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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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Print, Le Retour, René Magritte

Le Retour

René Magritte

Print . 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,390

Painting, Cheers, Anastasiia Lodde

Cheers

Anastasiia Lodde

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€1,560

Painting, Inspiration, Natalia Naumova

Inspiration

Natalia Naumova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,548

Painting, Still life, Juris Dimiters

Still life

Juris Dimiters

Painting . 42 x 85 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch

€900

Photography, The Harpy, Deborah Zuanazzi

The Harpy

Deborah Zuanazzi

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Attack, Aram Sevoyan

Attack

Aram Sevoyan

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

€2,185

Print, Bird Catcher I, Irena Aizen

Bird Catcher I

Irena Aizen

Print . 24 x 18.5 x 1 cm Print . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.4 inch

€648

Painting, Metralleta, Boris OA

Metralleta

Boris OA

Painting . 67 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Painting, Jungle Egg 1, Eliot Greenwald

Jungle Egg 1

Eliot Greenwald

Painting . 121.3 x 71.2 x 2.54 cm Painting . 47.8 x 28 x 1 inch

€38,698

Painting, A enormous sleeve, Diana Rosa

A enormous sleeve

Diana Rosa

Painting . 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 2 inch

€2,729

Painting, Vitality, Natalia Naumova

Vitality

Natalia Naumova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,548

Painting, Black moon, Nef

Black moon

Nef

Painting . 62.5 x 42.5 x 2 cm Painting . 24.6 x 16.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Photography, Turtle island, Geert Lemmers

Turtle island

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Painting, Small universe, Vanessa P

Small universe

Vanessa P

Painting . 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€2,171

Painting, Jester's Joke, Oleg Zhivetin

Jester's Joke

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 75 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€628

Print, Cube, Kateryna Ocheredko

Cube

Kateryna Ocheredko

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

€637

Photography, Skyward, Brooke Shaden

Skyward

Brooke Shaden

Photography . 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€800

Photography, Turn exercises, Geert Lemmers

Turn exercises

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Painting, Reciprocity, Tetiana Borys

Reciprocity

Tetiana Borys

Painting . 90 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Painting, Carmen sola, Alfredo Erias

Carmen sola

Alfredo Erias

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Philippines, Augustina Droze

Philippines

Augustina Droze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€8,000

Painting, Cotton Girl, Morgane Soulier

Cotton Girl

Morgane Soulier

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

€2,200