SURREALISM: An art movement influenced by the theories of the pioneer of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The images found in surrealist works are as confusing and startling as those of dreams. Surrealist works can have a realistic, irrational style, precisely describing dreamlike fantasies, or, it could have a more abstract style. Surrealism aims to eliminate conscious control in order to express the workings of the unconscious mind.
The Nostalgia of the Poet (La Nostalgie du poète), 1914 The Nostalgia of the Poet (La Nostalgie du poète), 1914. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 89.7 x 40.7 cm. Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico The Duo. Paris, winter 1914-15. Oil on canvas, 32 1/4 x 23 1/4" (81.9 x 59 cm).
Giorgio de Chirico Naturaleza muerta evangélica 1956 Óleo sobre lienzo 60 x 50 cm
Giorgio de Chirico The Eventuality of Destiny (Monumental Figures), 1927 Oil on canvas 146 x 114.3 cm The Philosopher's Conquest, 1914 Oil on canvas 125.1 x 99.1 cm
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989). The Persistence of Memory. 1931. Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm).
Salvador Dalí Following the atomic explosion over Hiroshima in 1945, Dalí painted a number of fragmented heads and figures. The upper area of the painting, with the halo and brown clouds resembles photographs of atomic explosions. The female face, with its tender expression and thin halo, is recognisable as the face of a Madonna by Raphael. Dalí was a great admirer of Old Master paintings. The skull section in this work is based upon the inside of the dome of the Pantheon building in Rome. Tête Raphaëlesque éclatée [Exploding Raphaelesque Head]1951.MediumOil on canvas Size43.20 x 33.10 cm
Salvador Dalí (The Art Institute of Chicago) Mae West (Face of Mae West Which Can Be Used as an Apartment), 1934 Gouache, with graphite, on commercially printed magazine page 283 x 178 mm (sight)
Salvador Dalí Birth of Liquid Desires (La Naissance des désirs liquides), 1931–32. Oil and collage on canvas, 96.1 x 112.3 cm.
Salvador Dalí Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) Oil on canvas: 45 x 56 5/8 in.
Salvador Dalí 1943 Oil on Canvas 18 x 20 inches
Max Ernst The Kiss (Le Baiser), 1927. Oil on canvas, 129 x 161.2 cm.
Max Ernst The Fireside Angel, 1937 Oil on canvas; 44 7/8 x 57 1/2 in. (114 x 146 cm)
Max Ernst Max Ernst Ambiguous Figures (1 Copper Plate, 1 Zinc Plate, 1 Rubber Cloth...), Collage, gouache, India ink, pencil and painting over a print; 10 x 7 3/8 in. (25.4 x 18.5 cm)
Max Ernst Oedipus Rex, 1922 Oil on canvas; 36 5/8 x 40 1/4 in. (93 x 102 cm) Private collection
Max Ernst Surrealism and Painting, 1942 Oil on canvas; 77 x 92 in. (195.6 x 233.7 cm)
Rene Magritte Empire of Light (L’Empire des lumières), 1953–54. Oil on canvas, 195.4 x 131.2 cm.
Rene Magritte Voice of Space (La Voix des airs), 1931. Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 54.2 cm.
Rene Magritte René Magritte The Promenades of Euclid 1955 1955 Oil on canvas 64 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (162.88 x 129.86 cm) (canvas)
Rene Magritte The False Mirror. 1928. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 31 7/8" (54 x 80.9 cm). Purchase.
Rene Magritte The Lovers. 1928. Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 28 7/8" (54 x 73.4 cm).
Rene Magritte Le Temps Menaçant (Threatening Weather) 1929 Oil on canvas 54.00 x 73.00 cm
Joan Miro` The Tilled Field, 1923–24. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 1/2 inches
Joan Miro` Dutch Interior II (Intérieur hollandais II), Summer 1928. Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Joan Miro`
Joan Miro` Landscape (The Hare), autumn 1927. Oil on canvas, 51 x 76 5/8 inches.
Joan Miro` Painting (Peinture), 1925. Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 145.7 cm.
Joan Miro` Still Life II. Montroig and Paris 1922-23. Oil on canvas, 15 x 18" (38.1 x 45.7 cm).
Joan Miro` The Birth of the World. Montroig, late summer-fall 1925. Oil on canvas, 8' 2 3/4" x 6' 6 3/4" (250.8 x 200 cm).
Yves Tanguy The Sun in Its Jewel Case (Le Soleil dans son écrin), 1937. Oil on canvas, 115.4 x 88.
Yves Tanguy Through Birds, Through Fire and Not Through Glass 1943 1943 oil on canvas H.40 x W.35 in.
Yves Tanguy Mama, Papa Is Wounded! 1927. Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 28 3/4" (92.1 x 73 cm).
Yves Tanguy The Look of Amber, 1929 oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 2.3 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Yves Tanguy Dehors [Outside] Oil on canvas 116.50 x 89.50 cm