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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
Cobwebs and Rocks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cobwebs and Rocks Watercolor, 1940 Signed, dated, and copyrighted lower right Exhibited: Zimmerli Art Museum, Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum: Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Color Plate 14 copy copy of the catalog accompanies the watercolor Condition: excellent Image size: 14 3/4 x 21 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Ruth O...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Coraline"
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 certifica...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

The sheik of Araby - 15-10-17, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The sheik of Araby - 15-10-17 I always love this jazz song and when listening to jazz doing my nudes in my apartment I made the connection all of a sudden, as I often do between v...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Watercolor on paper: Sweet Grapes" (grapes and lamb)
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

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Oedipus Specs, Surrealist Ink, Graphite, and Collage on Paper by Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oedipus Specs Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), American (1938) Date: 1972 Ink, Graphite and Collage on Paper, signed and dated in ink lower right, titled in ink on verso Image Size: 8.75 ...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite

Lulu in Space – 11-07-24, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The Sale of Louise This pastel drawing ‘Lulu – 11-07-24’ depicts new adventurous endeavours celebrity moviestar Louise Brooks is about to undertake. Exit Metropolis! Let me ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 18.5 x 22 inches Condi...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Silent Song stone female bust with singing bird empty cage dark and light colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on sanded toned paper suitable for framing under glass ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II Charcoal on paper, 1933 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum, 1988, "Benjamin Benno: A Retrospective Ex...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Surrealist Nude Female Figure
Located in Miami, FL
This is an important work that is loaded with Surrealist iconographies. The shape of her hands is echoed in the shape of her hair. Tiny man and woman figures...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, 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

Surrealist composition, ca. 1935, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969) Surrealist composition, ca. 1935 Pencil on paper Studio stamp on verso 6,7 x 5,5 inch. Frame : 12 x 12 inch. Born in Bucharest in 1897 to an offi...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Surreal Collage: 'Irvington Park'
Located in New York, NY
Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanical objects and gadgets into his artwork. His work is characterized by its unique and eclectic mix of materials, which rang...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Watercolor, Graphite

Untitled Surrealist Mythical Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth Collage on paper, 1987 Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left Condition: Good, with the ...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

erotica al fresco, narrative architectural fantasy w female nudes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paperABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive wi...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

lot of four surrealist inks - ink on paper, 10.5x30.5 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Lot of four ink drawings by the german surrealist painter Sven Hauptmann. all signed. framed
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Big Fruit Nude, colorful, imaginative nude with fruit on pastel on toned paper
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 imagina...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

If Dogs Had Arms, colorful hand painted etching one of a kind
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Etching and watercolor, ideal for special gift
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Etching

Celestial Night, dark colors, astronomy, black female nude, stars, maps, collage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Jünglinge / Youths
Located in Wien, 9
Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Surrealist composition, ca. 1935, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969) Surrealist composition, ca. 1935 Pencil on paper Studio stamp on verso 5 x 5,5 inch. Frame : 12 x 12 inch (30 x 30 cm) Born in Bucharest in 1897...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

the egg farmer, fantasy man among ostriches
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 imagina...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Visitation man, bird, spiritual theme warm colors interior space
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned suitable for framing under glass.
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Garden Popup #3
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Dwight Smith's realist watercolors revolve around uncommon relationships and the balancing of opposites. He pairs subjects that typically don't appear together to tell humorous, and often personal, stories. Dwight says of this painting, There is a thrill in growing a garden. My parents had a rather large garden when I was growing up. My brother and I reluctantly had to take care of it. Garden Popup #3 pays homage to that time but with humor. I imagined a radish popping...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Beak to Beak, figures birds fire escape mixed media collage w etching urban
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor and cut paper collage w/ etching of staircase. Dream scape fire escape imagery
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media

Das Mondgespenst / The ghost of the moon
Located in Wien, 9
Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Du entgehst der Strafe nicht / You do not escape the punishment
Located in Wien, 9
Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

The Killers, black and white city scape, surrealistic, narrative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Monotype

