Leonor Fini was born on August 30, 1907 in Buenos Aires. From an early age, Fini was well aware that she wanted to become an artist.She was considered to be a self-taught painter because she had no formal training in art.as a young girl, she was expelled from three different schools because all she would do is draw and paint. She reflected her own imaginary museum that marked her preferences. Leonor was fully convinced about her career after visiting Paris in 1930. She had also made her first trip to New York and participated in the “Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Fini is also interested in poetry and literature and illustrated more than 50 works. After WWII Fini’s work had expanded Fini’s death on January 18, 1996 has not been fully determined but she is looked upon as an amazing painter.
George Grie was born in 1962 and he is considered to be one of the first digital neo-surrealist artists. He had graduated from a special school of Fine and applied arts in 1979. He then graduated from the State University, where he also started to experiment with modern surrealism as well as photo realism techniques. Grie also became a professional Multimedia Graphic designer and joins the IBM. He is currently living at the age of 50 and still and still is able to portray magical and joyful themes in his artwork and photographs.
Title Stanislao and LeonorDate : 1942
Description: The painting shows a women that is sitting on her knees and her hair flows out to the man that is standing behind her. Her hair is in the transformation of leaves and the man is holding on to her.
Analysis: This painting has very dark colors in it to represent the actual meaning of the piece. The painting shows that the two people are outside at night. The background is the as busy and it’s to the point. The clouds reveal dull colors to show a cloudy night-time.
Interpretation: I think that this painting is trying to reveal how a woman always needs a support in her life, whether it’s a husband or just a friend. The woman is showing that she is in despair and the man behind her is supporting her. When someone looks at his painting, one is always questioning themselves of why the woman is positioned the way she is and why is her hair transformed in the leaves. There’s always a meaning behind a piece of artwork and this painting reveals how you always have someone beside you.
Judgement: I think that Fini did a great job completing this painting because she was successful in showing the true colors behind someone’s personality and using different shades, colors and textures to portray the true meaning of her artwork. I like how she used leaves to represent the woman’s hair and the bright colors she had used to show the man supporting her.
Artist’s Name: George Grie Title: The Monster in Your Dreams
Date: 2003
Description: The boy is flying away in the air where he finallt finds his way out as soon as the light bulb flashes. The door had another passageway for the boy to pass through.
Analysis: The first thing that caught my attention was how the boy was flying in the air and sees another door to get in to. The background is not as busy and shows more like a morning sky. The clouds fade away in the left of the photo and them reveals its true colors as your eye moves through. The boy’s back shows a high key since the light bulbs flashes, showing brightness.
Interpretation: This photo reveals a little boy trying to go to another dream. Since the title of the artwork is called “Dreams of Flying Away” I can say that the boy is trying to be in another dream by using doors instead of dream clouds to get in. The light bulb symbolizes a new path and an answer to the boy’s question of where he should go next.
Judgement: I enjoy that this peace if very calm and not as crazy as other surreal arts are portrayed. As I look at the sky, I immediately pause when I see the light bulb. I think Grie was successful because he likes to put in magical themes to get his message to the people that are looking at his artwork. The composition is good as well since the colors repeat through the entire art piece.
When looking at both of these surrealist artists, one can tell right away that these are two different styles of art. However, both are similar in some ways. Both of these artworks show dull colors which portrays the true meaning behind the painting and photograph. Fini uses transformations of certain objects to send the message to others. You can tell that Grie uses Photoshop to edit his work while Fini uses different brushes to get even the tiniest things to reveal. I personally like George Grie’s surrealism mainly because he is a modern day surrealist artist. But, I also like the fact that he is very creative and I like how he uses different textures.
