Surrealist Artist

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali was born on the 11^th May of 1904 and he was Spanish surrealist painter born in Spain. Dali was a skilled designer and he was known for his bizarre paintings in his surrealist work. He died on the 23^rd January of 1989.

Crucifixion

This piece of art is a work from Salvador Dali’s scientific period. In this painting one can see that Jesus is crucified on an unfolded hypercube (a cube of four dimensions). The woman that is on her knees looking at Jesus is Dali’s wife Gala. For the background, Dali painted the Port Liligat, a village in Catalonia (Spain) where he used to live. 

References: 

Famous Paintings by Salvador Dalí. 2013. Famous Paintings by Salvador Dalí. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.show-your-own-art-gallery.com/paintings-by-salvador-dali.html. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

Salvador Dali Paintings. 2013. Salvador Dali Paintings. [ONLINE] Available at: http://salvadordalipaintings.blogspot.com/. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

Cubism Artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. He is the most famous artist of the twentieth century. Picasso and Georges Braque were the founders of Cubism. Pablo Picasso created about 50,000 sculptures, paintings, ceramics and drawings. His art was divided into several periods, for example his first paintings he used only blue tones. The blue tones reflect his sadness. This period is known as his Blue period. In 1925, he became friends with Surrealists and he started to paint surrealist paintings.

 

Man with a Hat and a violin

Pablo Picasso used newspaper articles (papiers collés) to make this painting. He cut and pasted a newspaper (‘Le Journal’) and he used charcoal. The texts on the newspaper refers to the Balkan Wars, to the unrest of the miners in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments and it refers to the critical issues debated in Parliament, in chambers and to local announcements and advertisements.  

References:

Pablo Picasso Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . 2013. Pablo Picasso Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

Pablo Picasso: Man with Hat and a Violin (1999.363.64) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Pablo Picasso: Man with Hat and a Violin (1999.363.64) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1999.363.64. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

BBC - Your Paintings - Pablo Picasso. 2013. BBC - Your Paintings - Pablo Picasso. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/pablo-picasso. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

 

Surrealism

Surrealism

Andre Breton launched Surrealism in 1924 through its first manifesto. Surrealism emerged out of the chaos and spontaneity and anarchy of Dadaism. Surrealists wanted to change the way that people think. They wanted to free the people from rational world that had been responsible for war and hardship in the past. This is why the artists drew paintings that are like scenes from a dream or a nightmare and even some of the artists (like Salvador Dali) include imaginary creatures or twist realistic images by using strange colours.
                                                                                                                     

Sleep
Salvador Dali

The temptation of St.Anthony

Salvador Dali 

Reference: 

Art Smarts 4 Kids: Surrealism. 2013. Art Smarts 4 Kids: Surrealism. [ONLINE] Available at: http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2008/04/surrealism.html. [Accessed 15 May 2013].