Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Fernando Carballo, Costa Rican artist, original ink drawing, signed and titled.

Unsigned Graphite on paper

Fernando Botero Original drawing of a woman, 1997 Ink on paper drawing on paper held on first front end page of "Botero" - hardback monograph with dust jacket The unique, original dr...

Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...

These stunning original project drawings, hand-painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a...

Eugenio Granell (1912-2001) - Surrealist figure. Watercolor Watercolor measures 29x22 cm. Frame measures 56x49 cm. Eugenio Granell was born in La Coruña in 1912. He lived most of his childhood in Santiago de Compostela, a city that marked a large part of his artistic work. From a young age, he showed a great predisposition to art, specifically to music, and in 1928 he moved to Madrid to study violin at the Escuela Superior de Música. There he met the composer and director Enrique Casal Chapí. It is at this time when he begins to attend political and literary gatherings in Madrid cafes. His circle of friends - such as Benjamín Péret or Wilfredo Lam - brought him closer to the orbit of the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM), in which he began to serve in 1935. At the outbreak of the Spanish civil war, he joined the militias loyal to the republican government to defend the capital and combined this activity with the direction of El Combatiente Rojo, the POUM newspaper. After the war ended, he was doubly persecuted; on the one hand, the victorious fascist army, which tried to get rid of any signs of active resistance against the new regime. On the other hand, Granell would suffer the persecution of his own communist comrades, since, under Stalin's mandate, the POUM and its militancy -of a Trotskyist nature and opposed to the Stalinist line of the Soviet Union- were considered enemies of communism and, therefore, this, condemned to persecutions and murders. Thus, in 1939, he must move to France. There he finds a reality different from the one he was looking for and went through various concentration camps until, after several attempts, he managed to escape and reach Paris -where he will meet Péret and Lam- to find a way out of his situation, leaving for South America. On the train that takes him to the port of La Havre, he meets Amparo Segarra, a Valencian fleeing Franco's repression, who would become his partner. They embark to Chile but, given the impossibility of this country to receive more refugees, they divert to the Dominican Republic, where they will settle, now together with Amparo, in the capital, Ciudad Trujillo. There, the artist will become part of the Symphony Orchestra as first violin. In 1941 he met André Breton when interviewing him for the newspaper La Nación. From this meeting a friendship will arise that will last until his death in 1966. In 1944 he publishes the book of stories El hombre verde. In 1946, only six years after settling in, under the hardening of the Trujillo dictatorship, he refused to sign a letter of adherence to the regime, so they had to leave the country and moved to Guatemala. There he entered as a professor at the School of Plastic Arts, maintaining an intense cultural activity. At the beginning of the Guatemalan revolution, in 1950, he had to flee the country again, for fear of Stalinist persecution. This time the Granell-Segarra family arrives in Puerto Rico, where the artist will occupy the chair of Art History at the Faculty of Humanities. In these years he published Isla Cofre Mítico -which is tremendously close to the surrealist poetic style- and participated in various collective exhibitions at the Puerto Rican university. Although in Santo Domingo he had collaborated with him on poetry magazines...

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...

This is an original drawing done with black and colored markers on lined paper. The piece is dedication to Roberta Matta's wife Germana. The provenance of this drawing is from the ...

This artwork titled "Victor" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on light green/brown Canson et Mogolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzoz...

"Untitled" is a charcoal work by Irving Norman, circa 1970. The work is signed in pencil in the lower right, "© I. H. Norman 57". The piece measures 38 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches. The Lith...

This artwork titled "Concert #1" 1974 is a black and color ink drawing on Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska,...

This artwork titled "Concert #IV" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on orange Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska...

This artwork titled "Diana" 1974 is a color ink drawing on light grey Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska, 192...

DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Napoleon from the back, holding a heart. cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...

DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Napoleon from the back, with King Henry VIII holding a pastry. titled: "England cannot be conquered by a few French pastries" cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...

This artwork titled "Pelagia" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on pink Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska, 1927...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of travellers before a citadel by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right ...

