Surrealism

About this book

With Salvador Dal as its figurehead the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties its sails full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and Andr Breton. With their mysterious dreamlike fantastic imagery the Surrealists made sensational waves in the art world. The influence of artists such as Dal Buuel Ernst and Magritte on 20th century film theatre literature art theory even advertising is inestimable. Featured artists: Hans Arp Andr Breton Brassa Giorgio de Chirico Salvador Dal Max Ernst Alberto Giacometti Paul Klee Ren Magritte Andr Masson Matta Joan Mir Pablo Picasso Meret Oppenheim and Yves Tanguy