Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas.

In October 1924, Andre Breton and Yvan Goll (prior leaders of rival Surrealist groups) published a Manifesto of Surrealism. Intentions of surrealism was, according to leader André Breton, " 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...