Surrealism was an artistic movement founded in 1924 by André Breton in Paris, France. It aimed to combine dream and reality into an absolute reality or "super-reality" through fantastical imagery from the subconscious mind with no intention of logic. Major surrealist artists included Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Max Ernst, and Joan Miró, whose works featured unexpected juxtapositions arriving through automatism and chance effects. Inspired by Freud and Jung, surrealist paintings often featured dreamlike and bizarre elements that challenged rationality.

1. Surrealism1924-Brittney Snow

2. Surrealist ArtistsSalvador DaliRené MagritteMax ErnstJoan Miró

3. SurrealismSurrealism is a style in which fantastical visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible.Dictionary definition: a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.

4. SurrealismFounded in 1924 by André Breton; in Paris, FranceThe movement's principal aim was ‘to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality.’Inspired by the works of Freud and Jung.

5. Dali, The Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, 1952-1954

6. Dali, The Last Supper, 1955

7. Max Ernst Approaching Puberty1921

8. After Us Motherhood1927by Max Ernst

9. René Magritte1964"The Great War”

10. René Magritte1964"The Son of Man"

13. Works Cited1) MoMa exhibition of Joan Miro~ Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937http://www.artknowledgenews.com/MoMA_exhibition_of_Joan_Miro.html2) Bert Christensen's Cyberspace Gallery, René Magritte, Belgian, 1898 – 1967http://bertc.com/g9/index.htm3) Surrealismhttp://www.artmovements.co.uk/surrealism.htm4) Surrealismhttp://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/surrealism.html5)Artinthepicture.comhttp://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Max_Ernst/6) Story Byteshttp://www.storybytes.com/view-dali/paintings/index-b.html7)Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surrealism