The dizzying works of Canadian artist Robert Gonsalves miraculously play with your perception of space and time. Looking into his unusual pictures for a long time, you will sooner or later ask a question:
«Is it all real?»
Most of Rob’s fascinating artworks have no clear boundaries between the stories they tell us with images and optical illusions that cause indescribable delight from what we see.
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That special style of his artworks is called magic realism (surrealism).
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During his long and very successful career, the artist has been repeatedly got prestigious international awards.
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Robert was born in Toronto in 1959.
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From his childhood Gonsalves was interested in art, especially painting.
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By the age of 12, the boy already knew the basics of perspective and drew his first truly adult pictures.
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Works of famous Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, Max Ernst and others became his best tutorial.
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Gonsalves also drew inspiration from the works of Andre Burton, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon.
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Robert got his education in the College of Architecture.
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In his post college years, Gonsalves worked full-time as an architect…
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…and also devoted a lot of time to his hobby.
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Drawing skills and knowledge in the projection became very useful.
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In 1990 Gonsalves took part in Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
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After that he devoted himself to painting full-time.
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Despite his artworks belong to surrealism, they are still not fully sustained in this style.
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Unlike those of surrealists, his images are always clearly planned and are rather the result of conscious thought.
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The artist used carefully verified illusionist devices.
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Gonsalves added magic to real scenes…
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… so the term «magic realism» accurately describes his works.
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He insisted that his painting was an attempt to demonstrate to people that the impossible is in fact possible.
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Most of Robert’s works are in private collections now and cost unbelievable money.
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Unfortunately, Robert passed away on June 14, 2017.
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The last years of his life he was in deep depression, which became the cause of suicide.
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It’s so sad that genius and madness go hand in hand and take the best too soon.
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