A Dream Collection
Kampen-Prein, Saskia van / Kisters, Sandra / Peyser, Marijke / Vancrevel, Laurens / Janssen, Bert / Duffhuis, Katinka
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has been collecting Surrealist art since 1965. In something over half a century, what began with a single purchase has now grown into a world-class core collection with works by Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray, De Chirico, Ernst and many others. Surrealism, which started as a literary movement, is not a school, but rather a collective attitude or lifestyle in which automatism, chance and the subconscious are key. The muse...