The Surrealist Exhibition in London 1936

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:art_exhibition
gptkbp:attendance high
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed
gptkbp:cultural_significance promoted surrealism in Britain
gptkbp:curator avant-garde
gptkbp:duration several months
gptkbp:exhibited_at Guernica by Pablo Picasso
The Elephants by Salvador Dalí
The False Mirror by René Magritte
The Great War by Max Ernst
The Kiss by André Breton
gptkbp:exhibition_theme subconscious mind
fantasy and imagination
irrational juxtaposition
dreams and the unconscious
exploration of the psyche
gptkbp:historical_context interwar period
rise of fascism
development of psychoanalysis
cultural shifts in Europe
impact of World War I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Surrealist Exhibition in London 1936
gptkbp:impact cultural dialogue
gptkbp:influenced British art
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Graham_Sutherland
gptkb:Paul_Nash
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Lucian_Freud
gptkb:Eileen_Agar
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for future exhibitions
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Dadaism
gptkb:Modernism
gptkbp:notable_artists gptkb:André_Breton
gptkb:Pablo_Picasso
gptkb:Salvador_Dalí
gptkb:Max_Ernst
gptkb:René_Magritte
gptkbp:notable_participants gptkb:John_Betjeman
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Henry_Moore
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:Dylan_Thomas
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:David_G._Friedrich
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:International_Surrealist_Exhibition
Surrealist movement in Europe
gptkbp:related_figures gptkb:André_Breton
gptkb:Pablo_Picasso
gptkb:Salvador_Dalí
gptkb:Max_Ernst
gptkb:René_Magritte
gptkbp:type surrealism
gptkbp:venue gptkb:New_Burlington_Galleries
gptkbp:year 1936
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dalí
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6