Provenance: This piece was deaccessioned from the Bass museum in Miami Beach florida. This piece is a good museum example of Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis), A method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. This example is by Manuel Saez, Xisco Mensua and Guillermo Paneque. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person contributed. The technique was invented by surrealists. Surrealism principal founder André Breton reported that it started in fun, but became playful and eventually enriching. In the beginning were Yves Tanguy, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Prévert, Benjamin Péret, Pierre Reverdy, and André Breton. Other participants probably included Max Morise, Joan Miró, Man Ray, Simone Collinet, Tristan Tzara, Georges Hugnet, René Char, and Paul and Nusch Éluard. Henry Miller often partook of the game to pass time in French cafés during the 1930s. Manuel Sáez (born 6 March 1961) is a Spanish, self-taught artist. Since 1984, he has been living and working in Valencia. The Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana describes Manuel Sáez as among the most important painters of the turn of the 21st century owing to his simultaneously sensual and psychological approach to the world of objects, landscapes, figures and portraits. As a resident fellow of the Spanish Fine Arts Academy in Rome in 1990, Sáez elaborated a series of portraits called Biografia no autorizada In 1991 Sáez held his first important show at the Fundació La Caixa. in Valencia In 1996 he presented his first retrospective, Colección Exclusiva 1984-1995, in the Club Diario Levante of Valencia, as well as the Madrid Circle of Fine Arts, the Salas Verónicas of Murcia, the Castellón Delegation and the Brocense of Cáceres. In 2000 Sáez exhibited in Mexico City's Museo Rufino Tamayo and in the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) in Valencia. In 2008 Sáez's work could be seen at the Sala Parpalló in Valencia. In 2003-04, Dispersions was exhibited at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami. In 2007, Sáez's work is featured in the Valencian Institute of Modern Art's (IVAM) El Pop Art en la Colección del IVAM ("Pop Art in the IVAM Collection") in Valencia.[12] Xisco Mensua Initially studied at Escuelas Virtèlia, but followed an atypical school career due to illness. Began to paint in 1978. Took a course in painting at the Escola d’Arts i Oficis (Valencia), where he had lived since the age of eight. Lived in Barcelona from 1982 to 1987, studying art at the Escola Eina for the first two years. Returned to Valencia and began exhibiting in 1990. Produced works in co-operation with Fernando Ros and Mim Juncà, as well as designing stage sets for the theatre. Now forms part of the Jacques Moran collective. Through drawing, Mensua creates a fictional world in an exercise in which he transfigures common references, whether intimate or biographic, political or social. Guillermo Paneque Seville, 1963 Spanish painter. He completed his artistic training at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Seville, Director and founder, along with Rafael Agredano and José Espaliú, of the magazine Figura in 1984. It is in the mid-eighties when his work is made known within the Andalusian artistic scene, through the production of small format paintings populated with references and symbols from the religious and everyday environment that the author mixes with a playful sense and with erotic characters that reveal a clear rejection of the Andalusian artistic tradition. His work evolves towards a formal synthesis and an iconographic cleansing in the line of conceptual art. He has starred in numerous solo exhibitions and participated in important collectives, among which include: Aperto 86 at the Venice Biennial (1986), Spain 87. Dynamiques and Interrogations (1987) at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris, Spanish natures...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of a reverent saint by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by s...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of a tree by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by striking ph...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of herbs by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by striking pho...

This artwork titled "Concert #II" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on creme Canson et Montgolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of abstract forms by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by str...

This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of flowers by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by striking p...

This artwork titled "Concert #6" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on beige Canson et Montgolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska,...

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Jean Cocteau has been acclaimed as one of the world's most important surrealist artists. "Two Heads ", created in 1959, confirms t...

The Cartographer, 2021 collage on paper 50 H x 35 W cm Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper,...

Madonna 1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm "Madonna" is a symbolic and emotionally charged artwork, celebrating the iconic religious figure of the Virgin Mary and the spiritual sig...

Two Women by George Tooker is a psychologically engaging portrait of contrasts. An untidy, older, overweight woman is seen slumped in a chair, asleep and lost in a dream. Her head ti...

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...

Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanical objects and gadgets into his artwork. His work is characterized by its unique and eclectic mix of materials, which rang...

A black and white, Surrealist watercolor on paper by artist Desmond McLean in a cerused black frame. McLean was born in Sligo, Ireland and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He was a professor...

A black and white, Surrealist watercolor on paper by artist Desmond McLean in a cerused black frame. McLean was born in Sligo, Ireland and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He was a professor...

