Featured 2 BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS FOUND YESTERDAY - ARE THEY ABSTRACT OR SURREAL?

Discussion in 'Art' started by journeymagazine, Sep 13, 2018.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found these at a local thrift store yesterday & I love them! Even though they have a lot of pink in them I think that just makes them more unusual.
    Are these abstract or surreal? I would say surreal but before listing them I wanted to be sure!
    Can anyone make out the artist's last name? I tried Angela Ptali & Angela P Tali - but nada.
    Than you for any help.
    AA EBAY NEW A ART PAINTING ABSTRACT ANGELA PTALI 1AA resized.jpg AA EBAY NEW A ART PAINTING ABSTRACT ANGELA PTALI 2AA resized.jpg AA EBAY NEW A ART PAINTING ABSTRACT ANGELA PTALI SMALLER PAINTING 1AA resize.jpg AA EBAY NEW A ART PAINTING ABSTRACT ANGELA PTALI SMALLER PAINTING 2AA resize.jpg
     
  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Angela Prali?
    There is a village called Prali in northern Italy, near the border with France, that could be the origin of the name.
     
  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Neither. Abstract is when you can't recognize anything. If you can't make out a form resembling an existing object, person, etc.
    Surreal is dreamlike, like regular people in strange landscapes. Or regular landscapes with things that shouldn't be there, but the scene would seem normal in dreams.

    This is Modernist with a clear Cubist (think Picasso) influence.
     
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  4. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    I think the first one is influenced by both Synthetic Cubism and Surrealism. The second one more typical study of Synthetic Cubism.
     
  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    If AJ & Jivvy hadn't already said it all, I would have said it too.
     
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  6. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    @journeymagazine Since you buy a lot of art, there is a little book I think might interest you -- Isms: Understanding Art by Stephen Little. Brand new, it's under $20 on Amazon.

    It gives a super brief explanation of each "ism", but also gives you the names of artists/works to look up if you want more info on a particular "ism."
     
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  7. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Thanks - I will look it up!
     
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