Surrealism Page 2

The striking differences and similarities of two contemporary painters, Joan Miro and Wassily Kandinsky, were the true demarcation borders between surrealism and abstract expressionism. The two gave way to an avant-garde form of art that ultimately transcend to the core of art expression and art history.  Miro explored much of surrealism, while he did not…

Joseph Cornell was born December 24th 1903, in Nyack, New York and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He lived primarily in New York City from 1929. A collage album made by surrealist Max Ernst inspired Cornell to make his signature boxes, something he began in the early 1930s. Cornell had no training for constructing…

“A true painter is one who can paint extraordinary scenes in the middle of an empty desert. A true painter is one who can patiently paint a pear in the midst of the tumults of history.” -Salvador Dali (Gala- Salvador Dali Foundation 2008). Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali is considered as one of the most…

Arshile Gorky Arshile Gorky stands out among artists who have been through a dreadful life. He was an American born in Armenia and his real name was Vostanik Manoog Adoyan. Throughout his life he had seen lots of tragedies. He is considered as a bridge between America and Europe art. He was born on 15th…

“ Surrealism was a agency of reuniting witting and unconscious kingdoms of experience so wholly, that the universe of dream and phantasy would be joined to the mundane rational universe in an absolute world, a surreality. ” Andre Breton, a major spokesman of the motion gave this announcement as the chief laminitis of Surrealism. This…