Andre Masson And Surrealism

However, all art changes after the war. Artists were trying to make sense of the horrible world around them and became abstract artists that they believed they could leave the world and become abstract. They thought that they could heal themselves by going into their dreams and escape the world. At the same time, the constructivists were looking at modern technology with hopes to heal the world with new things and technology. Dada reacted to WWI and made anti-arts against the romantic idealism of war. For example, Dada made Mona Lisa has whiskers because Mona Lisa symbolized old world art. In Russia, they have social realism which depicts strength and progress and this is another reaction to World War I. People were making art with the belief of communism. They believed that communism could heal the world and that people could unite and become strong to make Russia a healthy country, which didn’t work. Both WWI & WWII were very influential with art history, but WWII is more devastating with 70 million people died. Almost everyone was affected by this war. Europe is devastated, so the art world shifts to America and abstract expressionist artists appear- Freud’s student Carl Jung, is an expressionist artist who believed in the importance of spiritual world and not

But the artists who would become known as the Impressionists (including Claude Monet, Mary 5,Camille Pissarro) looked at art a little differently—they wanted to make art as truly

Developing out of the Dada activities of World War I, Surrealism was the most important movement in Paris at the time. Regarding themselves as revolutionaries in the spirit of Dadaism, surrealists were attracted by the philosophies of socialism and communism - with whom they tried unsuccessfully to form an alliance. They issued their first manifesto in 1924 .Most

André Breton ran the Surrealist Movement with impressive discipline and rigidity, making an interesting contrast between what the Surrealists preached and the management style of its leader. An interesting story, for example, tells how Salvador Dalí, one of the most prominent members of the Surrealist movement, attended a New York costume party dressed up as Charles Lindbergh’s son, who had been recently kidnapped and murdered. New York’s society did not take the statement well and eventually made Dalí apologize for his behavior. Breton, however, almost dismissed him from Movement because he claimed that “no one should excuse himself for a Surrealist act[6].” This anecdote demonstrates the seriousness of Breton and his Movement towards its final objective: revolution and the slashing of society’s conventions in the interest of a subconscious reality.

Every artist has his or her own style of painting. Each painting tells some sort of story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art, but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century.

A group of French artists in Paris, of which included Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot, worked together in their academic painting, while rejecting Salons and becoming independent from the Académie. They created a self-supporting group rather than relying on state-sanctioned institutions (Stokstad 987). Impressionists challenged the way paintings were viewed, and critics often viewed their paintings as unfinished. As a result, they unknowingly started the movement of Impressionism, and the movement changed the way art was created. Impressionist artists escaped from the norms of painting religion and the working class, and turned to subjects like landscape, nature, and the upper class.

Identified as one of the great American artists of the 20th century, Robert Rauschenberg was a profound individual with a curious mind for disruption. Known for his radical experiments, ranging materials and mediums, and efforts to explore the boundaries of what constitutes art, Rauschenberg was an artist interested in not just the outcome, but the process. His “Combines” in the early 1950s established his “Neo Dadaist” label as his works incorporated found objects and photographs, breaking down the barrier of sculpture and painting. His interest in avant-garde art and provoking methods caused a lot of stir during his lifetime. However, Rauschenberg diverged and literally erased critics precedent, and continued to pave the way for numerous movements and artist to come; changing the art market forever.

Jackson Pollock was an American painter and began to paint during the mid 20th Century. He started his own way of painting. These techniques were introduced by influences from the Modernist time where there was a vast social change that challenged traditional themes and techniques in artmaking. Abstract Expressionism developed in 1940’s. It was the first movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the Western Art World. As an abstract Expressionist, Pollock used different layers of diluted, running paint as well as different tools to make his painting look like it was dripping and crisis crossing in chaotic lines. In the art world Modernism affected the ideas, attitudes, and practices of artists. The

