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Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), Galician Spanish avant-garde artist whose painting in the 1930s was influenced by surrealism. Margaret Modlin (1927–1998), American surrealist painter, sculptor and photographer who spent most of her adult life in Spain. Grace Pailthorpe (1883–1971), British surrealist painter, surgeon, and psychology researcher. [8]
The Apparition stands apart from biblical and historic paintings of the period, incorporating elements of style which would become significant for the aesthetic and symbolist movement, while also anteceding surrealism. [8] Whereas the Bible mentions Salome as acting out Herodias' will, Moreau draws her guided by her own lust.
Ithell Colquhoun (/ ˈ aɪ θ ə l k ə ˈ h uː n / 9 October 1906 – 11 April 1988) was a British painter, occultist, poet and author.Stylistically her artwork was affiliated with Surrealism.
The opened drawers in this expressive, propped up female figure thus refer to the inner subconscious within man. In Dalí's own words his paintings form "a kind of allegory which serves to illustrate a certain insight, to follow the numerous narcissistic smells which ascend from each of our drawers." [2]
Paul Delvaux (French:; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination.
The anthology is a chronological presentation of surrealist writing by women, including poetry, tales, theory, responses to inquiries, critiques, declarations, etc. [1] [2] [6] 97 women are represented, [3] [6] from 30 countries [6] in Western and Eastern Europe, including Sweden, Moravia, and Corsica; North and South America, including ...
This work of surrealistic art showcases a geometric figure with a tumescent red hand protruding from its head. The figure is composed of cones and triangles. Surrounding the structure are ghostly images of nude female figures and torsos superimposed on a blue, watery dreamscape.
Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...