SURREALISM

“People love mystery, and that is why they love my

paintings.”

-Salvador Dali

Surrealism was an art and literature movement in the 1920’s in which artist looked to show illogical scenes

and the contradiction between dream and reality.

Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, 1931

Face and Fruit Dish, Salvador Dali, 1931

Son of a Man, Rene Magritte, 1946

Personal Values, Rene Magritte, 1951

Collage is a technique of art

production where different forms, such as photographs, magazine, newspaper, or bits of painted or

colored papers are glued together to form a new artwork. The origin of collage is hundreds of years old, but became popular as an art form

in the early 1900’s.