Surrealism

Surrealism stands as one of the most influential and enduring movements of twentieth-century art. Emerging in Paris during the 1920s around André Breton and inspired by Sigmund Freud's discoveries on the unconscious, dreams, and automatic writing, it rejected rational logic and bourgeois aesthetic conventions. In doing so, it opened up an unprecedented artistic territory where the strange, the marvelous, and the unsettling coexist in compositions that disrupt ordinary perceptions of reality.

Salvador Dalí and his dreamlike landscapes populated by melting clocks, René Magritte and his juxtapositions of familiar objects in impossible contexts, Max Ernst and his hybrid collages, or Joan Miró and his biomorphic forms floating in undefined colorful spaces, illustrate the diversity of visual languages within a movement united by a shared conviction: that art must draw from the depths of the unconscious to access a reality truer than visible appearances.

This legacy continues to profoundly influence contemporary creation, with many artists extending surrealist ideas through works that explore strangeness, dreams, and unexpected associations in a world where the boundaries between real and virtual, conscious and unconscious, have never seemed more porous.

On Artsper, this selection brings together works that extend this foundational legacy, demonstrating the enduring vitality of a movement whose insights into the unconscious and the imagination continue to inspire contemporary art far beyond its original context.

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Painting, Dress 8, Sergey Bondarev

Sergey Bondarev

Painting . 180 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€19,900

Photography, Galaxy brain, Leobardo Huerta

Leobardo Huerta

Photography . 39.4 x 31.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 15.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,089

Painting, Equinox, Nef

Nef

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Print, G LE BG, Robert Combas

Robert Combas

Print . 55 x 50 cm Print . 21.7 x 19.7 inch

€3,800

Photography, Si, Fei Wang

Si

Fei Wang

Photography . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Rock of Love, Artush Voskanyan

Artush Voskanyan

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,812 €3,049

Painting, Nietzsche, Beni

Beni

Painting . 115 x 73 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 28.7 x 2 inch

€5,900

Painting, Jade, Nef

Nef

Painting . 64.5 x 43.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25.4 x 17.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Painting, Egée, Fabien Delaube

Fabien Delaube

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300 €1,170

Fine Art Drawings, Ma mère et moi, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

Painting, Mystic drop, Nef

Nef

Painting . 49.5 x 34 x 2 cm Painting . 19.5 x 13.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Painting, Le point, Flavien Couche

Flavien Couche

Painting . 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Painting, Blueberry, Nef

Nef

Painting . 62 x 42.5 x 2 cm Painting . 24.4 x 16.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Painting, Salvador, Marian Williams

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125

Fine Art Drawings, Theatre, Shota Imerlishvili

Shota Imerlishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch

€2,000

Painting, Marie M, Fabien Delaube

Fabien Delaube

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,400

Painting, Stigmata, Oleg Zhivetin

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 122 x 122 x 0.2 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 0.1 inch

€907

Painting, So Surreal, Amy Shekhter

Amy Shekhter

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2 inch

€3,630

Painting, Wiyakato, Nef

Nef

Painting . 63.5 x 42.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 16.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Print, Trap, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Print . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€635

Fine Art Drawings, Naming the stars, Gary Slipper

Gary Slipper

Fine Art Drawings . 25.4 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10 x 6 x 2 inch

€2,178

Painting, Le Pupitre, Flavien Couche

Flavien Couche

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Painting, Holy Sleep, Marian Williams

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125

Painting, Portrait, Sergey Jelezky

Sergey Jelezky

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Photography, Turtle island, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,480

Painting, Nefertari, Fabien Delaube

Fabien Delaube

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Painting, Inox, Nef

Nef

Painting . 52 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,600

Painting, Tourbillon, Marian Williams

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125

Print, L'orgueil, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print . 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Muddy Fox, Michele Mikesell

Michele Mikesell

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.8 inch

€3,800

Fine Art Drawings, Ma mère et moi, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

Painting, Stand Up, Seromo Okoro

Seromo Okoro

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€635

Fine Art Drawings, Lévitation, Hélène Lagnieu

Hélène Lagnieu

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€4,500

Painting, Nubelis, Nef

Nef

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Print, Old Age, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print . 60.8 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch

€1,800