The artist Man Ray worked in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, cinema, poetry, and prints, and was inspired by Futurism, Dada, Cubism, and Surrealism.
Max Ernst was a provocateur, as well as a stunning and original artist, who explored his unconscious for dreamy surrealist images that challenged conventional conventions.
The artist and his friends in New York organized Surrealist shows that presented the early Abstract Expressionists with notions of automatism and spontaneous art creation.
René Magritte, a prominent Belgian surrealist painter, made paintings that are lovely in their purity and simplicity, but often elicit unpleasant feelings in the viewer.
Dalí attempted to build a structural and visual language in his workshop that could portray his dreams and hallucinations by basing his surrealist artworks on Freudian theory.
Leonora Carrington is considered as a pivotal player in the Surrealist movement as well as a singular artist. She, like the other Surrealist painters, was fascinated by the unconscious mind and dreamlike imagery.