Surrealism1924 – 1950’s

By: Jennifer Reyes

Francis Picabia

Kay Sage

Yves Tanguy 

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

A few Surrealism Artists…

A style in which fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible.

Founded by Andre Breton in 1924, it was a primarily European movement that attracted many members of the chaotic Dada movement.

Deeply influenced by the psychoanalytic work of Freud and Jung

Surrealism is…

Some confusion lies between Surrealism and Dada.

Surrealism applied automatism and related practices in a more systematic way.

“Psychic-automatism" is a central tenet of surrealist thinking and its importance was stated in the first manifesto.

Francis PicabiaLa Nuit Espangnole, c.1922

Kay SageJ'Ai Vu Trois Cites, 1944

Yves TanguyToilette de l'Air, 1937

Rene MagritteLes Valeurs Personnelles, 1952

Rene MagritteThe Son of Man, 1964

Salvador DaliSoft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion, c.1954

Salvador DaliDream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate, c. 1944

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