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Definition of Surrealist

1. Noun. An artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism.

Definition of Surrealist

1. Adjective. of, or relating to surrealism ¹

2. Noun. a surrealist artist ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surrealist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrealist

Literary usage of Surrealist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Much more could be said to illustrate the breadth and profundity of surrealist thinking, but I do not wish to exaggerate in my direction as Mr. Mortimer has ..."

2. Josep M. Jujol by Vincent Ligtelijn, Rein Saariste (1996)
"The uninhibited way in which, in his naive sincerity, he turned familiar places and meanings inside-out, does sometimes give his work a surrealist flavour. ..."

3. Costa Brava, Costa Dorada by Elke Homburg, Marion Golder (2001)
"The surrealist master, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, was certainly not lacking in self-confidence. This egocentric Catalan had a ..."

4. The Social Context of Music Education edited by José Luis Aróstegui (2004)
"In the first surrealist manifesto (Breton, 1971— original, 1924) Breton had ... Central to the surrealist mission was an iconoclastic stance towards the ..."

5. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"In Le Paysan de Paris (1926), Louis Aragon portrayed statues as mysterious idols surrounded by bizarre, ephemeral sects and surrealist cults.6 However, ..."

6. Marianne Moore: Vision Into Verse by Patricia C. Willis (1987)
"... sky ind a nighttime silhouette of trees ind a house gives a supernatural effect to this work by Belgium's leeding surrealist. ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Much more could be said to illustrate the breadth and profundity of surrealist thinking, but I do not wish to exaggerate in my direction as Mr. Mortimer has ..."

8. Josep M. Jujol by Vincent Ligtelijn, Rein Saariste (1996)
"The uninhibited way in which, in his naive sincerity, he turned familiar places and meanings inside-out, does sometimes give his work a surrealist flavour. ..."

9. Costa Brava, Costa Dorada by Elke Homburg, Marion Golder (2001)
"The surrealist master, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, was certainly not lacking in self-confidence. This egocentric Catalan had a ..."

10. The Social Context of Music Education edited by José Luis Aróstegui (2004)
"In the first surrealist manifesto (Breton, 1971— original, 1924) Breton had ... Central to the surrealist mission was an iconoclastic stance towards the ..."

11. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"In Le Paysan de Paris (1926), Louis Aragon portrayed statues as mysterious idols surrounded by bizarre, ephemeral sects and surrealist cults.6 However, ..."

12. Marianne Moore: Vision Into Verse by Patricia C. Willis (1987)
"... sky ind a nighttime silhouette of trees ind a house gives a supernatural effect to this work by Belgium's leeding surrealist. ..."

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