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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, Flora, Dasha Pogodina

Flora

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Painting, Fear, Vladimir Kolosov

Fear

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch

€895

Painting, My diary 2, Olga Marciano

My diary 2

Olga Marciano

Painting . 52 x 52 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Print, Le Vitrail, Salvador Dali

Le Vitrail

Salvador Dali

Print . 38.1 x 26.42 x 2.54 cm Print . 15 x 10.4 x 1 inch

€5,423

Print, Childhood, Kirill Postovit

Childhood

Kirill Postovit

Print . 76 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€270

Painting, Resilience, Jalina Nikityuk

Resilience

Jalina Nikityuk

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€972

Painting, My heart, Anastasiia Lodde

My heart

Anastasiia Lodde

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

€1,600

Painting, Innocence, Aladejare Ayodeji

Innocence

Aladejare Ayodeji

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,672 €1,371

Painting, Avarice, Masquefa

Avarice

Masquefa

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

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, N°06, Masayoshi Hanawa

N°06

Masayoshi Hanawa

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

€750

Print, Zolitarie, Kenny Scharf

Zolitarie

Kenny Scharf

Print . 76 x 101 cm Print . 29.9 x 39.8 inch

€1,627

Painting, Handwidth, Ara Deinde

Handwidth

Ara Deinde

Painting . 91.4 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,260

Painting, Le Cheval Blanc, Artur

Le Cheval Blanc

Artur

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

€4,500

Sculpture, Starget, Kenny Scharf

Starget

Kenny Scharf

Sculpture . 128 x 107 x 1 cm Sculpture . 50.4 x 42.1 x 0.4 inch

€5,423

Fine Art Drawings, Ma mère et moi, Hom Nguyen

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

Painting, Marionette, Tsanko Tsankoff

Marionette

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

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

Sculpture, Walker, Zhao Yongchang

Walker

Zhao Yongchang

Sculpture . 37 x 57 x 18 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 22.4 x 7.1 inch

€4,250

Painting, Three-ni-ty, Barnabas Macauley

Three-ni-ty

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€3,163

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, Sans, Molo Molo

Sans

Molo Molo

Painting . 49 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Painting, Protection, Kalee Guauta

Protection

Kalee Guauta

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

€3,435

Painting, Sisterhood, Sara Margolin

Sisterhood

Sara Margolin

Painting . 85 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€399

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

€9,039

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

Painting, Le gant, Flavien Couche

Le gant

Flavien Couche

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€950

Sculpture, Apocalypse, Jean Vignes

Apocalypse

Jean Vignes

Sculpture . 300 x 550 x 50 cm Sculpture . 118.1 x 216.5 x 19.7 inch

€29,000