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Surrealism

Surrealism is more than an artistic style- it’s an artistic movement.

Unlike other creative movements, which can be characterized by themes of imagery, color choices, or techniques, defining Surrealist art is slightly harder to do.

Surrealist artists- like Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, or Michael Cheval, among many others- seek to explore the unconscious mind as a way of creating art, resulting in dreamlike, sometimes bizzare imagery across endless mediums. The core of Surrealism is a focus on illustrating the mind’s deepest thoughts automatically

when they surface. This thought process for creating art is known as “automatism”.

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Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali

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Max Ernst

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Max Ernst

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René Magritte

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René Magritte

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Frida Kahlo

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Joan Miro

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Michael Cheval

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Pablo Picasso

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Salvador Dali