Surrealism Style

Surrealism style originated at the beginning of the 20th century, it flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. The development of the movement was closely related to Dada and some Surrealism painters figured successively in both movements. Both styles were strongly anti-rationalist and concerned with creating shocking effects, however there were some differences between them – Dada was nihilist anti-art movement, while Surrealism was positive in spirit. Surrealism pics can be characterized as bizarre, incongruous and irrational.

André Breton is a crucial figure in terms of Surrealism movement development – his first Manifeste du surréalisme published in 1924 officially launched the movement. The movement included a number of doctrines and techniques, aimed at breaching the dominance of reason and conscious control. There were three contrasting approaches within this artistic style: the first group of artists cultivated various types of automatism, the second group painted in a scrupulously detailed manner, and the third group utilized the startling juxtaposition of unrelated items to create a compelling reality outside the everyday world.

The Second World War made a lot of European artists emigrate to the US. Surrealism movement Surrealism painters became a controversial aesthetic movement, a lot of artists who didn't share the political aims of Surrealism were influenced by the imagery of the movement nevertheless. Surrealism painters and artists founded The English Surrealist Group in 1936, which was social rather than revolutionary in its aims.

The style of Surrealism influenced various arts, it impacted film, theatre, literature. The movement offered an alternative approach to the formalism of Cubism and various types of abstract art as well. Surrealism continues to influence artists in many countries, and Surrealist images can be found in various selection of the artists worldwide.

Surrealism style became a fundamental source for Abstract Expressionism and many other artistic styles of today. One of the artists that keeps the spirit of Surrealism alive is contemporary Ukrainian painter Valeriy Klinkov. One can view the the artists works at his own online gallery at klinov.com website.