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
1980’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Shapes Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's-80's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
signed and dated verso
canvas: 23.5 x 32 inches
private collection, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reverberations, mid-century abstract surrealist black acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Reverberations, 1970
Acrylic on illustration board
Signed lower left
20 x 30 inches
Mid-century abstract surrealist black acrylic painting...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
HUGE ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH ABSTRACT MODERNIST PAINTING - SURREALIST NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Multicolor Surrealist Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two rare paintings feature a geo...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Qiang Li Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Comedy 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Comedy 3
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Qiang Li
Signature: Unsigned
Signature Location: N/A
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Variance of a Path (surrealism, hard edge, colorful art, color field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy
Variance of a Path
2017
Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 33x25in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1777
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Tags: surrealism, hard edge, colorful art, contempora...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,640 Sale Price
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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 Homa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Plaques of Egypt
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Plagues of Egypt
by Kate Orr (British 20th century)
signed lower corner, circa 1990's
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 31 x 25 inches
Superbly painted, Modern British oil ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) SIGNED FRENCH SURREALIST OIL PAINTING - FRAMED
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Surrealist Landscape"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on canvas, framed
dated '99'
signed lower corner
framed: 19.25 x 14 inches
A fine 20th century surreal...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fish and Loaves, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fish and Loaves, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, Kate Orr, late 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Signed and titled by the artist verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 24 x 30 inches
Vibrant surrealist painting of a figure offering copious amounts of bread and fish.
As with all abstract...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Surrealist Oil Painting Cubist Figurative Scene 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed oil painting on board
framed: 21.25 x 30.75 inches
canvas: 20.5 x 30 inches
The painting is in overall good condition, bar an age related pa...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cascade. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Once again Berlin gifts us a different aspect of his art. Within Cascade he is able to echo and reference simultaneously several of the Great Masters and also include his own unique ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Nudes on Motorbikes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
dated 1972
oil painting on board
overall size: 19.5 X 19
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this art...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Ladybirds Trees
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
The Chair by the Window, Superb Large Surrealist oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Chair by the Window
Surrealist School, circa 1970's
signed lower left, indistinctly (see photos)
framed: 24 x 30.5 inches
provenance: private collection, London
Superb Surreali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Light Sleep, Surrealist Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Light Sleep, Surrealist Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, Kate Orr, late 20th Century
Inscribed into the paint by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yu Wang Contemporary Art Original Mixed Media "Long Love"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Long Love
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18.5 x 18.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Geometric Color Variation Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original project drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, are by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a geometric ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Caceria, Surrealist Mixed Media Painting by Geandy Pavon
By Geandy Pavon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Geandy Pavon, Cuban (1974 - ) - Caceria, Year: 2000, Medium: Oil and Tempera on canvas, signed, titled and dated in ink on verso, Size: 42 x 60 in. (106.68 x 152.4 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera
Funny and Sad Faces, Surrealist Geometric Colorful Drawing, France 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional original project drawing, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, is by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The original painting features a geometri...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Blue
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. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Archival Paper, Pen, Ink
Agnoiaphobia – The Collective Unconscious - Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This 2019 painting is from Patrick Faure’s Agnoiaphobia series. The painting is unframed, oil on canvas.
About the Artwork:
According to the Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, kollektives Unbewusstes, or collective unconscious, refers to structures of the unconscious mind that are shared among beings of the same species. The human collective unconscious is populated by instincts and by universal symbols such as hell, water, the tree of life, or the concept of god. Jung states that the collective...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Surreal Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Nimble Articulation"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 10" Surreal Bleached and Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag Paper by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper, Watercolor
Extinction, Stylised Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Extinction, Stylised Surrealist Oil Painting
French School, 20th century
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 19.5 x 24 inches
Quite ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Probity in the Quiet of Fear (surrealism, hard edge, colorful art, color field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy
Probity in the Quiet of Fear
2016
Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 18x29in
Framed: 27.5x38x2in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1775
*Framed and matted with a white wood fra...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition III
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 7.5X11.25, titled Composition III on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Water
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, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Water, 122 x 152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic inks on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Water;
Once upon a time there was water. It fell from the sky in clear blue droplets. It made pools and puddles on the ground. The water tasted sweet and pure, it was good to drink, to make soup, to swim in or to wash in. It made the plants and trees grow big and luscious, it was the lifeblood of everything..
