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Remedios Varo1908 — 1963

The unconscious mind and a horsehair brush

The unconscious mind and a horsehair brush

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Portrait of Dr. Ignacio Chávez

Portrait of Dr. Ignacio Chávez

1957
Star Maker

Star Maker

1958
Embroidering the Earth's Mantle

Embroidering the Earth's Mantle

1961
1901
The exquisite agony of self-portraits
Frida Kahlo
The brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism
Leonor Fini Remedios Varo
Bright colors and a sharp suit
Vũ Cao Đàm
Insomnia and aggressive painting
Lee Krasner 2000

The artists of Surrealism

André BretonPortrait of André Breton

André Breton — A psychiatrist releases his mind and invents Surrealism

1896-1966
Man RayPortrait of Man Ray

Man Ray — Humor, sex, and a new camera

1890-1976
Giorgio de ChiricoPortrait of Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico — Enchanted space in the city of Nietzsche

1888-1978
Leonora CarringtonPortrait of Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington — "I'm not anyone's muse"

1917-2011
Frida KahloPortrait of Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo — The exquisite agony of self-portraits

1907-1954
Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí — So much more than a mustache

1904-1989
Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso — The man who ate the world's art

1881-1973
Méret OppenheimPortrait of Méret Oppenheim

Méret Oppenheim — "X = an Orange Rabbit"

1913-1985
Max ErnstPortrait of Max Ernst

Max Ernst — Trauma and displacement birth surrealism

1891-1976
Kay SagePortrait of Kay Sage

Kay Sage — "I have built an ivory tower of despair"

1898-1963
Robert MotherwellPortrait of Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell — Painting as experience

1915-1991
Claude CahunPortrait of Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun — "Under this mask, another mask; I will never finish removing all these faces"

1894-1954
Francis BaconPortrait of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon — The never-ending scream

1909-1992
Nemesio AntúnezPortrait of Nemesio Antúnez

Nemesio Antúnez — Strange angles

1918-1993
BodoPortrait of Bodo

Bodo — Many souls to save

1953-2015
Wifredo LamPortrait of Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Lam — Hallucinating figures

1902-1982
Milena Pavlović-BariliPortrait of Milena Pavlović-Barili

Milena Pavlović-Barili — The unblinking gaze of fashion

1909-1945
Ülo Ilmar SoosterPortrait of Ülo Ilmar Sooster

Ülo Ilmar Sooster — A bad time to be an artist in the Baltics

1924-1970
Leonor FiniPortrait of Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini — The brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism

1907-1996
Dorothea TanningPortrait of Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning — Exploring the strange world of dreams

1910-2012
Remedios VaroPortrait of Remedios Varo

Remedios Varo — The unconscious mind and a horsehair brush

1908-1963