Surrealism as a movement started in Paris in 1924. Therefore the first surrealist painting should be by either André Masson or Joan Miró.
However many of Max Ernst's paintings in the early 1920s could be seen as surrealistic before the term existed. Even more interesting is Giorgio de Chirico who from 1910/11 painted what he called pittura metafisica (metaphysical paintings). They have many traits in common with Surrealism.
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There is no simple answer to your question. Dali? No, he joined the gang after 1925.
Dalí joined the surrealist group in Paris in 1929. He had then already been painting surrealist subjects for two years.
by using a paint brush and painting something on his canvas :)
Swans Reflecting Elephants is a painting by the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali­
The color of her skin stands out against the uninterestng colors of the earth.
The surrealist manifesto was written by Andre Breton in 1924 and outlined the aims and objectives of the surrealist movement.
Dalí joined the surrealist group in Paris in 1929. He had then already been painting surrealist subjects for two years.
Rene Magritte is a surrealist painter
His work is usually labelled surrealistic,
Whoever said it was wrong. She was not a surrealist.
Surrealist paintings are not meant to be rationally understood.
Vladmir Kush is famous for both his painting and sculpting skills. He is an artist. Vladmir Kush is a Russian surrealist that does both painting and sculpting.
by using a paint brush and painting something on his canvas :)
Swans Reflecting Elephants is a painting by the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali­
A melting clock, such as in Salvador Dali's painting "The Persistence of Memory," is a classic example of a surrealist poetic object. It symbolizes the fluidity of time and the subconscious mind's distortion of reality.
The color of her skin stands out against the uninterestng colors of the earth.
France. Andre Breton was an french surrealist writer and it was in France that he wrote the first Surrealist manifesto. So the answer is Paris.
No, not at all. Click the link below a see a truly surrealistic painting by Salvador Dalí. On the same site there are other surrealist pictures by Dalí.