Surrealism

1. Surrealism 1917 to 1950

2. important events during this time • World War 1 begin in 1917 and,The Great Depression begin in 1929 and lasted till late 1930s to the early 40s. Also World War 2 lasted 1939 to 1945

3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

4. artist • Salvador dali- he is without doubt, the most famous member of the surrealist artist. Dali was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealistwork.. Salvador Dali most important work is the The Persistence of Memory. Rene Magritte-Another member of the surrealist group whose works have become synonymous with the movement was Rene Magritte. This Belgian artist's temperment was opposite to that of the flaming eccentricity of Dali. He lived a quiet and "normal" life, married only one woman, and was very much a middle-class working man. Max ernst-was one of the founding members of surrealism, who had previously been linked to the dada movement. Born in Germany, he practiced mainly in France, and fled Europe during the occupation of the Nazis (as did Dali and many other artists throughout Europe). During his career,he invented several methods which were instrumental to the surrealists. One new method he explored was "frottage", which involves making rubbings of textured surfaces, using the marks as chance starting points for an image.

5. Salvador dali-persistance of memory created in 1931

6. Rene Magritte-collective invention created in 1934

7. Max ernst-Two Children Frightened By a Nightingale created in 1924