Interbellum - Surrealism - Painting

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What can you tell about Surrealist paintings?

  • About intuition, fanasies and dreams.
  • Two types:
    • Automatic/Biomorphic/Abstract Surrealistic: Peinture Automatique.
    • Oneiric Surrealism: dream-like.

What is Automatic/Biomorphic/Abstract Surrealism?

  • Concerned with the idea of Automatism:
    • The dictation of thought without control of the mind.
  • Peinture Automatique.
  • Joan Miró (1893-1983).

What is Oneiric Surrealism?

  • Type of Surrealism.
  • Hated automatism, thoughts about themes beforehand but depicted them in a surprising way.
  • Depicts dream-like scenes.
  • Decontextualization.
  • Most famous artist: Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

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