Surrealism History. Selection of Contemporary Art for Sale

Even those who are not interested in art know quite well such word as «surrealism». However, this is not just a word defining particular painting techniques, this is a movement that has become an integral part of life for a lot of people. Surrealism is a notion that appeared in art, sculpture, architecture, film, theatre and many other spheres of life. The movement introduced new vision, values and approach. The idea of surrealism was to depict the things, visions without logical view of reality. The followers of the movement, surrealist painters, strived to get freedom from moral that's why surrealism work images where transferred from the consciousness would automatically, the painter was regarded as a kind of devices that records the visions mechanically.

The emerge of surrealism and surrealist painters with their ideas which were in contrast with the traditional art of that time became a turning point in the history of art. Such approach that revealed unexpected and the accidental penetrated into other areas, including politic and philosophy. Once appeared in Paris, surrealism movement spread all over the globe quickly. The ideas of surrealism never faded or dissolved, having outlived it's peak of popularity, surrealism went on existing in different forms. Thus, over time, such two types as abstract surrealism and veristic appeared. The former, abstract surrealism, depicted images with biomorphic qualities. The veristic surrealism is well-know due to Salvador Dali paintings on which the painter depicted traditional subjects but the figures were exaggerated, what was made to achieve a superior reality.

Surrealism automatism was not in painting merely, but it was widely used in writing. Surrealism automatic writing was widely practiced by the writers of that time. Literary surrealism with automatic writing began due to the activities of Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault, the authors of the literary journal «Littérature». With the lapse of time «The Magnetic Fields» (Les Champs Magnétiques) by Breton and Soupault appeared. As the number of surrealism automatic writing increased the group of artists and writers developed.

The movement had great influence and hardly there were a field which the ideas of surrealism had passed by. Painting art was especially influenced by the movement, plethora of the artists sharing the surrealism ideas appeared during that period. Surrealism with it's unusual expression of feelings and thoughts was opposed to pure representational art. Surrealism modified many times but it never disappeared. Today's painters express the ideas of surrealism on their paintings, nowadays exhibitions offer a number of artworks created by modern artists. Looking for a surrealism work created by a contemporary painter, find some time to explore the collection of Valeriy Klinkov, surrealist painter. The selection of contemporary art exposed is available for sale and everyone can obtain a work directly from the painter.