Style of Art - Surrealism

Surrealism 

Surrealism is an artistic movement that began in the 1920's the movement aimed to create art work that is depicted from the subconscious and imaginary mind. Surrealism extends from normal traditional art as it can come from political, revolutionary actions and ideas but is focused on ideas that are to be seen as 'unreal'. Surrealism is best known for its visual art work and writing. As part of the surrealism art movement, artists paint unnerving, illogical scenes in order to create strange and distorted images of creatures and everyday objects. Surrealism is a platform for artists to quite literally turn their dreams into a reality by painting with more developed techniques to allow the unconscious to express it's self.

Salvador Deli 

An artist who is most famous for his surrealistic work is Salvador Dali, Salvador was one of the most versatile artists of the 1920's. Not only did work as a surrealistic artist but he also turned to become a successful writer, while also making paint, sculptures, fashion and advertising.  He was known for his flamboyant personality which personally i feel came across in his art pieces. Ever since the death of his brother he was told that he was the reincarnation of him. This left an impression on the child at a young age, and he later painted his dead brother in many of the paintings he composed. He claimed to have manifested hysterical rage and random outbursts towards his family and friends which was also portrayed through his art pieces. Salvador was born on the 11th of may in 1904 in spain, at a very early age he was encouraged to practice his artwork, this then lead to Dali studying at an Academy in madrid. When Salvador visited Paris, France, he met with artists such as Picasso, Magritte and Miro; these interactions lead to the artist first surrealism phase. His most famous surrealism painting is called ' The persistence of memory' within the painting are a number of melting clocks and ants in a beach landscape;  the are both images that Salvador placed in a unusual context. The creature that was centred in the middle of the image was painted with a deformed eye and nose that was draw from Dali's own imagination. Although it was said to be his own interpretation of a self portrait, some of the features on the creature such as the eye lashes were portrayed as insect- like.

Dali used in the painting 'The Persistence of memory' many colours as the background of the horizon he used a light blue which is faded into a darker blue and then to a yellow across the top of the painting. Under the sky line is the sea or what looks like a large pool, on the right is mountain shaped rocks and a small lone pebble. He also used a regtangular shape elevated, and on the top was a single pebble. Within the image is a lifeless hollow tree, with a silver pocket watch, which appears to be melting. The ground is a dark shade of brown, and black in some areas. On the ground is a large figure with no limbs or other human like characteristics, many people have said that the image is his own interpretation of himself.