The haunting surrealism of Victor Brauner

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by howrude • 8 years ago

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yantrams2• 8 years ago

I was gonna comment on how some of the works appear to have been inspired by those of Max Ernst but seeing how they are contemporaries, it could've been the other way for all we know. Thanks for the share.

codingdave2• 8 years ago

The entire surrealist movement knew each other, at least in its early days. They absolutely worked off each other's ideas. I think that Ernst and Tanguy match up together well, but also look at the works of Kay Sage and Dorothea Tanning (their wives, btw, which is likely why themes were shared amongst those four quite strongly), and you'll see how far some of the visual themes were shared. I always liked Tanning's work in particular because she used the surrealist themes as a starting point, but really took it her own directions, producing a large body of work over the years, including paintings, furniture, crafts, and writing.

Overall, the surrealist movement was an interesting moment in time, but if you like it, I recommend looking at the later works that came from the artists involved with that movement.

yantrams2• 8 years ago

Will explore them. Thank you for the suggestions. I was heavily into Futurism and Dadaism during one of those phases back in college and devoured the works of Tzara, Schwitters, Russolo, Ball, Duchamp, Ernst etc. Those manifestoes still give me goosebumps. Fascinating times they were.

The haunting surrealism of Victor Brauner

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