Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

"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.

"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,...

This framed 15.5" x 13.25" mixed media female portrait by artist Jeffrey Kronsnoble features the black and white profile of a women with a circular ...

Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....

Unsigned Graphite on paper

The Face is an original drawing in China ink on cardboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1958. Applied on passepartout: 65 x 50 cm. Hand-signed and dated on the lower left. In ver...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Angel, Gabriel) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...

"Brewing Up Whimsy" (2024) Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts a student of magic brewing a potion in a small cauldron. There is a black cat stan...

"Estrada-Duran combines realism and surrealism in his work, the artists paintings are often monochromatic pencil drawings with overlays of gold paint that depict goddess-like women ...

Pierre Jacquemon (French-American, 1936-2002) Untitled, c. late 20th century Mixed media with ink, pencil, wash, and metal leaf on paper Sight: 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. Framed: 17 1/3 x 1...

Leonor Fini La Sorcière, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 21 x 15.5 cm 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. 41.5 x 36 cm 16 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small ...

Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that describes the world's end by means other than a nuclear war with Russia. Richard Erdoes brilliantly illustrates the work with his highly stylized painting technique. My favorite part of the work is on the left side showing a group of people packed together as they fall into oblivion. A clear reference would be Hieronymus Bosch's "The Last Judgment " Once Again the World Ends." Illustration published in Life Magazine, Feb. 9, 1962 Signed in lower right image. Unframed Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,[1] to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.[2] After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,[3] He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4] Career He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City. In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books. An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...

"Estrada-Duran combines realism and surrealism in his work, the artists paintings are often monochromatic pencil drawings with overlays of gold paint that depict goddess-like women ...

"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...

Leonor Fini Face, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 9 x 11 cm 3 1/2 x 4 1/3 in. 28 x 30 cm 11 x 11 7/8 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April 7 -...

Leonor Fini Face II, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 11 x 8.5 cm 4 1/3 x 3 1/8 in. 23 x 20 cm 9 x 7 7/8 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April ...

"Dragonfly Mother" 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...

"Divination" By Ashly Lovett is a beautiful chalk pastel illustration done on archival paper, which depicts a young witch in a moment of pause, surrounded by magical fire. Artist Bi...

"Estrada-Duran combines realism and surrealism in his work, the artists paintings are often monochromatic pencil drawings with overlays of gold paint that depict goddess-like women ...

Work on paper without frame

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 certifica...

In Memory of Bobby Sands Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: 1981 Graphite and Mixed Media on Paper, signed in pencil lower right, titled and dated on verso Size: 31 x 22 in...

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...

Teaching of Latin is an original drawing realized by an italian surrealist artist of Mid-20th century. The drawing is in good conditions on a yellowed paper, no signature and hatche...

Leonor Fini Portrait, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 14.5 x 10 cm 5 1/2 x 4 in. 37.5 x 33 cm 14 1/2 x 13 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition history: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, Apri...

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...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Guardian Angel, Gabriel) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian...

Giraffe Man. A man's acute inquisitive nature creates an unexpected physical change. Initialed R. T. lower left . Framed under glass. Framed size 13.5 x 10.38 Source: Biography f...

Fantastic pair of Peter Max (American b. 1937) V. 3. IX and XII. In the manner of Picasso each color pencil signed lower center and titled low...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 18.5 x 22 inches Condi...

Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Credo, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed in pen, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm)

A one of a kind 25" x 40" x 3" Magisterial Acrylic on Wood Panel Portrait Painting executed by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authent...

Powerful pencil study of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow. Tchelitchew exaggerates the sitters features with abnormally large eyes for dramatic effect, Bachoo (Countess Bachoobai Woronzow-D...

Roy Carruthers is a brilliant mix of George Tooker and Fernando Botero but with unexpected charm. "The Suitor with Voyeur", A variation of this concept was done in oil twenty years later. "The Venus of Ponte Vedra...

Powerful pencil study of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow. Tchelitchew exaggerates the sitter's features with abnormally large eyes for dramatic effect, Bachoo (Countess Bachoobai Woronzow-...

A unique and striking watercolor on paper by surrealist Salvador Dali. This painting depicts Moses in bold red paint with a crown of black points emerging from his head. Provenance: ...