Founded in Paris in 1924 by Andre Breton with his Manifesto of Surrealism, the movement's principal aim was 'to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality'.
Surrealism is characterized by using the subconscious as a source of creativity to liberate pictorial subjects and ideas.
Surrealist paintings often depict unexpected or irrational objects in an atmosphere of fantasy, creating a dreamlike scenario. Salvador Dali was a master at this.
Other major artists of the movement were Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte and Joan Miro. By ToffsWorld.com
