101 Surrealists by Morris, Desmond

101 Surrealists

2024 marks the centennial of surrealism, one of the most influential artistic movements of the modern era....
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Author: Desmond Morris
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101 Surrealists by Morris, Desmond

101 Surrealists

CHF 29.24

101 Surrealists

CHF 29.24
Author: Desmond Morris
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

2024 marks the centennial of surrealism, one of the most influential artistic movements of the modern era. In 1924, Andr? Breton wrote the Surrealist Manifesto, a call to arms that established surrealism as a literary and artistic movement.

Surrealism was not in origin an art movement, but a philosophical strategy. It was a way of life--a rebellion against the establishment that had given the world the hideous slaughter of World War I. Instead of trying to analyze the work of the surrealists, bestselling author and surrealist artist Desmond Morris focuses on them as people. What were their personalities, their predilections, their character strengths and flaws? Did they enjoy a social life or were they loners? Were they bold eccentrics or timid recluses?

101 Surrealists features the famous--Leonora Carrington, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dal?, Max Ernst, Frida Kahlo, Ren? Magritte, Joan Mir?, and Francis Picabia--and the overlooked: Hans Bellmer, Ithell Colquhoun, Leonor Fini, Julio Gonz?lez, E. L. T. Mesens, Edith Rimmington, and Kay Sage. The book draws on the author's personal knowledge of the surrealists, capturing in concise form their lives, loves, and idiosyncrasies. The arts of surrealism were both spectacular and international, shaped by the darkest, most irrational workings of the unconscious. Shocking, witty, and always entertaining, Morris's accounts illuminate the striking variation in approaches to the surrealist philosophy, both in the artists' work and in their lives. 101 Surrealists will complement Morris's earlier biographical volumes by encapsulating each artist in short, concise texts that convey with immediacy the impact and significance of each of the 101 artists featured.



Author: Desmond Morris
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 10/29/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780500027813


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2024

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