Egg Walkers Nudes surreal dreamlike setting dark muted colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned paper, signed and dated on bottom. Requires framing under glass. Part ot a series of Nudes with Attitude by the artist Stephen Basso's highly original pastels an...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Hungry Vampire Theaters
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ink on paper, framed.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Anichka
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ink on paper, framed.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Anichka
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Foot Musik
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 56 x 58 cm. Frame size: 76 x 78 cm. Free shipment worldwide. Archive number (P90/36) Acquired directly from the artist. “The heart is an eye,” writes Nobel laureate Octavio Paz in an essay on Matta’s paintings. Matta creates a world coloured both by a sunny faith in the future and by visions of impending doom. Roberto Sebastian Echaurren Antonio Matta, who died aged 91 on 23 November 2002, was born in Santiago, Chile, on 11 November 1911 into a family with Spanish, French and Basque roots, and raised in an atmosphere of religiosity. By the age of 21 he had graduated and begun work as an architect, but his leisure time he devoted to sketching and painting. In 1933 he travelled to Europe for the first time, visiting Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy and other countries, and subsequently taking the initiative to collaborate with the architect, Le Corbusier. As time passed, however, Matta’s enthusiasm for a career in architecture waned, and he began to devote himself full-time to art, making early acquaintances with surrealists such as Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, André Breton and others. Between 1939 and 1948 Matta, like many of his artistic contemporaries, lived in self-imposed exile in the USA, but, after almost 10 years’ absence from Europe, he returned to make first Rome and then, a few years later, Paris his home. Throughout most of the rest of his life Matta commuted between his studio in Paris and his creative refuge in the monastery outside Rome. And it is here, in Italy, that he produced his greatest paintings. Matta’s first retrospective in Sweden was organised in 1956 when his works were exhibited in what was then Galerie Colibri – run by, among others, the artist C O Hultén at number 36 Södra Förstadsgatan in Malmö, Sweden. This was also the time when Matta began to collaborate with poets and other artists in Sweden. He produced the illustrations for Lasse Söderberg’s first anthology of poems, Akrobaterna (“The Acrobats”), published in 1955, and was also responsible for the cover of the Swedish art and literary magazine Salamander. In 1959 the first museum exhibition of Matta’s work in Europe was arranged at the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet) in Stockholm. Held under the aegis of Pontus Hultén, it was entitled “Fifteen Forms of Doubt” and included 15 or so gigantic paintings...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Gerry's Watershed", surreal, man, mixed media
Located in Natick, MA
“Gerry's Watershed” 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 pape...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Passing Over", surreal, figure, fish, mixed media
Located in Natick, MA
“Passing Over” 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 inv...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Kiss Me Deadly 2, night, sea, boat, black and white, surrealist noir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Monotype

Victor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Victor" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on light green/brown Canson et Mogolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzoz...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Pelagia
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pelagia" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on pink Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska, 1927...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Venus of The Hague – 09-07-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The Venus of The Hague – 09-07-20 Animals kept crawling in so it was inevitable to incorporate them into these series. The first one I saw was a lioness in her thight and second...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Solarized Roundism – 01-07-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Back to Sketching This graphite pencil drawing ‘Solarized Roundism – 01-07-22’ is a welcome change from oil painting. After the completion of ‘Geesje Kwak and the Secret o...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Inquisitive Man with Long Neck - Giraffe Man. Humor Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Giraffe Man. A man's acute inquisitive nature creates an unexpected physical change. Initialed R. T. lower left . Framed under glass. Framed size 13.5 x 10.38 Source: Biography f...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Thoughts Above the Trees, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Color pencil and graphite over markers and diluted paint. Surreal landscape appearing to show brightly colored flowers or trees with an optimistic bright blue sky and fluffy white cl...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

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...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Dancing Figure - Pen by Mayo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a drawing in Pen realized by Mayo in 1950s. Good condition. Signature on the lower right corner. Antoine MAYO (1905-1990) is an artist born/buried in 1905 in Egypt. The ...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Bastet - 01-01-19, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Bastet - 01-01-19 My Egyptian series is an addition to my 'j'accuse' painting 'The Revelation of Bettie Page'. My New Year's resolution for this year: I dare all algorithms of soc...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Therapeutic Horse Knowledge, " Oil Pastel on Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Therapeutic Horse Knowledge" is an original oil pastel drawing on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece upper left. This piece features a surreal and abstract enviro...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Board

