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
Pizza Delivery To Underground House, Surrealist Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Pizza Delivery To Underground House. Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 21.5 x 36 in. (54.6...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Color Pencil
Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of a reverent saint, 1998
By Dora Maar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
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...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Archival Paper
New York No. 1968 - Whimsical Playful House Home Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
New York No. 14 - Watercolor House Home Original Painting Whimiscal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Pair of Etchings V. 3. IX and XII
By Peter Max
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Cat Blue Flowers
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
The Dream of Palm Springs - Watercolor House Home Original Painting Whimiscal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Personne Suite No. 1
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...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching
Personne Suite No. 5
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...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching
Personne Suite No. 7
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...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching
The Egg Farmer half man/ostrich walking on eggs by a dark sea humorous overtones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival paper signed on bottom left. It is mounted on an acid free foam board suitable for framing under glass. The dimensions with board are 32x 40 inABOUT Ste...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Archival Paper
Fantastic Animals - Original Mixed Media by Guelfo Bianchini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic Animals is an original contemporary artwork realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1970s.
Mixed media technique.
Includes frame.
Collect a contemporary artwork!
Guelfo Bianch...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Mixed Media
House of Dreams - Blue, Red, Drawing, Figurative, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
House of Dreams, 2013
Ink and colored pencil on paper
16.53 H x 11.69 W in
42 H x 29.7 W cm
Signed
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where an...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Surrealist Geometric Variation Colors Drawings on Tracing Paper, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Color Pencil
The temptation of Saint Anthony (1977) by Vivaldo Martini - Drawing 36x49 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pen
Carousel of nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
The work is signed and dated but artist unknown from the gallery
The work is framed. White wooden frame with glass, total size 82x62 cm
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Red Sea - Contemporary, Drawing on Paper, Pink, Dreamlike, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Red Sea, 2014
Collage, acrylic and colored fineliner on paper (Signed)
11.69 H x 16.53 W in
29.7 H x 42 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world,...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Color Pencil
Coloured City - Drawing, Pencil, Blue, Red, Paper
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Coloured city, 2014
acryl and colored fine liner on paper
19.68 H x 13.89 W in
50 H x 35.3 W
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where animals f...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Color Pencil
Soap clouds - Drawing, Contemporary, Fantasy, Animals, Children's Room
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Soap clouds, 2014
Acryl, fineliner and colored pencil on paper
13.97 H x 19.68 W in
35.5 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Color Pencil, Acrylic
Paysage de l'infini by José Gerson - Drawing 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Color Pencil
Behind, Surrealist Ink and Watercolor on Paper Painting by Thaddeus Strode
Located in Long Island City, NY
An ink and watercolor work by Thaddeus Strode. A conceptual piece of a shadowed figure and ghost with caption "Behind the Sufferer is a Ghost".
Artist: Thaddeus Strode
Title: Behind...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Funny and Sad Face, Surrealist Drawing, France 1960s Geometric Colorist Project
Located in Atlanta, GA
This original project drawing, hand-painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, was designed by a French artist circa the 1960s. The painting features a geometric study...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Color Pencil
Surreal Colored Pencil Drawing, "Resilience"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind colored pencil and watercolor on paper illustration by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its framed dimensions are 13" x 13"x 1". It is framed. A certificate...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing California Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Sadness of Mr. lapin After the Artist Left"
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 nude and animal 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...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
British animator for Yellow Submarine, Richard Dalkin's painting 'Flying School
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Richard Dalkins (British, b. 1945)
Flying school
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper
Signed and numbered ‘Richard Dalkins P.5’ (lower right)
11.3/4 x 16.1/2 in. (29.8 x 41.6 cm....
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Epreuve d'artiste by José Gerson - Drawing 26x33 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Carbon Pencil
The society gravitates to an uncertain core by José Gerson - Pastel 68x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Color Pencil
Untitled Nude. Pencil and gold paint nude figurative 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 ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Surrealist composition of José Gerson n°1 - Drawing 67x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Woman projecting the future by José Gerson - Drawing 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Color Pencil
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paint, Archival Paper, Pen, Ink
Little Theater - China Ink Drawing by Jorge Castillo - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Little Theater is a fascinating drawing in China ink made by the Spanish Surrealist artist Jorge Castillo (1933), dated around 1960.
The paper is glued on the four corners on a card...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Surrealist Latin American Mixed Media - Woman In Green Pants With Ship
Located in Surfside, FL
Armando Villagran lived from 1945 to 1995 in Mexico. He was a self-taught artist, painter, draftsman and illustrator with a neo-figurative style. He has been considered by Mexican ar...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Surrealist composition by José Gerson n°3 - Pastel on paper 45x69 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Ink, Gouache
Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion
Located in Surfside, FL
Jungle fantasy Scene, Ink, Colored ink and color watercolor surreal fantasy scene, birds, giraffes, alligators, snakes, turtles, storks, unicorn and maiden in a tepee, lions and elephants.
