Joan Miró - Imaginative Fantasies

Joan Miró - Personages in the Night Guided by the Phosphorescent Tracks of Snails, 1940, gouache & turpentine paint on paper, private collection, U.S.A. (click photo for larger image)Joan Miró (1893-1983) was a Spanish Surrealist who created works based on memories and imaginative fantasies.

“The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I'm overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun. There, in my pictures, tiny forms in huge empty spaces. Empty spaces, empty horizons, empty plains - everything which is bare has always greatly impressed me.”- Joan Miró, 1958, quoted in Twentieth-Century Artists on Art.

Francis Picabia - An Explorer

Francis Picabia - Hera, c. 1929, oil on cardboard, 105 × 75 cm. - Private collectionThere are some artists who prefer to remain working in those styles for which they’re best known--while others continue to explore new approaches and evolve stylistically over the course of their careers. French painter Francis Picabia (1879-1953) was an artist who enjoyed experimentation, and is therefore associated with the Modern movements of Cubism, Orphism, Abstract Art, Dada, and Surrealism--among others.

Dali Watercolours Sell for Over $1 Million

A botanical watercolour by Salvador Dali“Thanks to a recent discovery of 14 previously unseen botanical watercolors painted in the 1960s, we are able to see a whole new side to the Surrealist master, Salvador Dali.”

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Dali (1904-1989) is considered by many to be the “father of Surrealism” even though the movement he helped to create ultimately rejected him.

Salvador Dali Etching Donated To Goodwill, Up For Sale On Their Website

Original hand signed and numbered colored etching by Salvador Dali, titled "Reflection" or "Reflections," from "The Cycles Of Life Suite." Item is listed as an original colored etching, 10.5 inches x 8.25 inchesAn etching by Surrealist master Salvador Dali was discovered at a Goodwill in Tacoma, Washington this week. The signed artwork was dropped off by an unidentified donor and was quickly identified by an art-savvy employee.

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Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969

Salvador Dali, The Queen's Croquet Ground, 1969

I knew he'd done this but hadn't see the work until now; it's pretty amazing. Alice in Wonderland is such a surreal story--and so layered in terms of how it can be understood (from both the adultt's and child's perspective) -- that it's a perfect fit for Dali's somewhat childlike mind--and surrealist view.

From BrainPickings.org:

Published by New York’s Maecenas Press-Random House in 1969 and distributed as their book of the month, the volume went on to become one of the most sought-after Dalí suites of all time. It contains 12 heliogravures, one for each chapter of the book, and one original signed etching in 4 colors as the frontpiece, all of which the fine folks at the William Bennett Gallery have kindly digitized for your gasping pleasure....

Click here to read the story and see more illustrations....