Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-261) and index.
Eileen Agar -- Jean (Hans) Arp -- Francis Bacon -- Hans Bellmer -- Victor Brauner -- André Breton -- Alexander Calder -- Leonora Carrington -- Giorgio de Chirico -- Salvador Dalí -- Paul Delvaux -- Marcel Duchamp -- Max Ernst -- Leonor Fini -- Wilhelm Freddie -- Alberto Giacometti -- Arshile Gorky -- Wifredo Lam -- Conroy Maddox -- René Magritte -- André Masson -- Roberto Matta -- E.L.T. Mesens -- Joan Miró -- Henry Moore -- Meret Oppenheim -- Wolfgang Paalen -- Roland Penrose -- Pablo Picasso -- Man Ray -- Yves Tanguy -- Dorothea Tanning.
"Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment that gave rise to the First World War. In Lives of the Surrealists, Desmond Morris concentrates on the artists as people--as remarkable individuals. What were their personalities, their predilections, their character strengths and flaws? Focusing on the thirty-five artists most closely associated with the surrealist movement, Morris lends context to their life histories with narratives of their idiosyncrasies and their often complex love lives, alongside photos of the artists and their work"--
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