Surrealist Figurative 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
Que Font Ces Gens - Ink Drawing by Salvador Dalì - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Que font ces gens is a beautiful modern artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1945.
China Ink Drawing on paper.
Original outstanding drawing realized to illustrate the book "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in 1945.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto.
Executed on thick cream wove paper, not laid down and taped to the mount along the upper edge. The upper, right and lower edges are slightly unevenly cut. There are two pinholes towards the upper right and upper left corners. The sheet is time stained and there is a spot of foxing beneath the lower edge of the drawing. There are some remnants from previous mounting at the upper two corners not visible when framed. There are handling marks to the perimeter of the sheet. The ink is strong and well preserved.
The artwork is accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003, reference archive: D-3461.
Prov. Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Sale...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1952
Original watercolor
Signed in lower center
Dated 1952
On vellum lined on thin board 42 x 30 cm (c. 17 x 12in)
REFERENCES :
Th...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Original Drawing Salom, Herod & Head John Baptist Secret Life of Salvador Dali
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Salom, Herod, and The Head of John The Baptist Original Drawing in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" Book
MEDIUM: Original Drawing
SIGNED: Hand Signe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "Introspective Stare", the drawing is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Surrealist composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man dressed in a su...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen, Pencil
$440 Sale Price
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Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
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:
Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
Porthole to Another Dimension
The legend said, that down by the river, beneath the purple hills, where the black iris...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Satyr, Pan and Deer - Greek mythology
Located in Miami, FL
This pen and ink from 1920 depicts a Greek mythological scene with a Satyr companioning Pan, who plays the flute to an interested woodland deer. It is rendered in minute detail with...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Board, Pencil
untitled, original
By Paul Colin
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is a limited edition, pencil signed by the artist on the print and in the plate. It is part of my private collection of artists from the School of Paris era. It is in very...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Engraving, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"Crystal Study" (2024) By Babs Webb, Original Fantasy Graphite Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Crystal Study" is a powdered graphite illustration, detailed with acrylic created by the talented fantasy artist Babs Webb. Depicted in this piece is a standard crystal formation, f...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
"The Famished Vampire" (2024) By Timothy Von Rueden, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"The Famished Vampire" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts an imprisoned vampire, who's hands are bound and has a cage on his head.
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Banana Blue Heads
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:
(A), 48x60cm, acrylic ink and acrylic paint on paper, 2011
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Banana Boat...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Roberto Fabelo Conquistador
Located in Miami, FL
Roberto Fabelo
Conquistador, 2011
Crayon on paper
30 x 22 in
Includes a certificate of authenticity by the artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Butterfly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TOM PERKINSON
"BUTTERFLY"
MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1974
21.5 X 21 INCHES
Tom Perkinson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in the country, and developed ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
$1,250 Sale Price
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Kindred Souls - Original Whimsical Fantasy Feminine Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
The Sacred Flying Chariot -Drawing - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Sacred Flying Chariot is an ink drawing and collage on paper realized by an anonymous surrealist artist in 1937.
Monogrammed "P.B." on the lower and dated and hand-note on the r...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Foxglove" (2024) By Ania Mohrbacher, Original Fantasy Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Foxglove" (2024) Is an original watercolor fantasy painting, which depicts a young witch and her black cat in the center of a clearing in a forest, rife with magical flora and fauna...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Scarecrow" (2019) By Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden, Graphite Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Scarecrow" is a beautiful collaboration between fantasy masters Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden, done with graphite on mixed media paper, and measuring at 14 x 11 in. in its frame,...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Exotic - Original Abstract Colorful Whimsical Figurative Feminine Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Nude - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original painting in watercolor and pen on paper applied on brown cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta, hand-signed.
In excellent conditions.
Sheet dimension: 24 x17 ...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Mermaid Orchestra Large Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Blues
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Fresh Sketch - Red Ink Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1970
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful fresh sketch in red ink on an ivory-colored paper, with an autograph dedication "Per Pino Fasio amicia Pittore Wifredo Lam Albissola 1970" . Dated and signed in red ink. V...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Amsterdam (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Amsterdam, 1967.
Ink on paper, 9.5 × 12.5 inches; 16 × 19 inches framed.
Signed and dated,...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Homecoming (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Homecoming, 1971.
Ink on paper, 4 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Small toning stain left margin.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Bird Told Me (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Bird Told Me (Who Told You?), 1972.
Ink on paper, 5 × 7 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Our Home (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Our Home, 1971.
Ink on paper. 4.5 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pyramid Mysteries (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Pyramid Mysteries, 1970.
Ink on illustration board, 13.5 × 9.75 inches.
Signed and dated. Titled on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Miles Davis) (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Sad Shit), 1969.
Ink on illustration board. Panel measures 15 × 13 inches.
