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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
Poèmes, Planche II
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche II Woodcut print from 1968. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 238. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

Carnets intimes de Braque XIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque XIII Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. F...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Seven of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As part of artist Rachel Srinivasan's Rodeo Tarot series, this interpretation of the Seven of Pentacles tarot card uses green to embody the themes of growth, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Mitsou ou Comment l'Esprit vient aux Filles - Rare Book - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1300 copies on Vélin du Marais.  Excellent Condition. Partially Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

At Eye Level Paramyths - Rare Book Illustrated by Max Ernst - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
At Eye Level Paramyths is an original modern rare book illustrated by Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) and written by Various Authors in 1949. Original Edition, designed by Max Ernst as cat...
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Paradise, Canto 16 - The Ancestor's Apparition
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 16 - The Ancestor's Apparition Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Mythologies - Rare Book illustrated by André Masson - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Mythologies is an original Rare Book engraved by André Masson (Balagny, Oise, 1896 - Paris, 1987) in 1946. Original Edition. Published by Editions de la Revue Fontaine, Paris. Fo...
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Photogravure

Le Visage
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) - Le Visage Lithograph from 1970. On Arches Paper. Dimensions of work: 74 x 54 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Diving Deep, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A mesmerizing underwater scene comes to life where an enchanting mix of sea creatures, humans, and scuba bunnies coexist in perfect harmony. The submerged wor...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Carnets intimes de Braque X
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque X Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 52 x 35 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

The Purgatory, Canto 9 - The Dream
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 9 - The Dream Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Exce...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Reach Out For Love - Original people surrealistic painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Always There for You" is a charming oil painting that beautif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

LOVE LIFTS UP - Original people surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Michael Abrams shares with us a scene of tranquility and love...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Rescue Dogs - Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In "Rescue Dogs," Michael Abrams presents a dramatic and emot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Hound with Striped Tie - Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Hound with Striped Tie" by Michael Abrams is a captivating po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Hound of the Budgerigars- Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Hound of the Budgerigars" by Michael Abrams is a delightful a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Top Dog - Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Top Dog" by Michael Abrams is a contemplative and evocative p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Carnets intimes de Braque VIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque VIII Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. F...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Poèmes, Planche XIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche XIII Woodcut print from 1968. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 238. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensio...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Surrealism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jiri Kolar (Jiří Kolář) Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Poetry, Surrealism) Analphabétogramme (hand-pressed copper print) with matte Year: 1995 Size: 12×11.6×0.6in Edition: 756 of 990 Signed, numbered by hand Publisher: First Edition, Verlag Rommerskirchen, Rolandseck - Germany COA provided Ref.: 924802-1933 White original cardboard in a Plexiglas slipcase, signed and numbered, number 756 of 990. 28 pages in block book form, texts and colored illustrations of collaged sculpture photographs, 1 loosely enclosed hand-signed original hand-pressed copper print ("Analphabétograms") under passepartout. The cardboard cover is cut out like a passe-partout so that the title illustration is visible when the book is hung on the wall as an art object using the acrylic glass frame provided. Tags: Czech artist,Poet,Visual artist,Political activist,Collages,Assemblages,Poetry,Surrealism,Dada...
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1990s Surrealist More Art

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Copper

Her Majesty the Muse figurative interior painting mint green female success love
Located in Zofingen, AG
Her Majesty The Muse I remember the words our teacher said “Do not wait for a sudden inspiration, for a visit from the Muse. You should begin working, otherwise the Muse will pass b...
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2010s Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Poèmes, Planche IX (trial proof)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche IX (trial proof) Woodcut print from 1968. Trial proof - unique work. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 10 - The Heretics
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 10 - The Heretics Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Ex...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Cobalt Pot 2 - original still life surrealism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Donald Macdonald’s Cobalt Pot 2 is a mesmerizing exploration o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Four of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of artist Rachel Srinivasan's Tarot series. In this piece, she paints an interpretation of the card Four of Swords, showing four humanoid figures with bu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Poèmes, Planche XXII (trial proof)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche XXII (trial proof) Woodcut print from 1968. Trial proof - unique work. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

Frog Couple, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An old-timey frog couple stands together, but they seem to be miles apart. The artwork delves into the profound exploration of human connections, revealing ho...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue Etching from 1981. An unnumbered and unsigned copy in black, outside from signed edition of 60. Dimensions of sheet: 49.5...
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1980s Surrealist More Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Paradise, Canto 19 - The Language of the Bird
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 19 - The Language of the Bird Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The ...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Sea Horse Bunnies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by her relocation from the Midwest to Florida, artist Kit Silver paints a whimsical fusion of seahorses and bunnies. The warm hues and intricate deta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

The Inferno, Canto 15 - The Hard Margins
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 15 - The Hard Margins Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is i...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Out of This World, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"A panther in space, now that's out of this world," says artist Miranda Gamel. She depicts a surrealist image of the ebony fe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

The Purgatory, Canto 27 - The Last Words of Virgil
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 27 - The Last Words of Virgil Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 2 - Virigil comforts Dante
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 2 - Virigil comforts Dante Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Six of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of her series about the divinatory meanings of the swords tarot cards, artist Rachel Srinivasan paints a minotaur with blades and a caduceus. She feature...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

