Trivium Art History
The Artists

Salvador DalíSo much more than a mustache

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Cubist Self-Portrait

Cubist Self-Portrait

1923
Still Life

Still Life

1923
Gypsy from Figueres

Gypsy from Figueres

1923
The First Days of Spring

The First Days of Spring

1929
Illumined Pleasures

Illumined Pleasures

1929
The Persistence of Memory

The Persistence of Memory

1931
Retrospective Bust of a Woman

Retrospective Bust of a Woman

1933
Archeological Reminiscence of Millet's Angelus

Archeological Reminiscence of Millet's Angelus

1933-1935
Portrait of Gala

Portrait of Gala

1935
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans

1936
Printemps Nécrophilique

Printemps Nécrophilique

1936
Metamorphosis of Narcissus

Metamorphosis of Narcissus

1937
Debris of an Automobile Giving Birth to a Blind Horse Biting a Telephone

Debris of an Automobile Giving Birth to a Blind Horse Biting a Telephone

1938
Mountain Lake

Mountain Lake

1938
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking

1944
Portrait of Picasso

Portrait of Picasso

1947
Christ of Saint John of the Cross

Christ of Saint John of the Cross

1951
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)

Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)

1954
Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity

Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity

1954
Living Still Life

Living Still Life

1956
Santiago El Grande

Santiago El Grande

1957
The Ecumenical Council

The Ecumenical Council

1958-1960
Cervantes

Cervantes

1960
Figure at the Window

Figure at the Window

1988
1901
The hope of transcendence through color
Mark Rothko
Different times require different images
Adolph Gottlieb
Violent encounters
Willem de Kooning
Arshile Gorky
Painting with knives
Clyfford Still 2000

The artists of Surrealism

André BretonPortrait of André Breton

André BretonA psychiatrist releases his mind and invents Surrealism

1896-1966
Man RayPortrait of Man Ray

Man RayHumor, sex, and a new camera

1890-1976
Giorgio de ChiricoPortrait of Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de ChiricoEnchanted 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 KahloThe exquisite agony of self-portraits

1907-1954
Salvador Dalí

Salvador DalíSo much more than a mustache

1904-1989
Pablo Picasso

Pablo PicassoThe 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 ErnstTrauma 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 MotherwellPainting 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 BaconThe never-ending scream

1909-1992
Nemesio AntúnezPortrait of Nemesio Antúnez

Nemesio AntúnezStrange angles

1918-1993
BodoPortrait of Bodo

BodoMany souls to save

1953-2015
Wifredo LamPortrait of Wifredo Lam

Wifredo LamHallucinating figures

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

Milena Pavlović-BariliThe unblinking gaze of fashion

1909-1945
Ülo Ilmar SoosterPortrait of Ülo Ilmar Sooster

Ülo Ilmar SoosterA bad time to be an artist in the Baltics

1924-1970
Leonor FiniPortrait of Leonor Fini

Leonor FiniThe brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism

1907-1996
Dorothea TanningPortrait of Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea TanningExploring the strange world of dreams

1910-2012
Remedios VaroPortrait of Remedios Varo

Remedios VaroThe unconscious mind and a horsehair brush

1908-1963