1 Surrealism

2 Surrealism artistic and literary movement that explored and celebrated the realm of dreams and the unconscious mind through the creation of visual art, poetry, and motion pictures.

3 Surrealism Officially launched in Paris, France, in 1924, when French writer André Breton wrote the first surrealist manifesto, outlining the ambitions of the new movement.

5 Among surrealism’s most important contributions was the invention of new artistic techniques that tapped into the artist’s unconscious mind.

6 Influenced by the theories of the pioneer of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (German, ), the images found in surrealist works are as confusing and startling as those of dreams.

8 The Uncertainty of the Poet ( 1913) by the Greco-Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico is filled with dreamlike imagery.

10 Although de Chirico began as a metaphysical artist, he is most often mentioned in the context of surrealism.

11 Salvador Dali ( ) Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker, influential for his explorations of subconscious imagery.

12 Salvador Dali ( ) He depicted a dream world in which commonplace objects are juxtaposed, deformed, or otherwise metamorphosed in a bizarre and irrational fashion.

13 Ranks as one of the most famous paintings of the 20th century.Salvador Dali Ranks as one of the most famous paintings of the 20th century. The Fourth Dimension

14 The Persistence of MemorySalvador Dali Dalí referred to his work as “hand-painted dream photographs” his imagery often came directly from his own dreams. The Persistence of Memory

15 Salvador Dali

16 Self-Portrait Splitting into Three 1927Salvador Dali

17 Head of a Woman 1927 Salvador Dali

18 Salvador Dali Barcelonese Mannequin

19 Still Life by the Light of the Moon 1927Salvador Dali

20 Apparatus and Hand 1927 Salvador Dali

21 Little Cinders (Cenicitas) 1927-1928Salvador Dali

22 Nude Woman Seated in an Armchair c. 1927Salvador Dali

24 Still Life - Watermelon 1924Salvador Dali

25 Salvador Dali

27 The Sardana of the Witches 1920Salvador Dali The Sardana of the Witches 1920

28 Salvador Dali Voyeur 1921

29 Cabaret Scene 1922 Salvador Dali

30 Madrid, Architecture and Poplars 1922Untitled - Landscape Near Madrid Salvador Dali

31 Salvador Dali Cadaques 1923

32 Portrait of a Seated Person Holding a Letter 1923Purist Still Life 1923 Salvador Dali

33 Armenian-born American artist Arshile Gorky was strongly influenced by the surrealist movement, especially in his use of biomorphic, ambiguous forms. Flowery Mill

34 His works influenced the development of later American art such as abstract expressionism.

35 Joan Miró ( ) His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life

36 Miró combined abstract shapes with partly Surrrealist fantasy.The Garden

37 In 1928 he traveled to the Netherlands and produced several works inspired by paintings of the Dutch masters, including Dutch Interior I (1928, Museum of Modern Art). Dutch Interior I

38 This brightly colored painting contains several elements typical of a 17th-century Dutch genre painting: a man playing a lute, a dog chewing on a bone, and a landscape painting on the wall. Dutch Interior I

39 Vuelo de pajaros Le soleil rouge Joan Miro

40 The Age of EnlightenmentRené Magritte Surrealist painter whose bizarre flights of fancy blended horror, peril, comedy, and mystery. The Age of Enlightenment oil on canvas

41 René Magritte The Annunciation, 1930 oil on canvas, x cm

43 Pavel Tchelitchew Sarane Alexandrian

44 Paul-Emile Borduas (1905-1960)The Climb Nature's Parachutes Paul-Emile Borduas ( )

45 Sub-types of SurrealismDream art is any form of art directly based on material from dreams, or which employs dream-like imagery.

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47 Sub-types of SurrealismVisionary art is art that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual or mystical themes, or is based in such experiences.

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50 Sub-types of SurrealismNeosurrealism or Neo-Surrealism is an artistic genre that illustrates the complex imagery of dream or subconscious visions and irrational space and form combinations.

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52 Sub-types of SurrealismMagic realism (or magical realism) is an artistic genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. As used today the term is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous.

54 Sub-types of SurrealismPsychedelic art is art inspired by the psychedelic experience induced by drugs such as LSD, Mescaline, and Psilocybin. The word "psychedelic" (coined by British psychologist Humphrey Osmond) means "mind manifesting"

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