Evolution of Surrealism Timeline

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    Guillaume Apollinaire uses the word surrealist for the first time.
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    October 15th: Writer André Breton publishes the Surrealist Manifesto
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    The Pierre Gallery holds an exhibition of artist Joan Miro in Paris
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    The founder of Surrealism, André Breton joins the Communist Party.
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    1937 André Breton publishes “De l’humor noir” book, GLM.
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    Un Chien Andalou, famous surrealist film, by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel is presented to the public for the first time.
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    The film Un Chien Andalou by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel is screened in the studio 28 of Paris
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    First exhibition of surrealist artists (Dali, De Chirico, Ernst, Miró) in Hartford, United States.
    Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel come back with the Golden Age film
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    Tragic Death of writer René Crevel in Paris
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    The International Exhibition of Surrealism is held in Mexico City
    In the South of France, surrealist artists gather together.
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    Death of Paul Eluard in Charenton-le-Pont in France
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    Death of painter Francis Picabia in Paris
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    Death of the French artist Yves Tanguy in Paris
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    The Museum of Modern Art holds a retrospective of the works of Max Ernst in Paris
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    A major international exhibition on Surrealism is held in Paris
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    Death of the famous Tristan Tzara in Paris, France
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    The Charpentier Gallery holds a retrospective about the Surrealism in Paris
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    Death of Jean Arp in Basel, Switzerland
    Death of the poet André Breton in Paris
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    Death of artist René Magritte in Lessines, Belgium