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Johfra Bosschart: The Occult Surrealist
Johfra Bosschart (1919-1998) was a Dutch painter known for his surrealist and mystical paintings that often incorporated astrological symbolism. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. In the 1950s, Bosschart became interested in astrology and began incorporating astrological symbolism into his paintings. He eventually became…
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Franc Kaiser is a self-taught Swiss painter residing in Shanghai, China. Franc paints with acrylics on cardboard substrates. Each painting starts with an idea and sketch, and the composition is then penciled on a cardboard. The paintings progress in several stages, from a build-up of basic values with acrylic paint to detailed layers, which can…
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Vincent Fink: Surrealistic Iterations
Categories: PaintingEditor’s Note: Vincent Fink’s limited edition prints are now available for purchase in the Surrealism Today online store. Artist Statement In the pursuit to better redefine modern surrealism, I often find myself indulging in the vibrancy of color and concise composition with flaring elements of Sacred Geometry. The same level of intense detail is implored…
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Return of the Salvador Dalà Tarot
Categories: BookThemes: Alegorical, Conceptual, Figurative, Illustration, Juxtaposition, Mysticism, Painterly, PsychologicalWhen most people think about Salvador DalÃ, the first thing that comes to mind is likely his mind-bending work as one of the vanguards of surrealism—melting clocks, spindly-limbed monsters, bizarre tableaus that tread the line between dreamscape and nightmare… either that or his trademark mustache. However, DalÃ’s oeuvre is not simply limited to oil paintings;…
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James McCarthy
Categories: PaintingThemes: Alegorical, Juxtaposition, Landscape, Lyrical, Mysticism, Nature, Psychological, Space, TimeJames McCarthy is a surrealistic landscape painter. McCarthy’s psychedelic/cosmic mindscapes wrestle with the concepts of space-time and the afterlife. Artist’s Statement I’m a surrealist but I also consider myself a landscape painter. I like to paint biomorphic forms but I’m also interested in capturing the moods of various landscapes. I like to depict the weather…
