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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, Zodiac Flora, Augustina Droze

Zodiac Flora

Augustina Droze

Painting . 120 x 220 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 86.6 x 1.6 inch

€13,125 €11,157

Painting, Struggle of man, Marek Uhlir

Struggle of man

Marek Uhlir

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€1,913

Sculpture, La tempête II, Chesade

La tempête II

Chesade

Sculpture . 30 x 17 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 6.7 x 7.9 inch

€2,650

Painting, Oval dreams, Galia Chuntova

Oval dreams

Galia Chuntova

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

€2,100

Painting, Lorie, Molo Molo

Lorie

Molo Molo

Painting . 146 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,900

Photography, Phoenix, Brooke Shaden

Phoenix

Brooke Shaden

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

€800

Painting, Rising phœnix, Shank Arte

Rising phœnix

Shank Arte

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

€660

Painting, Falling Pages, Li Jian Hua

Falling Pages

Li Jian Hua

Painting . 139.7 x 139.7 x 2 cm Painting . 55 x 55 x 0.8 inch

€19,220

Painting, Micericorde 2, Marian Williams

Micericorde 2

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,650 €1,855

Painting, Fantastic, Antonio Presti

Fantastic

Antonio Presti

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

€1,900 €1,330

Painting, Hide-and-Seek, Marta Uszakow

Hide-and-Seek

Marta Uszakow

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

€2,800

Painting, Aguita, Boris OA

Aguita

Boris OA

Painting . 82 x 105 x 0.5 cm Painting . 32.3 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch

€2,700

Painting, Luve, Tetiana Borys

Luve

Tetiana Borys

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€700

Painting, Hope, Kazin Khaleel

Hope

Kazin Khaleel

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.2 inch

€4,700

Sculpture, Io, Rocio Mazuecos

Io

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 87 x 55 x 30 cm Sculpture . 34.3 x 21.7 x 11.8 inch

€7,260

Painting, Dreaming cat, Fransoist

Dreaming cat

Fransoist

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Painting, Time, Oleg Litvinov

Time

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 79 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting . 31.1 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,190

Painting, Salty Extract, Sheep Chen

Salty Extract

Sheep Chen

Painting . 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Painting, One Way, Ia Liparteliani

One Way

Ia Liparteliani

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

€1,000

Sculpture, Helicoide VII, Jesus Curia

Helicoide VII

Jesus Curia

Sculpture . 142 x 36 x 40 cm Sculpture . 55.9 x 14.2 x 15.7 inch

€24,000

Painting, Lighthouses, Vladimir Kolosov

Lighthouses

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 54.6 x 80.6 x 0.6 cm Painting . 21.5 x 31.75 x 0.25 inch

€1,647