Surrealism
Surrealism began in the early 1920s, following the end of World War One and the Dada movement. Artists who participated in this movement focused on the potential of the unconscious mind and studied psychology in order to create their art.
Salvador Dali is one of the most well-known surrealist artists. His most famous work was ‘The Persistence of Memory’, a painting created in 1931. Another influential surrealist artist was Man Ray, one of his most famous works was ‘Gift’, a sculpture made in 1921. Rene Magritte was also an important surrealist artist of this time, he created many surrealist paintings and one of his most well-known artworks was ‘The Son of Man’, a painting created in 1946. This essay will discuss these artists and …show more content…
Magritte was an artist born 21st November, 1898 in Belgium. Magritte created many notable artworks but one of his most interesting paintings was The Son of Man, created in 1946. This artwork was oil on canvas and 116 cm x 89 cm. The painting features a man dressed in a grey suit standing in front of a dull background. The most interesting colours on the canvas is the green apple placed in front of his face, covering all his face except for his eyes which can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple. The mans arm has been bent back slightly which is a feature that is extremely subtle. In order to recognise the strange arm, the audience has to be paying close attention to the artwork. René Magritte has said that this painting is a self portrait and he has done a series of these self portraits of him wearing a bowler hat with an object or animal covering his face. Magritte commented that “everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see”. Magritte’s aim behind this painting was to make his audience curious as to what the man looks like behind the apple and question his opinion on how objects hide each
Surrealism began in the early 1920s, following the end of World War One and the Dada movement. Artists who participated in this movement focused on the potential of the unconscious mind and studied psychology in order to create their art.
Salvador Dali is one of the most well-known surrealist artists. His most famous work was ‘The Persistence of Memory’, a painting created in 1931. Another influential surrealist artist was Man Ray, one of his most famous works was ‘Gift’, a sculpture made in 1921. Rene Magritte was also an important surrealist artist of this time, he created many surrealist paintings and one of his most well-known artworks was ‘The Son of Man’, a painting created in 1946. This essay will discuss these artists and …show more content…
Magritte was an artist born 21st November, 1898 in Belgium. Magritte created many notable artworks but one of his most interesting paintings was The Son of Man, created in 1946. This artwork was oil on canvas and 116 cm x 89 cm. The painting features a man dressed in a grey suit standing in front of a dull background. The most interesting colours on the canvas is the green apple placed in front of his face, covering all his face except for his eyes which can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple. The mans arm has been bent back slightly which is a feature that is extremely subtle. In order to recognise the strange arm, the audience has to be paying close attention to the artwork. René Magritte has said that this painting is a self portrait and he has done a series of these self portraits of him wearing a bowler hat with an object or animal covering his face. Magritte commented that “everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see”. Magritte’s aim behind this painting was to make his audience curious as to what the man looks like behind the apple and question his opinion on how objects hide each