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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

€571

Painting, Maarzia, Stefano Mazzolini

Maarzia

Stefano Mazzolini

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

€3,000

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

€1,100 €990

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

€900

Painting, Cats, Inga Makarova

Cats

Inga Makarova

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

€4,800

Painting, Zap120008, Jan Nomis

Zap120008

Jan Nomis

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

€3,000

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

€370

Painting, Nerya, Nef

Nerya

Nef

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

€2,200

Painting, Cheers, Anastasiia Lodde

Cheers

Anastasiia Lodde

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

€1,560

Painting, Piazza, Bernard Vié

Piazza

Bernard Vié

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

€3,000

Sculpture, Alone, Aurelija Simkute

Alone

Aurelija Simkute

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

€10,000

Photography, Betwixt Between, Brooke Shaden

Betwixt Between

Brooke Shaden

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

€2,400

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

€2,271

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

€350

Painting, Rise, Jacob Pescollderungg

Rise

Jacob Pescollderungg

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

€350

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

€500

Painting, Inox, Nef

Inox

Nef

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

€1,600

Painting, Ce jour là, Min Kyoung Lee

Ce jour là

Min Kyoung Lee

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

€2,800

Painting, Stigmata, Oleg Zhivetin

Stigmata

Oleg Zhivetin

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

€1,726

Painting, Amazing palace, Mani Mustafa

Amazing palace

Mani Mustafa

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Painting, Azureca, Augustina Droze

Azureca

Augustina Droze

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

€7,500

Painting, Crepúsculo, Alfredo Erias

Crepúsculo

Alfredo Erias

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

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

€5,900

Print, Bleu, Corneille

Bleu

Corneille

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

€350

Painting, Night Hum, Katerina Romanenko

Night Hum

Katerina Romanenko

Painting . 120 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€1,300

Painting, Primavera, Stefano Mazzolini

Primavera

Stefano Mazzolini

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

€1,000

Painting, Vitamine C, Enrique Etievan

Vitamine C

Enrique Etievan

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000