SURREALISM: n. Pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express, verbally, in writing, or by other means, the real process of thought. Thought's dictation, in the absence of all control exercised by the reason and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations.

Salvador Dali The Persistence of Time, 1931

Surrealism is a cultural movement and artistic style that was founded in 1924 by André Breton. Surrealism style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logical comprehensibility. Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century became involved in the Surrealist movement, and the group included Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Pierre Roy and Salvador Dali, among others.

Salvador Dali, Soft Construction With Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War), 1936

Salvador Dali The Dream, 1931

Salvador Dali The Dream, 1932

Salvador Dali Metamorphosis of Narcisuss, 1937

De Chirico The Soothsayer's Recompense

De Chirico Piazza D ’ Italia

De Chirico The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

De Chirico Song of Love

Max Ernst Oedipus Rex, 1922

Max Ernst. The Equivocal Woman (also known as The Teetering Woman). 1923

Max Ernst. Two Children are Threatened by a Nightingale

Max Ernst Elephant of Celebes, 1921

Rene Magritte Galconde, 1953

Rene Magritte – This is not a Pipe,

Rene Magritte The Human Condition, 1935

Rene Magritte Intermission, 1928

Joan Miro Nocturne

Joan Miro, Carnival of Harlequin, 1924

Meret Oppenheim – Object, 1936

Salvador Dali – Lobster Telephone, 1936