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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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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, 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, 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

Painting, Eveil, Matthieu Delfini

Eveil

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

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

€38,754

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

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, 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

Painting, Sans Titre, Miguel Macaya

Sans Titre

Miguel Macaya

Painting . 50 x 50 x 6 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 2.4 inch

€10,500

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, Sage II, Fabrice Leito

Sage II

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€5,000

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, 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, Tangled Thoughts, Mari Ito

Tangled Thoughts

Mari Ito

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

€5,800 €5,220

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

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

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Roberto Matta

Untitled

Roberto Matta

Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 18.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.8 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€5,900

Painting, Escape, Michael Makharadze

Escape

Michael Makharadze

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

€4,500

Painting, Carpe Diem, Galia Chuntova

Carpe Diem

Galia Chuntova

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

€1,450

Painting, Dream, Boris OA

Dream

Boris OA

Painting . 77 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Painting, Le Jouer d‘Echecs, Artur

Le Jouer d‘Echecs

Artur

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

€3,200