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Surrealist Mixed Media

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
Sound and Silence, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Sound and Silence" is part of my newest series of mixed media works. I meticulously hand cut from vintage paper. The work is collage and thread on heavyweigh...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Temperance" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 21” x 31” x 2" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or delivery. Temperance card sig...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Judith & Donald
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s "Judith and the Head of Holofernes.” Klimt’s painting depicts the biblical character of Judit...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Epiphany 1987, paper, mixed technique, 24x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Epiphany 1987, paper, mixed technique, 24x29 cm "Epiphany" is a surreal figurative artwork created in 1987. Through its composition, the artwork invites viewers to contemplate the ...
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1980s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

Sans Titre Drawing on print, Hand Colored
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: Sans Titre Drawing on Print, Hand Colored Medium: Drawing on Print with Hand Coloring Signed: Hand Signed Measurements: 11.8" x 16.5" Framed: 22.5" x...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paper

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 Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media

One more (vintage golfer yellow shirt wood painting sculpture tridimensional)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
One More is a tridimensional original painting on paper on branches depicting a golfer playing on a field on a sunny day. keywords; golfer, yellow shirt,...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Driftwood, Oil, Laid Paper

Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Napoleon from the back, holding a heart. cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Lady Gaia - Eyes" Metal Edition Yellow-Toned Abstract Figurative Print on Metal
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow-toned abstract surrealist figurative print on metal by artist Vic Lee / Victor Lee. The work depicts a young lady in a dainty dress with a print of koi fishes in a pond. The l...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Metal

Annemarie Petri - "The city on the move" - edition size 1
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Annemarie Petri - "The city on the move". Surrealism, imaginary cities, fantasy, mirage, etching. Technique: Etching/monoprint, highest technical level w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Etching, Monoprint

"The Two Dummies", surrealist, brown, tan, grey, mixed media, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Two Dummies” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 24 x 1.5 inches wide in browns, tans and greys with red and yellow accents. The wooden neck lever of the ventriloquist suggests that he is in reality the dummy of the young boy; and yet, impossibly, both seem to be the dummies of one another! Regardless, the brightness of the props on the prop table...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Cirque du Soleil n.34 - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Sergio Barletta - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Mixed technique and collage on cardboard. Passepartout included. This artwork is from the series "Cirque du Soleil" that the Italian artist Sergio Barletta dedicated to ...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

L'anticonformiste, '90s - musical box, 30x40x20 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Patrick Chelli it a georgian artist that lives nowadays in Paris. This box contains a penguin chorus. The penguins have mobile heads and the mechanism is alimented by electricity. A ...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Rainer Stern - "Il Profumo" - giclée print - hand signed/numbered - edition: 30
By Rainer Stern
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Rainer Stern - "Il Profumo". Giclée print on heavy handmade cotton paper. Edition: 30. Hand signed and numbered. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially ...
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20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

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Handmade Paper, Giclée

Dream in Pink Modern Cuban Art Hyperrealism Mixed Media Surreal
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. Dreams in Pink was recently painted by the Cuban artist Brian Sanchez in 2023. It is oil and mixed media on linen .Dreams in Pink by Brian Sanchez shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Women - Original China Ink and Pastel by Mariano Villalta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed lower left. Graffiti, pastel and china ink. Passepartout included : 49 x 34
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1970s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait, "'Prince' The Guide" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 16” x 2” Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Acrylic and Graphite by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Graphite

Busy (vintage ladies woman lingerie 3D oil painting paper branches surrealist)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Busy is a tridimensional original painting on paper on branches depicting tailor ladies working taking body measurements along a path in a dark night. keywords; vintage tailor ladi...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Driftwood, Oil, Laid Paper

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Peculiar Forever" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 20” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. It is unframed and Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Wood Panel. A certificate of authenticity will accompany t...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood Panel, Color Pencil

Voice of Treason
Located in Los Angeles, CA
VoIce of Treason 12 x 12inches Collage on Paper Exhibition History: THE COLLAGE SHOW Morgan Jesse Lappin is a collage artist and curator based in Brooklyn. He seeks to explore the boundaries of collage, identify artists pushing the medium forward, and inspire others along the way. In 2013, he founded the Brooklyn Collage Collective, which consists of four core members: Morgan Jesse Lappin, Jessie Laura, Joseph Karwacki, and Michele Luger. The Brooklyn Collage Collective has worked and exhibited with other collage artists all over the world, including New York, London, Australia, and Italy. Lappin's art is a combination of comedy and chaos, with elements of music, vintage horror and sci-fi. His work ranges from seven-foot-long cartoon metropolises, to fictional album covers, to take-out Greek diner coffee cups embedded with video animations. I also use nostalgic material from my childhood in the ‘90s, such as VHS Tape...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Magazine Paper

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Collage Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media collage on paper by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for art...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Found Objects, Paper, Mixed Media

