In literature they experimented with “automatic writing without rational control or preconceived ideas, in a semi-hypnotic state, writing tirelessly and making unusual associations surface, of great beauty”; this technique was transposed to the visual and plastic arts, and the Surrealist style was divided between those who practiced “automatic” drawing and painting, and those who painted or created sculpture following their own more defined, figurative style.
In literature they experimented with “automatic writing without rational control or preconceived ideas, in a semi-hypnotic state, writing tirelessly and making unusual associations surface, of great beauty”; this technique was transposed to the visual and plastic arts, and the Surrealist style was divided between those who practiced “automatic” drawing and painting, and those who painted or created sculpture following their own more defined, figurative style. This more meticulous undercurrent was aimed at bringing out a powerful inner vision, while still passing through a control of techniques and mechanisms of thought. An important double flowering of Surrealist art ensued. Then, in 1926, the Galérie Surréaliste was opened in Paris.