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
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
Materials
Archival Paper
Bon Voyage
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bon Voyage is a mixed media painting (acrylic, gold enamel, charcoal, pencil and ink on archival cotton paper), with an image size of 14 x 10.5 inches, signed 'afn' lower right and framed in a contemporary black moulding.
Anne Faith...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Enamel
"Victorian Soiree, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
"Urbane Profile, " Mixed-Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, integrating techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
What the Prophecy Failed to Mention
By Marcel Dzama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, as comical as it is otherworldly, Marcel Dzama is one of Canada's most internationally successful artists.
As with most of ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
Over/Under
By Marcel Dzama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Marcel Dzama is one of Canada's most internationally successful artists. With one foot in reality and the other in the subconscious, Dzama's unmistakable version of contemporary Surr...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
Surrealist Painting on Tile, "Harlequin Griffon"
By Cheryl Tall
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Sophia"
By Cheryl Tall
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 certificate of authenticity will follow deli...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Painting on Tile, "Blue Ocean"
By Cheryl Tall
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Painting on Tile, "Alter Ago II"
By Cheryl Tall
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Painting on Tile, "Tangerine Zinger"
By Cheryl Tall
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
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Two Brothers with Griffon"
By Cheryl Tall
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 certificate of authenticity will follow deli...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Ladders"
By Cheryl Tall
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork, "Circle Dance"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media artwork by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 12" x 12" x .75". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow del...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Hair #1
By Jessie Laura
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Down the Hatch
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Collage IV-47
Located in CANNES, FR
Max Bucaille ( 1906-1996 )
" collage IV- 47 " :
collage on paper , signed Max Bucaille and dated IV 1947 .
framed Original vintage velvet : 40,5 x 35,5 cm x 3 cm .
paper : 24 x ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Magazine Paper
"Cammino Nell'Universo (Path in the Universe)" mixed media on canvas artwork
By Oriano Galloni
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Cammino Nell'Universo (Path in the Universe)" mixed media artwork by artist Oriano Galloni. A tiny sculpture in the upper left corner of the canvas is the first sculpture the artist...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
ID Pass . I, Mixed Media on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
In this one of a kind original mixed media series I have composed my work from many elements with layers of texture. manipulate my photographs and drawings digitally or on papers. ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Swing XVIII one of a kind gold leaf framed art, Mixed Media on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
Swing XXVIII is about imagination, something that attracts you. One of a kind mixed media on paper. Elegant, the heavyweight parchment is treated with gold leaf. The photo ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
ID pass. V Abstract framed animal mixed media, Mixed Media on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
One of a kind mixed media manipulated digitally on paper. Elegant, the heavyweight parchment is treated with multiple layers of acrylic and varnish to match the shades of the di...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Gutsy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vivid and sticking surrealist wall sculpture by artist Megan Dune was created with acrylic, glitter, thread and fabric on canvas and paper mache.
Wha...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Thread, Glitter, Acrylic
$5,400
Stallion. X One of a Kind Framed Abstract Horse, Mixed Media on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
The history of the horse in China dates back over many centuries. The sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac is the horse. Power, beauty, and freedom symbolize the horse in Chines...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Sphere. IV One-of-a-kind framed hand-painted fish, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind mixed media manipulated painted photographs on hand-painted canvas The painting is 8X10â€
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Sphere. V Framed hand hand-painted butterfly, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind mixed media manipulated painted photographs on hand-painted canvas Painting is a 5X7â€
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Entre Mitos (Within Myths), " Mixed Media on Canvas, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entre Mitos (Within Myths)" is an original mixed media artwork on canvas by Teresa Olabuenaga. This piece depicts the head of a woman below abstract forms and other images.
54" x ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"El Gozo en el Recuerdo (The Pleasure in Memory), ", Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"El Gozo en el Recuerdo (The Pleasure in Memory)" is an original mixed media piece on handmade paper by Teresa Olabuenaga. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts ...
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1990s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Friendship of the good, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What???? :: Mixed Media :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Myth, Muse and Metaphor #5, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
“Myth, Muse and Metaphor #6†is a mixed media work of acrylic and collage on wood panel featuring creatures in a surreal situation. I take my inspiration from 18th century and me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Swing XVV Cardinal holding love, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
when a cardinal appears, a loved one is near One of a kind mixed media manipulated digitally on canvas. Elegant, the heavyweight canvas is treated with multiple layers of acrylic a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Lili Ocean Part II
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lili Ocean Part 2 Pink Abstract.
