Research - Andre Masson

I spoke briefly about Masson's automatic drawings in my pitch, however upon looking more into his work, I have found other examples which provide deeper insight into his surrealist style.

His illustrations show a vibrant but dark natured depictions of portraits, animals and environments in a surrealist fashion. Similar to Henri Matisse, there seems to be a somewhat stretchy and blobby nature of some of his works. Similar to my concept, it views a human in a physically broken down state. His work reminds me of waxwork, whereby it looks like it is melting and falling apart.

Automatic drawings are created when the artist creates the work without consciously controlling the pen/pencil. Masson's creations using this technique resembles abstract patterns and features which have an interesting visual. His stretchy and gloopy style (such as the middle image) is something that I want to incorporate into my animation too, as this brings a specific texture.