Timeline: Surrealism 1920-1940 | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1920

"Les Champs Magnétiques" by André Breton and Philippe Soupault

A surrealist novel.
Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1940

Surrealism 1920-1940
Jan 1, 1922

"Shirt Front and Fork" by Jean (Hans) Arp

A surrealist sculpture.
Jan 1, 1923

"Ubu Imperator" by Max Ernst

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1924

"Automatic Drawing" by André Masson

A surrealist drawing.
Oct 1, 1924

"Surrealist Manifesto" by André Breton

André Breton defines surrealism as "Automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express—verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner—the actual functioning of thought. Dictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern." http://data.bnf.fr/fr/14451967/andre_breton_manifeste_du_surrealisme/
Dec 4, 1924

"Entr'acte" score by Erik Satie

The score to the surrealist short film by René Clair
Dec 4, 1924

"Entr'acte" by René Clair

A surrealist short film.
Jan 1, 1926

"La peau de l'homme" by Pierre Reverdy

A surrealist novel.
Jan 1, 1927

"Arcana" by Edgar Varèse

A surrealist musical piece.
Jan 1, 1927

"The Kiss" by Max Ernst

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1927

"Danger dans l'escalier" by Pierre Roy

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1928

"L'Étoile de Mer" by Man Ray

A surrealist short film.
Jan 1, 1928

"West Wind" by Henry Moore

A surrealist sculpture.
Jan 1, 1928

"The Lovers" by René Magritte

A surrealist painting.
Jun 6, 1928

"Un Chien Andalou" by Luis Buñuel (with Salvador Dalí)

A surrealist short film.
Jan 1, 1929

"The Treachery of Images" by René Magritte

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1930

"Solarized Face" by Maurice Tabard

A surrealist photograph.
Jan 1, 1930

"La Torre Eiffel en la Pampa" by Antonio Berni

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1930

"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dalí

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1931

"JeTends le Bas" by Claude Calhoun

A surrealist photograph.
Jan 20, 1932

"Le Sang d'un Poète" by Jean Cocteau

A surrealist film.
Jan 1, 1933

"The Human Condition" by René Magritte.

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1934

"La Poupée" by Hans Bellmer

A surrealist photograph.
Dec 1, 1935

"Larmes" by Man Ray

A surrealist photograph.
Jan 1, 1936

"Lobster Telephone" by Edward James and Salvador Dalí

A surrealist sculpture.
Jan 1, 1936

"Soft Construction with Boiled Beans" Salvadore Dalí

A surrealist painting.
Jan 1, 1938

"Stringed Figure" by Henry Moore

A surrealist scupture.
Jan 1, 1939

"Pygmallion" by Paul Delvaux

A surrealist painting.