One hundred years ago the French poet André Breton published his “Manifesto of Surrealism,” establishing a movement that was as influential in the 20th century as Romanticism had been in the ...

Magic Art, by André Breton.Fulgar Press. A foreword by Robert Shehu-Ansell explains Magic Art was first available in 1957, when it was printed as part of a subscription edition of a thematic series of ...

While surrealism had a reputation for misogyny — Breton and the group’s early male hierarchy thought of women within the movement as simply “muses” — women were making and exhibiting art ...

Breton’s theories and writings heavily influenced the works of numerous poets and artists, forging a path for the global Surrealist movement. Search for: Submit Observer ...

And even after 1969, artists who ascribed to the movement insisted they were making Surrealist work, despite the demise of the founding theoretician that was Breton. Surrealism was always bigger ...

For me, surrealism will continue to be represented by poets such as these, rather than by the mediocrities clinging to the masthead of Andre Breton. No wonder he is lonely! I am sorry for him.” ...

“Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists Since 1940″ continues through July 28 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m ...