The Purgatory, Canto 18 - The Fourth Terrace; Accidia
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 18 - The Fourth Terrace; Accidia Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. ...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Three of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As part of her Rodeo Tarot series, artist Rachel Srinivasan reinterprets the pentacles suit, adorned with galloping horses on the edges. Three white bison for...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Six of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting reinterprets the Six of Pentacles tarot card, delving into the concept of gaining material wealth and enjoying one's work. The green hues symboli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Five of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As a part of artist Rachel Srinivasan's Rodeo Series, the painting explores the symbolism of the five pentacles tarot card. The prominent green hues carry meanings of wealth, abundance, growth, and a connection to nature. The white bison adds a layer of mysticism, representing the power of the supernatural. Galloping horses adorn the edges, adding an intriguing touch to the composition.


About the Artist
For Rachel Srinivasan, an idea is worth putting on a canvas only if it still feels exciting after a few days. Rachel enjoys mulling the idea over in her mind for some time before creating an artwork. She hopes viewers will engage with her work and wonder about the subject matter, shapes and colors. "My current work is all about creating a connection between the person on the canvas with the viewer," she explains. She prefers large paintings and sometimes even makes her own canvases. She currently lives in Arizona and enjoys baking rhubarb pies, reading, running and going to art museums.


Words that describe this painting: tarot, wealth, abundance, magic, mystical, cards, oracle, white bison, buffalo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Two of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Rachel Srinivasan reinterprets the pentacles suit adorned with galloping horses on the edges. Two white bison heads appear in the middle, their gentle ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Elegia dell'Ambra - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 600 copies. One of the 100 copies out of commerce, with the original signature of the author. Includes some original xylographies on the cover, on the frontispiece and on ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Ace of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Rachel Srinivasan reinterprets the pentacles suit adorned with galloping horses on the edges. Rachel uses various tones of green, symbolizing earthly w...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

The Ecstasy of Colonel Picklebottom, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diane Flick presents a glimpse into someone else's image of utopia. "Colonel Picklebottom's otherworldly dream persists only to exist," says Diane. In ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Four of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As part of her Rodeo Tarot series, artist Rachel Srinivasan reinterprets the pentacles suit, adorned with galloping horses on the edges. Four bison heads surr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

C'est les bottes de 7 lieues cette phrase "je me vois" - 1920s - André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Signed by André Masson (illustrator) and Robert Desnos (Author) on colophon. Limited edition of 112 copies, including 4 original etchings by André Masson...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Etching

Tableau de Grands Magasins - Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Emile Laboureu - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 334 copies. Copy number 2 on Velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Includes 12 original etchings by Jean Emile Laboureur. Partially uncut. Perfect conditions. 
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Cataloging Dalì's work
Located in Roma, IT
L.T.S. (Lettre dactylographiée signée) Typewritten letter signed by Albert Field. Headed paper with double heading: in the center “The Salvador Dalì Catalog”, on the upper right “Compiler Albert Field, 20-25 29th Street, Astoria 5, N.Y.” addressed to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci - Blunt. Dated: 18th March 1958. One page, only front. In English. Very good conditions with usual folds in the paper and a rip on the higher left corner. Very interesting and amusing letter signed by Albert Field, the official compiler of Dalí’s work, for the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. A thank-you letter for her "prompt and informative reply" to the previous Field letter of the 8th March 1958. "I must play detective all the time, and of course while this irritates me as a scholar, it fascinates me at the same time". The background: The Surrealist Dalí commissioned to Albert Field the creation of his Official Catalogue of Graphic Works, a guide to the artist’s works for collectors, dealers, gallery owners and museums: an opus magnum encompassing 40 years of production and comprising 1900 illustrations, of which 1500 in color. Albert Field was Dalí’s official archivist, besides the topmost authority regarding the artist’s work, who discovered approximately 17 types of falsification, as he reported to the St. Petersburg Times in 1987. Therefore, the catalog had the function of uncovering false Dalís scattered throughout the world. Nevertheless, Dalí himself reacted to the falsification phenomenon by saying: “Someone who is subjected to forgery the way I am must really be fantastically good''. An eccentric genius like Dalí thus found a kindred spirit in Mr. Field, an English, science, and maths teacher, as well as collector of playing cards, who had a passion for nudism and rambling, and who combined all of his interests by climbing the Appalachian Trail completely naked. At the sight of “Dream of Venus...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Rare Vintage Exhibition Leaflet - R.S. Matta - Galerie di Dragon - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Leaflet is an original rare vintage catalogue by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastián Matta (1911-2002). This color artwork is the rare exhibition leaflet realized in occ...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Calumet - Rare Book Illustrated by André Derain - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 760 copies including 60 original b/w and color woodcuts by André Derain. Copy on vélin blanc des Papeteries de Navarre, in perfect conditions with soft editorial cover...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Her Transformation, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Miranda Gamel shares a dreamy portrait of a woman with a neon pink crown surrounded by glowing butterflies. Miranda portrays the subject with illuminat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Guillaume Apollinaire - Rare Book - 1927
By Alexandre Alexeieff
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 548 copies including and original xylography by Alexeieff on frontispiece.  Copy in near perfect conditions and uncut, n. 10 belonging to the 73 copies on vélin and Holla...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Calligrammes - Rare Book Illustrated by Apollinaire - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and important volume belonging to the deluxe edition of 109 copies in-quarto tellière, of which 100 on Vergé Pur Fil Lafuma de Navarre paper were reserved to the Bibliophiles de...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

