Surrealist Abstract Paintings
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999)
Study for Ladders, 1948
Gouache on paper
17 x 13 inches
Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"El Innombrable" Fernando de Szyszlo, Red Mysticist Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo
El Innombrable, 1980
Titled inscribed dated verso: Orrentia 1980 "El Innombrable"
Signed lower bottom edge center "Szyszlo"
Oil on canvas
59 1/2 x 59 inches
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Insiders Say Too Much is Enough" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Philp
Insiders Say Too Much is Enough
Signed lower left; titled on overlap
Oil on canvas
70 x 59 1/2 inches
Lawrence Philp, the son of Jamaican immigrants, studied at the ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
October Dusk - Original Atmospheric Mountain Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting, October Dusk, is an atmospheric and contemplative work that captures the essence of twilight, blending symbolic abstraction with the quiet beau...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green with Envy, Hudson Vallery, NY
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Summer Warmth' Pink Flower Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Bright Green Garden' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Just a Cloud Away
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Jungle Struggle' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ba Ba Ba Ma Tri dom
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trophy, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, unique signed painting w/provenance
Located in New York, NY
David Humphrey
Trophy (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), 1983
Oil on Canvas painting
Signed Twice: Hand signed and dated verso, also artist has signed his name and written his ho...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Pansy Presence' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elephant
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Breakfast with Cat-Oil on canvas-British Awarded Artist-English Roses
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Male Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
small frame
oil painting on board
painting: 20.5 x 21 inches
overall size: 21x 21 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait High Anxiety, Surrealist Oil & Plaster Painting by Gloria Heilman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gloria Heilman, American (1961 - ) - Self Portrait - High Anxiety, Year: 1996, Medium: Oil and Plaster on Canvas, signed, titled and dated on verso, Size: 48 x 48 in. (121.92 x 12...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Oil
Original-Breakfast with Cat-Oil on canvas-British Awarded Artist-English Roses
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Surrealist Boats, Federico Castellon - American Surrealism, Oil on paper, 1950
Located in New York, NY
Federico Castellon
Boats in the harbor, ca. 1950
Oil on paper
25 1/5 × 17 3/10 in 64 × 44 cm (without frame)
Frame included
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Floating Castle - Contemporary Surreal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical surreal landscape with a floating castle in an idyllic, dream-like setting with bright blue sky and green grass by Melissa Barkley (Ameri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Huerta (Thrauco painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Carlos Ortuzar (Chilean, 1932-1985). Estaban Milla es Salvado de las Garras del Huecupor su Companero Lorenzo Huerta, ca. 1964.
Oil on paper mounted to cradled masonite panel, 22 x 28.75 inches.
Titled lower edge. Unsigned.
Some loss of paint on the highest areas of protrusion. Corners show heavy wear will loss of paper ground.
Provenance: Doyle Auctions; Couturier Gallery, Stamford CT.
Carlos Ortúzar Worthington was born on March 17, 1935 in Santiago, Chile.
He studied theater, law and philosophy. He entered the School of Fine Arts of the University of Chile in 1956, where he had as teachers Gustavo Carrasco, Marta Colvin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Batmon
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic paints on canvas by Joseph Gilgun
With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is created using a blend of acrylics, spra...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Abstract Fantasy Under The Sea
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition N°8 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 64x80 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"El Innombrable" Fernando de Szyszlo, Red Mysticist Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo
El Innombrable, 1980
Titled inscribed dated verso: Orrentia 1980 "El Innombrable"
Signed lower bottom edge center "Szyszlo"
Oil on canvas
59 1/2 x 59 inches
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Energy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Energy Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Face III
By Okuda
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Okuda San Miguel
Title: Face III
Medium: Synthetic enamel on wood
Size: 27.6 x 27.6 inches (70 x 70 cm)
Year: 2020
Notes: Hand Signed. Custom Framed. Original COA Included.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Abstract Botanical Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Abstract Botanical Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spheres and Cubes - Geometric Surrealist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Spheres and Cubes - Geometric Surrealist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Bright and lively surrealist landscape by Randy Dunham (American, b. 1961). Six spheres float above a minimalist landscape with mountains and a body of still water. Some of the spheres are transparent and others are opaque, with three cubes partially obscuring the transparent ones. There are streams of water hitting the shapes and splashing into the body of water below.
Signed and dated "Randy Dunham © Nov 04" in the lower left corner.
No frame.
