My granddaughter is a great artist and is also interested in other artist work. She asked for a book about surrealist artist. I saw this book and thought it would be perfect for her to showcase women artist who paint surrealist art. She loved this book. She knew the names of quite a few of the artist in this book.

This book was great for women's studies in art and surrealism and/or contemporary art history. I would recommend this book for your library.

Thorough and informative, and gorgeously adored with many photos of the works discussed. Highly recommended for anyone with even a passing interest in surrealism; the women artists associated with this movement should not be overlooked!

great book with lots of interesting content and high quality pics

People seem to believe that surrealism was all Dali, Magritte, Breton an Co when some of the great contributions to the form came from women. This is an excellent addition to the oeuvre and well worth the read. For those interested in surrealism, another book I would recommend arises from Carlos Lozano's long and totally weird friendship with Salvador Dali Sex Surrealism Dali & Me

First of all, I was anticipating this book would be more of an "picture" book, full of reproductions of womens' surrealist artworks. "This" is not what the book turned out to be. Rather, it is more of a narrative discussion of the evolution of the women's movement, with a heavy emphasis on its relationship to the male surrealists. Artwork is included, but not to the extent I would have liked, and many of the pictures are not full-page repros. More importantly, though, is that the narrative content , despite having vague chapter headings, doesn't really have a "logical" flow, nor does it always adhere to the purported topic of discussion. Also, unless you are already intimately familiar with the artists' styles and lives, it is often hard to appreciate the context of a particular reference as the author "dips in and out of" particular topics, and their illuminating examples. In fairness, I have to admit, I have only skimmed the book, and seriously doubt I will ever really read it. There do appear to be some good summaries of the development and specialities of individual artists that are interspersed throughout, tho, that I do hope to go back and read.

VERY well written book on the function of women artists during the surrealist movement - both as muse for the men and as artists in their own right. The unspoken "maleness' of surrealism is also one of the first movements that allowed (somewhat hesitantly) women to be members and equals. There are ALOT of paintings shown by the main women artists (Kahlo, Tanning, Sage, Carrington, Fini, Toyen) however almost ALL are in black and white and small. The women of surrealism seem in most cases to have a far deeper intention to use color in their work as a form of expressing emotion than the men in general, however this gets lost in B&W. It does make you crave books by the individual artists, tho, so that's not a bad thing. Definitely get this book, but be prepared for wanting more.

Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement contains interesting and useful biographical information, color illustrations and some of the major female contributors to the surrealist movement including Frieda Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, and Leonor Fini. Chadwick provides the reader with useful biographical information that may have influenced the artists work. Women Artists contains an easy to use index , a list of the illustrations and their location in the book, and a brief biography of each author. This book is a wonderful reference for research or for personal interest.

This was bought as a present but I've received very good comments from the recipient who thoroughly enjoyed it.

Good! But it smells bad.

Great reference book wouldn't have done my thesis without it. Great book about surrealist women

very good study source for Spanish Surrealism students, like me! I recommend it!