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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, Funny, Mari Ito

Funny

Mari Ito

Painting . 46 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch

€3,995

Painting, Colors Inside, Angelo Pioppo

Colors Inside

Angelo Pioppo

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

€790

Painting, One Way, Ia Liparteliani

One Way

Ia Liparteliani

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, The Bow, Marian Williams

The Bow

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€200

Painting, Trust, Lena Bera-Pancini

Trust

Lena Bera-Pancini

Painting . 90 x 90 x 90 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€1,900

Painting, Rising phœnix, Shank Arte

Rising phœnix

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€660

Painting, Dove, Marian Williams

Dove

Marian Williams

Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€100

Painting, Once Upon a Time, Igor Galan

Once Upon a Time

Igor Galan

Painting . 150 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Painting, Salty Extract, Sheep Chen

Salty Extract

Sheep Chen

Painting . 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Photography, Don de soi 11, Feng Kaixuan

Don de soi 11

Feng Kaixuan

Photography . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€4,600

Fine Art Drawings, Coral Creature III, Laura Partin

Coral Creature III

Laura Partin

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€750

Painting, The Dance, Augustina Droze

The Dance

Augustina Droze

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,795

Painting, Bear, Igor Galan

Bear

Igor Galan

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

€4,500

Print, Wunderhorn, Max Ernst

Wunderhorn

Max Ernst

Print . 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Spring, Israel Rubinstein

Spring

Israel Rubinstein

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

€542

Painting, Just Do It, Patricia Dubois

Just Do It

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,551

Photography, New York view I, Geert Lemmers

New York view I

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480 €1,332

Photography, Homecoming X, Geert Lemmers

Homecoming X

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Photography, El Campo 2, Ian Jones

El Campo 2

Ian Jones

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€850

Photography, El Campo 1, Ian Jones

El Campo 1

Ian Jones

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€850