Between 1919 and 1922, the need to revolutionize French and world society politically as well took hold among them, writers and artists alike.
It can for all intents and purposes be considered the experience of Dadaism, which disrupted the conventions of secular traditional art from 1916, the precursor of Surrealism. The Surrealist movement began from a literary group that emerged from the very Dada movement in Paris, when the enthusiasm of adherent André Breton clashed with the positions of Swiss Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara. Between 1919 and 1922, the need to revolutionize French and world society politically as well took hold among them, writers and artists alike.