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| Note created | Feb 13, 2026 |
A movement founded in Paris in 1924 by André Breton, exploring the unconscious mind, dreams, and irrational imagery to unlock a deeper reality beyond logical thought. Key figures include Salvador Dalí—whose The Persistence of Memory remains the movement’s most recognizable image—René Magritte, whose The Lovers subverts intimacy with unsettling mystery, Max Ernst, and Frida Kahlo. It directly succeeded Dada, channeling that movement’s anarchic energy into a more structured pursuit of the marvelous, drawing on Sigmund Freud’s theories of the unconscious.