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.

Hallucination compensatrice de la cruauté du manque

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€400

Memories of the fleeting encounters

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.2 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.25 inch

€612

Up

Natalia Naumova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.7 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€776

Candedon

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 190 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Premonition of Spring

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 100 x 119 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 46.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Contemplation

Natalia Naumova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.7 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€739

L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi

Giorgio de Chirico

Print . 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 28.1 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch

€4,700

Hello Hen!

Frank Docherty

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Shark People

Astian Rey

Sculpture . 57 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture . 22.4 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,369

Le Minotaure

Plaf

Sculpture . 12.5 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture . 4.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch

€1,536

Chloe v.3

Dariusz Witold Mierzwa

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Covid in Rome

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 56 x 53 x 2 cm Painting . 22 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

€914

Estsanatlehi

Olga Marciano

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€7,080

Erotoscape 1

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings . 66 x 71 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€800

Erotoscape 6

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 74 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch

€800

Rêverie

Claude André Thibaud

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,480

Jambe Folle

Claude André Thibaud

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,480

Death Triumph - Left Part

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 71 x 118 x 2 cm Painting . 28 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Death Triumph

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 89 x 118 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Philosopher’s Stone

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 93.5 x 147.5 x 2 cm Painting . 36.8 x 58.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,950

Lost and Found

Jacob Pescollderungg

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Inaya

Laurent Messager

Painting . 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

In Search Of

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Summer

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 69.5 x 49 x 2 cm Painting . 27.4 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Goddess The Violinist and Swan

Suthamma (Ta) Byrne

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€6,470

Choregraphie

Claude André Thibaud

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

L'inconnue no.6 Masquée

Claude André Thibaud

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,480

Repos

Claude André Thibaud

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,480

A la luz de la luna

Alexander Grahovsky

Painting . 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,480

Self-Portrait

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 38 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€850

Nouvelle direction

17 Kael

Painting . 97 x 167 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 65.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Hot sun

Tetiana Borys

Painting . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€580

Death Triumph – Right Part

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 71 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 28 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Dreams

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 66 x 115.5 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 45.5 x 0.8 inch

€780

Ave Protectora

Yamila Velázquez

Print . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€100

Time of Vice

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€670

Venus of the 20th Century

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 60.5 x 80.5 x 2 cm Painting . 23.8 x 31.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

"Sleep" – Right Part

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 84 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Summer Hot Day

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 61 x 84 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Winter 2010

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 60 x 84 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Cyclist

Alexandre Zlotnik

Print . 67 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print . 26.4 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€250

A Whisper of Peace

Jaroslav

Photography . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Desert storm

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 27.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 10.9 x 0.1 inch

€990

Study After Giorgione's "Sleeping Venus" (DIV 100)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 76.2 x 122 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€5,100,000

12AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

Print . 63.5 x 91.4 cm Print . 25 x 36 inch

€2,739

Forest Spirit

Astian Rey

Sculpture . 97 x 61 x 21 cm Sculpture . 38.2 x 24 x 8.3 inch

€2,739

Susanna and the Elders

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 70 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,450

We/Us/Ours

Weber Zhang

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 59 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 23.2 x 0 inch

€15,000

Rencontre à l'île de Ré ou Nénuphar

Hans Bellmer

Print . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€550

Diana and Callisto

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 85 x 153 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 60.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

"Dream" - central part

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 85 x 118 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Apotheosis of Leda

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 85 x 153 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 60.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Genesis

Osse Müller

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.3 inch

€5,500

Chloe v.2

Dariusz Witold Mierzwa

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,550

Double Standard 3 and 6

James Bonachea

Fine Art Drawings . 37.8 x 71.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.9 x 28.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,826

White Rhinoceros

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting . 133 x 170 x 2 cm Painting . 52.4 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Light-Hearted - Format M

Deborah Zuanazzi

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€600

L'effet électricité

Stéphane Fauchille

Painting . 175 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 68.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€9,500

Captured

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,800

Burning Love

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,800

Catharsis - Size S

Brooke Shaden

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

€750

Body Language

Ronnie Jiang

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

€3,200

(Un)happy Family

Matteo Nannini

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Related Thoughts

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€435

Chichikov’s Dreams

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 30 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€270

Wanderers

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 21 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€225

Celestial

Niki Singleton

Painting . 31 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,533

Triumph of Leda

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 43.5 x 61 x 1 cm Painting . 17.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch

€540

Witchcraft

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 34 x 29 x 2 cm Painting . 13.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch

€275

Puppeteer

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 59 x 41 x 1 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

€220

Labyrinth

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 56 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 22 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€220

Lady Nell’Acqua

Samuel Franceschi

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 11.8 inch

€650

Source of Fertility

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€225

Birthday

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 72 x 37 x 2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€410

Alphabet 17

Jules Perahim

Print . 56 x 38 x 1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€250

In the Arms

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 59 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€185

La Greffe 1

VAM

Sculpture . 14 x 15 x 0.2 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€800

An attempt

Tinatin Bakhtadze

Painting . 150 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Moon

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 42 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€365

Le Mort

André Masson

Print . 30.8 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 12.1 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€490

Le Mort

André Masson

Print . 30.8 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 12.1 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€490

Doppleganger

Niki Singleton

Painting . 75 x 101 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.8 x 1.2 inch

€7,396

Dittico tratto da la delicatezza delle radici che emersero

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

La géante

Chloé Kaemmerer

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Light-Hearted - Format S

Deborah Zuanazzi

Photography . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€250

Phase 2

Nele Zirnite

Print . 22.5 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.9 x 10.4 x 0 inch

€260

El baño en el Arenal

Pere Bennàssar Obrador

Painting . 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Perséfone Pasifae

Pere Bennàssar Obrador

Painting . 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Princess Portrait

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 42 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€455

Gloody Love

Nikolett

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

€1,300

Triumph of Leda

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 43 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 16.9 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€415

Apotheosis

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 44.5 x 32.5 x 2 cm Painting . 17.5 x 12.8 x 0.8 inch

€415

N°10 - Untitled

Aditi Lago

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€500

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