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Surrealism Timeline: Key Events & Figures

The document outlines the history and timeline of Surrealism from its origins in Dada in 1916 through the leadership and influence of Andre Breton until his death in 1966. It notes that Breton published the First Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 and the Second Surrealist Manifesto in 1929, while also expelling dissident members. Breton spent World War 2 as a refugee in New York before returning to France in 1946, where he remained influential in Surrealism until his sudden death in 1966.

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Surrealism Timeline: Key Events & Figures

The document outlines the history and timeline of Surrealism from its origins in Dada in 1916 through the leadership and influence of Andre Breton until his death in 1966. It notes that Breton published the First Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 and the Second Surrealist Manifesto in 1929, while also expelling dissident members. Breton spent World War 2 as a refugee in New York before returning to France in 1946, where he remained influential in Surrealism until his sudden death in 1966.

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The unconscious is the true

psychical reality
Sigmund Freud

Dada (1916-1922)

Andr Breton (1896-1966)

Surrealism 1924
Andr Breton (1896-1966)

Surrealism 1924 - ??
1969

1966

The death of Andr Breton

The First official group Breton


formed is dissolved.

1924
First Surrealist Manifesto

1929
Second Surrealist Manifesto
Breton expels several dissident members of
Surrealist group

1941
Breton and other refugees from Europe
arrive in New York

1946
Breton returns to France

1966
Andr Breton dies suddenly.

Todays Surrealist

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