Fantastic Art

Otherworldly works

This book brings together a colorful mixture of various works focusing on themes of the fantastic and surreal, starting with Böcklin's "Toteninsel" and including Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer`s dolls, the Australian painter Sidney Nolan, Giger's monsters, Cattelan's pope, and the Chapman brothers` hybrids, as well as surreal painting from Magritte and Delvaux, the mystical and sensual work of Gustav Klimt, and Frida Kahlo`s dreamlike self-portraits.

Artists featured: Balthus, Hans Bellmer, Arnold Böcklin, Fernando Botero, Maurizio Cattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Salvador Dalí, Paul Delvaux, Peter Doig, Alfred Kubin, James Ensor, Max Ernst, Ernst Fuchs, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Joan Miró, Sidney Nolan, Odilon Redon, Dorothea Tanning, Franz von Stuck, Andrew Wyeth

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:

• a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
• a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations

About the author:
Walter Schurian studied psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Based in Vienna, he has been professor of psychology at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster since 1973 and is the author and editor of numerous publications focusing mainly on Austrian contemporary art.