Surrealism: Media

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What do the melting clocks mean in Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory?
Completed in 1931, the "melting clocks" in Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of...
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Images

René Magritte: Time Transfixed
A visitor to the Tate Liverpool viewing Time Transfixed, oil on canvas by...
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Salvador Dalí: The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory, oil on canvas by Salvador Dalí, 1931; in the...
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Dorothea Tanning: Birthday
A patron viewing Birthday, oil on canvas by Dorothea Tanning, 1942, during...
Guy Bell/Alamy
Exquisite corpse
A visitor to the Art Institute of Chicago viewing artworks by Surrealist members...
Kelsey Carroll

Interactives

Surrealist artists
Click on the portrait to learn more about the Surrealist artist.
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Create your own exquisite corpse with Britannica's Exquisite Corpse Experience!
The exquisite corpse is a drawing activity invented in 1925 by members of the Surrealist...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. / Alicja Zelazko concept and text, Patrick O'Neill Riley art