Giorgio de Chico
Giorgio de Chirico was born to Italian parents in Volos, Greece, on July 10, 1888. In his art, he tried to evoke the hidden meanings behind everyday life, and his enigmatic scenes of empty cities, statues, unknown shadows and strange combinations of everyday objects inspired many artists of the Surrealist movement in the 1910s. His important abstract works from these years include "The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon," "The Song Of Love" and "The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street." After a long career, Giorgio de Chirico died in Rome, Italy, on November 19, 1978.
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Surrealism was a cultural movement that began in the 1910s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The artworks are almost all metaphysical or highly abstract, with artists merging reality with imagination or fantasy into an art piece.
3.”The Song Of Love”
Paris, June-July 1914
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 3/8" (73 x 59.1 cm)
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By undermining the logical presence of objects, de Chirico created what he called ”metaphysical" paintings which are representations of what lies beyond the physical world.He wanted to evoke an enduring level of reality hidden beyond outward appearances. Perhaps this is why he gives us a geometric form (the spherical ball), a simple building rather than a specific one, and immobile and partial images of the human body, rather than a living being. In short, he is providing an inhuman form of a