Free Gouda! - 25-08-18 I was walking on a Sunday afternoon, the last very hot one of this summer and the central square was deserted. No one was there because of the dying heat an...

Gouda - 11-08-18 Last week I was walking in the direction of Museum Gouda to visit the exhibition 'From Gauguin to Toorop' when I saw this canal adjacent to the museum, opposite t...

Oudaen - 26-11-18 Last year I was at Oudaen, a city castle at Utrecht, Netherlands which now is a crowdy hotspot for party people. I was dining near the window in the corner with ...

Nights over Egypt - 13-11-18 I found this picture of Jenna J. Ross on Instagram and I liked it a lot. It was dark and blue. I found it fit for my Egypt project and decided to turn...

Initiatrix - 03-12-18 The third art work in my new series on Egypt. I experimented with my personal style 'roundism' in combination with realism and surrealism. I also used a previous theme the 'holy vortex' and my theory on singularities. The new element is the ancient carved block patina, giving it a layered and also surrealistic look. Vortices as a result of the application of the golden ratio already were recognized and employed by the old Egyptians...

Bastet - 01-01-19 My Egyptian series is an addition to my 'j'accuse' painting 'The Revelation of Bettie Page'. My New Year's resolution for this year: I dare all algorithms of soc...

La Langue Verte - 14-12-18 I liked the triangular position of the model's body and put her in an Egyptian scenery, thinking of my roundism style relating to hieroglyphics and Egyptian arts in general. I always liked the intense need for styling and I consider the depictions of the human body by the old...

Cleopatra - 22-12-18 When I saw the reference picture I was inspired to turn the model sitting in a bath with lots of foam around her, into a donkey milk bath with Cleopatra in it...

Trompe-l'Oeil Study Watercolor on heavy wove paper, 1943 Signed with the artists initials, lower center of image; Dated 1943, lower center of image Provenance: Swann Galleries, 2007,...

Isis - 25-01-19 Some time ago I saw underwater excavation pictures of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city submerged. I always thought to return to my painting 'Loving the Alien' ...

5 bestialities - 19-02-19 After my last drawing '11 bestialities - 09-02-19' I got the hang of it and decided to do once more. After all, when the artist's mind has been evoked, t...

11 bestial qualities - 09-02-19 One thing in another. I try to see it all the time. Sometimes I fail, another time I see more clearly. Hitting almost 50 I begin to realize that th...

Voorschoten - 11-03-19 Last year I was walking through sunny Voorschoten, a town in the north to where I live. I saw an attractive cityscape appearing in one of the streets, took ...

The artist and his model - 31-03-19 This drawing is a protest and and prestudy altogether. The latter for the sake of a bigger painting and the first because I need to be more cle...

These lovely original project drawings, hand-painted with colored pencils on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a study of kitchen accessories: a soup tureen and a vintage coffee bean...

The sheik of Araby - 15-10-17 I always love this jazz song and when listening to jazz doing my nudes in my apartment I made the connection all of a sudden, as I often do between v...

watercolor on paper, available framed in a high quality shadowbox frame, signed on reverse. This is a highly detailed, realistic, watercolor painting depicting a tower of animals wi...

Leon Kelly (American, born France, 1901-1982) Surrealist Portrait Ink on paper, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches; Framed: 21 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches Signed and dated at lower right: "Leon Kelly 19...

These stunning original project drawings, hand-painted with colored pencils on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature ...

Agatha Wojciechowsky Untitled Concert Hall Abstraction Watercolor, 1964 Watercolor on thick wove paper (with original label from Cordier & Ekstrom...

Who is pulling your strings? Is it your past? Is it your future? Is it those who judge you? and are the strings attached to danger, growth, happiness .... kindness? this work is abou...

Artist: Frank Rakoncay (American, 1936-1998) Title: "Woman in Flight" *Signed by Rakoncay in pencil lower left. It is also signed again lower right Circa: 1980 Medium: Original Oil P...

This detailed, hand-drawn piece by Polish artist Wojtek Kowalczyk is an ode to America's Monument Valley. Large cowboy hats seem to float down to earth from...

"Therapeutic Horse Knowledge" is an original oil pastel drawing on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece upper left. This piece features a surreal and abstract enviro...

Roundism - 27-04-20 The next drawing in my solarized roundism series. It forms a transition from my previous abstracted cubist geometry towards a crossover to realism and surreali...