Surrealist Art
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
Eiffel-original Paris impressionist Cityscape painting-modern art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Eiffel" by Nathan Neven is a captivating exploration of the iconic Eiffel Tower set against a vibrant Parisian panorama. Crafted with oil on canvas, Neven's abstract expressionist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sapient Business-original abstract surreal wildlife oil painting-modern art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
This original artwork by Nathan Neven joyfully presents an unusual scene of wildlife merged with a grand interior space. The artist adds contemporary touches to his subject matter su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ripple Effect ll
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Ripple Effect II
Year: 2018
Medium: Photography (printed on metal)
Size: 30" x 20" (larger sizes available - inquire within)
16x24 on metal - $750
20x30 on metal - $950
Made to Order...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Metal
Emperors and Albert Bridge - surrealist wildlife animal oil painting- modern art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
In this contemporary surrealist painting, Nathan Neven skillfully merges a familiar cityscape and classic architectural elements with the unexpected presence of an Arctic penguin nea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Live it Up-original surreal contemporary wildlife interior painting- modern art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Live it Up" by Nathan Neven is a captivating masterpiece that seamlessly blends abstract expressionism with a playful composition. In this oil on canvas creation, two ostriches and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Royal Ostrich Buckingham Palace -original interior wildlife oil painting-Art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Red Royal Ostrich" by Nathan Neven is a mesmerizing oil on canvas painting that brings the regal beauty of four ostriches into a vibrant interior setting, with the backdrop adorned ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walking on Thread - Large Original Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mohamad Khayata’s original figurative artworks are the result of five years of displacement and deal with themes of migration, memory, and identity. Mohamad’s paintings convey an arr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Golden Lady - original wildlife interior Leopard contemporary oil painting- art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Golden Lady" by Nathan Neven is an enchanting piece that captures the essence of abstract expressionism. In this oil on canvas masterpiece, a leopard gracefully lounges on a red set...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Menemsha Daybreak, a massive framed still life of an ice cooler by the beach
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a vi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Stardust" Photography 24" x 30" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Stardust" Photography 24" x 30" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Olha Ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Salvador Dalí, Reassurance (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Untitled #29-1999-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Dali Vertical La Sirene lithograph certificate painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
edition of 195 copies + several E.A.
ej 149/195
certificate
DALÍ, Salvador (Figueras, Gerona, 1904-1989).
During its early years, Dalí d...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, Dante Re-awakes, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Armenian Mirror
Located in Boca Raton, FL
New York-based, Armenian-born artist, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, is especially interested in how people interact in this new era of technology and social media. His “Mirrors” series sugges...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Salvador Dalí, Arrival at the Empyrean (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
HUGE ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH ABSTRACT MODERNIST PAINTING - SURREALIST NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Salvador Dalí, Arrival at the Empyrean (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, Reassurance, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, Dante Re-awakes (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
1939 Surrealist Cityscape by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled, 1993
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 13 x 19 1/4 in.
Framed: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1930s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Salvador Dali, In the Hands of Antaeus (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Joan Miró ( 1893 – 1983 ) – hand-signed Lithograph on Arches paper – 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper , edited in 1971
Limited edition of 150 copies
Hand signed by Joan Miró in pencil in the lower right margin ,
and numbered 37/150 in lower left corne...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Salvador Dalí, The Creation of Angels, Paradise: Canto 29 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
French Surrealist Oil Painting Evolving Shapes and Movement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
dated 02'
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 21.5 inches
canvas : 25.75 x 20.75 inch...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has with arms stretched out like a Christ figure. The drum grows out of a yellow plant-...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Salvador Dalí, The Delightful Mount (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dali, News of the Limbos (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Red Starfish - ceramic tile - 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (after)
Red Starfish
Handpainted ceramic tile
Signed in the pattern
8 x 8" (20x20cm)
Edited in 1954 by Maurice Duchin and hand crafted in atelier MPG under the control...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Ceramic
DAYTIME KEY Signed Lithograph, Mini Beachscape, Red Box, Sand, Sea, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
DAYTIME KEY is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Diggity Dog, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Painted in a realist tradition, a hotdog in a bun takes center stage in this modern still life. Artist Dwight Smith enjoys exaggerating the scale of objects t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Watercolor
STILL LIFE WITH PEAR Signed Mini Lithograph, Surreal Interior, Table and Chair
Located in Union City, NJ
STILL LIFE WITH PEAR is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques pr...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Mixed colored lithograph.