Cirque du Soleil n.8
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Mixed technique and collage on cardboard. Lightly damaged on bottom left sheet. Passepartout included. This artwork is from the series "Cirque du Soleil...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Chroessi Schnell - "Y 2 US" - surrealist abstract forms of a dream
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Chroessi Schnell - "Y 2 US". Surrealism, abstract forms, dream universe. This work is inspired by the sad story of the environment until today. Fading eco-systems, more and more co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Annemarie Petri - "Interior of an Zoologist" - turtle - edition size 25
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Annemarie Petri - "Interior of an Zoologist". Surrealism, imaginary cities, fantasy, mirage, etching. Technique: Etching/monoprint, highest technical level with 8-15 plates. Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Etching, Monoprint

Good eye Easter egg sculpture, Pair of 2 eggs. One standing and one lying down
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Good eye ceramic egg sculpture for home, office decor, collector piece. handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel is an art piece for designers and architects as well as home owners. Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Ceramic, Underglaze, Pigment

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 Mixed Media

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Ink, Watercolor

"Conversaciones Alternadas (Alternated Conversations), ", Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Conversaciones Alternadas (Alternated Conversations)" is an original mixed media piece on handmade paper by Teresa Olabuenaga. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It dep...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Chroessi Schnell - "The turning point" - surrealist abstract forms of a dream
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Chroessi Schnell - "The turning point". Surrealism, abstract forms, dream universe. Mixed techniques: acryl painting, plaster, metal and varnish. Mixed Media on canvas and signed....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Exiles from Eden" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 19” x 25” x 1.25" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or delivery. Evgeniya Golik ...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Empreinte Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
13BIS . Novembre 2022 collage et impression numérique jet d'encre pigmentaire sur papier coton 310g . numéroté 10/13. et signé au dos par 13bis . 13bis , street artiste collagiste ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Archival Paper

Surreal Collage: 'Watching'
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Elaine Lustig Cohen "Sea Machine" - Surrealist Mixed Media Seascape SIGNED
By Elaine Lustig Cohen
Located in Surfside, FL
ELAINE LUSTIG COHEN (b. 1927) is an artist, dealer, and designer. She founded the gallery Ex Libris with her husband, publisher and author Arthur Cohen. Cohen’s recent work concentrates on collage using found photographs and ephemera. Elaine Lustig Cohen is the pioneering female graphic designer who incorporated the aesthetic vocabulary of European modernism into American graphic design, during the 1950s and 1960s. After training as a painter, she developed her design skills working with Alvin Lustig (whom she married in 1948). Following Lustig's premature death in 1955, she took control of the studio and between 1955 and 1961 produced a distinctive series of covers for publishing houses Meridan Books and New Directions. With their strong concepts, abstract forms and typographic invention, they represented a break from the prevailing tradition of pictorial illustration in book-jacket design. Her ability to summarize the content of text in the cover design was further aided when, working for architects including Eero Saarinen and Philip Johnson she produced signage schemes intended to express a building's character. She designed many posters and catalogues for New York-based arts organizations, including the American Center for the Arts, the Lincoln Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Jewish Museum. She married Arthur A. Cohen, publisher of Meridian Books; in 1973, they established Ex Libris, New York, a bookshop and gallery specializing in rare volumes of the European avant-garde. In 1995 her contribution to graphic design was acknowledge by an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York." (Livingston, 2003, 51). She continues to paint and create dynamic graphic collage-based work and is represented by Julie Saul Gallery, New York. Elaine Lustig Cohen donated her collection to RIT in 2008. Lustig Cohen, the subject of a joint retrospective in 2007 at Julie Saul Gallery and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, has exhibited widely since the 1970s. Her work is found in the collections of the Whitney Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, among many others. A retrospective of her graphic designs was held at the Cooper-Hewitt in 1995. Ex Libris, which she ran together with her husband Arthur Cohen, was highly regarded for its exhibitions of 20th century avant garde books and ephemera...
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20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

After Midnight on the Boardwalk, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Figures walk along a shadowy path, blending into the dark background. Above, a supermoon watches over the scene. A worn ticket strip runs horizontally across ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"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 Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Other Medium, Graphite, Color Pencil

"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 Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

DejaVu X mixed media edition # 1 of 1, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Elegant, heavyweight canvas is treated with multiple layers of varnish, hand painted with acrylic ink before and after printing. Aged by sanding to create visual metaphors. ...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Sans Titre Original Mixed Media (1)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: Sans Titre Original Mixed Media (1) Medium: Mixed Media on paper Signed: Hand Signed Measurements: 12" x 17" Framed: 22.5" x 27" Certificate of Authe...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

On the Roof, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Three people work together to install fence posts on the roof of a city building. The background features a city skyline fading into the night. The surreal sc...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Enemonalisa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Enemonalisa" is a thought-provoking artwork by the talented artist Daniel Oguche Junior, which brings a unique and powerful reinterpretation of the iconic Mona Lisa portrait. In thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Prosperity ((Ace of Pentacles)
Located in San Diego, CA
A 17” x 21” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. The artist uses Pastel, Colored Pencil, Acrylic, & Imitation Golf Leaf on Toned paper. A certificate of au...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Gel Pen, Color Pencil