Everybody loved water and no one ever questioned where it came from or that one day the rain might stop and there would be no water.
The water women went about their usual business, they made soup, they grew cabbages, they argued and laughed together. The well was always full, there was food aplenty, life thrived. It is sometimes said that ignorance is bliss, and the women did live in bliss although they did not know it. They did not know that one day the rain would stop. It was only when the rain stopped that they knew they had lived in bliss.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Mid Century Modernist Surreal Sunset Abstract Nude Woman Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist surreal landscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1981. Signed on verso. Image size 30L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Small Surrealist Landscape with Boats - After the Flood
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed surrealist landscape depicting a barren, desert-like scene with small boats by Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943). Signed "CLAY ANDERSON" on v...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Oil
Anya Simmons, Weymouth Harbour, Original Boat Art, Bright Devonshire Paintings
By Anya Simmons
Located in Deddington, GB
Weymouth Harbour, Dorset.
Original harbour painting.
Mixed Media on board (Gesso, acrylic and acrylic inks).
Image Size. 51cm x 38cm.
Framed size. 75cm x 57cm x 4cm.
Sold framed – Be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Bird Potentiality
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Artwork by Airom and collaborators.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$105 Sale Price
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Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Cat Blue Flowers
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
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Bust Cat
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, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Best Day Ever, 152x122cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Best Day Ever;
It was the best day ever. Just one of those days when everything goes right and the world is an exciting place. The very pavements seemed to be alive with magical stories to tell of the many feet that had trampled upon them. Everything seemed right with the world because I was going to meet my friend for a glass of wine. You know that friend who just gets you? Who you don't have to explain everything too, and they laugh in all the right places. I was going to meet that friend and have a glass of wine and everything else could wait. It really was the best day ever.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Postumi
Located in Genève, GE
Woodworking
Golden wooden frame
76.5 x 86 x 2.5 cm
This painter painted during his incarceration.
This captivating work presents a surreal landscape in vivid, dynamic colors. Flamboy...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Water Sea
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, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Call of the Sea, 122 x 152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic inks on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Call of the Sea:
The sea was calling, calling its sirens song. It threw tempting little waves flirtatiously on the shore. 'Come,' it said, 'come.' The sea glittered with promise, it whispered sweet nothings as it rolled the tiny gem pebbles on the beach. 'Come to me,' it said, 'I will show you the world, the true meaning of life.'
The people felt the pull, the blood pumping in their veins, like a magnet they were drawn towards the sea. Mesmerised, bewitched, they stripped of their clothes, leaving them in molehills on the beach. The breeze caressed bare bottoms, free from the constraints of life. They stepped cautiously at first but as excitement overwhelmed them they broke into a run as they neared the water. The sea tickled their toes and beckoned them in, making sweet promises of delightful pleasures.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be rolled. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Lovers and Others (unique mid century modern painting) - double sided artwork
Located in New York, NY
Nahum Tschacbasov
Lovers and Others (Two Unique Works), 1978-1979
Gouache on Two-sided Paper (Two Signed Works)
Hand signed twice: once on each side
11 × 15 inches (each side)
A rare...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Memory of a Day, The Lighthouse- original surrealist 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.
Andrew Bennett's Memory of a Day, The Lighthouse evokes the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Birds of Prey
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
"Wheatfield With Crows, after Vincent". Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Billion Dollar Hand has created this richly shaded painting as something of an homage to Van Gogh, channeling and expanding the style in a unique way. However, not satisfied with...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dream Of The Inca. Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Something of a departure for Berlin, this highly figurative painting use motifs from ancient central American cultures to create a piece that writhes and turns on the canvas. Beautif...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
A Surreal Acrylic Painting, "Entangle Laminae"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 47" x 36" Surreal Acrylic Painting executed by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery.
Neil’s cyanotype a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Carter's Seeds, c.1940s poster design
Located in London, GB
Carter's Seeds
Poster Design
Gouache
49 x 32 cm
Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated art...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
When Inspiration Peaks There Are Galloping Wild Horses.
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A rearing wild horse is a symbol in many ancient cultures. It is a universal avatar for freedom, power and wisdom. Berlin enters the realms of the mythic, he has an understanding of ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spirit with Horns - Abstracted Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstracted surreal figure of a spirit by Michael Eggleston (American, 20th Century). This piece is bold and lively, with bright colors and rich blacks. This horned spirit i...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Found Objects, surrealist composition c.1940
Located in London, GB
Found Objects
Gouache
55 x 38 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell.
