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Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900 - 1937 view detail comment email this

Companion to an exhibit that "mainly through the medium of print ... throws new light on Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Surrealism and other movements; [and] on the artists." View a detailed chronology of European avant garde art movements, and read transcripts or listen to a "series of exhibition podcasts, [in which] British Library curators and guests talk about some of the most intriguing items on display." From the British Library.
http://www.bl.uk/breakingtherules
Topics: Schools of Art

Last updated Feb 20, 2008


Lee Miller Archive view detail comment email this

Photographer Lee Miller produced "portraits of her friends such as Pablo Picasso, and work[ed] as a correspondent with the US army in World War II. Beginning her own studio in Paris with artist Man Ray, she went on to work with Vogue, and in France, Egypt, and New York, being best remembered for her witty Surrealist images." This commercial archive features a gallery of Lee's photographs, news, biography, chronology, bibliography, and a list of exhibitions.
http://www.leemiller.co.uk/
Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Schools of Art

Last updated Oct 2, 2004


Mary Louise Reynolds Collection view detail comment email this

Background about this artist and collector who was described by Marcel Duchamp as being "an eye-witness of the Dadaist manifestations and on the birth of Surrealism in 1924." Features a biography of Reynolds, and an illustrated essay about Dada and Surrealist journals in the collection. Also includes images of the works of art discussed, such as book bindings by Reynolds. From the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.artic.edu/reynolds/index.php
Topics: Schools of Art

Last updated Mar 29, 2007


Salvador Dalí Museum view detail comment email this

Site of a museum in Florida devoted to the work of the surrealist painter from Spain, Salvador Dalí, and other artists "of similar vision." Includes a biography of Dalí, images of his work, information on events and exhibits at the museum, and more.
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/
Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Schools of Art

Last updated Mar 2, 2006




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