Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of …

Nov 27, 2025 · Surrealism was a movement in visual art and literature that flourished in Europe between World Wars I and II.

The Surrealist movement began as a literary group strongly allied to Dada, emerging in the wake of the collapse of Dada in Paris, when André Breton's eagerness to bring purpose to Dada clashed with …

Nov 14, 2025 · Surrealism is an art movement that sought to unlock the hidden depths of the human mind. Emerging in the early 1920s, it rejected rational thought and embraced the strange, the …

Sep 13, 2017 · Surrealists—inspired by Sigmund Freud’s theories of dreams and the unconscious—believed insanity was the breaking of the chains of logic, and they represented this …

Surrealism took shape in 1920s Paris championed by writer André Breton. It built on Dada, a World War I–era movement that rejected individual expression in favor of chance and absurdity. Surrealism …

Oct 1, 2004 · Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early ’20s as a literary movement that experimented with a new mode of expression called automatic writing, or automatism, which sought …

Surrealists were fascinated by dreams, desire, magic, sexuality, and the revolutionary power of artworks to transform how we understand the world. Learn more with this tour of our internationally renowned …

May 10, 2021 · Surrealist art was an outcry against the rationality that its proponents saw as a dominating and destructive force in society, and indeed in the minds of people, that was responsible …

Sep 1, 2025 · Surrealism began as a French literary movement but quickly spread to the visual arts, inspiring artists like Dali, Mirò, and Magritte and sparking a global exchange of creative interpretations.