Thank you for this great information. I still may not really like much of this art, but I certainly have a MUCH better understanding of it. Again, thank you for sharing your insight and knowledge with us.
Another terrific post, thank you so much! You do a wonderful job of showing the immense variety--the Masson was new to me, and I liked it particularly. Also, I do wish, when I visited Cardiff, I'd known of the Ernst and had been able to see it in person. The techniques used are really appealing.
I was fascinated to learn what the Halsman photography took to create--though I do confess to feeling bad for those cats, particularly the one that seems to be caught in the stream of water. So hard to imagine how he accomplished this, even given the number of takes.
Interesting to learn of the "power" relationships, who won, who lost, particularly the early Breton-Goll "competition." Reading now about Dali's dash, I was reminded somehow of Tom Wolfe (The Right Stuff, etc) and his white suit. That development of a persona, in addition to the talent, makes for quite a public personality. I'm delighted this is the first of a series, and am ooking forward to the next installments.
Midnight in Paris is worth viewing if you need a likely impression of Dali in a film about magical realism
Dear Teacher,
Thank you for this great information. I still may not really like much of this art, but I certainly have a MUCH better understanding of it. Again, thank you for sharing your insight and knowledge with us.
Another terrific post, thank you so much! You do a wonderful job of showing the immense variety--the Masson was new to me, and I liked it particularly. Also, I do wish, when I visited Cardiff, I'd known of the Ernst and had been able to see it in person. The techniques used are really appealing.
I was fascinated to learn what the Halsman photography took to create--though I do confess to feeling bad for those cats, particularly the one that seems to be caught in the stream of water. So hard to imagine how he accomplished this, even given the number of takes.
Interesting to learn of the "power" relationships, who won, who lost, particularly the early Breton-Goll "competition." Reading now about Dali's dash, I was reminded somehow of Tom Wolfe (The Right Stuff, etc) and his white suit. That development of a persona, in addition to the talent, makes for quite a public personality. I'm delighted this is the first of a series, and am ooking forward to the next installments.