The main goal of surrealist painting and surrealist works of art was to liberate thought, language and human experience from the oppressive limits of rationalism by defending the irrational, the poetic and the revolutionary.
Founded by the poet André Breton in Paris in 1924, Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement that was active during World War II. The main goal of surrealist painting and surrealist works of art was to liberate thought, language and human experience from the oppressive limits of rationalism by defending the irrational, the poetic and the revolutionary.