surrealist
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Roughly 8 feet square, this dense frontal forest of figures—part human, part animal, part vegetal—in acidic blues, yellows and greens, is Cubist, Surrealist, Afro-Cuban.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
“Dreamworld” and “Man Ray” remind us that the best works of art, Surrealist or not, are as elusive as our dreams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
A painting by Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dali found in a house clearance is expected to fetch up to £30,000 - after being bought for just £150.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
The result is an abstract “moving picture,” sliding through a visual cosmos like a mesmerizing animation of a Surrealist painting by Arshile Gorky or Roberto Matta.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024
The shirt was a screen print of a famous Surrealist artwork by Rene Magritte in which he drew a pipe and then beneath it wrote in cursive Ceci n’est pas une pipe.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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