Art is something that has been around since the existence of man. Nevertheless, the versatility that comes with art makes every piece of art unique and incredible. With this uniqueness being very noticeable by those who know art, many artists take this sense of uniqueness and create art in certain ways to make their art personal. With thousands of different styles and mediums of art, artists have the world in their own fingertips. In the past, many famous artists have set the stone for certain styles of art, and really allowed them to expand for the world and the artists of this day to use, admire, and enjoy. Out of all the artists that have come to be, I believe that Paul Signac made a huge contribution in the aspect of impressionism, pointillism,

The surrealist art movement began to take form during the 1920’s. There were many famous artists who helped this movement gain as much popularity as it received. However, George Visat claimed his fame in the 1950’s and 1960’s when, in many respects, this movement began to decline. Visat wanted to what he could to save this movement, which is evident through his work through the second half of the twentieth century.

Another term that he used to explain his many works is the term “poubelle” which is French for garbage. Basically Arman would take everyday things that most people throw away and he would make art of it. He lived by the term, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” In his earlier life, Arman had a great love and appreciation for music, so much that it helped inspire him to become an artist (Arman Studio, 2). He studied Art History at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs in Nice, France. In 1951 only three year of studying, Arman dropped out of Decoratifs to teach judo (modern martial arts) at a school in Madrid with his lifelong friend Yves Klein (The Art Story, 3). In 1953 Arman returned to his art of abstract painting. In 1954 Arman saw works by artist Kurt Schwitters, and became instantly inspired by his constructivism and readymade art. Soon after, Arman began working on rubber stamps, using them in many different ways to form art (The Art Story, 4). Pop Artiest Andy Warhol also had a great influence on Arman, as Warhol uses of color and contrast created an even wider imagination for Arman’s works. Arman went on to be known as one of the top readymade artist from the 1960s al; the way to his death in

Realizing that life is condemned to be pointless and meaningless may have quite a negative effect on most ‘normal’ people, but Meursault uses this to his advantage, living his life to the fullest each day. Meursault does not follow social standards, but does what interests him and how it affects him. He tries to live as honestly as possible, only getting to know getting to know and friending those he likes and has interest in. Meursault’s absurd outlook on life, choices through the novel, and his realization promote the idea that he is the Absurdist Hero.

Surrealism means beyond or above reality; in other words, a type of super-reality. In the early 1920’s, German psychologist Sigmund Freud and other writers and artists began as a literary group, creating art that explored the hidden world of the unconscious. They believed their art was successful and soon after in 1929, Salvador Dali created his first piece of Surrealist art work. Dali then went to Paris for his first Surrealist exhibition. Surrealism was an artistic literary movement that André Breton was particularly interested in. He was engrossed in the idea that the unconscious mind – in which produced dreams – was the source of artistic creativity. A devoted Marxist Breton, also intended surrealism to be a revolutionary movement capable

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According to the Visual Art Encyclopedia, Surrealism sprang up in Paris and became rooted in the avant-garde art world. Surrealism was the fashionable art movement after World War I. Surrealism is and the last major art movement to be associated with the Ecole de Paris. The writer Andre Breton (1896-1966), nicknamed "the Pope of Surrealism", was the movement 's founder and chief theorist. He introduced and defined the new style in his initial 1924 manifesto (Manifeste du Surrealisme) and later in his painting bulletin (Surrealisme et la Peinture). Breton deplored the radical and destructive character of Dada, nevertheless he built on many Dada ideas to create a movement with a coherent though unbending philosophy. He aimed at nothing less than a total conversion of the way people thought. Surrealism was less overtly political and advocated a more positive philosophy. The main focus of the surrealism movement was literature but this rapidly broadened to painting, sculpture and other forms of contemporary visual art. Surrealist strived to bring forward the imagery of the unconscious mind. Surrealist philosophy believed that nongovernmental and irrational art were preferable for life and civilization. Surrealism was responsible for a host of incredibly innovative but strange art. Surrealism was meant to free the unconscious mind from reason. Breton and other surrealists were strongly influenced by the psychological work of Sigmund Freud