Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

James Gleeson
Only the Psychic has Reality

1976

$10,098.70
£7,500
€8,844.12
CA$13,990.39
A$15,691.15
CHF 8,217.21
MX$190,662.81
NOK 104,344.85
SEK 98,926.27
DKK 66,016.74

About the Item

Charcoal, ink and ink wash, and collage on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm (78cm x 59cm framed). The picture is floated within the frame, behind non-reflective UV glass. Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson’s oeuvre explores the human condition beyond visible reality and the limitations of the senses through powerful enigmas of fleshy biomorphic, mechanical and illusionistic landscape forms. In addition to his contributions to surrealism, throughout his career Gleeson made important contributions to the Australian art world as a dedicated writer, critic and affiliate of a number of art institutions. An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.
  • Creator:
    James Gleeson (1915 - 2008, Australian)
  • Creation Year:
    1976
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Gleeson, Only the Psychic has reality1stDibs: LU2263211564052

More From This Seller

View All
Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed). Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson’s o...
Category

1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Fall of Icarus
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. A realist pain...
Category

1960s Post-War Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Figure in a Lanscape
By Francis Plummer
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, 62cm x 42cm, (70cm x 50cm framed). The picture is in good condition. Plummer trained at the Royal Academy Schools in the early 1950s, championed by Stanley Spencer and Sir Herbert Read, he was the recipient of the coveted Leverhulme Scholarship. In a mixed career which included illustration work for The National Trust, anatomical illustration for Guys Hospital and teaching, painting ran parallel to his commercial work. Plummer specialised in the medium of egg tempera, as well as oil painting, a technique little used since the frescos of the Renaissance, he often worked on a large scale, but in tremendous detail, combining Classical iconography and formal composition with visual exploration evocative of William Blake and...
Category

1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chimera I
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
Michael Leonard, (British b.1933), Chimera I, 1975, Graphite pencil on paper, initialled (lower left), signed and dated (lower right), 15cm x 14cm, (35cm x 32cm framed) Michael Leon...
Category

1970s Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Academic Study
Located in London, GB
Oil on Canvas 46cm × 37cm (57cm × 49cm framed) Until the 1930s, this painting was considered to be by Théodore Géricault. Indeed, since its creation c.1810, it has been sold twice a...
Category

19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Academic Study
Price Upon Request
Heals Fitted Fine
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 91cm x 62cm (112cm x 82cm framed). (Provenance: in the collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023) until his dea...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

You May Also Like

Spirit
By John Gardner
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Spirit is part of my Vignettes series of mixed media works. This piece is meticulously hand cut from vintage paper. The work is comprised of collage on heavyweight paper with archival adhesive. It is matted with an archival matte and backing and will require a frame for display. Artwork dimensions: 6(h) x 4(w) Matte dimensions: 10(h) x 8(w)

About the Artist
John...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

XII-47 surrealist collage
Located in CANNES, FR
Max Bucaille ( 1906-1996 ) Collage surrealist " XII -47 " work on paper, dated XII 1947 , and signed Max Bucaille . framed original vintage black...
Category

1940s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Too Far II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Too Far II" 2004 is an original mixed media (color monotype and pencil drawing) by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. It is hand signed, dated, numbered 1/1 and dedicated in pencil by the artist. The subject size is 7.75 x 10.5, including the pencil drawing is 10.75 x 13 inches, sheet size is 13 x 19.75 inches, framed size is 21 x 28 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs. This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Monotype

Wilson - 20th Century Mixed Media, Net Menders
Located in Corsham, GB
In watercolour, charcoal and oil pastel. Signed 'Wilson'. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.
Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Too Far
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Too Far" 2004 is an original mixed media (color monotype and pencil drawing) by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. It is hand signed, dated, numbered 1/1 and dedicated in pencil by the artist. The subject size is 7.75 x 10.5, including the pencil drawing is 9.5 x 13.5 inches, sheet size is 13 x 19.75 inches, framed size is 21 x 28 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs. This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Monotype

Journey
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Journey
Price Upon Request