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated artist A. E. H...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Huellas, Threads
By Israel Gonz��lez Rivero
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Israel Gonzalez Rivero
Titled in Spanish, Huellas, in English Threads
Mixed media on canvas, purchased from the artist in the 1990s.
54.75 x 27.5 Inches
A painter, sculptor and designers.
Cuba's national writers and artists union members
Barcelona, member of Spain ACEA international association
In 2005, member of Canada Montreal Artotheque
Member of "The south" project organizing committee
Model art representative
Member of Cuba-Mexico "Yeti" project
Born in 1964 in Cuba Manzanillo
Art education:
1992-education certificate for art
1983-graduated from "Jose j. Tejada" college, Santiago, Cuba
1979-graduated from "Carlos Enriquez...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,475 Sale Price
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Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf
Vibrant and colorful surrealist landscape by Oregon artist Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940). The main subject of this piece is a large Y-shaped object that appears to be covered in feathers created out of small ovals of paper. The landscape is comprised of a striped ground, with wispy blue tree-like object emerging from holes in the ground. Squares of pastel blue, teal, and pink float throughout the scene. The background is made of layers of distressed gold leaf.
Unsigned, but was acquired from a collection of the artist's work.
Board size: 24"H x 32"W
Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1969) from the University of Oregon. Webb studied with Demetrios Jameson, Mark Sponenburgh, Gordon Gilkey, and John Rock...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Woman with Flower and Bird, Psychedelic Oil Painting by Al Amatulli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Woman with Flower and Bird
Al Amatulli
American (1935)
Date: circa 1972
Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 44 in. x 33 in. (111.76 cm x 83.82 cm)
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Collection Number 6
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has embarked on a journey through Surrealism. This collection writhes & flows from his "Billion Dollar Hand" creating a complexity of interwoven rhythms. Berlin has been e...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Antique French Modern Paris School Still Life Framed Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted modernist still life oil painting with a view of the Eiffel Tower and a rotary phone. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 23 inches overall and 15.25 by 18.25 paint...
Category
1920s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,465 Sale Price
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Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Surrealist composition by California and Washington state artist David Sherburne (American, b. 1943). A fl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Modern British mid century gouache painting by Neo Romantic artist Latimer Sayer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Derrick Latimer Sayer (British, 1917 – 1992)
Caterpillar
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘CATERPILLAR’ (lower left), ‘Derrick Sayer 55’ (lower right)
Gouache
7.7/8 x 9.1/4 in. (20 x 23.5 cm.)
Derrick Latimer Sayer (1912–1992) has been described as a Neo-Romantic and pop artist, with a career that spanned from the spiritualism of postwar English landscapes, to the bright, optical playfulness of 1960s Pop art. Sayer had a distinguished start to his career, having studied at the Chelsea School of Art in the early 1930s under Graham Sutherland and Henry Moore.
In 1936 he founded the Mousehole Group Art School in Cornwall with fellow painters George Lamborn and Guy Allen, and for the next few years he exhibited at a number of small local galleries, while also executing commercial advertising work for major companies such as Shell Oil. The 1940s and 50s were a period of widespread travelling, teaching and experimentation for Sayer, as he founded the Army Art Centre in 1945, worked in the South of France in 1949 and displayed works at the Leicester, Redfern and Winton Galleries across the 1950s. In 1966, he took up the helm as the Head of Art at the Chelsea Westminster Adult Education Institute, a position he held until his retirement in 1982. Ten of Derricks works can be found at the Chelsea Westminster Hospital Arts Project, hung alongside a permanent collection that includes Patrick Heron, Howard Hodgkin, and Sian Tucker.
Sayer was known for his studies of female nudes, particularly the examination of the nude in...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vintage Surrealist Composition - Precious Stones Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed surrealist composition evoking tribal, abstracted carved stone-like shapes fitting together like a three dimensional sphere shaped puzzle, floating in a sky blue space by Clayton Anderson (American b. 1943). Textured plaster border around the edge of the piece. Signed "Clayton Anderson" along the upper left edge and on verso. Presented in a deep maple box frame.
Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked with Ben Kimihira, Walter...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Oil, Wood Panel
Surrealist abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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