Joan Miró, Harlequin's Carnival, 1924-1925
Salvador Dali
André Breton
Surrealism
The idea behind Surrealism
Meret Oppenheim
Salvador Dali, Lobster Telephone, 1936
The beginning of Surrealism
James Gleeson, The arrival of implacable gifts, 1985
Frida Kahlo
James Gleeson
Sigmund Freud
Which artist covered a cup and saucer in fur?
Rene Magritte, The False Mirror, 1928
1920s (specifically from 1924 through to World War II)
Which of these Surrealist artists is Australian?
An Austrian neurologist interested in people’s dreams and memories, as well as their random thoughts and ideas. The Surrealists used some of these ideas as concepts in their artmaking.
Ideas and images from their unconscious minds (or subconscious), depiction of dream worlds or hidden psychological tensions.
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931
"They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality." Which artist said this?
A movement in visual art and literature during the 20th Century.
Leader of a new grouping of poets and artists in Paris, and the founder of Surrealism.
“Surrealism is said to be the symbolic language of the subconscious; truly a universal language, it doesn’t depend on education, culture or intelligence.” Which Surrealist artist said this?
