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
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Leading Lights"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.25 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$170 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Hidden Currents Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Hidden Currents Abstract
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6.25 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings w...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the painting...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Secrets + Advertisement"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Secrets + Advertisement"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Metamorphosis"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Metamorphosis"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$257 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Fire' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Fire' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$189 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Balance of Nature Maintained"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Balance of Nature Maintained"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the painting...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beneath the Surface"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Beneath the Surface"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 5.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$248 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floral Arrangement' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floral Arrangement' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 3.5 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Radiant Spiral Sunburst Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Radiant Spiral Sunburst Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating 1': Cosmic Orbs and Energy
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating 1': Cosmic Orbs and Energy
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the pain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Colour Energies' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Colour Energies' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Whimsy Floral Abstract with Birds
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Whimsy Floral Abstract with Birds
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.75 width
Condition: Good
Pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Emerging Form' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Emerging Form' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5.25 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'L'Obscurité', Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Museum, RISD, Yale
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'RCW' for Richard Whitten (American, born 1958) and dated, lower right, in Roman numerals, 2009. Formerly in the collection of the Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, California.
Whitten's early work may loosely be termed geometric abstraction, but he is best known for his later representational paintings that combine his interest in architecture, invented machinery and toys. Whitten is also known for his toy-like sculptures. His paintings and drawings are essentially representational but have strong ties to geometric abstraction.
A native of New York City, Richard Whitten first attended the Collegiate School before studying economics at Yale where he received his BA in 1980. He then constructed a personal painting program at Yale where he studied with Gretna Campbell...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Surrealist Oil Painting Cubist Abstract Beautiful Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed
oil painting on canvas
overall size: 23.5 X 32
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this arti...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,702 Sale Price
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Homage to Modigliani-Original 3D surrealistic painting-contemporary illusion art
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 Modigliani is a captivating fusio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Untitled Concert Hall painting Mid Century Surrealistic spiritual unique signed
Located in New York, NY
Agatha Wojciechowsky
Untitled Concert Hall Abstraction Watercolor, 1964
Watercolor on thick wove paper (with original label from Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery)
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower-right front
19 3/4 × 15 inches
Unframed
Dazzling 1960s, modern abstraction watercolor piece. This work was acquired from the legendary Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery
Agatha Wojciechowsky (1896 -1986) was recognized during her lifetime as a Surrealist. Although not following an art movement, her work reflected the sentiment of Art Informel of the 1950's. She had solo exhibitions from the 1960's to the present in New York, Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. Group exhibitions included shows with Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Dubuffet, Isamu Noguchi, Francis Picabia, Romare Bearden. Her artwork can be found in numerous public collections including Museum of Modern Art, the Prado, the Menil Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum.
Agatha lived her earlier years in Steinach de Saale, and then sailed to the United States in 1923 to be a German-speaking governess in a German baron...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
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
Vintage Signed Surreal Street Scene Skeleton Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Square Abstract Of Colourful Shapes
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
Magic Circles - Acrylic painting by Frida & Raul -2022
Located in Roma, IT
Magic Circles is a beautiful acrylic painting realized by the Italian artists Frida & Raul in 2022.
Hand-signed. Perfect conditions.
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,082 Sale Price
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Shuzeng Liu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "New World 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: New World 2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23.5 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2013
Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,840 Sale Price
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Tony Fitzpatrick 'Hand of Ishmael' Signed Aquatint Etching, Framed, 2007
Located in Denver, CO
Hand of Ishmael is a striking original aquatint etching with Chine-collé by renowned American artist Tony Fitzpatrick (b. 1958). This richly detailed print showcases a vividly illust...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Aquatint
$2,450 Sale Price
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Raccoon (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Raccoon Watching Fish, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
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
Characters in a Surrealist Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Characters in a Surrealist Landscape', oil on canvas, by Lucien Coutaud (1931). A couple entwine with the male character seemingly in grief, the female not returning with a comforting embrace. In the distant landscape a sole character meanders. This painting seems to be a creation of the artist's dreams, perhaps reflecting events in his personal life. It seems there is a relationship problem. In the world of Surrealists, there is a focus on the unconscious mind through Freudian methods of free association, trance-like states or dreams. Some Surrealists practiced psychic 'automatism' which was automatic writing or drawing, turning off the conscious mind and producing streams of words or images directly from the unconscious. In unlocking the unconscious in this way, Surrealism was individually expressed (Ref. 'The Short Story of Art...
Category
1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,448 Sale Price
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"Untitled" Gerome Kamrowski, circa 1944 American Surrealist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski
Untitled, circa 1944
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
35 3/4 inches x 47 3/4 inches
Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ceiba Tree
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Artwork Size: 24 x 16 in
"Ceiba Tree" is an oil-on-masonite painting mounted on wood panel by Colombian artist Jorge Yances. This piece is part of the ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Wood Panel
$2,100
"Jax, the Mischievous Pumpkin Lad" By Timothy Von Rueden, Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Jax, the Mischievous Pumpkin Lad" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts a monster with a pumpkin for a head and a bag of jacks.
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Antique American School Surreal Signed Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gilt...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
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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
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" By Timothy Von Rueden, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts two ghosts floating next to each other, both holding the same lantern.
