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Which earlier artists influenced Surrealist painting?

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René Magritte: Time Transfixed — Surrealism A visitor to the Tate Liverpool viewing *Time Transfixed*, oil on canvas by René Magritte, 1938; during the exhibition “Rene Magritte: The Pleasure Principle,” 2011.

Surrealist painting was significantly influenced by the earlier Dada movement, which challenged rationalism and explored incongruity and dissociation. Beyond Dada, Surrealist artists drew inspiration from the fantastic and grotesque imagery found in the works of several earlier and contemporary painters, including:12

Hieronymus Bosch1
Francisco Goya1
Odilon Redon1
Giorgio de Chirico1
Marc Chagall1

In particular, the Metaphysical painting style developed by Giorgio de Chirico—characterized by its mysterious, dreamlike scenes and the juxtaposition of incongruous objects—exerted a profound influence on Surrealist painters during the 1920s.32