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, Lighthouses, Vladimir Kolosov

Vladimir Kolosov

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

€1,647

Painting, Ce jour là, Min Kyoung Lee

Min Kyoung Lee

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3.9 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.5 inch

€2,800

Photography, Making a mark, Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden

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

€2,400

Print, Spring, Israel Rubinstein

Israel Rubinstein

Print . 99.1 x 69.9 x 0.5 cm Print . 39 x 27.5 x 0.2 inch

€549

Painting, Sunrise, Vladimir Kolosov

Vladimir Kolosov

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

€1,922

Painting, Meeting point, Tetiana Borys

Tetiana Borys

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

€595

Painting, Dragon Woman, Raquel Adan

Raquel Adan

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

€1,175

Painting, Lagunaire, Sophie Duplain

Sophie Duplain

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

€2,200

Painting, Homotopy X, Vladimir Kolosov

Vladimir Kolosov

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

€1,693

Painting, Attin?m, Alisa Leonets

Alisa Leonets

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

€500

Photography, Spring Shadowplay 3, Ian Jones

Ian Jones

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€850

Painting, Le Cheval Blanc, Artur

Artur

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

€4,500

Photography, Fire Sky, Ian Jones

Ian Jones

Photography . 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€850

Painting, Insomnia, Alisa Leonets

Alisa Leonets

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

€500

Painting, Pyramide, Sergey Jelezky

Sergey Jelezky

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

€1,200

Painting, Sacrum Dulcor, Alisa Leonets

Alisa Leonets

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

€500

Painting, Debout, Antoine Josse

Antoine Josse

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

€700

Photography, The World Above, Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€5,200

Photography, Making a mark, Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€5,200

Painting, Pink Sky, Inga Makarova

Inga Makarova

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,800 €2,100

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