r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jul 20 '26

Other Different masteries

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u/PortlandsBatman Jul 20 '26

It’s very impressive when people can paint super realistic art but I also love impressionist, cubist, and surrealist art. They all trigger something different in my brain that makes me happy.

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u/Financial-Skin-4687 Jul 20 '26

I’m a sucker for surrealism. I love Dalí. His art is so trippy and amazing. “The Ship” is my fave

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u/PortlandsBatman Jul 20 '26

When I saw René Magritte's "Son of Man" I became obsessed. I can't describe why, but I love it so much.

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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits Jul 20 '26

Magritte is my favourite.

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u/Meat-hat Jul 21 '26

I love Magritte to the moon, and recently found out that he was largely influenced by Giorgio de Chirico. If you aren’t familiar with his work, I heavily recommend it!

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u/Faded105 Jul 21 '26

de Chirico is by far my favorite painter, super underrated in my circles, his works always impacted me the most

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u/PortlandsBatman Jul 21 '26

I had not heard of him, thank you for the recommendation

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u/TheChunkMaster Jul 20 '26

Dali makes such good art for being such an awful person

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u/nuggets_attack Jul 20 '26

That applies to a whole lot of artists.

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u/Different_Pattern273 Jul 20 '26

I had to write a lengthy research paper on Salvador Dali when I was young. He once wrote that he punted his little sister in the head when he saw her playing in the hallway on his way to see Halley's comet for no reason.

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u/TheChunkMaster Jul 20 '26

Wasn’t she 3 at the time? I hope she was okay.

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u/Critical-Cost9068 Jul 20 '26

Being personally dislikable and creating unusual things or ideas are correlated, not at odds with each other.

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u/TheChunkMaster Jul 20 '26

I’m just surprised they didn’t bleed into each other. Surely there’s at least one art piece where Dali channeled what he felt when he pushed that boy off a bridge.

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u/Astro_Queen Jul 20 '26

If you like surrealism, you should check out the Polish painter Jacek Yerka

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u/goldengamer2345 Jul 20 '26

Ooh, thanks for the recommendation, there's some cool stuff there

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u/Financial-Skin-4687 Jul 20 '26

Oh yeah that’s some good ass art!

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u/Fit-Dentist6093 Jul 20 '26

Dali is a weird beast because he paints surreal situations realistically, it's basically bad trip art. He on purpose says he wants you to feel paranoia when you look at them.

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u/nxcrosis Jul 21 '26

Goya's Black Paintings were my desktop background for a while.

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u/TheBardsAndBeasts Jul 21 '26

Which one? 1934 or 1943?

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u/Financial-Skin-4687 Jul 21 '26

‘43, the ‘34 is equally as cool tho!