Description: 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of surrealist movement! Hardcover in excellent condition. A moving and spectacular tale of love, jealousy, and exotic travel, centering on three significant figures in the Surrealist movement Travel and exploration fascinated the Surrealists, who crossed continents marveling at their diversity. This riveting book retraces one of their most important and exciting voyages, made on the eve of the birth of Surrealism in 1924. It describes the secret journey made by an extraordinary mnage trois: the painter Max Ernst, Paul Eluard (cofounder of Surrealism with Andr Breton), and Eluards wife Gala. Robert McNab unravels the story of Ernsts love affair with Gala, Eluards disappearance, Ernst and Galas pursuit of him, their meeting in Saigon, where the love triangle came apart, and the resulting departure of the Eluards, who left Ernst to explore the jungles of French Indochina alone. The impact of the journey on the work of both men was profound: what Eluard saw of European colonial life turned him into a radical political writer, while the oceans, tropical jungle, and ruins at Angkor Wat had a lasting effect on Ernsts painting and sculpture. As for Gala, she eventually dropped both her lovers for Salvador Dali, breaking Eluards heart and inspiring Ernst to paint more than one hundred furious portraits of her.
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Book Title: Ghost Ships : a Surrealist Love Triangle
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), General, Essays & Travelogues, Poetry
Publication Year: 2004
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel, Art
Item Weight: 36.9 Oz
Author: Robert Mcnab
Item Length: 1 in
Item Width: 0.8 in
Format: Hardcover
