Claude Cahun was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.
Claude Cahun
This plaque on Cahun's house in Saint Brélade, Jersey, celebrates her photographic innovation.
Claude Cahun's gravestone in the cemetery of St. Brelade's Church, Jersey
Street sign for allée Claude Cahun–Marcel Moore in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas. Its intention was, according to leader André Breton, to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", or surreality. It produced works of painting, writing, theatre, filmmaking, photography, and other media as well.
The Treachery of Images, by René Magritte (1929), featuring the declaration "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe")
Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921
Cover of the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste, December 1924
Yvan Goll, Surréalisme, Manifeste du surréalisme, Volume 1, Number 1, October 1, 1924, cover by Robert Delaunay