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Who are two famous Surrealist artists?
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Two famous Surrealist artists are Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí. Ernst's greatest contribution to the Surrealist movement was his invention of frottage (French for “rubbing”), wherein an artist rubs a pencil or crayon over a paper atop a textured surface, and later grattage (French for “scraping”), where a similar technique is applied with paint. Dalí was well-known for using hyperrealism in his paintings, sculptures, prints, fashions and films to convey Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality. Some other Surrealist artists include Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range 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...
Category
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,472 Sale Price
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