The poster was realized in occasion of the exhibition of the arti...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali, The Irascible (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Salvador Dali, In Dark Limbo (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Untitled - Lithograph by Dorothea Tanning - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Dorothea Tanning in 1974.
Colored lithograph.
Good conditions. Printed by Atelier Pierre Chave in Vence, France.
This lithograph was realized...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Maldoror : Molt Clock, Time Sleeping - Original etching, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Time Sleeping, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
REFERENCES :
- Cata...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dali, Fraud (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Happiness - Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Vibrant colors, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983).
She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Maldoror : The giant with a bag - Original etching, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The giantess with a bag, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
REFERENCE...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Emperor : Napoleonic Troops Passing Through - Original etching, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Napoleonic troops passing through, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Sinopia, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Sinopia is a term that refers to a reddish pigment used in the past and also to the underlayer drawing of frescoes, also realised with that pigment. This painting is “unfinishedâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
PPP, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A humble homage to one of the greatest Italian scholar of all times, the port, director, author, journalist and painter Pier Paolo Pasolini. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 60x80x4 ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Tsundere, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Tsundere, adj. Japanese word used especially in the Anime/Manga world to describe a character who shows initially a cold, hostile and impulsive behaviour, then let gradually emerge ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
10 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork portrays the Ten of Pentacles card, symbolizing success, financial satisfaction, and the completion of a wealth cycle. White bison figures, repres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
9 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork depicts the Nine of Pentacles card, symbolizing rapidly growing success, incoming financial satisfaction, and wealth. White bison figures represen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Rhinoceros, Tribute to Albrecht DURER - Signed lithograph poster (Gaspar #1503)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Rhinoceros, Tribute to Albrecht DURER, 1971
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil
Numbered / 300
On Guarro vellum 76 x 56.5 cm (c. 30 x 22 in)
REFERENCE : ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper. 'The Picnic'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century surrealist watercolour and gouache on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed bottom right.
An intriguing and beautifully...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Old City of Warsaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Old City of Warsaw" 1994 is an original color serigraph by Ukrainian/American artist Anatole Krasnyansky, 1930-2023. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 117/...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Screen
Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Glass
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph
Title: Flordali I
Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm
Printed signature
Edition of 4880
Reference: Field page 233 / Michler & Lopsinger 1586
The artwork is shipped wit...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Thoughtful - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Surrealism, Nocturn
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Zdybal (born in 1955)
He was awarded with "Golden Palm" at the international painting competition in Cannes and his works has been shown in Cannes, Warsaw, Gdansk and Berli...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947)
Two Seas and a Moon
30 x 22 1/2 inches
Oil on Canvas, c. 1943
Signed u...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Looking at the Swallow Birds - Large Original Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mohamad Khayata’s original figurative artworks are the result of five years of displacement and deal with themes of migration, memory, and identity. Mohamad’s paintings exhibit an ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 24
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 24
MEDIUM: Woodblock
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 139/150
MEASUREMENTS: 9" x 13.5"
FRAME: No
CONDITION: Exce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Surrealist Gouache and Watercolour on Paper, 'Sunday School Ghosts'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist watercolour and gouache on handmade paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed bottom right and signed, dated and titled 'Sunday School Ghosts' to the reverse.
A wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Nick Knight Vinyl Record Art
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Nick Knight vinyl record art 2007:
Off-set print on vinyl record. Unsigned.
Measure: 12 x 12 inches
Excellent condition
Published by Visionaire Fashion, 2007
A very cool frame piec...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Offset
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