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What is Representational Surrealism?
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Representational Surrealism is the term for art that uses realistic imagery to depict the workings of the unconscious mind. Salvador Dalí's paintings The Persistence of Memory and Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening are examples of this type of Surrealist art. The opposite of Representational Surrealism is Abstract Surrealism. Instead of incorporating real objects, artists who worked in this style featured non-representational shapes, colors and imagined forms in their works. Some examples of Abstract Surrealism include Jean Arp's Danger of Death and Torn-Up Woodcut. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of Surrealist art.
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Wild Flowers 2 - Abstract Vibrant Color Drenched Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
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RENÉ MAGRITTE Le Maître d'École - 1955 Limited edition Lithograph - Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
LE MAÎTRE D'ÉCOLE, 1955 (THE SCHOOLMASTER)
Date of creation: 2010
Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper
Edition: 275
Size: 60 x 45 cm
Observations: Lithograph on BFK Rives paper plat...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Engraving
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Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Wifredo Lam, Untitled, from Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled Sin titulo (Untitled), from the album Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona - Redfern Gallery, London, originates from the 1979 ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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