2024年9月19日 · Edvard Munch’s mermaid is a prime example of a post-Freudian symbol of the subconscious desire. Meanwhile, René Magritte depicted a Surrealist, reversed mermaid. Pop art, modern pop culture, and cinema produce an image of a “cute” mermaid. Some contemporary artists still stick with the traditional mermaid.

Rene Magritte reveals the strangeness hidden behind the most familiar things. the collective invention depicts a fish merged with a woman's legs stranded on the beach. this is mockery of the traditional mermaid.

2023年2月11日 · For the Surrealists of 1941—and for her influence on later Surrealism—the most important mermaid was Victor Brauner’s “Mermaid of Knowledge.” She is the only one who represents a non-fictional character: Hélène Smith, or rather, Catherine-Elise Müller, a patient of the Genevan psychiatrist Théodore Flournoy.

2019年8月14日 · This surrealist painting doesn’t seem to include any mermaids at all. The women all sit quietly, eerily quietly, with dresses that are so long they drape below their feet. Based on a dream had by the artist, you’ll see dozens of mermaids moving …

The artwork presents an ethereal scene where a mermaid-like figure reclines on an opulent, golden sofa, seemingly beneath the water. The background is dominated by an aqueous blue pattern, suggestive of an underwater ambiance.

Aline Gagnaire was a prominent figure in the Parisian surrealist movement during the occupation. She collaborated with Dadaist groups such as "des Réverbères" and "La Main à Plume" producing an eclectic range of works including calligrams, rag boards, and wall pictures.

When the ship’s crew cut into Crook Jaw, they found neither Devil nor mermaid inside, just heaps of yellow seaweed. As it turns out, the harpoon was silver, the only metal that pierces a witch’s heart. The legend of Crook Jaw contains typical elements of Cape Cod’s folklore: daring voyages, sea creatures, the implication of a little vulgarity.

The mystery of the reverse mermaid from the Red Sea was no more – it was simply a curious fraud perpetrated by some still-unknown hoaxer(s) and inspired by one of Magritte’s surreal works of art (which may also be the inspiration for the slightly different reverse mermaid featuring in Saul Bass's sci-fi film 'Phase IV').

In the Surrealists' works, depictions of woman repeatedly underwent dehumanisation as an unprecedented thirst for objectifying, transforming and dismembering her body emerged.

Sirenomelia Sequence [Mermaid Syndrome] is a very rare birth defect, characterized by an abnormal development of the posterior of the body when a baby is born with either a single leg or two legs fused together.