Now you know a little more about surrealism, what do you think?
Which surrealist artist is your favourite?
What unexpected things would you put together? How about drawing a tree wearing a scarf or a squirrel with a monocle?!
Surrealism
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More surrealist art
René Magritte
Man with a Newspaper (1928)
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Marcel Mariën
Star Dancer (1991)
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Leonora Carrington
Do You Know My Aunt Eliza? (1941)
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Max Ernst
Celebes (1921)
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Joan Miró
The Conductor (1976)
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Paul Nash
Landscape from a Dream (1936–8)
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Sir Roland Penrose
Le Grand Jour (1938)
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Salvador Dalí
Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937)
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© Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation/DACS, London 2025
Dorothea Tanning
Some Roses and Their Phantoms (1952)
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