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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, Dharma, Kostya Amelinn

Dharma

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 70 x 185 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 72.8 x 0.8 inch

€4,830

Painting, Angels, Giorgi Giorgadze

Angels

Giorgi Giorgadze

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€970

Painting, Daydream, Liz Gartz

Daydream

Liz Gartz

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

€2,500

Painting, La Chanson Inachevée, Artur

La Chanson Inachevée

Artur

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

€1,400

Painting, Fatigue, Tsotne Kveselava

Fatigue

Tsotne Kveselava

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Painting, Rise, Jacob Pescollderungg

Rise

Jacob Pescollderungg

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€350

Painting, N°13, Masayoshi Hanawa

N°13

Masayoshi Hanawa

Painting . 30 x 21 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€750

Painting, Staring At You, Farid Saâdi

Staring At You

Farid Saâdi

Painting . 48 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 18.9 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,600 €3,240

Painting, Winter Talk, Smoka

Winter Talk

Smoka

Painting . 120 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Sculpture, Relief en bronze X, Max Ernst

Relief en bronze X

Max Ernst

Sculpture . 37 x 31.7 x 0.2 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

Photography, Contemplation, Laurence Winram

Contemplation

Laurence Winram

Photography . 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography . 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch

€580

Painting, Bicicletta, Gianni Chiriatti

Bicicletta

Gianni Chiriatti

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,200 €1,980

Fine Art Drawings, The Nocturne, Kirill Postovit

The Nocturne

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€500

Painting, Yellow flowers, Irina Bast

Yellow flowers

Irina Bast

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

€1,098 €988

Photography, Fire Sky, Ian Jones

Fire Sky

Ian Jones

Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€850

Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Character

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

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