Description: A concise compendium of the lives and work of the 101 most significant surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris, who knew several of the key participants personally.
Brief description: Desmond Morris (1928-2026) was a bestselling author, surrealist painter, and renowned zoologist. After completing his doctorate in zoology at Oxford University, he spent his early career alongside David Attenborough in the natural history unit of the BBC. He has written a number of books, including The Naked Ape, which ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over twenty million copies sold, and The Lives of the Surrealists, Postures: Body Language in Art, The British Surrealists, and 101 Surrealists.
Review Quotes: In keeping with the playfully perverse nature of surrealism, the book, which contains no artist images, presents each biography in green-and-pink ink and offers a summary of each artist's life as a set of vertically oriented notes. This delightful compendium will appeal primarily to art history buffs. A fittingly exuberant tribute to a singular art movement.-- "Kirkus Reviews" (10/1/2024 12:00:00 AM)