"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles, " Purple Ink signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles" is an original purple ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed the artwork along the lower part of the drawing ...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Cleopatra - 22-12-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Cleopatra - 22-12-18 When I saw the reference picture I was inspired to turn the model sitting in a bath with lots of foam around her, into a donkey milk bath with Cleopatra in it...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Foot Musik
Located in Malmo, SE
Frame size 76x78 cm. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Archive number (P90/41) “The heart is an eye,” writes Nobel laureate Octavio Paz in an essay on Matta’s paintings. Matta creates a world coloured both by a sunny faith in the future and by visions of impending doom. Roberto Sebastian Echaurren Antonio Matta, who died aged 91 on 23 November 2002, was born in Santiago, Chile, on 11 November 1911 into a family with Spanish, French and Basque roots, and raised in an atmosphere of religiosity. By the age of 21 he had graduated and begun work as an architect, but his leisure time he devoted to sketching and painting. In 1933 he travelled to Europe for the first time, visiting Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy and other countries, and subsequently taking the initiative to collaborate with the architect, Le Corbusier. As time passed, however, Matta’s enthusiasm for a career in architecture waned, and he began to devote himself full-time to art, making early acquaintances with surrealists such as Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, André Breton and others. Between 1939 and 1948 Matta, like many of his artistic contemporaries, lived in self-imposed exile in the USA, but, after almost 10 years’ absence from Europe, he returned to make first Rome and then, a few years later, Paris his home. Throughout most of the rest of his life Matta commuted between his studio in Paris and his creative refuge in the monastery outside Rome. And it is here, in Italy, that he produced his greatest paintings. Matta’s first retrospective in Sweden was organised in 1956 when his works were exhibited in what was then Galerie Colibri – run by, among others, the artist C O Hultén...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache

Initiatrix - 03-12-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Initiatrix - 03-12-18 The third art work in my new series on Egypt. I experimented with my personal style 'roundism' in combination with realism and surrealism. I also used a previous theme the 'holy vortex' and my theory on singularities. The new element is the ancient carved block patina, giving it a layered and also surrealistic look. Vortices as a result of the application of the golden ratio already were recognized and employed by the old Egyptians...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

5 bestialities - 19-02-19, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
5 bestialities - 19-02-19 After my last drawing '11 bestialities - 09-02-19' I got the hang of it and decided to do once more. After all, when the artist's mind has been evoked, t...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Voorschoten - 11-03-19, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Voorschoten - 11-03-19 Last year I was walking through sunny Voorschoten, a town in the north to where I live. I saw an attractive cityscape appearing in one of the streets, took ...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

The artist and his model - 31-03-19, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The artist and his model - 31-03-19 This drawing is a protest and and prestudy altogether. The latter for the sake of a bigger painting and the first because I need to be more cle...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Nude - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing artwork in mixed media, ink and watercolor, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1994. Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on the...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor

Passage - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
Passage is original mixed media, ink, tempera, and watercolor, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1994. Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on the lower l...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

20th Century Top Model - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
20th Century Top Model is an original artwork in mixed media, ink, tempera, and watercolor applied on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1994. Hand-signed on the lower right,...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor

Le Supplice du Ballon - Ink and Pencil on Cardboard - L. Vallet - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Aerostatic Ball is beautiful artwork in China ink and pencil applied on cardboard realized by the artist Luis Vallet (1856-1940) Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled in French" Le...
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Cardboard, Pencil

Abstract Composition - Penmarker on Paper by Michel Cadoret
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original artwork realized by Michel Cadoret. Penmarker on paper. The monogram of the artist is on the lower right corner. ...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

Credo, Surrealist Ink on Paper in pen by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Credo, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed in pen, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm)
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

French Contemporary Art By Helen Uter - The crow
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper, Framed 42 x 42 x 3 cm Helen Uter is an established Franco-American painter born in 1955 who lives and works in Donnery, near Orléans, France. Heavily influenced b...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Surrealist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Isabel Rock, Corne Akkers, Maria C. Bernhardsson, and Sergio Barletta. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 3.75 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $121 and tops out at $224,500, while the average work sells for $1,494.

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