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sur·re·al·ism

(sə-rē′ə-lĭz′əm)

1. A literary and artistic movement of the 1900s that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

2. Literature or art produced in this style.

[French surréalisme : sur-, beyond (from Old French; see sur-) + réalisme, realism (from réalité, realism, from Medieval Latin reālitās, from reālis, real; see real¹).]

sur·re′al·ist n.

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Noun

surrealist - an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

surrealism - a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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surréaliste

surrealista

surrealist

[səˈrɪəlɪst]

A. ADJ → surrealista

B. N → surrealista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

surrealist

[səˈriː^əlɪst]

adj → surréaliste

n → surréaliste mf

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surrealist

adj → surrealistisch

n → Surrealist(in) m(f)

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surrealist

[səˈrɪəlɪst] adj & n → surrealista (m/f)

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Known for his paintings of children engaged in play and daydreaming, Gerrico Blanco presents more of the same but with a distinct surrealist edge in his newest exhibit, 'Mesmerized,' at Galerie Francesca.

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Bacon, known for his emotional, surrealist works, died in Madrid in 1992 of a heart attack aged 82.

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Highly regarded as a Surrealist photographer in the 1930s, Maar was a fellow student with Henri Cartier-Bresson and friends with Brassai, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Andre Breton, the charismatic leader of the Surrealists.

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By: Egypt Today staff CAIRO- 26 April 2017: Sharjah Art Foundation is moving its Egyptian surrealist art exhibition, which features more than 160 pieces by 30 artists, to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea (MMCA).

Exploring the history of Egyptian surrealists in Seoul

Recognized for its internationalist rhetoric and its identification with Andre Breton's Surrealist movement, the group--as a major exhibition this past fall at the Palace of Arts in Cairo, curated by Floor Al-Qasimi, Salah M.

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Surreal encounters: a new life of Roland Penrose reveals the collaborative nature of Surrealism

THE first anthology of poetry by the renowned scientist, writer, broadcaster and surrealist artist Desmond Morris is being published by a North Wales firm who beat off global competition.