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, movement in European visual art and literature between the World Wars that was a reaction against cultural and political rationalism. Surrealism grew out of the Dada movement, …

Surrealism shared much of the anti-rationalism of Dada, the movement out of which it grew. The original Parisian Surrealists used art as a reprieve from violent political situations and to address the unease …

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 …

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.

May 10, 2021 · Surrealism became a formal art movement, with a strong political, philosophical and social undercurrent that defined the methods used to elicit shock and curiosity among its following.

Nov 3, 2025 · Surrealism unleashed the creative possibilities of art, blurring the boundaries between genres, subjects, media and geographies. Here, discover some of its most salient influences, …

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.

An artistic and literary movement led by French poet and writer André Breton from 1924 through World War II. Drawing on the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists sought to …

Learn more with this tour of our internationally renowned collection of Surrealist art. Please note: artworks occasionally go off view for imaging, treatment, or loan to other institutions. Click on the …