La Suite tout Nu - Etching by M. Chagall - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
From "Les Ames Mortes de Gogol", illustrated by Marc Chagall. Not signed (signed on plate). Edition of 335 prints. Excellent conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Etching

Isolation III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints red lotus flowers under the shining sun. Square blocks of gradient color fill the fragmented scene. He pain...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Anyone Fancy a Fresca?, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diane Flick paints a surrealist scene of home appliances descending the sky in parachutes. The first in her playful Anthromorphic Vintage Appliance series. "They love, they ponder, they tire, they argue, they weave intricate and colorful tapestries, and they skydive," narrates Diane. She depicts a vivid, calm, and symmetrically centered visual style drawing influence from Wes Anderson.


About the Artist
Diane Flick is a Bay Area artist who paints quirky portraits of robots with a playful color palette and masterful realism. Each of Diane’s robots expresses its own humanlike and idiosyncratic personality. From an early age, she had a fascination with inanimate objects and often imagined what they would be like with human characteristics. Her portfolio explores the human experience through non-human subjects.


Words that describe this painting: parachuting, parachute, refrigerator, phone, telephone, television, vintage, appliances, Wes Anderson, sky, calm, serene, surrealism, silly, Eric Joyner...

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Oil

Five of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rachel Srinivasan manifests a representation of a tarot card. She paints a robust white bison in the center of five silver swords, standing on a pentagram in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Feu Central - Rare Book Illustrated by Yves Tanguy - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Feu central is an original modern Artwork written by Benjamin Péret (Rezé, July 4, 1899 - Paris, September 18, 1959) and illustrated by Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) in 1947. Original Edition. Published by K éditeur, Paris. 1030 numbered copies. Format: in 4°. The dimensions and the weight are indicative. The book includes 101 pages with Four Full page illustrations. Mint conditions. Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955), known as just Yves Tanguy, was a French surrealist painter. Tanguy's paintings have a unique, immediately recognizable style of nonrepresentational surrealism. They show vast, abstract landscapes, mostly in a tightly limited palette of colors, only occasionally showing flashes of contrasting color accents. Typically, these alien landscapes are populated with various abstract shapes, sometimes angular and sharp as shards of glass, sometimes with an intriguingly organic look to them, like giant amoebae suddenly turned to stone. Benjamin Péret (Rezé, July 4, 1899 - Paris, September 18, 1959); he was a French poet. Alongside Breton he was among the most important and influential protagonists of the surrealist movement. He wrote poems characterized by a vehement anti-bourgeois aggression, by the rejection of the clichés of morality, by the parody of official rhetoric: Le Passager Du Transatlantique, Je Ne Mange Pas De Ce Pain-La, Feu Central. Faithful to the libertarian and internationalist ideal, communist militant, then Trotskyist, he enlisted in the international brigades...
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Paper, Photogravure

La ritirata del Friuli - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
La ritirata del Friuli - note di un ufficiale della Seconda Armata. Diary of the author Ardengo Soffici (Rignano sull'Arno,1879 – Vittoria Apuana, 1964), during his participation in ...
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Cuddly Bison: Two of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This painting is a part of both my Tarot series and my Power Bison series," shares artist Rachel Srinivasan. "In tarot, the two of swords is about decisions,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

The Edge of a Dream
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The bison and the beetle have a prehistoric elegance about them that I thought would compliment each other perfectly. Symbolically, both represent life and mortality, which has been on my mind lately. To Native Americans, bison are symbolic of sacred life and abundance. And in ancient greek mythology the beetle became revered as a symbol of rebirth and immortality -- its daily journey across the sky became an allegory of human life. The Wallpaper collection is a juxtaposition of masculine meets feminine. I wanted to create a unique series that stands apart from traditional nature paintings, where the wild and somewhat prehistoric aspects of my animals featured contrast against their delicate backdrops. In addition to this, many of my paintings are created with a little bit of underlying symbolism usually sparked from a world event or life moment that I am experiencing. I concentrate on this theme as a therapeutic mantra throughout the creation of the painting. For each painting, different techniques and layers of design are implemented when creating the wall paper effect. To keep the patterns consistent I create a stencil to outline the shapes of my hummingbirds, bugs and fish, and then I hand paint each shape individually. In the areas where I wanted a little more chaos, I would forgo the stencil and eyeball each design. My animals are always painted first, and then I layout the design around them.

About the Artist
Australian-born Alana Clumeck...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Acrylic

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