Surrealism Movement

The movement began in the early-1920s and soon shacked the world by it's avant-garde, creative, «pure psychic automatism». These features became visible in painting, architecture, literature – it was hard to find an area where the influence of surrealism was unnoticeable. Even politics felt the force of surrealism movement which resulted from anarchists and communists merge. Breton, one of the leading characters of the movement, had a lot of followers that were working for the «liberation of man».

Still, surrealism is significant event in painting first of all, during 20-30s a lot of surrealism artists appeared which created a number of works that have similar features. Surrealism painting purposes to reveal psychological truth, by dipping into the psyche. The combination of the psychological and the abstract are the characteristic features of the style.

During the 1940s, after the period of movement's rise, various exhibitions took place, new artworks and groups appeared. Surrealist techniques and methods were carried on by other people, the movement began to take on a new life in different forms: «Veristic Surrealism» style, mischtechnik technique. In terms of politics, during the 1980s, there was The Orange Alternative underground movement that was created in 1981. Up to nowadays the surrealist ideas have never disappeared.

Surrealism Painter Valeriy Klinkov and His Painting

The influence of surrealism on the world art history was so great that even today we can see the results of the movement. A lot of contemporary artists are continuers of this significant movement of the previous century. Moreover, new branches and tendencies appear, pop art surrealism for instance, based on surrealism art principles. Surrealism artists create their artworks today and the admirers of this kind of painting can enjoy contemporary surrealism painter pieces of art at various galleries and exhibitions. At your convenience there is such a gallery online, located on klinkov.com web site where modern surrealism painter Valeriy Klinkov oil painting is available for sale. The surrealism art gallery offers the works of above mentioned artists, the painting is performed in surrealist as well as in abstract, expressionism styles. These are original oil painted works which are available for sale directly from the artists.

There are museum and exhibitions that expose famous contemporary painting and the artworks that were created several decades ago. Along with local surrealism art galleries there are painting selections online and one can easily visit the collection of a number of contemporary artists anytime. If you are interested in buying of such works, the site of Valeriy Klinkov painter offers oil painting for sale. Visit and obtain any of the paintings exhibited on the site!