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
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
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled - Early Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Drawing is an exceptional pencil drawing by the artist Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, who signed on the lower right of the paper “Matta”. The artwork is in ver...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
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
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
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1920s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor, Gouache
The Writer - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Writer is an Original China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mayo (1905-1990).
Good condition included a cardboard passpartout (50x35 cm).
Hand signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Provenance: Private Collection, Paris.
Antoine Mayo (Port Said, Egypt 1905 - Seine Port1990)
Greek painter naturalized French citizen, active from 1924 in France, was a Surrealist artist and a polyhedric artist: painter, decorator, costume, designer, illustrator and much more. His father was Greek and his mother French, friend of Prévert and Desnos, he is also known for his work as a decorator and costume designer of masterpieces such as Les Enfants du Paradis, Golden helmet or Hiroshima my love.
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
$613 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$173 Sale Price
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Scarecrow with Nesting Birds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in Gouache, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1950s.
Hand-Signed.
In good condition.
Antoine Mayo...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$523 Sale Price
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Tattooed Bouquet combination still life and figurative genres soft green tomes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Untitled - Surrealist Scene - Drawing by Albert Debois - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled - Surrealist Scene is an original contemporary artwork realized by Albert Debois in 1973.
Mixed colored pastel on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
$586 Sale Price
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The Verdure Killer Stalemate
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$4,900 Sale Price
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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
$3,830
UNTITLED (GIRAFFE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original crayon and pencil drawing on cut-out paper mounted on board. Hand signed with artist's initials CA. Executed in 1966, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
(Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Untitled
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape)
Year: 1973
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$3,880 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Ink, 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
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$4,000 Sale Price
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The Capture of the Hippogriff - Drawing by Fabrizio Clerici - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Capture of the Hippogriff is an enchanting drawing in watercolor and china ink realized by Fabrizio Clerici.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
In excellent conditions.
The artw...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
$1,307 Sale Price
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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 ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sans Titre 2 Original Pastel/Drawing on Paper
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 2
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 20" x 25"
Framed: 28" x 35"
Authentication: Kajsa Westling N...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
The Sugars
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$4,900 Sale Price
57% Off
"Expulsion", Surreal, Figure, Fish, Mixed Media, 1986
Located in Natick, MA
“Expulsion” 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 invest...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Surreal Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Nimble Articulation"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 10" Surreal Bleached and Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag Paper by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper, Watercolor
Hot Air Balloon with Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Hot Air Balloon with Couple" 2017, is a pastel on paper by French artist Jean Marc Brugeille, b.1959. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Sunshine Bouquet - Original Collage Floral Whimsical Still Life Boot Artwork
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
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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
Materials
Pencil
Cadaques No. 24, Surrealist Figure Painting by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, Spanish (1941 - )
Title: Cadaques No.24
Year: 1994
Medium: Mixed Media (Watercolor and Color pencil) on paper, signed and dated
Size: 13.75 x 5 in. (34....
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil
Framed Watercolor: "Untitled" (dogs hanging laundry)
Located in New York, NY
Shiri Mordechay's paintings are a whirlwind of emotion and complexity, drawing the viewer into a vibrant and dynamic world. Each piece is packed with countless details, your eyes are...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
In Memory of Bobby Sands, Surreal Portrait by Tighe O'Donoghue
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen – 15-03-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Pap
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Het Depot Rotterdam’s latest acquisition is the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. There was this online première in Januari 2021 during corona times but it drew less attention than d...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1959 Black & White Mid-Century, Surrealist Abstraction by Artist Desmond Mclean
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1959 black and white, Mid-Century, Surrealist watercolor on paper by artist Desmond McLean in a cerused black frame. Image size: 15 1/2" x 22 1/2". Framed size: 25" x 21".
McL...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Concert #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
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,...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Figure of Woman - China Ink and Watercolor by Mayo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Woman is an original China Ink and watercolour realized by Mayo in 1950s.