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Abundance (Nine of Pentacles)"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 17” x 21” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. The artist uses Alcohol Ink, Colored Pencils, Acrylic, & Imitation Gold Leaf on Mineral Paper. A certifica...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Duality of Love" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 36” x 24” x 1.5" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. The artist uses Oil and Imitation Gold Leaf on Wood Panel. A certificate of authenticity will accompany ...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Surreal Collage: 'The Descendant'
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Cosmic Consciousness
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cosmic Consciousness marks a powerful threshold in Yulianna Verba’s metaphysical series, inviting the viewer into the liminal moment where the game of life pauses—and pure awareness ...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Ceramic, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Game Creator
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Game Creator, Yulianna Verba presents a symbolic and emotionally rich narrative exploring self-awareness, feminine power, and spiritual awakening. This striking mixed media work—c...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Ceramic, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

20th Czech Surrealist collage triptych of pears by Jiri Kolar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jiri Kolar (Czech, 1914 – 2002) Pears, 1977 Collage triptych Each panel measures 21.7 x 15.5 cm. All three are signed with initials and dated ‘J.K. 97, the latter 2 dated ‘96’ The collages are suspended between layers of glass. Aside from the collages, the image is see through up to the frame edge. Jiri Kolar was the son of a baker who became a writer around 1943. He became one of group of several artists amoung whom Vaclav Havel and others met and discussed issues in café Slavia during the period leading up to the Prague spring...
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20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

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Glass, Paper

Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Isabelle"
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 Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Swing XXII, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The ichthus, from the Greek, is a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

The Earth Spirit
By Joseph Karwacki
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Queens, New York, Joseph Karwacki makes drawings that come directly from his experience of living in Queens. His graphic design studies at New York City College of Technology...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Surreal Collage: 'Willful Blindness'
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media collage: found objects, watercolor, pastel, and printed matter on masonite. Framed in plexiglass box frame. Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanica...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Pastel, Found Objects, Watercolor

Kazimir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessie Laura was born in Lima, Peru. She creates analog collages, using art to examine her everyday reality. "My work explores the workings of the mind. Nature, structure, paradoxe...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso titled: "a marriage made in heaven, potatoes and gravy" A handshake, a silver gravy boat and potatoes floating. cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk surrealism art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Hair #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessie Laura was born in Lima, Peru. She creates analog collages, using art to examine her everyday reality. "My work explores the workings of the mind. Nature, structure, paradoxe...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Every1's a Winner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michele Luger addresses the unknown, the hidden away, and deep feelings of nostalgia, for a place or time you've never lived. In her collage work, she explores the ways in which we mask...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Jeepers Creepers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Analog Collage VoIce of Treason 12 x 12inches Collage on Paper Exhibition History: THE COLLAGE SHOW Morgan Jesse Lappin is a collage artist and curator based in Brooklyn. He seeks to explore the boundaries of collage, identify artists pushing the medium forward, and inspire others along the way. In 2013, he founded the Brooklyn Collage Collective, which consists of four core members: Morgan Jesse Lappin, Jessie Laura, Joseph Karwacki, and Michele Luger. The Brooklyn Collage Collective has worked and exhibited with other collage artists all over the world, including New York, London, Australia, and Italy. Lappin's art is a combination of comedy and chaos, with elements of music, vintage horror and sci-fi. His work ranges from seven-foot-long cartoon metropolises, to fictional album covers, to take-out Greek diner coffee cups embedded with video animations. He also uses nostalgic material from his childhood in the ‘90s, such as VHS Tape...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Aleksandria
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessie Laura was born in Lima, Peru. She creates analog collages, using art to examine her everyday reality. "My work explores the workings of the mind. Nature, structure, paradoxe...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Untitled 1, Mixed Media Painting on Paper by Edward Henderson, 1991
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media painting on paper was created by American artist Edward Henderson (b. 1951). Henderson describes his process as an attempt to relinquish our comfortable recollectio...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media

Figurative Painting on Tile, "Miranda"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original painting on glazed tile by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 8.8" x 10.8" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A certificate of authenticit...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Untitled, Nude Surreal Figure in a Landscape
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Surrealism Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media Surface: Board Country: France Dimensions w/Frame: 26" x 21 3/4 Signed and signed with thumbprint Born ca.1949 in Slovenia, (then Austria later Yugoslavia) autodidact; Communist Political prisoner; Escapes to Italy; 1980, is established in France; 1991, enters Guinness for a sale at 150 million francs, record for a living artist. He geometrizes in the strictest way the figuration by declining all the blues of his palette, with their gradations. Perspectives lurk around minimalism, Towards the discovery of America...
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20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Untitled 1, Mixed Media Painting on Paper by Edward Henderson, 1991
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media painting on paper was created by American artist Edward Henderson (b. 1951). Henderson describes his process as an attempt to relinquish our comfortable recollectio...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media

Surrealist mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist mixed media 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 mixed media created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Heejin Sutton, Libby Ramage, Michele Luger, and Max Ernst. Frequently made by artists working with Mixed Media, and Paper 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 mixed media, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for mixed media 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 $112 and tops out at $179,950, while the average work sells for $1,711.

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