A brief over-view of Surrealism, Dali and Magritte.

Surrealism is a cultural movement which began in the early 1920's. Surrealism is well known for it;s dream-like imagery and writings. Artist's typically painted illogical, untheoretical imagery which allowed people to question what they're looking at. The movement was an extraction from the Dada movement.
Dali:
Dali is single-handedly the most recognisable artist by the surrealist movement. dali was a Spanish artist and is mainly well known for his melting clocks and dream like imagery.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus:

Dali is single-handedly the most recognisable artists by the surrealist movement. Dali was a Spanish artist and is mainly well known for his melting clocks and dream like imagery.

Magritte:
Magrittes most iconic (and probably the most iconic painting in the movement) is "The Son of Man."

The son of man was to be said, painted as a self-portrait with the hope of creating an important message about himself. In regards to the painting, Magitte stated that “Everything we see hides another thing. We always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present.”