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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, Mad Hare II, Laurence Winram

Mad Hare II

Laurence Winram

Photography . 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch

$676

Painting, Maarzia, Stefano Mazzolini

Maarzia

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 85 x 82 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

$3,554

Painting, La Nature, Flavien Couche

La Nature

Flavien Couche

Painting . 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,303 $1,173

Painting, Still life, Juris Dimiters

Still life

Juris Dimiters

Painting . 42 x 85 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch

$1,066

Painting, Cats, Inga Makarova

Cats

Inga Makarova

Painting . 110 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$5,686

Painting, Zap120008, Jan Nomis

Zap120008

Jan Nomis

Painting . 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$3,554

Print, xxx, Nele Zirnite

xxx

Nele Zirnite

Print . 49.5 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.5 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$438

Painting, Nerya, Nef

Nerya

Nef

Painting . 63.5 x 44.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 17.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,606

Painting, Cheers, Anastasiia Lodde

Cheers

Anastasiia Lodde

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$1,848

Painting, Piazza, Bernard Vié

Piazza

Bernard Vié

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

$3,554

Sculpture, Alone, Aurelija Simkute

Alone

Aurelija Simkute

Sculpture . 48 x 21 x 17 cm Sculpture . 18.9 x 8.3 x 6.7 inch

$11,846

Painting, Through Time, Seromo Okoro

Through Time

Seromo Okoro

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$2,690

Print, L'orgueil, Leonor Fini

L'orgueil

Leonor Fini

Print . 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print . 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$415

Painting, Rise, Jacob Pescollderungg

Rise

Jacob Pescollderungg

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$415

Print, Basilisk, Fifo Stricker

Basilisk

Fifo Stricker

Print . 44 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.3 x 13.6 x 0 inch

$592

Painting, Inox, Nef

Inox

Nef

Painting . 52 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0 inch

$1,895

Painting, Stigmata, Oleg Zhivetin

Stigmata

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 122 x 122 x 0.2 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 0.1 inch

$2,045

Painting, Azureca, Augustina Droze

Azureca

Augustina Droze

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$8,885

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

$6,989

Print, Bleu, Corneille

Bleu

Corneille

Print . 35 x 27 x 1 cm Print . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch

$415

Painting, Primavera, Stefano Mazzolini

Primavera

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,185