Giorgio de Chirico

Italian painter, sculptor, writer, designer, and printmaker, Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) is a forefather of the Surrealist movement, although he himself described his work as Metaphysical. His representations of his own dream world, sense of alienation, and juxtaposition of objects influenced the work of artists including Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, and Rene Magritte.