Canvas size: 36"H x 48"W
Randy Dunham (American, b. 1961) was born in Troy New York...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Amazing Surreal Street Art Modern Abstract Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring 24 by 30 overall and 22 by 28 painting alone.
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Garden Behind
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This painting represents the liberation of the self as the theater curtain begins to fade away, its grey color symbolizing the death of pretense.
It reflects the beauty of true human...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flying Shapes
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This painting reflects the ego and how, at our worst, we feel like the center of everything, dismissing the world around us as insignificant, like meaningless, flying shapes. It expl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
We are all playing theater
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This painting explores how human conversations are like performing on a stage, with the curtains symbolizing the theater of life. The eyes in this case represent our constant search ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring is here. Original floral painting . Small .Square.Acrylic on canvas
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting “Spring is here” depicts a bouquet of crocuses and dark purple violets. The main thing in this picture is not the flowers themselves, but the combination of colors.
"Th...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figures in the Mist
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative work by Bruce Killiam (American, 20th Century). Figures are emerging from the mist, creating an ethereal, moody composition made up of subtle tones of tan, grey, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Far Side of a Little Island - Original Surrealist Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting, The Far Side of a Little Island, is a mesmerizing exploration of solitude, mystery, and architectural intrigue. Measuring 14 inches tall by 12 ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Evolving Plant Shapes"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Evolving Plant Shapes"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Surrealist 'Double Entry on the Plane' Oil Painting 1970s
Located in Surfside, FL
Sebastian Matta-Clark was born in 1943, twin of Gordon Matta-Clark. Son Of Chilean Surrealist Roberto Matta
Sebastian, known as Batan died in 1976.
He showed 3 exhibitions in his sho...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Nature Study with Leaves Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Nature Study with Leaves Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 5 width
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tilo I, Large Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Catalonian painter Eduardo Arranz-Bravo is an artist sparking revolutionary abstraction in the contemporary art scene. Drawing influence from the Surrealist workings of late greats l...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Woman of My Dream II - Original Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mohamad Khayata’s original figurative artworks are the result of five years of displacement and deal with themes of migration, memory, and identity. Mohamad’s paintings convey an array of emotions, ranging from bliss and comfort to tension and uncertainty. Many of his paintings portray a sense of transience, which is all the more palpable when considering that Khayata's intimate work is a tribute to displaced people and to their daily life stories that, far from familiar surroundings, are filled with effort and hope.
Khayata created this original painting with acrylic on canvas. It is 39 inches tall by 31 inches wide. It is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas. This painting is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work.
Born in Damascus, Syria, artist Mohamad Khayata was forced to flee his home country due to ongoing political conflict. Khayata has been living in Beirut, Lebanon since 2012. His work is a resounding call for transformation and unity within his home country. His photography project "Stitching my Syria back" was chosen to be part of Journeys Festival International 2016 as a landmark for the “Look up” project in Leicester, where his photographs were installed on ten buildings. In the last five years, Khayata also participated in ten collective exhibitions across Europe and the Middle East. Holding his BA in Fine Arts obtained at Damascus University, Khayata is a bastion of Syrian legacy, memory, home, and happiness.
REPRESENTATION
Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2020-23 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 “Nota Bene,” Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California
2018 “Takhalli,” 4th edition of the Laboratory of Arts Programme, partnership with The Goethe Institute, City of Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut Art Fair, 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
“Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
“Aegean Sea,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2017 “Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR
“Stitching My Syria Back Together,” The Alexandria Library, Manchester, UK
2016 “Revealing,” Beirut Art Fair, Gallery One Palestine, Beirut, Lebanon
Journeys Festival International 2016
TA’AROF workshop, Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR
“Look Up,” Project in Leicester
Inside Beirut, The Gallerist, Beirut, Lebanon
“The Third Space,” British Council in London and Brussels, UK
2015 “Walking on Thread...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960’s French Surrealist Abstract Collage Oil Painting Nude Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Surrealist artist, circa 1960’s
oil painting on canvas with stuck on magazine art, unframed
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall good
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Magazine Paper
Oil on Canvas Painting -- Home II
Located in Troy, NY
This oil painting is a wonderful example of surrealist ideals. The background of the painting is a rich blue with streaks of white, yellow, and lighter blue spheres that seem to swir...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Personal Equation" Jimmy Ernst, Abstract Surrealism, Black, Red, Blue, White
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy Ernst
Personal Equation, 1950
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 39 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Laurel Gallery, New York
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Collection ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's MODERN BRITISH ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BEAUTIFUL GREEN & ORANGE COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Modern British School
Title: Interior scene with side table
Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, unframed
