TASCHEN 25—Special edition!

Dreamlike, fantastic imagery

With Salvador Dali" as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties, its sails full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and Andre" Breton. With their mysterious, dreamlike, fantastic imagery, the Surrealists made sensational waves in the art world. The influence of artists such as Dali", Bun~uel, Ernst, and Magritte on 20th century film, theatre, literature, art theory—even advertising—is inestimable. This book traces their legacy back to its origins.

Featured artists: Hans Arp, Andre" Breton, Brassai", Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali", Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, Rene" Magritte, Andre" Masson, Matta, Joan Miro", Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim, Yves Tanguy

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN"s Basic Art Series features:

* a detailed chronological summary of the artist"s life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
* approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
* a concise biography



About the author:
Cathrin Klingso"hr-Leroy (b. 1958) studied art history, archaeology and German literature in Bonn and Paris. Since 1994 she has been Curator of the Fritz Winter Foundation at the Bayerische Staatsgema"ldesammlungen in Munich. Her curatorial focus is on 20th century art, and she has published works on Lyonel Feininger, Lovis Corinth, Franz Marc, Der Blaue Reiter and Paul Klee.