The works of Rene Magritte

The works of Rene Magritte

Rene MagritteCastle in The Pyrenees 1959

Rene MagritteThe Companions of Fear1942

Rene MagritteThe Lovers1928

SALVADOR DALi1904 -- 1989

- Spanish painter.

~ Aim: To project the world of dreams as convincingly as possible.

- From childhood, he was subjected to hallucinations & acts of sudden & uncontrollable violence.

* Important works created between 1929 to 1939. - Developed his ‘paranoiac-critical’ method.

~ Proposed ‘a paranoiac and active advance of mind’ which would release from the unconscious, images of force and power that they in turn would react upon it, thereby affecting the deepest sources of individual & social action.

The Invisible Man 1929-31

The Metamorphosis of Narcissus1937

51 cm x 76 cm

http://www.verotika.org/dali1.html

Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach1938

114.3 x 144.8 cm

Ballerina in Death’s Head193924.5 x 19.5 cm

Salvador DaliThe Persistence of Memory

193124 cm x 33 cm

http://momawas.moma.org/collection/depts/paint_sculpt/blowups/paint_sculpt_016.html

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: Premonition of Civil War

1936http://www.nowsurrealgalleries.co.uk/view_pic.php3?pid=576&aid=44

Sleep 1937

http://users3.ev1.net/~rooftopyawp/dalisleep.html

Homage to NewtonBronze with dark patinaSigned and numbered 5/8Casted in 1985388 x 210 x 133 cmUOB Plaza, Singapore

In the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity. Legend tells us that origin of this most important and fundamental physical law was initiated by the falling of an apple, represented in the present work by the ball falling from the right hand.

Salvador Dali, one of the most important surrealist artists, takes the liberty to go even further in paying homage to Newton by opening up the torso of the figure and suspending the heart to indicate 'open-heartedness'. The open head represents an 'open-mind'. These are two necessary qualities for the discovery of important natural laws as well as for success of all human endeavours.

M C Escher

Reptiles

1943

Lithograph

Lucia Hartini

(Indonesia)

Spying Eyes On

1989

Oil on canvas

Other works by Lucia Hartini