Discover one of the most influential 20th-century art movements with exclusive access to a 3-volume major reference work with 200 survey articles, 500 A-Z articles covering key figures, 500 rare documentary and archive images, portraits, and artworks!

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Explore the Surrealism movementfrom its beginnings in 1917 all the way to present-day using the Interactive Timeline.

Read through the Introductory Articles which serve as introductions to the key topics within the International Encyclopedia of Surrealism such as Contemporary Surrealism and Surrealist Art and Writing

Discover curated content with our Bibliographic Guides, the first of which explores the role of Women in Surrealism despite the fact that Surrealism is often referred to as a 'mens club', women played a crucial role in the founding of the Surrealism movement.

Navigate directly to your topic of interest using the Browse By function, allowing you to search more broadly by Forms, Themes, Artistic Movements and Styles, Ideologies and Schools of Thought or narrow your focus by Period, People, and Place.