SURREALISM :

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. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 89.7 x 40.7 cm.

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 evangélica1956Óleo sobre lienzo60 x 50 cm

Giorgio de Chirico

The Philosopher's Conquest, 1914Oil on canvas125.1 x 99.1 cm

The Eventuality of Destiny (Monumental Figures), 1927Oil on canvas146 x 114.3 cm

Giorgio de Chirico

(Spanish, 1904-1989). The Persistence of Memory. 1931. Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm).

Salvador Dalí

Tête Raphaëlesque éclatée [Exploding Raphaelesque Head]1951.MediumOil on canvas Size43.20 x 33.10 cm

Salvador DalíFollowing 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.

Mae West (Face of Mae West Which Can Be Used as an Apartment), 1934Gouache, with graphite, on commercially printed magazine page283 x 178 mm (sight)

Salvador Dalí(The Art Institute of Chicago)

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 BeachSalvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)Oil on canvas: 45 x 56 5/8 in.

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

1943

Oil on Canvas

18 x 20 inches

The Kiss (Le Baiser), 1927. Oil on canvas, 129 x 161.2 cm.

Max Ernst

Max Ernst

The Fireside Angel, 1937Oil 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, 1922Oil on canvas; 36 5/8 x 40 1/4 in. (93 x 102 cm)Private collection

Max Ernst

Surrealism and Painting, 1942Oil on canvas; 77 x 92 in. (195.6 x 233.7 cm)

Empire of Light (L’Empire des lumières), 1953–54. Oil on canvas, 195.4 x 131.2 cm.

Rene Magritte

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     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`

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  oil on canvas  

H.40 x W.35 in.

Yves Tanguy

Mama, Papa Is Wounded! 1927. Oil on canvas36 1/4 x 28 3/4" (92.1 x 73 cm).

The Look of Amber,

1929oil on canvas, 100 x 81 x 2.3 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 x 7/8 in.)

Yves Tanguy

Yves Tanguy

Dehors [Outside]

Oil on canvas

116.50 x 89.50 cm