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Who are two famous Surrealist artists?

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Who are two famous Surrealist artists?
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

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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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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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...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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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 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

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