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Nadja (1928), the second book published by André Breton, is one of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement. It begins with the question "Who am I?It is based on Breton's actual interactions with a young woman, Nadja (actually Léona Camille Ghislaine Delacourt 1902–1941), [1] over the course of ten days, and is presumed to be a semi-autobiographical description of his ...
Marion Elizabeth Adnams (3 December 1898 – 24 October 1995) was an English painter, printmaker and draughtswoman. She is notable for her surrealist paintings, in which apparently unconnected objects appear together in unfamiliar, often outdoor, environments.
Jacques-André Boiffard (29 July 1902 – 22 July 1961) was a French photographer, born in Épernon in Eure-et-Loir. [1] He was a medical student in Paris until 1924 when he met André Breton through Pierre Naville, a Surrealist writer, and childhood friend.
Media in category "Surrealist paintings" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. Carlo Carrà, 1918, L'Ovale delle Apparizioni (The Oval of Apparition), oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm.jpg 736 × 1,143; 166 KB
Surrealist painter of fantastic art in the school of magic realism and a fashion editor. Toyen (1902–1980), Czech painter, draftsperson and illustrator and a member of the surrealist movement. Remedios Varo (1908–1963), Catalan-Spanish surrealist painter who moved to Mexico, she was known for her dreamlike paintings of scientific apparatus.
Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001), Australian painter and art lecturer; Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter; Christen Dalsgaard (1824–1907), Danish painter; Thomas Aquinas Daly (born 1937), American landscape and still life painter; Dietmar Damerau (1935–2011), German/Greek painter and sculptor
In 1938 however, André Breton wanted to establish a framework for the surrealist art in the Beaux Arts Gallery, in which the presentation itself was surrealist art. [5] As a creative act it was to be a surreal experience, in which paintings and objects served as elements in a completely surrealist environment. [6]
From 11 June to 4 July 1936, they held the International Surrealist Exhibition, the first full exhibition of surrealist art in the UK. [1] From 7 June to 28 August 1938, the gallery showed Twentieth Century German Art, the largest international response to the National Socialist campaign against so-called ‘degenerate art’. [2]