Desmond Morris

The Lives of the Surrealists

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Produktbeschreibung

The major art movement surrealism is given the biographical treatment in this story of the lives, loves and personalities of the thirty-five principal surrealists, from Andre Breton to Yves Tanguy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780500021361
• ISBN-10: 0500021368
• Artikelnr.: 48498235

Autorenporträt

Desmond Morris is one of the last surviving Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in 1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 Surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written several books, one of which - The Naked Ape - ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. His title The Lives of the Surrealists was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword . Introduction . Eileen Agar . Jean (Hans) Arp . Francis Bacon .
Hans Bellmer . Victor Brauner . André Breton . Alexander Calder . Leonora
Carrington . Giorgio de Chirico . Salvador Dalí . Paul Delvaux . Marcel
Duchamp . Max Ernst . Leonor Fini . Wilhelm Freddie . Alberto Giacometti .
Arshile Gorky . Wifredo Lam . Conroy Maddox . René Magritte . André Masson
. Roberto Matta . Edouard Mesens . Joan Miró . Meret Oppenheim . Wolfgang
Paalen . Roland Penrose . Pablo Picasso . Man Ray . Yves Tanguy . Dorothea
Tanning . Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions