1. Surrealism
1920’s-30’s

2. What was going on in Europe?
Recovering from WWI
Traditional ways of looking at the world were no longer valid
Artists desired to make more meaningful art, they turned to their own private realities
Dream
Memories
Feelings

3. Surrealist
A higher degree of reality, turning inward to paint dreams, memories and feelings
Recognizable subject matter in illogical situations

4. Literature Before Art Literary movement
Blossomed from philosophy of Sigmund Freud
Free association
Dream analysis

5. Improvised Art
Distancing them as much as possible from conscious control

6. Joan Miró, Spain (1893-1983) Squiggles Spontaneous work
Biomorphic signs for natural objects
Fact and fantasy

7. Wall of the Moon

8. The Farm 1922

9. Salvador Dalí, Spain (1904-1989)
“critical paranoia”
His irrational fears fueled his art
“hand painted dream photographs”
We watched Destino in class- a collaboration between Dalí and Walt Disney

10. Ship with Butterfly Sails 1937

11. Old Couple or Musician 1930

12. Frida Kahlo, Mexico (1907-1954) Fantasized self-portraits
Story of emotional and physical pain

13. Without Hope 1945

14. The Dream 1940