Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
Vulture, Surrealist Watercolor and Ink by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Vulture, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Georgian laid paper, signed in pen lower right, Image Size: 22 x 15 inches, Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Visions. Magic and Fantasy in Contemporary Art
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Luis-Xiua presents a contemporary artwork that stands out for its unique and vibrant technique, combining the use of colored pencils and ink over a background layer made with natural...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Color Pencil, Paper
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Archival Paper
Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion
Located in Surfside, FL
Jungle fantasy Scene, Ink, Colored ink and color watercolor surreal fantasy scene, birds, giraffes, alligators, snakes, turtles, storks, unicorn and maiden in a tepee, lions and elephants.
Laurence L. Donovan Jr. (1927-2001) was a poet, artist, and English professor at the University of Miami, best known for his poetry, much of which was inspired by Florida’s natural beauty.
Donovan grew up in southern Florida. His parents were Ruth and Laurence Donovan...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Charmin
By Greg Craola Simkins
Located in Dallas, TX
He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings. He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various cartoons and books. Some standout books that still find their way into his art are Watership Down...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'Allegory of a beast' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painte...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'The queen's journey' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painte...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'In front of the church' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painte...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'The Fall from the Horse' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painte...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'The king and bird' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Louis Marchand des Raux (French, 1902 – 2000)
Le roi et l’oiseaux
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘Marchand des Raux’ (lower left)
25.1/4 x 18.1/2 in. (...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'The horse accident' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Louis Marchand des Raux (French, 1902 – 2000)
‘L’accident de cheval’
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘Marchand des Raux’ (lower right)
18.1/2 x 25.1/4 ...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Cat Blue Flowers
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
"Le combat des poissons "Pencil study with annotations , cm. 30 x 20 1940 ca
By André Masson
Located in Torino, IT
André Masson ( 1896-1987)
Pencil study with annotations on the right side, acquired by the previous owner from Luis Masson son of Andrè Masson
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1940s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Baldur Helgason drawing 2018 (Baldur Helgason dog)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Baldur Helgason drawing 2018: Baldur Helgason Jorgen the Dog Day:
A robust, lively Helgason hand-drawing defined by the artist’s signature style.
Med...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Wax Crayon
Surrealist Watercolor Painting, "Living Waters"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind watercolor on paper figurative painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its framed dimensions are 17.5" x 17.5"x 1". It is framed. A certificate of aut...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Two Brothers with Griffon"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media artwork by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 8" x 10" x .75". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow deli...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media
"Green Rhythms, Melon Dreams" Pastel on paper signed
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Green Rhythms, Melon Dreams" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Della Wells. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This work features an alligator with what appears...
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1990s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
UNTITLED (GIRAFFE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original crayon and pencil drawing on cut-out paper mounted on board. Hand signed with artist's initials CA. Executed in 1966, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Red Green
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Maud' 200 x 107cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free
In Rock's own words,
Maud
'Maud was a legend in the city. A legend that walked the streets and lived and breathed in the minds of the townsfolk so strongly that no one was sure any more if she was real or not.
The tap...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Archival Paper, Pen, Ink
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Birds
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Salami Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
If Dogs Had Arms, colorful hand painted etching one of a kind
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Etching and watercolor, ideal for special gift
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Beak to Beak, figures birds fire escape mixed media collage w etching urban
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor and cut paper collage w/ etching of staircase. Dream scape fire escape imagery
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Birds
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
The Waggle Dance
Located in Nashville, TN
Waggle Dance is a watercolor-on-paper painting by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco. In this piece, the artist depicts hundreds of colorful beetles forming an intricate, decorat...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Oh Dear!
Located in Nashville, TN
Artwork Size: 41 x 29.5 in
"Oh Dear!" is a watercolor-on-paper painting by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco. As in the rest of his portrait series, Francisco continues to challenge and reimagine traditional forms of portraiture.
In this piece, Francisco depicts a fawn's head on a woman's body dressed in a lavish 17th-century violet gown...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"Scarlet Ibis, Red Chair" Contemporary Surrealist Painting, red bird on chair
Located in New York, NY
A red ibis perches on a red armchair in this contemporary surrealist painting by New York artist, Thomas Broadbent. The long legs of this water bird complement the design of the cha...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Archival Paper
the egg farmer, fantasy man among ostriches
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Archival Paper
Hungry Vampire Theaters
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ink on paper, framed.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Penguin & Cactus, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A prickly cactus stands on an angular plane while a baby penguin rests in the foreground. Artist Heejin Sutton placed these two var...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Rabbits original pen and ink sketch Derrick Sayer Beverley Nichols Cats ABC
Located in London, GB
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Derrick Latimer Sayer (British: 1917-1992)
Rabbits for Beverly Nichols...
