Landscape painting under the influence of surrealism movement

Despite the traces of the deep traumas left on people by the First World War, which took place at the beginning of the 20thcentury the innovations, changes and developments occurred in all extents of life were reflected in the society. The rapid progress of urbanization and industrialization was another factor that has left a trace in society. Artists, who are a part of the society, while continuing their working lives in this new environment, reflected what they felt with a delicate touch in their works. Thus, at the first half of the 20th century, many art movements have been born, including surrealism which has lasted for years. In the art centers of Western Europe such as Paris, artists have created many works by using their creativity without any limits. On the other hand, despite the fact that they are living in the cities, to prove that they are still related with nature they have depicted landscape on their art. In this work named ''Landscape under the Effect of Surrealism Movement in Painting" the formation process of the surrealism movement and the research of the artists who have worked on nature and the factors affecting them are mentioned. The first part presents the emerging reasons, sources, leading artists, principles and qualifications of the surrealism movement. After this presentation the following sections contains artists who have affected by Sigmund Freud's dream and subconscious theory and how they reflect this in their work is explained with examples. Thus, it has been shown how some of the artists who have discovered the depths of subconscious, turned to the objects in nature and reflected them on their paintings by passing them through the mind filter. Also, after researching analyzing the works of surrealist artists, the interaction between the surrealism movement and the landscape has been explained. Key words: Painting, Art, Surrealism, Metaphysics, Landscape