THE LIVES OF THE SURREALISTS

No other art movement in history has contained two artists as different as Magritte and Miro.This is because Surrealism was not in o rigin an art movement, but a philosophical strategy. It was a way of life - a rebellion against the establishment that had given the world the hideous slaughter of the First World War. Instead of trying to analyse the work of the Surrealists, bestselling author an d Surrealist artist Desmond Morris concentrates on them as people - as remarkable individuals. What were their personalities, their predilect...[Read more]