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Surrealism 1924-1950

Surrealism 1924-1950. 10 th Grade Gifted/ Honors English L. Douglas. Surrealism is a movement in art and literature that was founded in Paris in 1924 by the French poet Andre Breton during a period between world wars. André Breton Performing Far-Sighted Manifesto

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Surrealism 1924-1950

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  1. Surrealism 1924-1950 10th Grade Gifted/ Honors English L. Douglas

  2. Surrealism is a movement in art and literature that was founded in Paris in 1924 by the French poet Andre Breton during a period between world wars.

  3. André Breton Performing Far-Sighted Manifesto Translation of sign: “In order for you to like something it is necessary for you to have seen and understood it a long time ago, you bunch of idiots.” 1920

  4. André Breton Self-portrait 1925 photomontage

  5. Along with Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali removed all restraints from art.

  6. René Magritte The False Mirror 1928 oil on canvas 21 1/4 x 21 7/8 in.

  7. René Magritte The Empire of Light 1952 oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 32 in.

  8. René Magritte The Treachery of Images 1928-29 oil on canvas 23 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.

  9. René Magritte Time Transfixed 1938 oil on canvas 57 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.

  10. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 13 in.

  11. Salvador Dali The Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1937 oil on canvas 51.2 x 78.5 cm

  12. Salvador Dali Rainy Taxi 1938 installation

  13. Salvador Dali Dream of Venus 1939 installation

  14. Surrealism as a movement represented a reaction against the political and cultural climate from the past that had resulted in the horrors of World War I.

  15. First Papers of Surrealism Exhibition, New York 1942 installation

  16. Art of This Century Gallery, New York 1942

  17. The twentieth-century literary and artistic movement attempts to express the workings of the subconscious mind.

  18. Surrealism is characterized by fantastic imagery and juxtaposition of incongruous (out of place) subject matter.

  19. It is closely related to the philosophy of existentialism in the nightmare qualities expressed as well as the visual references to alienation and isolation.

  20. Other Surrealist Artists

  21. Meret Oppenheim Object 1936 fur-Covered cup, saucer and spoon2 7/8 in. high

  22. Alberto Giacometti Suspended Ball 1930-31 iron and plaster

  23. Alberto Giacometti Woman with Her Throat Cut 1932 bronze 8 x 34 1/2 x 25 in.

  24. Max Ernest Little Machine Constructed by Minimax Dadamax in Person 1919-1920 Hand printing, pencil and ink frottage, watercolor, and gouache on heavy brown pulp paper

  25. Max Ernest The Forest 1927-1928 Hand printing, pencil and ink frottage Oil on canvas

  26. Giorgio de Chirico The Nostalgia of the Infinite 1912-1913 Oil on canvas

  27. Jean Arp Overturned Blue Shoe with Two Heels Under a Black Vault 1925 Wood

  28. Man Ray Clock Wheels 1925 Rayograph

  29. Joan Miro Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman 1941 Gouache and watercolor with traces of graphite on ivory wove paper

  30. Works Cited • http://iris.nyit.edu/arthistory/pptshows.html • Center for Learning The Metamorphosis • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/surrealism.html

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