Laurence L. Donovan Jr. (1927-2001) was a poet, artist, and English professor at the University of Miami, best known for his poetry, much of which was inspired by Florida’s natural beauty.
Donovan grew up in southern Florida. His parents were Ruth and Laurence Donovan...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor
Untitled Nude. Figurative drawing on paper. Pencil and gold paint
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 ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Matches - Polish Art Master, Contemporary Surreal Drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
Drawing on paper, 1978
FRANCISZEK STAROWIEYSKI (b.1930- d.2009)
studied paitning at Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw (1949-1955). He specialized in poster, drawing, paintin...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Carbon Pencil
Veillee Sepulchrale; Verso: Study of two figures in a landscape
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Veillee Sepulchrale
Verso: Study of two figures in a landscape
Pen and ink on rose colored Canson watermark paper, 1944
Signed in ink with the artist's initials lower center (see photo)
Dated 1944 lower center;
Titled in ink upper left corner (see photo)
Provenance:
Swann Galleries, 2010, realized $900.
John Popplestone (1928-2013), Akron, OH collector, noted psychologist and author
Berman brothers (painters)
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Eugene Berman in Italy in the 1960s
Eugène Berman (Russian: Евгений Густавович Берман; 4 November 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russia – 14 December 1972, Rome) and his brother Leonid Berman...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Pen
Surrealist landscape with skull and red daisy
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Surrealist landscape with skull and red daisy
Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970
Unsigned
Stamped with the artist's estate stamp verso (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Refere...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
"Choppy Waters", surreal, fish, blue, mixed media
Located in Natick, MA
“Choppy Waters” by artist Mary Spencer is a 28 x 39.5 inch surreal mixed media work on paper. The artwork is signed and dated on the front and back.
Mary Spencer’s works on paper in...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Mixed Media
Madonna 1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Mixed Media
Surrealist Composition, 1987 - gouache, 50x65 cm, framed
By Pierre de Berroeta
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper, signed lower right
(1914 – 2004) Né à Paris, Pierre DE BERROETA entre à l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris en 1933. Ses œuvres s’inscrivent alors...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Green Pine Nest, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith paints a modern realist composition of the ends of pencils. He paints them in different colors to lead your eye through the painting. Dwig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Surrealist Latin American Mixed Media Watercolor & Ink - Woman Holding Purse
Located in Surfside, FL
Armando Villagran lived from 1945 to 1995 in Mexico. He was a self-taught artist, painter, draftsman and illustrator with a neo-figurative style. He has been considered by Mexican ar...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Cookie Ride, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This vibrant still-life watercolor captures the essence of indulgence and a healthy lifestyle. Painted in the realist tradition, the piece showcases chocolate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Third Rock from the Sun – 15-02-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
My Compliments This graphite pencil drawing ‘Third Rock from the Sun – 15-02-24’ I wanted to create for a long time. However, caught up in some projects in oil I had some ti...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Mixed Media, Oil
Slava Ukraini – 28-09-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Back to the Narrative This graphite pencil drawing ‘Slava Ukraini – 28-09-23’ incorporates a narrative or theme again. Neo Deco – 20-09-23 merely knew a formalistic approa...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Cleopatra – 23-02-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
More than Cubism and Roundism This graphite pencil drawing ‘Cleopatra – 23-02-24’ refers to a work under the same name I made back in 2018. That year I started my ‘Out of...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Nina - 16-08-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Slender Body This graphite pencil drawing ‘Nina – 16-08-23’ is the second I made of this beautiful model. Her portrait I drew a week ago and I fancied doing another one. Her...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Surrealist Composition, Unique drawing on paper, Svanberg Museum Exhibition 1935
Located in New York, NY
Max Walter Svanberg (1912–1994)
Surrealist Composition, 1935
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 10 ⅗ × 16 ½ in (27 × 42 cm); 18 ⅞ × 25 ¼ in (48 × 64 cm) framed
Signed and dated lower righ...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
Large Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women painting Blue Foot Foliage
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bömmels belonged to the co-founders of the Cologne artist group Mülheimer Freiheit , which also included Hans Peter Adamski , Walter Dahn , Jiří Georg Dokoupil , Gerard Kever and Ger...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Graphite
the fall, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Suddenly I'm letting surrealism just happen... it's creepy but I appreciate the way it happens. My drawing skills are a conduit for a stream of thought vision that I have no hope of understanding. Like dreams right? Pencil on Bristol plate...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Pesce
Located in Wien, 9
CURT STENVERT (1920 - 1992) Pesce (fish), 1972, Pastel on paper, 62 x 48 cm, signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE: Galleria d'Arte Narciso, Turin (label on the reverse) Private col...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Seascape - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1950s.
Hand-Signed on the lower right marg...
Category
1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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