Surrealist Interior 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
Origin: How God and I Created the World
By Tony Smith
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Origin: How God And I Created The World" acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 61.5 inches (unframed), $9,500
Tony Smith’s paintings are works in motion. They are tho...
Category
1990s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
MAJESTIC (MARILYN MONROE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
THE GEOGRAPHER (VERMEER INDIANA)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Art #1" Painting, Oil on Birch, Bright Colors, Surrealism, Rainbows
By Robin Tewes
Located in New York, NY
"Abstract Art #1" by Robin Tewes was featured in "Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness" group exhibition at The Untitled Space from September 26 – November 3, 2020...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil
Street in Old Aleppo No.5
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nitmat Badawi’s work is of two themes, urban landscape in Aleppo, and figurative of ordinary innocent faces, particularly of women and children. The first theme of inspired by Aleppo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CUBIST ROOM (PICASSO)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Signed French Theatrical Stage Scene Painting Elegant Lady Interior Ballgown
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: inscribed/ signed on front and back
Title: 'Le Noir le va si bien' translates to 'Black suits it so well'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
F...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gleaning, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Michael Wedge's series exploring the contrasts between various periods with urban scenes and rural environments. This piece shows two figures gat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Breakfast'. Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist contemporary tablescape, acrylic on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty R.S.W. Signed and dated bottom left.
This piece is wonder...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Kitchen Shelves'. Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist contemporary acrylic on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty R.S.W.
This piece is wonderfully colourful, playful and is typical of his witty sense of humour. Docherty likes to tease us visually and asks questions and presents conundrums to the viewer.
Frank McLean Docherty was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1942. He became a student at Glasgow School of Art in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Printed Textiles in 1964. He taught in a secondary school in the East End of Glasgow for two years, thereafter departing to work in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland as a textile designer (Marks & Spencer, Heals and Liberty of London). He was also an illustrator for a range of newspapers and an Art Director of magazines.
In 1973, he was appointed Principal Teacher of Art in a Scottish High School and in 1978 was honoured by the Queen when he was appointed Member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (R.S.W.) He left education in 1994. Since that time he has developed a vision which is quite unique in Scottish Art.
Bank Managers, toucans, lighthouses, penguins, bowler hats, Frank Docherty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Life's Souveniers, Surrealist Oil Painting by Tito Salomoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Life’s Souvenirs by Tito Salomoni, Italian (1928–1989)
Date: 1984
Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 25 x 2...
Category
1980s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
HOMAGE TO THE CLASSICS
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plugged In, Surrealist Oil Painting by Tito Salomoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Plugged In by Tito Salomoni, Italian (1928–1989)
Date: circa 1984
Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 28 x 28...
Category
1980s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trojan Cat, surrealist, fantasy, whimsical, cat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
1980s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dessert - Still Life Table Setting with Fruit, Wine and Flowers, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
The artist is a master at storytelling. He sets the stage for the viewer to bring the events to a particular scene. Here, the artist has set two wine glasses, napkins and a small plate of desserts on a geometrically patterned table cloth, draping so it almost appears to be falling over the frame. The viewer is required to ask the questions about the scene but the answers may only lie in their own imagination. The painting, which is painted on canvas then mounted to a panel, is framed in a simple wooden frame measuring 21 x 30 inches.
John Hrehov
Dessert, 2022
oil on canvas on panel
20h x 29w in
50.80h x 73.66w cm
JHR008
John Hrehov
Education
1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN.
2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Group Exhibitions
2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.
Norman Bradley...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
'Petit Déjeuner'. Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist contemporary tablescape, acrylic on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty R.S.W. Signed and dated bottom left, presented in custom wood frame.
This piece is wonderfully colourful, playful and is typical of his witty sense of humour. Docherty likes to tease us visually and asks questions and presents conundrums to the viewer.
Frank McLean Docherty was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1942. He became a student at Glasgow School of Art in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Printed Textiles in 1964. He taught in a secondary school in the East End of Glasgow for two years, thereafter departing to work in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland as a textile designer (Marks & Spencer, Heals and Liberty of London). He was also an illustrator for a range of newspapers and an Art Director of magazines.
In 1973, he was appointed Principal Teacher of Art in a Scottish High School and in 1978 was honoured by the Queen when he was appointed Member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (R.S.W.) He left education in 1994. Since that time he has developed a vision which is quite unique in Scottish Art.
Bank Managers, toucans, lighthouses, penguins, bowler hats, Frank Docherty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Always On, Surrealist Oil Painting by Tito Salomoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tito Salomoni (1928 - 1989)
Title: Always On
Date: circa 1980
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Frame...
Category
1970s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watching, Original Contemporary Surrealist Gouache Painting on Wood Panel
By Megan Frazer
Located in Boston, MA
Watching, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2014
11.25" x 18" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel
This surreal gouache painting features a woman laying on top of her bed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Wood Panel
Found It, Original Signed Contemporary Satirical Surrealist Painting on Panel
By Megan Frazer
Located in Boston, MA
Found It, Original Signed Contemporary Satirical Surrealist Painting, 2014
18" x 11" x 1.625" Gouache on Wood Panel
Hand-signed by the artist.
When socks go missing, this disarticulated human arm can find them! In this dream-like surrealistic painting by artist Megan Frazer a laundry basket full of blue, red, and yellow clothing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Wood Panel
HOMAGE TO CUBISM
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magical World
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
It is with great pride that we present a recently completed oil painting by Azerbaijani artist, Fidan Kim.
