So Surreal1.

During the 1936 International Surrealist Exposition, held in London, guest speaker Salvador Dalí with two dogs on leashes in one hand and a billiard cue in the other, addressed his audience costumed head-to-toe in an old-fashioned scuba suit.

Anecdotal this may be but it underscores the most absurdist elements of the Surrealist movement, epitomized by Dalí—who was considered something of a joke figure by the early 20th-century art establishment.

But the art movement was actually far more diverse than is widely known, spanning various disciplines, styles, and geographies from 1924 until its end in 1966. 

Today the love of Surreal art has never been more popular.