surrealism art history ms. blaylock kay sage. an “ism” is a suffix at the end of many english...
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SurrealismArt History
Ms. Blaylock
Kay Sage
An “ism” is a suffix at the end of many English words. It comes from Greek “ismos” and Latin “ismus”.
You have seen it at the end of words like optimism, Buddhism, racism, favoritism, and terrorism.
It signifies a belief, practice, idea, or movement. In art, there are many movements that end in ism.
What is an “ism”?
A few art “isms”
ImpressionismCubism
PointillismRealism
Surrealism
Surrealism was started in the 1920s.
Surrealism represents unreal situations, depicted realistically.
“The situations are impossible, but if they were to happen, that’s what it would look like.”
Surrealism
Surrealist artists focus on things found in the imagination or imagination or fantasy. fantasy. You might find every day objects as the subject in surrealism…
However, they aren’t doing every day things.
Surrealism
The Son of Man by Rene Magritte
André Breton, Valentine Hugo, Greta Knutson, Tristan Tzara
Exquisite Corpse
ca. 1930ink on paper
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Artists pass around a single drawing, working from each others previous drawings.
Surrealist would play this game with each other to help generate ideas for their art.
Exquisite Corpse
Giorgio De Chirico
The Melancholy and Mystery of a Street
1914oil on canvas34 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.
Giorgio De Chirico
The Great Metaphysician
1917oil on canvas41 1/8 x 27 1/2 in.
René Magritte
Time Transfixed
1938oil on canvas
57 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.
Belgian artist, Rene Magritte selected many objects in and around his home for subjects in his work.
Some of these objects can still be viewed in his home, now a museum in Brussels.
Rene Magritte
Golconde
Red Model
Clairvoyance
René Magritte
The False Mirror
1928oil on canvas21 1/4 x 21 7/8 in.
Kay Sage (1898-1963)
Kay Sage is an American Surrealist artist and poet. She worked in the United States and around Europe.
Danger, Construction Ahead by Kay Sage, 1940
Le Passage by Kay Sage, 1956
Margin of Silence by Kay Sage, 1942.
Tomorrow is Never by Kay
Sage, 1955.
Spanish artist, Salvador Dali is a very well known surrealist. He created a lot of art in his lifetime and was very successful.
His moustache is as famous as his art.
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
The Metamorphosis of Narcissus
1937oil on canvas51.2 x 78.5 cm
Self Portraitby Salvador Dali
Max Ernst with Katchina by Dorothea Tanning
Max Ernst
La Joie de Vivre
1936oil on canvas28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.
Max Ernst
Europe After the Rain
1940-42oil on canvas21 1/2 x 58 1/8 in.
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) Dorothea Tanning was an
American painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer. She also worked with preforming artists, creating set designs and costumes for ballet and theatre.
A little night music, 1946Dorothea Tanning
Maternity, 1946Dorothea Tanning
So, what is surrealism?
To put it simply, it is a realistic depiction of an unreal situation.
Why do you think surreal art become popular?
Maybe, because was something new and the art world had never seen anything so different.
Sometimes surrealist artist appear to be just sticking different images together, that don’t really belong together, but somehow it fits…
Some artist will literally collage
pictures together without any
traditional art supplies.