Ms. Kim is a classically trained painter whose paintings evoke the surreal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bed, Original Contemporary Surrealist Gouache Painting on Wood Panel
By Megan Frazer
Located in Boston, MA
Bed, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2012
18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD)
This muted, dream-like surrealist painting by artist Megan Frazer can be compared to both the subject matter and painterly style of the work of Leonara Carrington...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Wood Panel
1970's MODERN BRITISH ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BEAUTIFUL GREEN & ORANGE COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Modern British School
Title: Interior scene with side table
Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, unframed
Size: painting: 55...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Attic - Modern Surrealistic Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pawel Sepielak is a Polish painter, book illustrator and printmaker.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST STILL LIFE COMPOSITION
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roger Bonafe (French b. 1932) signed and dated 81
oil pastel on thick art paper, inscribed verso
Size 22.5 x 30 inches
Bonafe was born in the town of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Still Life : The Doll and the Blue Vase - Original Oil on canvas, Signed
By Francoise Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Francoise ADNET
Still Life : The Doll and the Blue Vase
Original Oil on canvas
Signed on the right middle
Titled on the back
On canvas 73 x 54 cm (c. 29 x 22 in)
Presented in a gol...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Red Studio" - Surreal Figurative Interior Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal large-scale figurative abstract depicting two nude female figures in a red interior space juxtaposed by a bearded man seated next to a sculptural bust of a man, with a white skeleton in the foreground by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Red Studio...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Urban Zoo" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Urban Zoo" is an oil painting that depicts a lama, giraffes, and a whale in a surreal urban environment
Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Nightfall, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Nightfall" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in blue cradling a smal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Quiet Country Home
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I live on an old farmstead in the Midwest where I paint quiet, country scenes from my imagination. These contemporary folk art landscapes are created simply from the heart. I want to capture the feeling of peace and serenity that I love about the country. This painting was inspired from old country houses I have seen over the years on rural back roads. I set the house in a simple, slightly abstracted golden field with a blue sky filled with wispy clouds. This piece is on a gallery wrapped canvas and the painting continues around the sides. The work comes ready to hang.
About the Artist
Sharon France has many fond childhood memories of visits to her grandparents; remote Midwestern farm. She now lives on her own farmstead with her family where she paints the beauty around her. Sharon found inspiration in the work of Hudson River School Artists, Minimalists, Tonalists and Realists. When she;s not painting, she loves to hike. She currently lives in Illinois. Fun fact: her homestead includes a number of pet birds like heritage turkeys, chickens, ducks and tiny finches.
A Quiet Country Home...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Karl Gasslander, Surreal Scene
Located in New York, NY
Gasslander lived and worked in Chicago and also visited Provincetown in the 1930s; he made portraits and city views. This Surreal Scene is unusual in his oeuvre both for its extreme ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Transplanting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I used the activity of transplanting tree saplings as a way to connect the city and the country in this painting. I'm interested in surreal scenes where peopl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Interior - Oil on Canvas by Tito Rossini - 2001
By Tito Rossini
Located in Roma, IT
Intern is a contemporary artwork realized by Tito Rossini in 2001.
Original oil on canvas.
Signed on the lower right corner. The signature and date are present also on the back. An...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Vase
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern surreal oil painting on linen depicting a vase with one yellow flower and a mysterious almost figural black design. This midcentury work is unsigned and comes housed in a pe...
Category
1950s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Disk Shelf II, Magritte-like Surreal Painting by Backstrom aka Beck & Jung
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Holger Bäckström from 1979. A mixed media painting produced by Beck & Jung, a collaborative duo between Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg in the 1960's-70's. Their...
Category
1970s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A source - XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Architecture Painting, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
Marta Rynkiewicz is a young Polish artist born in 1983.
She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowicz, at the Faculty of Paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Corner, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Richard Hagerty
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Hagerty, American (1950 - )
Title: Blue Corner
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 40 x 55 in. (101.6 x 139.7 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happier than Ever-original abstract wildlife-interior painting-contemporary Art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Happier than Ever" by Nathan Neven is a jubilant masterpiece that invites viewers into a world where two ostriches roam a vibrant interior, accompanied by an open window offering a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NEW YORK COLLECTION (BANKSY MAGRITTE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Ferjo. Image size 50 x 70 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
HOMAGE TO LICHTENSTEIN
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Ferjo (Brazilian, born 1946) was born Fernando de Jesus Oliveira in Bahia, Brazil. Inspired by classical and contemporary art, Ferjo has developed a worldwide reputation for his dynamic, dreamlike compositions. As an artist, Ferjo has explored subjects ranging from realism to surrealism, and his artwork frequently alludes to legendary artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, and others. His popular Surrealist paintings of fantastical and intricate interior spaces often feature homages to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Fidan
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just arrived original oil painting by Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim.
Studio Fidan, is an original oil on canvas, signed, 2020 with an image dimension of 43 x 35 inches,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist interior paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist interior paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add interior paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including and Marta Rynkiewicz. Frequently made by artists working with Acrylic Paint, and Canvas and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist interior paintings, so small editions measuring 9.45 inches across are also available. Prices for interior paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $190 and tops out at $76,500, while the average work sells for $3,600.