ABSTRACT
Though Surrealism in Belgium has an international reputation, the movement was always somewhat hidden from view, and fell into oblivion soon after the Second World War. Sociological analysis draws attention to the specificities of Belgian Surrealism. If the movement is international in scope, it nonetheless appears differently in each of its literary and artistic fields. This chapter analyses bruxellois Surrealism, and assess what makes them different from what was happening in France. It focuses on to an examination of Franco-Belgian joint productions, before discussing the hennuyer surrealist group and its connections with the Bruxellois. In 1929, Belgian surrealists were among the recipients of a questionnaire sent by Breton on the subject of shared projects, at a time of crisis for surrealism in Paris. Collective action continued during the international Surrealism exhibition in La Louviere from the 13th to the 27th of October 1935.
