The surrealist art movement focused on expressing the subconscious mind through techniques like automatism. Inspired by Freudian psychology, surrealists believed dreams and hypnosis could reveal the subconscious. There were two main types: automatism, which used images without interpretation to express subfeelings, and veristic, which saw images as metaphors to understand the subconscious. Major surrealist artists included Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, and Max Ernst, who employed surrealist techniques to create dreamlike and bizarre works exploring the mind.

1. SURREALISM
An art movement focused expressing the
subconscious. Discovered subconscious
through the study of dreams and hypnosis.
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Two types
~ Automatist
~ Veristic

2. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
⁃ Psychologist 1856-1939
⁃ every action motivated by unconsciousness
⁃ tendency for humans to repress, repression of
impulses released through dreams
⁃ Id
⁃ Ego
⁃ Superego

3. Andre Breton (1896-1966)
Leader of Surrealist movement; writer/poet
⁃ Surrealist Manifesto 1924
"Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express,
either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought.
Thought dictated in the absence of all control exerted by
reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations."
"If the depths of our minds conceal strange forces capable of
augmenting or conquering those on the surface, it is in our
greatest interest to capture them."

4. AUTOMATIST
~ No meaning to images
~ Images are pure expression of subconscious
~ Done without interpretation
~ Focused on feelings

5. V E R I S T I C
~Direct and uncensored for analyzing
~ Images had meaning
~ Images are how you understand the subconscious
~ Thought of images as metaphors

6. Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
- Wanted to show objects in a foreign way
-He used his literary and art work to develop a “new” way of looking
at things.
- Tried to use simplicity in his works
- Focused on how we interpret images into meaning

7. The Listening Room 1958

8. The Raw Nerve 1960

9. The Treason of Pictures (this is not a pipe) 1928/29

10. The Blank
Cheque 1965

11. The Lovers (1928)

12. The Red
Model 1937

13. Hegel's
Holiday
1958

14. Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
⁃ Spanish artist who was well-trained from his early
stages in life; grew up around art.
⁃ used and Old Master manner that demonstrated
his advanced pairing skill, whole painting subject matter people
did not commonly understand

15. The Persistence of Memory (1931)

16. The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory (1934)

17. The First Days of Spring (1929)

18. Lobster Telephone (1936)

19. Surrealist Movie
Un chien andalou
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20. Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
• Founder of Metaphysical Art movement
• A lot of repetition in his paintings
• Many artists looked up to Giorgio de
Chirico
• Most famous for the eerie mood in his
paintings

21. The song of love
The Song of Love 1914

22. ETTORE E ANDROMACA
1966

23. 1912

24. La matinée angoissante 1912

25. Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)
⁃ Born in France
⁃ Prior to being an artist, Tanguy served in the French Navy
⁃ Self-trained artist. His paintings consisted of things like
organic, odd shapes as well as structured, organic shapes

26. Indefinite
Divisibility (1942)

27. The Rapidity of
Sleep (1945)

28. The Look of
Amber (1929)

29. Slowly
Towards the
North (1942)

30. Dehors (1929)

31. Joan Miro (1893-1983)
-In his early years of painting was influenced by Fauvism and
Cubism, with their structure and bright colors
- Later he experiments with different mediums
-Used surrealist techniques, never joined
- Planned pictures along with automatism

32. This is the Color of my Dreams (1925)

33. Dog Barking at the Moon (1926)

34. Study for the Portrait of Mistress Mills in 1750
(1929)

35. Study for the
Portrait of Mistress
Mills in 1750
(1929)

36. Cartoon for the
Portrait of Mistress
Mills in 1750
(1929)

37. Portrait of
Mistress Mills
in 1750
(1929)

38. The Birth of the
World (1925)

39. Max Ernst (1891-1976)
• Born on April 2, 1891
• Philosophy student at the University of
Bonn
• Dropped philosophy to paint

40. The Birdman, Artist in Disguise
• Birds or humans?
• Loplop
• Death of his pet bird

41. The Birdman- Max Ernst 1967

42. The Elephant Celebes- 1921

43. Temptation of St. Anthony 1945

44. Techniques
• Grattage
• Frottage
• Textured surfaces

45. Europe after the Rain II- 1945

46. Barbarians Leaving Forest (1937)

47. The Antipope- 1941