The period after World War I marked a significant shift in the history of art, and this German artist played a major role in two movements that emerged around this time. Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a pioneer of both the Dada and Surrealist art movements and invented several remarkable painting techniques. One of his most …
Surrealism
This Spanish artist was born at a time when Avant-Garde artists were revolutionizing the world of art in the early 20th century. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol is the full name of a Surrealist artist commonly known as Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). He was born in Figueres, a city …
One of the greatest minds behind a cultural movement that emerged during the 1920s wasn’t a visual artist but a surrealist artist with a different talent. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about André Breton (1896-1966), a man who shaped Surrealism into the remarkable art movement it eventually ended …
One of the most fascinating art movements in history developed shortly after World War I. Surrealism was basically a spinoff from the ideas of the famous Dada artists who went against everything society stood for at the time. The famous Surrealist artists took everything a step further and aimed to awaken the unconscious mind by …