OTHER LINKS ON SURREALISM
par Françoise Py
February 23, 2020
Sites Devoted to Surrealism
This links page, designed in 2005 by Joseph Fahey, is not exhaustive. If you know of a site that should be included on this page, please don't hesitate to let us know by writing to us at melusinesurrealisme (all together without hyphens, without accents) followed by arrowbase then gmail dot com.
The last update was from August 28, 2008. Since the initial version, some sites have disappeared, others have become paid, etc. Therefore, their links have been removed from this list in 2024. New links have been added since 2023.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Surrealism in General
INFOSURR – Current Events of Surrealism and its Surroundings
Although devoted to current events claiming surrealism, this site also contains resources on surrealism in general.
Surrealism in Wikipedia.
Brief presentation of surrealism. A useful starting point.
Surrealism After Surrealism (Series of 10 episodes, France Culture)
Chronology of Dada and Surrealism
Portal of Dadaism and Surrealism
Dada Artists and Personalities Linked to the Movement
The International Dada Archive
Dada, Surrealism and their Legacies in the Israel Museum
List of Personalities of the Surrealist Movement
Surrealist Women
Surrealist Techniques
A Short Inverted Bibliography of Surrealism
Bibliography essentially of works in English. Also contains a bibliography of surrealist women.
Surrealism: Desire Unbound
The exhibition at the Tate Gallery.
Desire Unbound at the Met
The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Bound and Gagged: Surrealism: Desire Unbound
Critical review of the "Desire Unbound" exhibition at the Met.
Literary Movements: Surrealism
Pedagogical presentation of surrealism, with a link to a recording of Paul Eluard.
Surrealist.com
Site in English with general presentation and numerous mini-biographies.
Surrealism in British Columbia
Article by José Pierre.
The Surrealism Server
Site in English, devoted to surrealism in general and especially to its current manifestations.
Sites Devoted to Authors
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon Online
Comprehensive site by Wolfgang Babilas, in French and German.
Louis Aragon
A booklet on Aragon by Philippe Olivera, on the ADPF site.
Le Maitron. Aragon, Louis
Biography of Aragon, with bibliography.
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon page in the Mélusine site.
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon page in the Jean Paulhan site.
Le Maitron. Aragon, Louis. (Komintern Dictionary Version)
by Nicole Racine, version posted online on April 28, 2009, last modified on October 15, 2020.
Maison Elsa Triolet / Aragon
Site of the Maison Elsa Triolet / Aragon in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines.
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud page in Mélusine
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud page in the Jean Paulhan site.
Antonin Artaud, texts
Texts by Antonin Artaud available in Wikisource
Joe Bousquet
Joe Bousquet
Joe Bousquet page in the Jean Paulhan site
Joe Bousquet, texts
Texts by Joe Bousquet available in Wikisource
André Breton
André Breton Site
Atelier André Breton
In addition to various videos on the poet himself, this site catalogs all the documents preserved by André Breton during his lifetime, which were featured in the André Breton Sale in 2003 ( Essential!).
André Breton
André Breton page in Mélusine
André Breton
André Breton page in the Jean Paulhan site.
André Breton, Don't Sell Him Out
Dossier of the movement opposing the "Breton sale."
First Papers of Surrealism
This site, in English, is of great visual richness which sometimes makes reading difficult.
Read, by Henri Béhar: André Breton, the Great Undesirable and the review of the work by Alain Trouvé
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Biography, filmography, bibliography.
René Crevel
René Crevel
René Crevel page in Mélusine
René Crevel
René Crevel page in the Jean Paulhan site
René Crevel, texts
Texts by René Crevel available in Wikisource
René Daumal
René Daumal
René Daumal page in Mélusine
René Daumal
René Daumal page in the Jean Paulhan site
René Daumal, texts
Texts by René Daumal available in Wikisource
Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos page in the Mélusine site
Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos page in the Jean Paulhan site
Robert Desnos, texts
Texts by Robert Desnos available in Wikisource
Pierre Drieu la Rochelle
Pierre Drieu la Rochelle
Drieu la Rochelle page in the Mélusine site
Pierre Drieu la Rochelle
Drieu la Rochelle page in the Jean Paulhan site
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Texts by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle in Wikisource
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard
Official Paul Éluard site
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard page in the Mélusine site
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard page in the Jean Paulhan site
Paul Éluard
Texts by Paul Éluard available in Wikisource
Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini (site)
Leonor Fini
Léonor Fini page in the Mélusine site
David Gascoyne
David Gascoyne
In English. Brief biography of the English surrealist poet, with a selection of poems and a bibliography of works.
