Surrealist Figurative 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
Druid, Black and White, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
ARTIST: Aibek Begalin
WORK: Original acrilic graphics, handmade artwork
Medium: Acrylic and ink on paper
YEAR: 2020
STYLE: Modern
SUBJECT: DRUID
SIZE: 12" x 9" x 0,1" inch, 21X29 cm
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Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Woman in a Dream. nr.1. Surrealist fantasy by spanish painter Antonio Monasterio
Located in Firenze, IT
Antonio Monasterio - Woman in a Dream. no.1
Technique: Mixed media on paper (pastels, wax, and pen)
Dimensions: Approximately 45 x 55 cm
Period: 1970s
This work presents an enigmatic...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Ink, Tempera, Pen
Picking, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman reaches to pick apples that hover in front of the Flatiron Building in New York City. The painting reflects the artist's interest in the contrast betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Happy Couple, Mid Century Surrealist Fantasy Landscape by Ohio artist
By Mary Spain
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mary Spain (American, 1934-1983)
The Happy Couple
Oil on canvas
Signed middle right, signed and titled verso
22 x 26 inches
Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spain’s work exhibits oddly distorted figures in a child-like manner with an underlying sense of absurdity. Through her toylike and primitive style, Spain created surrealistic dramas that puzzle and entrance the viewer.
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mary Spain studied art at Syracuse University and moved to Ohio in the 1960s to teach art at Chagrin Falls...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paper City, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alla Bartoshchuk's "Paper City" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue hued female figure in the company of ghostly greyhounds with an orange sun appearing alongsi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$3,600 Sale Price
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FRANCINE BRANIARD - HUGE FRENCH SURREALIST SIGNED OIL - FANTASY FIGURES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Francine Braniard (French contemporary), signed
Title: 'La Source', titled verso and to exhibition label
Medium: oil painting on c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$856 Sale Price
30% Off
"CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE", painting, Victorian, Jaguar, surrealist dream, symbol
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE is an acrylic on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 36x48" and is a unique artwork. N...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jin Liu Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Production Plan-2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Production Plan-2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$720 Sale Price
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French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Family with Horse Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
oil painting on board
painting: 22.5 x 22.5 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this artists w...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,459 Sale Price
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The Sun, 20th Century Magic Realism Painting by Cleveland School Artist
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
The Sun
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right, titled verso
14 x 21.5 inches
20.75 x 28.25 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF SEATED MAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Seated Man"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board
board: 18 x 14.75 inches
Very fine 20th century oil painting on board by the French artist, Geneviève Z...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet
Title: Floating Figure
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size:
canvas: 45.5 x 28.75 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,362 Sale Price
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Conspiracy
Located in Zofingen, AG
Unlike many surrealists, who present their dreams, the central subjects of Ta’s work are people and bold colours. Her work opens up new art dimensions to explore. Her Blue Valentine ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Her Majesty the Muse figurative interior painting mint green female success love
Located in Zofingen, AG
Her Majesty The Muse
I remember the words our teacher said “Do not wait for a sudden inspiration, for a visit from the Muse. You should begin working, otherwise the Muse will pass b...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Diane in the Purr" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nathan Durfee's "Diane in the Purr" is an oil painting that depicts Diane, a girl with a cat nose and whiskers drawn on her face, surrounded by stuffed animals.
Artist bio:
Natha...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Château Pichon-Longueville. 1994. Canvas, oil, 80x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Château Pichon-Longueville. 1994. Canvas, oil, 80x40 cm
Vladimirs Pavlovs (1950) Born May 6, 1950 in Riga. In 1981 he graduated from the department of artistic construction of the A...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,728 Sale Price
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"Moderato, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Moderato" is an original, handmade oil and alkyd painting that depicts a portrait of a woman juxtaposed with white and blue patterning.
About the Artist:
Sy...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Alkyd
$487 Sale Price
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Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Honesty, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Jardin Fantastique
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork. titled "Jardin Fantastique" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Haitian surrealist artist Murat Saint Vil, b.1955. It is signed at the lower left corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Male Bikers in Desert - Huge French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed 'Andres'
dated 1972
oil painting on board
overall size: 36.5 X 36.75 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a pri...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,432 Sale Price
30% Off
Point To Where It Hurts (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Point To Where It Hurts (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 66x72in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1898
*o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed and dated 1972
small frame
oil painting on board
painting: 19.75 x 25.5 inches
overall size: 21.5 x 27 inches
condition: overall very good a...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$924 Sale Price
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'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
"Antler" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Antler" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with a white branch appearing as an antler on her head.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
The Muse: Time in Time (Model: Natalia Gubanova)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item does not include frame.
