This painting was inspired from a photograph of a Sudanese bin for storing corn which Ernst has turned into an elephant-like mechanical being. Year: 1921 The Elephant Celebes (1921) – Max Ernst The distorted perspective, the mysterious narrative and autobiographical symbolism of this portrait perhaps demonstrate the artist’s attempt to re-imagine her own reality. A white rocking horse appears to float on the wall behind her head while a white horse gallops freely in the window in the background. In it, she has painted herself posed in the foreground on a blue armchair with her hand pointing toward a female hyena. This self-portrait, also known as The Inn of the Dawn Horse, is her most acclaimed work. She is instead famous for her haunting, autobiographical paintings that incorporate images of sorcery, metamorphosis, alchemy and the occult. Unlike the other Surrealists, Carrington was not interested in the writings of Sigmund Freud. Year: 1937 – 1938 Self-Portrait, The Inn of the Dawn Horse (1938) – Leonora CarringtonĬonsidering that renowned Mexican painter F rida Kahlo declared that she was not a Surrealist, Leonora Carrington is perhaps the most famous female Surrealist artist. #7 Self-Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse Mama, Papa Is Wounded! is the most famous work of Tanguy and one of the best-known paintings of Surrealism. There are various interpretations of the painting including it being a reference to the violence of World War I and that the standing yellow figure may represent a father, the cactus a mother and the amorphous mass a child. The title of the painting, which was taken from a textbook of psychiatric case studies, complicates rather than clarifies the meaning of the work. In this painting, he shows a cactus-like shape tied to a geometric spider-web, and floating near the horizon. He often depicted vast, abstract landscapes populated with various abstract shapes. Yves Tanguy was an influential French surrealist painter. Year: 1927 Mama Papa is Wounded (1927) – Yves Tanguy
Forest and Dove is an influential work in Surrealism as it exemplifies Ernst’s grattage technique and as the forests and dark enclaves of the painting later became a Surrealist metaphor for the human imagination. Grattage is a surrealist painting technique, pioneered by Ernst, that involves laying a canvas prepared with a layer of oil paint over a textured object and then scraping the paint off to create an interesting and unexpected surface. In the thick of the forest is a childlike depiction of a dove, probably portraying Ernst in his post-war traumatic state. In this painting, he depicts a nocturnal scene of a forest of bizarre and abstract trees. Max Ernst was a German artist who was a pioneer of Surrealism as well as the Dada movement, from which Surrealism evolved. Year: 192 7 Forest and Dove (1927) – Max Ernst It is one of the most famous works of Giorgio de Chirico and a prime example of his Metaphysical style. The Song of Love is considered an early example of the Surrealist style though it was painted several years before Surrealism emerged as an art movement. This painting depicts an outdoor architectural setting with the main focus being a Greek sculpted head and a surgeon’s glove on a small wall. The early works of Surrealist artists, including The Elephant Celebes and Mama, Papa Is Wounded!, were inspired by Chirico’s Metaphysical art. Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist famous for his Metaphysical style of painting, which was marked by dream-like scenes with unexpected juxtapositions of objects. Year: 19 14 The Song of Love (1914) – Giorgio de Chirico
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