Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
Face III - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face III, 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Face - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
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 -...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, 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
Category
1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Heads Pink 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 whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Early Street Art - New York Urban Factory Scene - Mid Century - Factory X
By Dong Kingman
Located in Miami, FL
This early work from 1955 by Dong Kingman N.A. is as surreal as it is a document of a place. The artist effectively captures a slice of American urban life but constructs the compo...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
IIsabel 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 tak...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
'3D Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait, ' by Jeffrey Kronsnoble, Mixed Media
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
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 ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
'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...
Category
1920s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor, Gouache
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Lotus, Drawing 2015
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sorcière - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
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 ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Face II - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
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 ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Bee Gone" A large, framed, technically stunning drawing by Arminée Chahbazian
Located in Hollister, CA
Bee Gone
Bee Gone is a poetic and visually arresting work by Arminée Chahbazian that speaks to the fragility of the natural world and the silent disappearance of vital species. Throu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
'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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Abstract Surrealist Botanical
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed drawing of several flowers and geometric shapes by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed (illegible) and dated on the right side. Presented in a new double mat (grey, and...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
La Dame Queteuse
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
La Dame Queteuse
Ink on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below)
10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor, Drawing - "You Must Die For Yours"
Located in Surfside, FL
On heavy Arches deckle edged paper. This combines text or poetry in calligraphy on the side.
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surr...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Learning to Fly, Drawing 2015
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Foam Board, Pencil, Graphite
"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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Little Flower Bug - Whimsical Fantasy Botanical 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Surreal semi-Nude Man in the Middle of the Highway
By Steven Stroud
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered surreal image of a seemingly disoriented shirtless and shoeless man standing in the middle of a busy highway and gazing outward. The image is characterized by fine lines with some cross-hatching over a wash mono-chromatic background. Published: The Stories of John Cheever...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Vintage Surreal Landscape Original Watercolor C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Surreal Landscape Original Watercolor C.1970
Remarkable original surreal landscape
Notes on the back indicate "Robert Uala" is the artist
The signature in the lower right ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Jimbo Jump - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
Jimbo Jump is an original painting artwork in mixed media, ink and tempera realized by Sergio Barletta in 1992.
Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
Composition - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original ink and watercolor drawing on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Antoine M...
Category
1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Les Captives by Paul Delvaux - Nudes, Work on paper, Ink
By Paul Delvaux
Located in London, GB
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Les Captives by Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Pen, Indian ink and wash on paper
35 x 43.5 cm (13 ³/₄ x 17 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, P. Delvaux 1955
Inscribed on the reverse
Provenance: Christie's London, 2010
Private collection, London, acquired from the above
Artist biography:
Belgian artist Paul Delvaux was born in Liège in eastern Belgium. Despite Delvaux’s desire to become an artist, his lawyer father encouraged him to train as an architect at the prestigious Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Thanks to private art tuition undertaken alongside his architectural studies, in 1925 Delvaux gained his first solo exhibition in Brussels. Heavily influenced by contemporary Expressionism and Surrealism, Delvaux was soon drawn to the ‘metaphysical’ paintings of Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico. On a chance visit to a museum of medical curiosities...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Portrait of Woman - Original Etching by Francis Mockel - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original etching realized by Francis Mockel (1940)
Limited edition of some copies numbered and signed.
Good condition, on a white little cardboard.
Francis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing - Women On The Beach
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Scorpion, Surrealist Ink Drawing by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A detailed and hand-drawn work on paper by Polish artist Wojtek Kowalczyk of scorpions in sand dunes. The scorpions, however, are made of twining rope...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Blue Flowers and Colored Threads - Whimsical Fantasy 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Fashionable Faces, Surrealist Figurative Line Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun and playful figurative line drawing with three stylized female faces by SusanBrooks (American, b. 1951), 1985. Signed and dated in the lowe...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Face - China Ink Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
1960s Illegibly signed surrealist ink drawing
Located in New York, NY
Unknown Artist
Untitled, c. 1960s
Ink on paper
Sight size: 10 x 7 in.
Framed: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed illegibly lower right: Jack Bl...?
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going?, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modern Figurative Surrealist Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'Prince of Innocence'
Located in Surfside, FL
Angelic boy with a devil figure.
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s.
Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States.
His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home.
Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.
San Diego Academy of Fine Arts
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA)
University of San Diego
San Diego Museum of Art
James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif.
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy
Centre de Arte Moderna
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France
Gordon Gilkey Collection
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or.
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Woman in Flight /// Contemporary Fantasy Female Figurative Pastel Painting Lady
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
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:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged 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:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*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.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Hypnotic Nature - Fantasy Feminine Botanical 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Coffee with M.C. Escher, Signed Charcoal Drawing by Randall Browning
Located in Long Island City, NY
Coffee with M.C. Escher
Randall Browning
American (1955)
Date: Circa 2005
Charcoal Drawing on Paper, signed
Size: 19.5 in. x 29 in. (49.53 cm x 73.66 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled (Angel, Gabriel)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
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, ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Surrealist Painting on Tile, "Harlequin Griffon"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original painting on glazed tile by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 8.8" x 10.8" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A certificate of authenticit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Close, very close, surreal oil portrait with pastel colors and glaze, green pink
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Surrealist landscape with organic shapes
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Surrealist landscape with organic shapes
Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970
Signed CE Harris lower right corner (see photo)
Stamped with the artist’s estate stamp verso (see photo)
Reference: Beni Kosh Collection Estate Stamp #705
Provenance: Estate of the artist
A wonderful example by one of the few African American Surrealist painters.
“An African-American born Charles E. Harris, the name under which he painted until the early 1960s when he took the name of Kosh. His paintings span the period 1949-71, and reflect abstract and surreal figurative subjects which include Cleveland street scenes, jazz clubs, and depictions of Christ.”
Courtesy of Rachel Davis Fine Art
“Beni E. Kosh was born as Charles Elmer Harris, in Cleveland Ohio. He changed his name in the 1960’s, which translates to “Son of Ethiopia”. He rarely exhibited or sold his work and was affiliated with the African-American artists’ “Sho-nuff Art Group” and the Karamu House and studied under Cleveland artist Paul Travis. His style is very diverse and he experimented with Cubism, portraiture and abstractions in series. His paintings span from 1949 – 1971, and reflect abstract and surreal figurative subjects, which include Cleveland street scenes, jazz clubs, and depictions of Christ. He received little recognition during his lifetime and was only “rediscovered” literally days after his death when hundreds of his paintings were rescued by an art dealer.”
(Courtesy Pennsylvania Art...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Little Blue Fern Leaf Make Me Fly - Abstract Fantasy 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
untitled (Woman and Cat)
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Graphite on paper
Category
20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Flower Studies
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Graphite and colored pencils on laid paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Personne Suite No. 9
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012)
Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Untitled Nude. Pencil drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"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 ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Don't You Recognize Me?, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Pierre Jacquemon Nature Goddess Drawing
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Geesje Kwak – 08-10-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Initial Boredom After my last graphite pencil drawing of Geesje Kwak -04-09-21 I felt one was missing in the series. It was alright but the style resembled that of Geesje Kwak –...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Paysage linéaire by José Gerson - Gouache on paper 69x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Face - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
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 -...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cliff Face Nest, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A colorful little bird watches over her nest perched on a ledge. The white porcelain trays represent cliffs that are fixtures on any nesting island. The asymm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Gehl Dairy Farm, " Original Mixed Media Surrealist signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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