Size: painting: 55...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet, French signed and dated 1970 verso
Title: Floating Figures
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 39.5 x 33 inches
Provenance: private co...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pale Moon - Original Dream-like Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting, Pale Moon, is a captivating exploration of form, color, and abstraction that draws viewers into a serene, dreamlike landscape. Measuring 12 inc...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
How Come
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"How Come" is a Modern surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1968. The artwork is 90 x 60 inches and 91 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches with the fram, weighing less than ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Surrealist Dreamscape Painting on Paper Inspired. Walking Head with Cat
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This original surrealist painting by Gozo presents a solitary figure with a sculptural head and slender legs walking along a stark pier, accompanied by a black dog. A yellow monument...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant, playful composition by Marilyn Collins (American, 20h Century). Several striped, spherical objects ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Green Abstract Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, framed
signed and dated 74'
inscribed verso
framed: 32.5 x 26 inches
canvas: 32 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Homage to Fornasetti - contemporary artwork - original 3D surrealistic painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Marek Letkiewicz’s Homage to Fornasetti is a captivating tribu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Dreams Beneath the Moon' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Dreams Beneath the Moon' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Figures on the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist composition
French School, dated 1975 verso
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33.5 x 27 inches
canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, France
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cloud Family, Hudson Vallery, NY
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Checkmate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"CHECKMATE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2017
53.25 X 41.5 INCHES
"Checkmate" is that great end-finale, that surprised everyone because you basically were playing or getting ready for a totally different game.
An unexpected move from the governments who always have a "card up their sleeve" to screw you.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Darkness Descends" Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Darkness Descends" Abstract
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tapies Mid-Century Dau al Set Dada Spain Abstract Surrealism Dark Monster Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sarpta" is an original oil on canvas painting created by Antoni Tapies. This is a fantastically dark mid-century abstract painting. There is a monstrous figure barely visible on the left side of the painting. Also a sinister face breathing smoke out of the right side of the painting. This piece is perfect for a collector that enjoys a more avantgarde style. Tapies signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Pink, 2024, Hudson Valley NY
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Painting -- Trinity
Located in Troy, NY
This oil painting is a wonderful example of surrealism. The background of the painting is a landscape with a bright blue sky surrounded by large clouds and green ground cover. At the...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - The Phoenix Among Trees
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - The Phoenix Among Trees
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.75 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999)
Study for Ladders, 1948
Gouache on paper
17 x 13 inches
Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Surrealist Carom Billards large and bold abstracted mid century modern games oil
By Guy Bourdin
Located in Norwich, GB
If Carom Billards is your game, this is the ultimate painting for you. If it is not, you will simply marvel at the artist's playfulness, adventurousness and style. Large and bold, the artwork includes a Margritte-esque surrealist figure with a bowler hat, grattage - note the intricate herringbone structure of the background - and sculptural fissure of the red ball to represent the end grain.
The result is breathtaking. If you want a focal point for a room, this one is for you.
Guy Bourdin, the ground breaking fashion and advertising photographer, specialised in fascinating narratives, dramatic effects with intense color saturation, hyper-realism and cropped compositions. He often incorporated fantastical elements, vivid colors, and bold compositions into his images, creating a captivating, dreamlike atmosphere
Bourdin's style was influenced by his background in surrealism and painting...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Fairy Pool' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Fountain Pink Poodle
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Just another Day in Paradise', mixed media on best archival paper, 85cm x 140cm, unframed, 2022
In Rock's own words,
'It was just another day in Paradise for the Pink Poodle People of the Everlasting Fountain of Eternal Joy.
Since every day was Paradise it was just another normal day filled with love, ecstasy and wonder.
It started slowly at first, things began to appear in paradise, strange objects that the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with. Some had sharp edges, others were so and smelt strange, bad strange. Some things glittered and shone. Every day more of these objects would arrive in Paradise.
' If this happens every day then soon Paradise will be full of these strange objects. Some of them are nice but many are bad and smelly. One day there will be no Paradise, only bad, sharp and smelly things.'
But the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with the objects and every day more arrived.'
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted surreal abstract oil painting by Paul Allen Reed (1919 - 2015). Great color and composition. Framed. Signed verso.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Chicken Love
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Original Surrealist “Before the Dreamtime” Figurative in Oil Paint
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant surrealist creation oil painting “Before the Dreamtime” with birds and figures by Harald Dry Schmit
Compelling and vibrant, we're pleased to offer this surrealist figurative...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Surrealist abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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