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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, Junta, Vladimir Kolosov

Junta

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€1,721

Sculpture, Mercure 5/8, Bernard Vié

Mercure 5/8

Bernard Vié

Sculpture . 58 x 59 x 31 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 23.2 x 12.2 inch

€6,500

Sculpture, La nasse, Pascal Billard

La nasse

Pascal Billard

Sculpture . 40 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

€1,280

Painting, Dragon Woman, Raquel Adan

Dragon Woman

Raquel Adan

Painting . 65 x 54 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 inch

€1,175

Painting, Meeting point, Tetiana Borys

Meeting point

Tetiana Borys

Painting . 29.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€595

Painting, Lagunaire, Sophie Duplain

Lagunaire

Sophie Duplain

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,200

Photography, Making a mark, Brooke Shaden

Making a mark

Brooke Shaden

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

€2,400

Painting, N°10, Masayoshi Hanawa

N°10

Masayoshi Hanawa

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

€750

Painting, Hot trip, Ia Liparteliani

Hot trip

Ia Liparteliani

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

€800

Print, Alphabet 4, Jules Perahim

Alphabet 4

Jules Perahim

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

€250

Painting, Akipio, Sancho Medina

Akipio

Sancho Medina

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€880

Painting, Vision, Nino Chichinadze

Vision

Nino Chichinadze

Painting . 96 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.5 x 1 inch

€2,600

Painting, Asino d'oro, Gianni Chiriatti

Asino d'oro

Gianni Chiriatti

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500 €2,250

Painting, The greed, Vladimir Kolosov

The greed

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.2 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.25 inch

€1,647

Painting, Homotopy X, Vladimir Kolosov

Homotopy X

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 0.6 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.25 inch

€1,693

Painting, Cro-Lanta, Marie-Aude Molin

Cro-Lanta

Marie-Aude Molin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 0.35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€360

Painting, The shallot, Fransoist

The shallot

Fransoist

Painting . 81 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€3,200

Painting, Asinus, Laurent Messager

Asinus

Laurent Messager

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€470

Print, Last supper, Nele Zirnite

Last supper

Nele Zirnite

Print . 7.5 x 13 x 0.1 cm Print . 3 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€115

Painting, Viva Aviva, Rachel Rose

Viva Aviva

Rachel Rose

Painting . 92 x 62 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,759

Painting, 010 Leta, Allison M. Low

010 Leta

Allison M. Low

Painting . 26 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch

€650

Photography, Moth, Brooke Shaden

Moth

Brooke Shaden

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

€800