Desmond Morris is one of the last surviving Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 Surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written several books, one of which – The Naked Ape – ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. His title The Lives of the Surrealists was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson

• Foreword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions

'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times

Desmond Morris is one of the last surviving Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 Surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written several books, one of which – The Naked Ape – ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. His title The Lives of the Surrealists was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson

• Foreword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions

'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times

Desmond Morris is one of the last surviving Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 Surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written several books, one of which – The Naked Ape – ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. His title The Lives of the Surrealists was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson

• Foreword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions

'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times