Throughout his evolution as a painter, Antonio Torres has dedicated him...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Don't Say it Outloud", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Don't Say it Outloud" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face surrounded by darkness, gently holding an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge Triptych Surrealist Royal College Art Painting LGBTQ+ Artist Oranges Blues
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 whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Candido Ballester Personale original surrealist mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Personale original contemporary mixed media painting.
Cándido Ballester is a contemporary Mallorcan painter who was born in 1926. As a child he had to emigrate to Argentina. In the ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,167 Sale Price
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Changement (~47% OFF LIST PRICE, Oil Painting, Symbolist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
Changement
2024
Oil on Canvas
Size: 26.06 x 31.04 inches (60 x 80cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
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Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,444 Sale Price
46% Off
Luck Memory (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Luck Memory (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 21x17in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1897
*Framed - read...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
IIsabel 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 tak...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"Card Illusion" - Surreal Portrait
By Vadim Kurov
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern abstract interpretation of a traditional European aristocratic portrait complete with crown, elongated neck, bustier neckline and a hint of a cinched waist titled "Card Illusion" "Иллюзия карты" by Vadim Kurov (Russian Federation, b-1947). Signed by the artist lower right corner Вадим Куров (Bagum Kypot) (Vadim Kurov); signed and dated "99" on verso. Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 37.13"H x 26.13"W.
Vadim Kurov graduated Art Industrial School. VM Mukhina. Member of the Russian Union of Artists and the International Association of Artists. Lives and works in St. Petersburg. Born in the city of Kazan, USSR, in 1947, graduate of the Kazan School of Art, graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Art and Design.
The main topics of work: theatrical compositions, ballet world, a fantastic portrait, literary - philosophical still-life and landscape. His paintings are in the collections of European countries, as well as in the collections of the Museum of Theatre Arts of St. Petersburg, the Ministry of Culture, the State Museum of Fine Arts in Kazan, the Georges Pompidou Museum, the Cultural Center of Los Angeles, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Museum, Prague Modern Art, the Museum of the Soviet and Russian Art Shanghai.
EXHIBITIONS (partial list):
1989/90 – participation in the exhibitions/auctions of Drouot-Richelieu, Paris
1991 – 10-10 Gallery, St. Petersburg1991 – Nurland, Norway
1991 – Hamilton, Canada
1992/1993/1994/1995 – “New Romantics of St. Petersburg” (Zerkalo/ATUS Galleries)
1994 – MALAUKSIA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland1996 – Bremen, Germany
1997 – personal exhibition at the Zerkalo Gallery, St. Petersburg
1998 – Vincent Louis Gallery...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$2,800 Sale Price
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"Roses Are Not Only Red" (2022) By Ifeoluwa Alade, Original Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Roses Are Not Only Red" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model with a rose and butterfly cast in a deep red glow.
Ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Rain Forest
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Rainforest" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted surrealist Brazilian artist Fernando De Jesus Oliveira A.K.A. Ferjo, b.1946. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Croco Friends"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The artwork is print on silk and it is limited edition.
"In our family of crocodiles, everything from scandals to idylls.
Croco Friends tells the whimsical yet thought-provoking st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silk
Cosmos
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
Cosmos
2023
Oil on Canvas
Size: 51.96 x 35.03 inches (132 x 89cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2112
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Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,222
"Borrowed Time" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Borrowed Time" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts an antelope with blue ribbons and butterflies swirling around its ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
4570 Transformaciones 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Andres Vivo
Located in Yardley, PA
A study of human social behaviour. Inspired by the artworks of the famous spanish master Francisco Goya :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Six of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of her series about the divinatory meanings of the swords tarot cards, artist Rachel Srinivasan paints a minotaur with blades and a caduceus. She feature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Reunion", Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's (US based) "The Reunion" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts small white house-like objects balancing precariously on paintbrushes over a grey an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Abstraction (rhinoceros, rhino)-mystical, esoteric, futuristic art
By Airo
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The style of the artist Airo is called "retrofuturism" or "Russian cosmism." This is a popular and growing trend among artists and collectors around the world. He connects the past with the future in the present. The artist uses various types of techniques to create his own special expression.
