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Was William Blake a Surrealist?
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No, William Blake is not usually considered a Surrealist by art historians. Although his paintings, prints and poetry exploring the realm of the unconscious mind influenced the Surrealist movement that started in 1924, his work predates it and was part of 19th-century Romanticism. Some of his most famous artworks include The Ancient of Days, The Ghost of Fleas, Pity, Newton and The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of Surrealist art.
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The Road Dreams of a Star Beneath Two Moons Tonight
Located in Oslo, NO
The Road Dreams of Star Beneath Two Moons Tonight
A dreamy moonlit landscape inspired by poetry and quiet night atmospheres.
The composition features a winding luminous path beneath...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper
This significant work on paper is a silkscreen print by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), part of the famous series dedicated ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Surreal Anthropomorphic Interior, Dalí Circle Cadaqués Spanish Oil Painting art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Surreal Anthropomorphic Interior, Dalí Circle Cadaqués Spanish Oil Painting
Artist: Antoni Pitxot
Technique: Oil on cardboard
Date: 1996
Signature: Signed “Pitxot 96” lower left
Ins...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Mineral Landscape Spanish Catalan Oil Canvas Painting Dalí Circle art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Dalí Circle Surrealist Mineral Landscape, Spanish Catalan Oil Painting
Artist: Antoni Pitxot Soler / Antoni Pichot Soler (Figueres, 1934 – 2015)
Title: Surrealist Mineral Landscape
Date: 1985
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 61 cm / 19.7 × 24 in
Framing: Unframed
Signature: Signed and dated lower right
Condition: Very good overall condition. Stable canvas and paint layer. Rich surface texture, visible impasto and original brushwork.
Description
Powerful surrealist oil painting by Antoni Pitxot Soler, one of the most important Catalan artists connected to Salvador Dalí’s inner circle and a key figure in the visual universe of Cadaqués and Figueres.
Painted in 1985, this work belongs to Pitxot’s mature period and presents one of his most recognizable subjects: a dreamlike mineral landscape built from stones, fragments, shells, fossil-like forms and metamorphic shapes. The composition seems suspended between landscape, archaeology and hallucination, where inert matter becomes almost alive.
The painting is especially strong visually. The lower section is constructed through a dense accumulation of sculptural forms, painted with thick, expressive brushwork and a refined chromatic range of blues, ochres, pinks, whites, greys and earthy tones. Above them, a floating organic form...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Design III a - Screen print by Getulio Alviani - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print in red and blue, realized in 1971.
Edition by Griffelkunst Hamburg.
Signed in pencil below the image, centered.
Image size 47 x 47 cm (image size).
Besides geometric...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
1960s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Work on Paper
Located in Roma, IT
1960s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Work on Paper
The work shown here is a famous piece by Salvador Dalí, taken from the suite dedicated to Wil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
