The Surrealist movement is often associated with male artists such as Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, and Rene Magritte. However, female artists such as Leonora Carrington and Jane Graverol, played a crucial role in shaping the development of Surrealism, both as artists and muses. They visualised the female psyche as it had not been seen before, and opened a new dialogue that gradually transformed the relationship between the genders.

Isabel Vermote is a Historian and Art Historian. She studied at the universities of Namur, Leuven and Brussels. She currently works for the Education Department of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium and is also a lecturer at the Bozar, ING, Belfius and for some private collections.  

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