused very familiar everyday

objects painted in a formal, realistic style

Believed Subconscious images had meanings.

Thought that artworks were like metaphors.

all about MEANING.

René Magritte, The Son of Man, 1964

Salvador Dali, One second before awakening from a dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate, 1944

Probably the most famous artist of the 20th century, after Picasso

SALVADOR DALI

Salvador DALI

Birth: 11 May 1904, Spain. Death: 23 Jan 1989Full name: Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i

Domènech

approach to surrealism is described as a spontaneous method of irrational behaviour.

uses realistic items to reveal his dreamlike images

His paintings placed in unrealistic situations

Salvador Dalí, Persistence of Memory, 1931

Salvador Dali Sleep 1937

René Magritte

Birth: 21 Oct 1898, Belgium Death: 15 Aug 1967Full name: René François Ghislain

Magritte

often used everyday objects and transformed them

 His works generally give new meanings to the familiar things.

Rene Magritte, Golconde, 1953

Rene Magritte, The Son of Man, 1964

Rene Magritte The Lovers 1928

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