Surrealism is a movement that is dedicated to imagination as revealed in dreams, free from conscious control of reason and convention.The work of a surrealist usually contained realist imagery arranged in a nonsensical style in order to create a almost dream like image.
This movement was founded in 1924 by Andre Breton with his Manifesto of surrealism, the movements principal aim was 'to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality'. The major artist of this movement were Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Margritte and Joan Miro. The impact of this movement can still been seen today, it is a popular choice by many advertisers.
Surrealism can be divided into two parts, Automatism and Vertisic Surrealiam. The first automatism focused on expressing subconscious ideas, they divided their imagery purely for spontaneous thought. The second Veristic surrealism, this artists aimed to to represent the connection between abstract and real material, in other words they transformed objects from the real world into their paintings.
One world renown surrealist artist was Salvador Dali, he was a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres. He was known for his rather bizarre surrealist work, one of his best known pieces of work is " The persistence of memory "
This movement was founded in 1924 by Andre Breton with his Manifesto of surrealism, the movements principal aim was 'to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality'. The major artist of this movement were Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Margritte and Joan Miro. The impact of this movement can still been seen today, it is a popular choice by many advertisers.
Surrealism can be divided into two parts, Automatism and Vertisic Surrealiam. The first automatism focused on expressing subconscious ideas, they divided their imagery purely for spontaneous thought. The second Veristic surrealism, this artists aimed to to represent the connection between abstract and real material, in other words they transformed objects from the real world into their paintings.
One world renown surrealist artist was Salvador Dali, he was a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres. He was known for his rather bizarre surrealist work, one of his best known pieces of work is " The persistence of memory "
This piece from his collection consists of landscape forms that slowly change from one object to another. There are lots of spaces and the contours of the shapes are very interesting, however the image as a whole remains unified.
Another surrealist artist that caught my attention was Rene Magritte, he was a Belgian surrealist, over the years he has produced many thought provoking images. I found that with many of his images, he liked to use blue sky and clouds, below are a couple of examples.
Another surrealist artist that caught my attention was Rene Magritte, he was a Belgian surrealist, over the years he has produced many thought provoking images. I found that with many of his images, he liked to use blue sky and clouds, below are a couple of examples.
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