Surrealist Landscape 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
Artist: Henry David Potwin
"Frida Fish" Contemporary Surrealist Jewel Toned Tropical Ocean Life Painting
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"Tower of Babbit” Pastel Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist painting by Henry David Potwin. Pastel, soft-hued painting incorporating a tower rising above a rendered evergreen residenti...
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"Fossil Fuel" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Cityscape of Clowns Driving Cars
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The piece features a scene of four cars and clown-like figures racing on a bridge with a fire lit below. Potwin incorporates the history of Texas through the use of a Texan longhorn on the front of the car. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mare Nostrum (Our Sea)" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The work features an elephant, giraffe, lion, and rhino on a small boat out at sea, reminiscent of Noah's a...
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
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"Migration" Colorful Contemporary Surrealist City Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist landscape painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a group of tanks moving from one side of the city to the other. Signed in fr...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
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"Skull Contemplating A Stone" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a pink and yellow-toned landscape scene with a skull sitting at the bottom of a tree, contemplating a stone nearby. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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