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1980s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Nesting Swan" Contemporary Surrealist, Large scale Watercolor painting
Located in New York, NY
large scale contemporary surrealist watercolor painting depicting a graceful white swan on a green leather armchair, with a stack of books piled high to its side. A silver designer mid-century modern pole...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Paper, Watercolor
Love Birds, Sally-Ann Johns, Contemporary Animal Art, Original Drawings, Bright
Located in Deddington, GB
Sally-Ann Johns
Love Birds
Original Animal Drawing
Oil Pastel on Dutch Metal
Framed Size: H 31cm x W 31cm x D 10cm
Sold Framed in a Deep White Circular Frame
Please note that in situ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Gold Leaf
Predatory Animals - Drawing, Pink, Animals, Orange, Surrealist
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Predatory Animals, 2014
acryl, pencil and black fineliner on paper
13.89 H x 19.68 W in
35.3 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, whe...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Red Sea - Contemporary, Drawing on Paper, Pink, Dreamlike, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Red Sea, 2014
Collage, acrylic and colored fineliner on paper (Signed)
11.69 H x 16.53 W in
29.7 H x 42 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world,...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
Mythical Creature with Foliage Painted on Handmade Paper
Located in Houston, TX
Deer and owl hybrid creature that is similar to a mythological creature painted with foliage on handmade paper. The piece is not signed. It is not framed.
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Soap clouds - Drawing, Contemporary, Fantasy, Animals, Children's Room
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Soap clouds, 2014
Acryl, fineliner and colored pencil on paper
13.97 H x 19.68 W in
35.5 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where ...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper, Acrylic
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries," is an original surrealist ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in upper right. In the work, a lobster transforms into a stalk of bamboo in three stages...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"The Burden" Contemporary Surrealist watercolor (raven with books and chickadee)
Located in New York, NY
30"x22' signed on reverse. In this highly detailed contemporary surrealist style watercolor painting by New York artist, Thomas Broadbent a black raven holds a stack of hardbound bo...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Scarecrow with Nesting Birds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Aiwa' and dated 1996.
A substantial, pen and ink and watercolor figural study of a scarecrow dressed in cap, ragged jacket and vest with a pair of birds perche...
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1990s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Turtle Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Beautiful drawing of Len's reoccurring Turtle Man Character.
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Night Navigating
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Joseph Broghammer
Title : Night Navigating
Date : 2020
Dimensions : 20 1/2 by 24 inches.
Medium : chalk pastel on paper
Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. His one-of-a-kind pastel drawings in “Animals” are chronicles of his life. The creatures Broghammer creates are vehicles to uncover the varying characteristics of the artist’s personal identity.
Broghammer began mastering his “dry painting” technique during his B.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of South Dakota. He graduated in 1986 and a year later went on to study his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he studied at Creative Capital in Omaha, Nebraska. Broghammer later went on to become an educator himself, teaching at WhyArts? and becoming an Artist Assistant at Vera Mercer in Omaha – both of which he still practices at today.
Broghammer’s work has resonated with many people around the world. Only a few years after his formal education, he began exhibiting his work through various International group shows in Italy, Germany, Holland, Mexico, and even Kansas City. Although Broghammer’s portraits depict downy creatures, his work is very much about the human experience. They are honest and full of life, evoking a sincere exchange between artist and viewer.
Dry Painting, Pastel, Drawing, Chalk Pastel, Oil Pastel, Painting, Contemporary Drawing, Contemporary Painting, Animal Drawings, Animal Paintings, colored pencil, pencil, large-scale drawings, portrait, portrait drawing, contemporary art, contemporary artists, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Vladimir Kush...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper
Tranquility
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Surrealism has been my passion since a young age. The concept of being able to manifest my visions into a space where it can be seen and interacted with has always been fascinating...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Carnival Carnivore
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : Carnival Carnivore
Materials : India ink, graphite, collage and acrylic
Date : 2019
Dimensions : 40" x 39" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist and fr...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
The night tree - Mixed Media Figurative Drawing, Fantasy, Surreal, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mixed media surrealistic, fantasy drawing by Polish artist Małgorzata Kwiecińska
PROVENANCE
Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery.
The Gallery is a primary representative fo...
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1990s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Color Pencil
Surrealist animal drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist animal drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Isabel Rock, Thomas Broadbent, Raluca Arnăutu, and Carlos Gamez De Francisco. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist animal drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for animal drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $167 and tops out at $69,950, while the average work sells for $630.
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