The Surrealists wanted to put an end to the overbearing dictates of modern society by destroying its mainstay, that of rational thought. Out of Dadaism was born Surrealism, which was an artistic and literary movement. Breton had been a leading light in the Dadaist movement, an artistic movement which was practiced by a group of European writers, artists, and intellectuals in protest against what they saw as a senseless war, World War I, which had claimed an estimated 37.5 million lives. Surrealism was founded in Paris by the French writer and poet André Breton in 1924. Let me introduce you to the Spanish surrealist painter Remedios Varo who was born María de los Remedios Varo y Uranga.Īndré Breton (photo by Henri Manuel) 1927īefore I look at the life and works of Varo, first let us try to understand Surrealism. Today I am going to look at an artist who is famous for her painting genre, a genre which is both equally strange and yet somewhat fascinating. For some people narrative paintings are their favourites for others they prefer paintings that have various symbols depicted, each conveying a hidden meaning. For me, I like the Golden Age painters of The Netherlands and the Scandinavian artists who were known as the Skagen painters. We all have our favourite art genre and within that genre we also probably have our favourite artists.
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