Surrealism Art Movement

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1920’s-1940’s (still present in today’s art)

Surrealism Art Movement

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• Express verbally, in writing or visually the true process of thought

• Free artists from normal associations

• Create from their subconscious mind and vision

• Surrealism developed in two directions 1. Pure fantasy 2. The elaborate reconstruction of a dream-

world

•Surrealism was prompted by World War I

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Influences of the Surrealist Movement

•Artists reacted to thesocial problems risen from the devastation

•Artist spoke out in poetry and art

•The movement spread all over the world and flourished in America duringWorld War II -(1939-1945)

•Surrealism ridiculedcontemporary culture and traditional art forms

André Breton French writer, poet and surrealist theorist

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Leader of the surrealist movement1896-1966

Austrian Neurologist and psychiatrist

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1856 - 1939

Founded the school of psychology

Father of psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud

Salvador Dali Rene Magritte MC Escher

SURREALIST ARTISTS

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Salvador Dali1904-1989SPANISH

Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

Rene Magritte1898-1967BELGIAN

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http://www.magritte.com/

Les Valeurs Personnelles(Personal Belongings)

MC Escher1898-1972DUTCH

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http://www.mcescher.com/

Waterfall

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Surrealism Art Movement