The History of Surrealist Movement
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Surrealism
Founded by Andre Breton in 1924
" Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a certain state of need and can push man to frightful revolts. It also is, if you like, an artificial paradise, and the taste one has for it derives from Baudelaire's criticism for the same reason as the others. Thus the analysis of the mysterious effects and special pleasures it can produce -- in many respects Surrealism occurs as a new vice which does not necessarily seem to be restricted to the happy few; like hashish, it has the ability to satisfy all manner of tastes -- such an analysis has to be included in the present study" --MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM by Andre Breton c. 1924
The Greatest Surrealists of All Time
Although Hieronymus Bosch was certainly not a member of the surrealist movement I am including him anyway. The man was centuries ahead of his time.
Max Ernst German, 1891-1976
Frida Kahlo Mexican, 1907-1954
Rene Magritte French 1898- 1967
Joan Miro Spanish, 1893-1983
Man Ray American 1890-1976
Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904-1989
Definition of Surrealism
SURREALISM, n. Pure psychic
automatism, by which it is intended to express, verbally, in
writing, or by other means, the real process of thought. Thought's
dictation, in the absence of all control exercised by the reason and
outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations.
ENCYCL. Philos. Surrealism rests in the belief in the superior
reality of certain forms of association neglected heretofore; in the
omnipotence of the dream and in the disinterested play of thought.
It tends definitely to do away with all other psychic mechanisms and
to substitute itself for them in the solution of the principal
problems of life. -- André Breton (The founder of the Surrealist
Movement) 1924
Man Ray Art Quotations
One of the satisfactions of
a genius is his will-power
and obstinacy. -- Man Ray
All critics should be
assassinated. -- Man Ray
It has never been my object
to record my dreams, just
the determination to realize
them. -- Man Ray
A creator needs only one
enthusiast to justify him.
-- Man Ray
An original is a creation
motivated by desire. Any
reproduction of an originals
motivated be necessity. It
is marvelous that we are the
only species that creates
gratuitous forms. To create
is divine, to reproduce is
human. -- Man Ray
I paint what cannot be
photographed, that which
comes from the imagination
or from dreams, or from an
unconscious drive. -- Man
Ray
Of course, there will always
be those who look only at
technique, who ask 'how',
while others of a more
curious nature will ask
'why'. Personally, I have
always preferred inspiration
to information. -- Man Ray
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