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Surrealism art was a movement that grew principally out of the earlier Dada movement and flourished in Europe between World Wars I and II. Surrealism artists reacted against destruction of politics and the horrors of World War I, they stressed positive expression. The leader of the movement, the poet and critic André Breton, published "The Surrealist Manifesto" in 1924. This fact is considered to be the starting point of the movement. Influenced by Dada and Sigmund Freud's thoeries, Breton saw the unconscious as the wellspring of the imagination. Along with Andre Breton there were another major surrealism artists: Salvador Dalí,André Masson, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Pierre Roy, Paul Delvaux. Surrealism art with it's emphasis on content and free form became an alternative to the contemporary, highly formalistic Cubist movement.

Although the movement has outlived it's peak of popularity it has firmly entered into the number of major artistic styles of the previous centuries. There are contemporary surrealism artists that follow the principles of Surrealism movement and the paintings of these artists clearly demonstrate the features of one of the most influential artistic movement of the 20th century. In general, modern paintings by contemporary artists combine the features of quite various styles of the past years and up-to-date trends as well.

Art has become more affordable these days, we can obtain artworks of contemporary painters easily, by visit a local gallery. Moreover, with the help of the Internet we can do it without leaving one's home or office. Visiting online exhibitions and galleries is as much interesting as local ones. A lot of contemporary artists prefer this way of exhibiting their works; the works of famous Ukraine painters can also be visited virtually.

Those who are looking for art to buy will find a lot of interesting by visiting www.klinkov.com website. This is the site of today's artist Valeriy Klinkov that reside in Ukraine (Crimea). The collection exhibited is the selection of the painter's works belonging to different periods of life of the painter. V.Klinkov is a psychiatrist by profession, and art-therapy is one of the healing methods practiced by him. The artist being a creative person also is fond of painting and now his collection includes various works of different styles. All of them can be viewed and obtained online with the help of the website of the artist.