Memoirs of Giorgio de Chirico

Author: Giorgio De Chirico

One of the initiators of surrealism, Giorgio de Chirico greatly influenced later painters, particularly during his "metaphysical" period. De Chirico's painting was complemented by his writing. This edition comprises both volumes of the "Memoirs", along with "The Technique of Painting".

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No Italian painter of this century has aroused so much comment, from eulogy to outright condemnation, as Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). One of the initiators of surrealism, he is a key figure in modern art; his influence on later painters, particularly during his metaphysical period, is second only to Picasso's. De Chirico relied on imagery from the unconscious to create art with mythological, philosophical, and historical overtones.

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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) was an Italian artist and writer. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists.