Surrealism - Softcover

Klingsohr-Leroy, Cathrin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3822822159 ISBN 13: 9783822822159

Publisher: TASCHEN, 2004

Synopsis

Dreamlike, fantastic imagery   With Salvador Dalí at its mast, the great ship of Surrealism launched off into the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties, its sails puffed full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and André Breton. With dreamlike, fantastic imagery, the Surrealists made great, sensational waves in the art world. The influence of artists such as Dalí, Ernst, and Magritte, on 20th century film, theatre, literature, and thought is inestimable.

Featured artists include:
Hans Arp, Brassaï, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, René Magritte, André Masson,, Matta, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim, and Yves Tanguy   About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:

• a detailed illustrated introduction plus a timeline of the most important political, cultural and social events that took place during that period
• a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each of which is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and with an interpretation of the respective work, plus a portrait and brief biography of the artist
• approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions

About this title

About the Author:

Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy (b. 1958) studied art history, archaeology and German literature in Bonn and Paris. Since 1994 she has been Curator of the Fritz Winter Foundation at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen in Munich. Her curatorial focus is on 20th century art, and she has published works on Lyonel Feininger, Lovis Corinth, Franz Marc, Der Blaue Reiter and Paul Klee.

About this edition

• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 3822822159
• ISBN 13: 9783822822159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 95