“Plants and Animals” is a 1929 oil painting by the artist Victor Brauner. The artwork belongs to the Surrealism art movement and falls under the genre of animal painting.
The artwork exhibits a fantastical interplay of various abstract shapes and figures, drawing the viewer into a dream-like world characteristic of Surrealism. The composition features a myriad of colors and forms, some of which are vaguely recognizable as creatures or plants, although rendered in Brauner’s distinct and imaginative style. The piece is marked by fluid, sweeping lines and an otherworldly palette, invoking a rich tapestry of organic and imaginative visual elements. The figures within the painting possess an enigmatic quality, bridging the gap between the natural and the fantastical, thus encapsulating the essence of the Surrealist movement.
