The Dadaism & Surrealism Movement
A Historical View Seen Through Art
Dadaism & Surrealism
“Provocative destruction, the path within and the exacerbation of the problem of a reconciliation of art and life.”
-Surrealism and Dadaism Phaidon 20th-Century Art
Dadaism
Dadaism was the product of the
disillusionment, defeatism, and insane
butchery of World War 1.
Surrealism
An early 20th-century movement in art and
literature that tried to represent the
subconscious mind by creating fantastic
imagery and juxtaposing elements that seem to
contradict each other.
Dada and Surrealist Artists
Salvador DaliRene MagritteJoan MiroMarc ChagallMax ErnstMarcel DuchampMan RayDorthea Tanning
Salvador Dali
The Persistence of Memory - 1931
The Temptation of Saint Anthony - 1946
Of all the surrealist artists, the self-proclaimed genius Salvador Dali became the most famous. Dali was not only involved in painting but also involved in surrealist films, and wrote books on his artistic theories.
Rene Magritte
Magritte was the co-
founder of the Belgian
Surrealist Movement.
He was one of the most
accessible surrealist
artists, he was also one of
the most popular.
The Human Condition 1927
Joan Miro
Miro
joined the
Surrealists
Movement
in 1924.
The Harlequin
Carnival
1924
Marc Chagall
In the Paris exhibits of
1911 and 1912, the
Russian Marc Chagall
anticipated the
development of surrealism
in his work.
I and The Village - 1911
Pablo Picasso
1881-1973
Picasso founded Cubism with Georges Braque then went on to pioneer Dada and Surrealism.He is best known for his painting Guernica, 1937. At once the most monumental and comprehensive statement of social realism against the brutality of war.
In Conclusion
The surrealist movement continues with artists of today. Recording the activities of the subconscious in their art.
Ben Fisher
Absence of
Freedom
2002