SURREALISM

Joan Miro, "The Potato"






Salvador Dalí, "Persistence of Memory"











Rene Margritte, "The Human Condition"




In 1924, André Breton published the Manifesto of Surrealism, describing the beliefs and practices of the Surrealists.
The Surrealists' interest in chance operations and free association (as utilized in automatic writing and collaborations) stemmed from an interest in the psychoanalytical theories of Sigmund Freud