1st Edition

?�ngel Planells'Art and the Surrealist Canon

By Anna Vives Copyright 2020
168 Pages 19 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 19 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 19 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Having been mistakenly perceived as a follower of Salvador Dalí, Catalan surrealist painter and writer Àngel Planells (1901–1989) has passed through the history of art practically unnoticed. Yet his work suggests an influence on a number of works by Dalí, proving that a fairer way to define their relationship is as an artistic dialogue. His participation in the groundbreaking International... Read more

Introduction;  1. Planells and Dalí: Reevaluating Their Relationship;  2. Planells: Between the Fantastic and Surrealism;  3. Planells’ Participation in Two Major Exhibitions;  4. Planells’ Interaction with War and Dictatorship;  5. Astronomy in Planells’ Paintings, Drawings and Literary Texts;  Conclusion

Biography

Anna Vives is a writer, teacher and researcher living in Scotland. She completed this book whilst holding an Honorary Research Fellowship in Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.