Mixed media: acrylic, ink marker, pastel on paper, white frame under Plexiglas.
Malgosia Kiernozycka was born i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Surreal Collage: 'Cyclopaedia'
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
Materials
Mixed Media
"Ladies at Tea, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
Portrait of Mythological Figure
Located in Miami, FL
Works on Paper, watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper
Robert L. B. Tobin Foundation San Antonio, Texas
initialed in cartouche bottom center
Category
1950s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache
Children of War : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Debra Friedkin.
Debra Friedkin’s work ranges from whimsical to darkly humorous, informed by sleek modernism, pulp science fiction and spiritual symbolism.
Debra Friedkin studied art at Lehman College, NYC and Long Island University post-graduate. She mentored privately with Lester Zakarin, an illustrator for Stan Lee Comics...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Telstar : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Debra Friedkin.
Debra Friedkin’s work ranges from whimsical to darkly humorous, informed by sleek modernism, pulp science fiction and spiritual symbolism.
Debra Friedkin studied art at Lehman College, NYC and Long Island University post-graduate. She mentored privately with Lester Zakarin, an illustrator for Stan Lee Comics...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Dance Girl : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by a New York based artist Paul Antonio Szabo.
Paul searches for interesting and eye-catching images to later use and arrange them in new compositions. He crea...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ascent : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Elisabeth Page Purcell have mastered various forms of art one of which is collage.
The artist’s collage works have evolved out of her interest in color and patterns. Elisabeth Page...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Witness : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Elisabeth Page Purcell have mastered various forms of art one of which is collage.
The artist’s collage works have evolved out of her interest in color and patterns. Elisabeth Page...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Spin : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by a New York based artist Paul Antonio Szabo.
Paul searches for interesting and eye-catching images to later use and arran...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Board
And it Came to Pass : collage work of art
Located in New York, NY
Collage work of art by contemporary artist Jessica Rechner.
This work of art is a collage made raw silk, acrylic, watercolor, and pencil on canvas. The artist uses these various mat...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
Variable Picture (3 x 7 = 21 Shapes)
By Hans Arp
Located in London, GB
JEAN [HANS] ARP 1886-1966
Strasbourg, France 1886 - 1966 Basel, Switzerland (German/French)
Title: Variable Picture (3 x 7 = 21 Shapes) Variables Bild (3 x 7 = 21 Formen), 1964
Te...
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1960s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Mondo Cane : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Rei Egusquiza uses collage and drawing to manipulate composition. Lines, patterns, orbs and masks obscure faces and bodies to unveil new themes, emotions and intent in subjects. Each newly synthesized work attempts to understand the reasons why we refrain from fully expressing our persona and drive.
“Mondo Cane...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Laid Bare : contemporary collage
Located in New York, NY
Rei Egusquiza uses collage and drawing to manipulate composition. Lines, patterns, orbs and masks obscure faces and bodies to unveil new themes, emotions and intent in subjects. Each...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Lincoln's Bullet as a Meteorite
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
Starry, Starry, Starry
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Danger
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Price Upon Request
He's Got Good Hot Dogs
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : He’s Got Good Hot Dogs
Materials : India ink, graphite, collage and acrylic
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 55" x 39" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Price Upon Request
These Are My Legs
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : These Are My Legs
Materials : Etching, collage and watercolor
Date : 2015
Dimensions : 18" x 13" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist and freelance Gr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Color, Etching, Monoprint
Price Upon Request
The Charmers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : The Charmers
Materials : Etching, collage and watercolor
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 20" x 15" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist and freelance Graphic...
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Color, Etching, Monoprint
Price Upon Request
Forbidden Fruit: Eve
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : Forbidden Fruit: Eve
Materials : Etching, collage and watercolor
Date : 2018
Dimensions : 19" x 13" in.
Jolynn Reige...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Color, Monoprint, Etching
Price Upon Request
It's For the Birds
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : It's for the Birds
Materials : Collagraph, collage and watercolor
Date : 2019
Dimensions : 13" x 18" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist and freelanc...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Color, Monoprint
Price Upon Request
Carnival Carnivore
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : Carnival Carnivore
Materials : India ink, graphite, collage and acrylic
Date : 2019
Dimensions : 40" x 39" in.
Jolynn Reigeluth is an artist and fr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, India Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Price Upon Request
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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