I have been inspired by a handful of abstract painters who have provided me with a lot of food for thought and ideas to implement in my personal fine arts photography projects. Here is a personal list of those painters and some of their paintings & photographs that inspired me.
Max Ernst
René Magritte
Marcel Duchamp
Georges Braque
Kurt Schwitters
Man Ray
There are a lot more popular & famous surrealist painters & artists. However, this is a personal opinion on the ones that have inspired me to explore their ideas & create images based on their original ideas.