Surrealism
Surrealism (c. 1919/24-45)
- relation to de Chirico’s “Picturra Metaphysica”
- when Surrealists first discovered him, saw him as “a fixed point”
- became “a metaphysical or mystic rope to be placed afterwards round our necks” (Breton)
- represented in every number of La Révolution Surréaliste, but article devoted to him by Breton in June 1926 issue passed a crushing judgment on him
- due to perceived shift in style post-1919
- declared de Chirico unworthy of the “marvels” of his metaphysical period