Surrealism

= SuRrEaLiSm = The art movement was influenced by Freud's ideas about psychoanalysis and by the radical ideas of Dada artists. Surrealists often portrayed regular items in abstract surroundings. The art form is seen as irrational realism. The works are often confusing, odd, and fantasy-like. Artists associated with include Salvador Dali, Renee Magritte, and Alfred Pellan.