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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, Amphibian Woman, Szasz

Amphibian Woman

Szasz

Painting . 61 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 11 x 1 inch

€6,863

Painting, Cuatro, Boris OA

Cuatro

Boris OA

Painting . 96 x 63 x 0.7 cm Painting . 37.8 x 24.8 x 0.3 inch

€1,900

Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€25,000

Painting, Nageur, Michel Lablais

Nageur

Michel Lablais

Painting . 42 x 32 x 6 cm Painting . 16.5 x 12.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Reflection, Osse Müller

Reflection

Osse Müller

Painting . 28 x 28 x 0.75 cm Painting . 11 x 11 x 0.3 inch

€1,825

Print, Henry VI, Salvador Dali

Henry VI

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.5 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.4 inch

€1,000

Painting, Meteor Eye, Nef

Meteor Eye

Nef

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

€1,400

Painting, Egg boy in red cap, Ta Byrne

Egg boy in red cap

Ta Byrne

Painting . 68.6 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27 x 19.5 x 1 inch

€1,601

Painting, Inspiration, 17 Kael

Inspiration

17 Kael

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

€950

Print, Alphabet 21, Jules Perahim

Alphabet 21

Jules Perahim

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

€250

Print, Ship & Bladebone, Janmar

Ship & Bladebone

Janmar

Print . 65 x 100 x 1 cm Print . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Painting, A Big Pear, Giorgi Melikidze

A Big Pear

Giorgi Melikidze

Painting . 40.1 x 40.2 x 2 cm Painting . 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Print, Le Enfe, Roberto Matta

Le Enfe

Roberto Matta

Print . 63 x 90 x 0.2 cm Print . 24.8 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Sculpture, Lib(e)ro, Antonio Presti

Lib(e)ro

Antonio Presti

Sculpture . 24 x 44 x 29 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 17.3 x 11.4 inch

€950 €665

Photography, Borrowed Time, Brooke Shaden

Borrowed Time

Brooke Shaden

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,400

Painting, Cradled, Sandra Boskamp

Cradled

Sandra Boskamp

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€2,288

Painting, Mixing and duality, BEM

Mixing and duality

BEM

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Sculpture, Ave II, Rocio Mazuecos

Ave II

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€725

Sculpture, Auto-ritratto, Claudio Rizzo

Auto-ritratto

Claudio Rizzo

Sculpture . 38 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture . 15 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€2,500

Painting, Silver Moon, Michael Mogavero

Silver Moon

Michael Mogavero

Painting . 76.2 x 60.96 x 5.8 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2.3 inch

€3,889

Painting, EVASION, Bernard Rebatet

EVASION

Bernard Rebatet

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

€900

Sculpture, Instrument, Eliot Greenwald

Instrument

Eliot Greenwald

Sculpture . 47 x 46 x 16 cm Sculpture . 18.5 x 18.1 x 6.3 inch

€7,320

Painting, Protection, Kalee Guauta

Protection

Kalee Guauta

Painting . 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,477

Painting, Leader 3, Juliane Hundertmark

Leader 3

Juliane Hundertmark

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

€3,900

Fine Art Drawings, Buio omega, Rossella Mercedes

Buio omega

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 55.6 x 36.6 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.9 x 14.4 x 0.1 inch

€990

Fine Art Drawings, Miss Summer, Marta Uszakow

Miss Summer

Marta Uszakow

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,400

Painting, Probing, David Humphrey

Probing

David Humphrey

Painting . 167.6 x 223.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 66 x 88 x 0.1 inch

€9,150

Painting, Demeure, Bryan Magnin-Feysot

Demeure

Bryan Magnin-Feysot

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Painting, Twins Song, Ia Liparteliani

Twins Song

Ia Liparteliani

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

€1,400

Print, Golconde, René Magritte

Golconde

René Magritte

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€680

Fine Art Drawings, Wings, Weber Zhang

Wings

Weber Zhang

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

€15,000

Painting, Connected, Mama G

Connected

Mama G

Painting . 101.6 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€12,500