Sergei Airo was born in 1960 in the city of Novorossiysk (Krasnodar region) in the artist's family. In 1991, Sergei showed interest in the so-called "primitivism". His attention is drawn to the works and images of mythical life. After that the artist was concentrated on the study of medieval masters. Mainly exploring the religious direction and influence of Flemish medieval artists. In 1996, Sergei Airo presents a series of works at the Airspace Design exhibition in Air France. He is a permanent member of the Union of Artists, the Association of New Artists and the Society of Fine Arts, on the personal recommendation of Zurab Tsereteli...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,200 Sale Price
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Shaohua Nong Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled 44"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled 44
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 8 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2014
Artist: Shaohua Nong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$800 Sale Price
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Tree of Life in the Garden - Visionary art by Tom Fath
By Tom Fath
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive Visionary Watercolor and Gouache painting of the Tree of Life by Tom Fath (American, 20th Century). Signed lower right "Tom Fath" and on verso paper backing. Exhibited: 20...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
$548 Sale Price
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"Beak" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Beak" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with her face in profile with a yellow triangle that resembles a beak.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Couple with Bird and Bouquet, Large Surrealist Oil Painting by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
A romantic painting of a couple with bouquet and bird by Rochester-born artist, Ramon Santiago. This circular oil on canvas painting is signed and dated 1971.
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2020
48 X 36 INCHES
I wrote these words for the ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000 Sale Price
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3b
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on washi paper
Exemplaire B/165
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, i...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Paper
$1,920
Liberation, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman character is shown floating near an open window, where a giant bluebird is waiting as a spirit animal guide. The bird serves as a reminder to not give...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Unbroken Silence", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kirsten Savage's "Unbroken Silence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life man asleep at the base of a mountain range that stretches into the distance....
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"SORCERER'S BISCUIT", painting, surrealist dream, wolf, queen, duality, magic
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SORCERER'S BISCUIT is a new oil on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 16x20" and is a unique artwork. Note the artist's vocabulary present here – the young girl in early 20th century clothes holding the chewed biscuit; on poles either side of her what looks like a wolf in top hat, and a queen with crown. The wolf and queen are dimensional though appear as garish silhouettes – setting up a duality, a dream, a magic spell...
Tony Geiger has said his paintings take you to a certain place, but you have to find your own way back. The world he creates encompasses both classical surrealism and more contemporary concerns. Conflict is usually present. These mischievous juxtapositions make statements on the human condition – either politically, physically or spiritually. Geiger wants the viewer to be challenged and amused by this mixture of the macabre and the playful.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, New York and a longtime NYC resident, Tony Geiger still considers himself a transplanted Californian. He has exhibited paintings at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, the Barbican Centre in London, England, Miami Projects at Art Basel, Ceres Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, and he was accepted into The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Tony Geiger lives in Carroll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Lady in Black" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Lady in Black" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black cat with green eyes wearing a black veil and blue pearl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bulbs, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Michael Wedge paints a surrealist composition where lightbulbs replace vegetables. "The activity and its meaning are left up to the viewer," says Micha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paint. Miracles of the Marsh
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Acrylic on wood
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cuddly Snout (dog, snout, nose, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Cuddly Snout" by Rudolf Kosow is a stirring piece that captures the tender relationship between a human and an animal, portrayed through the striking close-up of a pet dog's snout, with a person resting peacefully against it. The animal's facial features are rendered with exquisite attention to texture and detail, each whisker and patch of fur beautifully accentuated.
The small figure of the person, leaning with an air of contented ease against the snout, is a testament to the comfort and solace that animals provide. This closeness conveys a shared moment of rest, an unspoken bond of trust and affection that needs no words. The artwork’s title, "Cuddly Snout," encapsulates the warmth and gentle nature of this interaction, highlighting the simple, pure connections that form between the hearts of humans and animals.
Kosow’s work invites us to reflect on the soft, quiet moments that we cherish with our pets, those times of closeness that bring us joy and comfort. It’s a visual homage to the silent, heartfelt communication that deepens our bonds with the animal companions who grace our lives. This painting is a tender reminder of the unconditional love and comfort that our furry friends bestow upon us, often becoming a serene haven in our lives.
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Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Silver Cord, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Amanda Seckington's "Silver Cord" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vibrant purple and red eye and face.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Shadow Self", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Shadow Self" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face with blue lipstick fading into the darkness of spa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Pocket Full of Dreams", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Pocket Full of Dreams" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure surrounded by darkness, gently holding...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Ethan in the Purr" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nathan Durfee's "Ethan in the Purr" is an oil painting that depicts Ethan, a boy with a cat nose and whiskers drawn on his face, surrounded by stuffed animals.
Artist bio:
Nathan...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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