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"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
Surrealist Composition, Untitled 2, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1948
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983)
Untitled, 1948
Oil on canvas
29 1/8 × 26 1/3 in l 74 × 67 cm
30 3/4 x 28 in l 78 x 71 cm (Frame included)
Exhibition history: Nordic Surrealism 1930-1960 ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Bucket With Dripping Red"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bucket With Dripping Red
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Unclear
Provenance: Direct from the art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,360 Sale Price
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French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Male Nudes in Desert
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
oil painting on board
painting: 20 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this artists work ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,459 Sale Price
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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
$1,946 Sale Price
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French Surrealist Large Oil Painting Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
oil painting on board
painting: 21 x 17 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this artists work ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$785 Sale Price
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Mid 20th century French Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Surrealist Oil Painting
Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 24 x 18 inches
This intriguing oil definitely ignites some expressive thoughts - one in...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,533 Sale Price
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Night in Vence
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
The reproduction in oil of Marc Chagall's "Night in Vence" by unknown artist.
In 1949, Chagall bought a house in Vence close to the Matisse chapel. At the time, the French Riviera w...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
$2,600
1980’s French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1989, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
dated 1989
painting: 32 x 25.5 inches
private collection, F...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,362 Sale Price
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1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Cubist Shapes Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
signed & dated oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches
private collectio...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,946 Sale Price
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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
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
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Robotic Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
canvas: 32 x 24 inches
private collection, France
The pai...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,946 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Remembering Bird' 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
1980’s French Surrealist Huge Oil Painting Nude Sculpture in Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris, 1980’s French Surrealist painter
Abstract Surrealist Figurative nude work
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 26 x 32 inches
private collection, France
The painting is...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,362 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Fantasy Abstract Pink Bird
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
Large French Surrealist Fantasy Figures Painting Very Unusual and Decorative
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French surrealist artist, late 20th/ early 21st century
acrylic and pen painting on board, unframed
board: 29.5 x 41.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pen
$2,091 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Party Of Colour 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 - 'Attempts To Pentrate' 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
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Pendants' 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
Color Shot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of surreal settings that could only exist in an alternate dimension. The idea of a colorful atmosphere with everyday recognizable signs and elements allows the art aficionado to imagine scenes one day and discover another story the next day. His work is a post-constructivist style that has roots in the legacy school of Torres-García.
This one-of-a-kind 24-inch square original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted. It does not require framing and is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping is also available.
Aguirre's architectural training is evident in his expert use of planes of color and precise brushwork to construct immersive, surreal environments that transport viewers to alternate dimensions. His whimsical rearrangement of everyday objects and recognizable signs creates unexpectedly harmonious settings that are visually stunning and emotionally evocative. Aguirre's artworks invite viewers to explore his mini-universes and discover new stories with each visit.
Aguirre was born and lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Celebrating Latinx Artists”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Light On Your Feet”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “Hidden Keyholes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Art for the People Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Bohemian Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2015 Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2014 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2014 10 años Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2013 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2013 Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay
2012 Trifecta Gallery, “6191”, Las Vegas, USA
2011 Golf Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 Colectiva Bolosano Arts Hotel Piazza Mazzini 35
2010 Castells Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010 Nuestro norte es el sur Venice, Italy
2010 Ristoranti Cultural Space “il Simposio”, Trento, Italy
2010 Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2009 Mvd Art Gallery, The Famous Grouse, Montevideo, Uruguay
2009 Wallione de Bruxelles (Grand Place), Belgium
2009 Lido de Venezia Muestra Colectiva, Italy
2009 Agosto Torri del Benaco, Italy
2009 Palazzao della gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
2009 Museo Rawson, Pedro Meyer, Luis Camnitzer
2009 Lla Patagonia, Argentina
2009 Woburn Gallery Studios, United Kingdom
2008 Basilicata Collective Show, Italy
2007 100 Años Punta del Este...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Red, Yellow and Blue Wacky Shapes'
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
Mid-century French Abstract Surrealist Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic on Paper.
By Guy Benoist
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century design for a sculpture, in acrylic, attributed to French artist and sculptor Guy Benoist. The design is not signed but was bought with other si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
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
Color Shot 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of surreal settings that could only exist in an alternate dimension. The idea of a colorful atmosphere with everyday recognizable signs and elements allows the art aficionado to imagine scenes one day and discover another story the next day. His work is a post-constructivist style that has roots in the legacy school of Torres-García.
This one-of-a-kind 29-inch square original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted. It does not require framing and is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping is also available.
Aguirre's architectural training is evident in his expert use of planes of color and precise brushwork to construct immersive, surreal environments that transport viewers to alternate dimensions. His whimsical rearrangement of everyday objects and recognizable signs creates unexpectedly harmonious settings that are visually stunning and emotionally evocative. Aguirre's artworks invite viewers to explore his mini-universes and discover new stories with each visit.
Aguirre was born and lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Celebrating Latinx Artists”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Light On Your Feet”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “Hidden Keyholes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Art for the People Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Bohemian Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2015 Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2014 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2014 10 años Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2013 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2013 Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay
2012 Trifecta Gallery, “6191”, Las Vegas, USA
2011 Golf Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 Colectiva Bolosano Arts Hotel Piazza Mazzini 35
2010 Castells Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010 Nuestro norte es el sur Venice, Italy
2010 Ristoranti Cultural Space “il Simposio”, Trento, Italy
2010 Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2009 Mvd Art Gallery, The Famous Grouse, Montevideo, Uruguay
2009 Wallione de Bruxelles (Grand Place), Belgium
2009 Lido de Venezia Muestra Colectiva, Italy
2009 Agosto Torri del Benaco, Italy
2009 Palazzao della gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
2009 Museo Rawson, Pedro Meyer, Luis Camnitzer
2009 Lla Patagonia, Argentina
2009 Woburn Gallery Studios, United Kingdom
2008 Basilicata Collective Show, Italy
2007 100 Años Punta del Este...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
$1,264 Sale Price
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