Unfinished composition on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), 1971.
Ink on paper, 11.75 × 16.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Spring (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Spring, 1972.
Ink on paper, 9.75 × 13.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Animal Illustrations" Allan Rohan Crite, 2 Ink Drawings African American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Allan Rohan Crite
Animal Illustrations
Signed lower left
Pen and ink on paper
23 1/2 x 16 inches
Brought up in Boston, Crite received his art training al the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Harvard University Extension School in 1968. He worked for most of his life as an illustrator in the Planning Department of the Boston Naval Shipyards, retiring in 1976, but continued to paint at the same time. His work has been widely exhibited and well received in Boston, where a square is named after him. Crite's early paintings depict the daily life of Boston's African-American community, a community that was to be transformed in the following decade by urban renewal and housing projects.
In his later paintings, magic-realist visions in which a black Virgin and Child ride on public transportation or float above the city streets, Crite used a bright palette rather than the more somber tones of his "neighborhood paintings...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Landscape
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Landscape, 1968.
Ink on illustration board, 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Birch Mystery, trees, female figure, neutral tones, collage on archival paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and again, later, alone in the stu...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Lying Down Watching The Sun Go Down - Colorful Whimsical Figurative Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Lying in Thoughts - Original Colorful Whimsical Figurative Surreal Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Passing Clouds - Colorful Whimsical Figurative Feminine Fantasy Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Babel, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untited (From Aerial Circus Series), 1972.
Ink on paper, 4.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Aery Kingdom (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aery Kingdom, WIngs of Cloud, 1971
Ink on illustration board, panel measuring 19.5 × 25.5 inches.
Artist label on verso. Signed and dated.
Artist and a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
'U.S.S. Love', Swimming with Mermaids, Merman
By Roberta Loach
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Roberta Loach' and dated '79'; additionally signed verso and dated.
An enigmatic and whimsical drawing of a young woman in swimming costume and cap preparing to...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Flowers Colored Crystals and Awareness - Whimsical Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
'Preparing for the Recital', Woman Artist, Michoacán, Mexico City, San Francisco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Patricia Torres' (Mexican, born 1963) and dated 1987.
Previously with: Robert Dana Gallery from accompanying label and titled 'Duo'.
Patricia Torres was born in...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
In a Playful Labyrinth With Nature - Whimsical Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series), 1968.
Ink on Strathmore illustration board, 27 × 30 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Untitled Female Nude and Male" is a 22 x 17 inches, ink on paper drawing by American Surrealist painter Leon Kelly. The drawing is signed and dated in the lower right, it is matted ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wifredo Lam, Cuban (1902 - 1982)
Title: Untitled - I
Year: 1957
Medium: Crayon and Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Paper Size: 22 in. x 26.5 in. (55.88 cm x 67.31...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$150,000
Untitled Surrealist Mythical Portrait
By Bob Camblin
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Collage on paper, 1987
Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left
Condition: Good, with the ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Watercolor on paper: )"Monkey at Sea" (elephant nose )
Located in New York, NY
Shiri Mordechay's paintings are a whirlwind of emotion and complexity, drawing the viewer into a vibrant and dynamic world. Each piece is packed with countless details, your eyes are...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Peaceful Island (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Peaceful Island, 1968.
17 inches diameter on a panel measuring 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Earth River Flowing (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Earth River Flowing, 1979-86.
Ink on paper, 22 ¾ x 15 7/8 inches; measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibition History: Roland Ay...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lalanne, ink drawing
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), original ink drawing, 2004
This unique work signed by François Xavier Lalanne is an original ink drawing depicting a bee on a beautiful flower. ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Edward Burra original gouache 'The Procession', British, 20th Century
By Edward Burra
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Burra CBE (British, 1905 – 1976)
The harbour at low time
pencil on paper
signed with studio stamp ‘E.J. Burra’ (lower right)
21.3/4 x 30 in. (55.3 x 76 cm.)
Provenance: Sotheb...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Gouache
Demons - Original China Ink - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Demons is an original drawing in china Ink by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced com...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Lost in the Greenery - Vibrant Colorful Whimsical Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Edward Burra original drawing for a costume design for clown, British, 20th Cent
By Edward Burra
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Burra CBE (British, 1905 – 1976)
Costume design for clown pencil
watercolour and body colour on paper
19.3/8 x 9.3/4 in. (49.3 x 24.7 cm.)
Provenance: The collection of Gillia...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Bable, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Surrealist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist figurative 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 figurative 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 blue, orange, yellow, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Isabel Rock, Kyle Andrew Szpyrka, Sergio Barletta, and Gary Hansmann. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Ink 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 figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $121 and tops out at $179,950, while the average work sells for $1,500.