Michel Leiris
Authologies: Michel Leiris
Very comprehensive site on Leiris.
Michel Leiris
Michel Leiris page in the Mélusine site
Michel Leiris
Michel Leiris page in the Jean Paulhan site
Georges Limbour
Georges Limbour
Georges Limbour page in the Mélusine site
Georges Limbour
Georges Limbour page in the Jean Paulhan site
Pierre Morhange
Pierre Morhange
Pierre Morhange page in the Jean Paulhan site.
Jean Paulhan
Site of the Jean Paulhan Readers Society
Jean Paulhan Site
Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan page in the Mélusine site
Jean Paulhan
Texts by Jean Paulhan in Wikisource
Some texts related to surrealism in the Jean Paulhan site.
Benjamin Péret
Association of Friends of Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret page in the Mélusine site
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret page in the Jean Paulhan site
André Pieyre de Mandiargues
André Pieyre de Mandiargues
André Pieyre de Mandiargues page in the Jean Paulhan site
Jacques Prévert
Homage to Jacques Prévert
Biography and selection of texts.
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau
Kendi Keno, devoted to Queneau's theatrical works, with a presentation of the site author's thesis.
Document Analysis: Queneau
On the Bibliothèque Nationale de France site, this page offers, thanks to Flash graphics, the exploration of a Queneau manuscript.
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau page in the Mélusine site
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau page in the Jean Paulhan site
Philippe Soupault
Philippe Soupault
Philippe Soupault page in Mélusine
Philippe Soupault
Philippe Soupault page in the Jean Paulhan site
Philippe Soupault
Texts by Philippe Soupault in Wikisource
Presence of Philippe Soupault
Table of contents of the Cerisy colloquium proceedings, held in 1999.
Toyen
Toyen
"All of Toyen's work aims at nothing other than correcting the external world according to a desire that feeds and grows from its own satisfaction," said Benjamin Péret of the surrealist painter, Marie Čermínová, known as Toyen.
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara page in Mélusine
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara page in the Jean Paulhan site
Tristan Tzara
Texts by Tristan Tzara available in Wikisource
Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac page in Mélusine
Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac page in the Jean Paulhan site
Roger Vitrac
Texts by Roger Vitrac available in Wikisource
Surrealism and Visual Arts
Paintings of Art on the Web: Surrealist Paintings
Gallery of Surrealism
An online gallery that contains files on numerous surrealist painters.
Collection of works by several surrealist painters
Virtual galleries containing numerous images of surrealist painters.
CoBrA Art (seems hacked)
New site, under construction, devoted to COBRA.
Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
Some lithographs by Toyen
Surrealismus Magazine
"The surrealist art magazine" offers, among other things, a calendar of exhibitions to come worldwide.
Hans Arp
Jean Arp Foundation
Official site of the Arp Foundation, which campaigns for the restoration of the artist's studio. The site contains, in addition to a chronology, photographs and information about Arp's studio and Sophie Taeuber's.
Jean Arp
Hans (Jean) Arp page in Mélusine
Giorgio de Chirico
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico
Chirico page in the Mélusine site
Giorgio de Chirico
Chirico page in the Jean Paulhan site
Salvador Dali
Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali
Official site of the Gala-Salvador Dali foundation. In French, Spanish, Catalan, and English.
Dali
Site under development.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
Max Ernst page in the Mélusine site
Max Ernst
Max Ernst page in the Jean Paulhan site
Max Ernst
Texts by Max Ernst available in Wikisource
Alberto Giacometti
Man Ray
Official site of the Man Ray Trust for the (paid) distribution of his images. Nevertheless contains a biography of the photographer as well as brief biographies of other members of the surrealist group.
Man Ray
Man Ray page in the Mélusine site
Gordon Onslow Ford
Onslow Ford
Official site, in English. Good quality reproductions.
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Site containing links to other sites devoted to Marcel Duchamp.
Remedios Varo Uranga
Remedios Varo Uranga
Biographical chronology (in Spanish) and numerous paintings.
Dada
Dad@rt
Very comprehensive site on Dada, with a rich bibliography and numerous links.
International Dada Archive Home Page
Site of the University of Iowa libraries, which has a vast collection of Dada documents. An online bibliography gives references to part of this collection.
mital-U: Dada – Situationist
Presentation in English of Dadaism and Situationism.
See original documents in The International Dada Archive
José Corti
Last update: 02/15/2025