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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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The Tub, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is a modern reinterpretation of the English nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Men in a Tub," first published in Mother Goose's Melody in 1798. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York, The Harbour - Abstract Colorful Urban Still Life Collage Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Don Juan: The Banquet (Le Banquet)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali
Don Juan: The Banquet (Le Banquet), Published 1970
Medium: Hand-Colored Drypoint Etching on Arches Paper
Edition: 38/250
Artwork Size: 25 x 20 in
Framed Size: 33 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$7,500 Sale Price
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Faust: Portrait of Marguerite (Le Portrait de Marguerite)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali
Faust: Portrait of Marguerite (Le Portrait de Marguerite), Published 1968-1969
Medium: Drypoint Etching with Roulette on Japon
Edition: 88/145
Artwork Size: 15 x 1...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
$32,000 Sale Price
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Alexander Calder, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Embassy, cir...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Leda Atomica, Lithograph Signed Numbered and Stamped
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Leda Atomica by Salvador Dali
Lithograph on BFK Rives Papier
Dimensions of the print: 58 x 43 cm
Dimensions of the sheet: 76 x 55 cm
Dimensions with frame: 84.5 x 63.5 cm
Edition of ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,472 Sale Price
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