Surrealism
"Surrealism is embedded in the everyday, daily experience"
Main Ideas
1920s-1930s
Surrealist movement started in Europe in the 1920s after World War I with its nucleus in Paris.
Its roots were found in Dada, But it was less violent and more artistically based.
Main People/ Locations
Max Ernst 1891-1976
Andre Masson 1896-1987
Joan Miro 1893-1983.
Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early 20s in Paris
Max Ernst
Terre Ecossaise (Scottish Land) , 1935 oil on canvas
Andre Masson
The Sun 1938 This original impression is printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins
Joan Miro
Toledo 1935 "Starscene" is an original lithograph printed upon fine, hand-made paper bearing the 'Arches' watermark and with full deckled margins
Facts
Began after World War I, was a cultural movement.
The cerebral and irratioal tenets of surrealism find their acestry in the clever and whimsical disregrad for tradition fostered by Dadaism a decade earlier.
Surrealism is also used in poems, and music