Good condition on a white paper.
Signature on the lower right corner.
Antoine MAYO (1905-1990) ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$523 Sale Price
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"Dazed", surreal, figure, mixed media
Located in Natick, MA
“Dazed” 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 back.
Mary Spencer’s works on paper investigate gaze as ...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Choppy Waters", Surreal, Fish, Blue, Mixed Media, 1987
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
$640 Sale Price
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I Cry To
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Concert #VI
Located in San Francisco, CA
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,...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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
Materials
Ink
$1,082 Sale Price
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Diana
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Composition - Original 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...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$441 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Mixed Media
Women - Drawing by Guelfo Bianchini - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an original watercolor drawing realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1961.
The artwork is hand signed and daed by the artist.
Includes frame: 68....
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$505 Sale Price
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Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of herbs, 1998
By Dora Maar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
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...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Under the sun
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture was painted in an original style. The artist conveys the forms in an original interpretation. Composition and interpretation of forms are timeless. This is the kind of sl...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Teaching of Latin - Ink Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
$225 Sale Price
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"Float" A gorgeous surreal landscape by Arminée Chahbazian
Located in Hollister, CA
"Float" is a luminous abstract work by Arminée Chahbazian that evokes the sensation of suspension—between thought and feeling, surface and depth. With her refined use of muted color,...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Other Medium, Graphite, Color Pencil
'Preparing for the Recital', Woman Artist, Michoacán, Mexico City, San Francisco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Patricia Torres' (Mexican, born 1963) and dated 1987.
Previously with: Robert Dana Gallery from accompanying label and titled 'Duo...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Too Tired, Shelly)
By Marcel Dzama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, Marcel Dzama is one of the most successful contemporary Canadian artists. Born in Winnipeg in 1974, Dzama had an internation...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
Reading - Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Reading is an original painting artwork in mixed media, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1995.
Hand-signed, titled, and dated on the lower right.
In good conditions except for some f...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
$541 Sale Price
25% Off
Composition - Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a wonderful Pastel drawing on paper realized in the early 1970s by the Surrealist artist Sebastián Matta (Santiago de Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, 2002).
Not signed,...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Man at Work - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - Late-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man at work is an original artwork realized by french artist Antoine Mayo ( Port-Said 1905 - Seine-Port 1990 ).
China ink and pencil on paper, 1960-1970 s.
Signed on the lower left. Passepartout cm 50x35
Good conditions.
Mayo was born in Port Said, Egypt in 1905. His father was a Greek who worked on the Suez Canal as an engineer and his mother was French from the Bourgogne. He moved to France in 1914 and completed his studies in architecture in Paris in 1922. During the Twenties, Mayo frequented the Parisian avant-garde circles of Montparnasse and made the acquaintance, among many others, of Derain, Picasso, Pascin, Prévert, and Desnos. René Crevel introduced him to the Surrealists and for a short time he became friendly with André Breton, Max Ernst, Magritte, and Tanguy. During this period he was at odds with his family who disapproved of his intention to become an artist and he continued to paint independently of any group. The first exhibit of his work took place in 1929 at Galerie Quatre Chemins in tandem with De Chirico. The following year the same gallery hosted his first solo exhibit. In this same period, he became a member of “Grand Jeu” along with Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Maurice Henry...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
$766 Sale Price
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Figure - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in mixed media, ink and tempera on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta.
In good conditions except for some decoloration along the margins.
Applied ...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
$721 Sale Price
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Figure - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a drawing in pen realized by Mayo in Mid-20th Century.
Good condition.
Signature on the lower right corner.
Antoine MAYO (1905-1990) is an artist born/buried in 1905 in ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$613 Sale Price
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"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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
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 ...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
$775 Sale Price
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Movement - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
Movement is an original painting artwork in mixed media, ink, paste, tempera and watercolor, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1994
Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pastel, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
$1,082 Sale Price
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