Surrealist Landscape Paintings

"Still Life" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) stamped verso oil painting on board board: 10.5 x 13.75 inches Mid 20th century oil painting on board by the French artist, ...

Surrealist painting of a white structure in a barren desert titled "Fungo Atomico" by Italian surrealist painter Luigi Pretin, circa 1976. Signed and dated in lower right corner as w...

Oil on board by Spanish artist Mariano Andreu Estany (1888-1976). Amazing quality and fine detail. Excellent original condition. Signed lower left, "Mariano Andreu '39". Image si...

Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989) Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures Hand signed lower right. Measures (frame) 26.5" x 30" wide, and (sight) 18.25." x 22.25" wide. Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 – 1989) was a French painter known for surrealism and absurdist art. Jean-Pierre Serrier was born in Montparnasse, Paris and attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. the son of Louis and Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year-old, he and his mother fled Paris for Corrèze in southwest France. Childhood memories of close escapes from German bombardments would later influence his absurdist philosophy of life. Passionate about drawing, in 1951 he applied and was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art in Paris. He shared an attic apartment in the 16th arrondissement with fellow student Jean-Baptiste Valadié. For income, he decorated shop windows. A trip to Spain provided motifs for early works. His student work might be characterized as art naïf (Naive art). While still a student, he sold a ceramic artwork to the poet and publisher Pierre Seghers, who would later commission drawings from him. He frequented jazz clubs in Saint-Germain des Près, and while listening to Sidney Bechet at the Vieux Colombier, he met his wife, Yvette.One of the last French Surrealist and follower of Nietzsche. His art conveyed the message to all of mankind that we are only human. The other Surrealist to center his art in philosophy was Rene Magritte whose paintings reflect his understanding of Sigmund Freud. He had his first exhibition in 1955, before being sent to Algeria to complete his military service. After graduating in 1955, he was drafted for military service, spent time in Germany and Morocco, and was sent to the front lines of the Algerian War. In 1959 he exhibited works at two Parisian galleries and at Juan-les-Pins on the Côte d'Azur. From 1961, he exhibited annually at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1962, the City of Paris purchased his painting Un dimanche In 1961, Serrier made his first visit to the United States to exhibit at a New York gallery. In 1975 and 1979, he had successful exhibitions in New Orleans, and his work was included in art and news magazines, including Time and Newsweek. Beginning in the 1950s, his works included stylized portraits similar in some ways to the "big eyes" art of Margaret Keane, though it is uncertain that either artist influenced the other. Keane painted children, and so did Serrier, sometimes from life, but Serrier’s models are usually somewhat older, though uniformly slender and with androgynous features. A gallery owner introduced Serrier to American collectors Edgar Garbisch and his wife, Bernice Chrysler (daughter of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler), who had a particular interest in naïve art; they commissioned a series of portraits from Serrier. At the same time, he met Reine Ausset in Paris, who in 1961 invited him to New York to take part in an exhibition at Galerie Norval on 57th Street. The show also included work by Moïse Kisling, and the exhibition program explicitly linked the two artists, saying that Serrier, who considered Moise Kisling "the Master," had found his own technique, but "the same vision joins the grand Kisling to the young Serrier: plenitude of shapes, sureness of palette, precision in outlines." In the 1960s he began painting slender, young, androgynous figures in groups, set in sparse landscapes with suggestions of the surreal and sometimes wearing costumes of the Commedia dell'arte. In some of these paintings the eyes of the figures are completely black, a motif that would continue in his later work. In 1965, he exhibited at Forest and Reed Gallery in London. Also in 1965, he discovered the small town of Martel, and with his old roommate Jean-Baptiste Valadié purchased a house that they opened as the gallery La Licorne (The Unicorn) in 1967. Responding to the political upheavals of May 1968 in France, and following the advice of Geneva gallery owner Roger Ferrero, Serrier's work became increasingly complex, idiosyncratic, and surreal. Imagery included the Tower of Babel, bodies suspended in space, and crowds of people all dressed alike, with identical features and entirely black eyes. Mannequins, playing cards, nudes, and levitating orbs also figured in the work. In a nod to Magritte, his men sometimes wear bowler hats. Another influence may have been the works of the Franco-Belgian surrealist Gaston Bogaert (1918-2008). Serrier's first major exhibit of these works, in Geneva in 1971, was titled Le Réalisme Fantastique. (Magic Realism) In 1972, he was made a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne, under whose auspices he was invited by the Polish government to exhibit in Warsaw in 1973, as part of a cultural exchange across the Iron Curtain. In 1976, he served on the jury of the Salon d'Automne. In 1975, New Orleans gallery owner Kurt E. Schon brought his work to several cities in the United States. A copiously illustrated monograph in English, Surrealism and the Absurd: Jean Pierre Serrier, was published in 1977. Author Thomas M. Bayer wrote: Serrier's world is one where—to use Friedrich Nietzche's term—the "human herd animal" is being confronted with the overwhelming task of coping with the world, his solitude, and at times, his resignation in the face of its monstrous size and duration. It is a world where the characterless, "blind" man faces the institutions, rules and symbols that made him into the being he now is…But Serrier does not lose himself in this world he portrays. He never forgets the old French tradition, the "black" humor, à la Molière. This classical humor at times is more felt than seen, in a manner that can be terribly funny, because it is horrifying, laughable, poignant and always true. Serrier told a friend, "In each of my paintings there's a message of hope amid the crowd of stereotypical figures. It could be an escaping dirigible, or a nymphet who flees like a deer under the red and blue trees of paradise...

72, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner, Oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 21.25 x 32 inc...

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...

The Blue Column transports us to a space where time appears to stand still. The composition divides the canvas into two parts: at the top, a narrow strip reveals the head of a classi...

Sara Scribner's (US based) "Night Bloom" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in profile with a full moon behind her and white Moonflowers blooming amidst her form. About the Artist: Sara Scribner (B. 1982 Fremont, California) is a figurative painter living in Oklahoma. She earned a BFA in painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has exhibited in museums and galleries across the US and in Europe, including European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) museum in Barcelona, Spain, Wausau Museum of Art in Wausau, WI, Wally Workman Gallery...

Signed lower right, "O Connor" and painted circa 1945. A panoramic view of an autumn landscape with leafless trees in front of a mountain lake and an olive green sky scattered with ...

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...

Freeman Baldridge's depiction of a shrine at a sandy beach and lake. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 16; frame dimensions measure 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2...

Artist/ School: Francine Braniard (French contemporary), signed Title: 'La Source', titled verso and to exhibition label Medium: oil painting on c...

Artist/ School: Francine Braniard (French contemporary), signed Title: titled verso Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: framed 37 x 29.5...

Title: The Word In My Mind No.24 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Ye...

Rudolf Kosow’s Not So Bad is a haunting contemporary surrealistic oil painting that evokes the aesthetic and ethos of Americana, tinged with an unsettling air of mystery and nostalgi...

*Painting will be available after 6.06.2021* Marta Rynkiewicz is a young Polish artist born in 1983. She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Profes...

Recalling Britannia, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 40cm, 2023 Even in his most realistic images, there is a beautiful exaggeration in the paintings of Peter Rodulfo...

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...

keywords; surrealism, humour, uncanny, yellow dress, little girl, car wreck, car incident, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, conte...

Title: The Word In My Mind No.26 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Ye...

These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...

Austin Howlett's "Citadel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a larger than life woman reclining in a seaside landscape. Artist Autobi...

These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...

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...

Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953". A dramatic, Mid-century cityscape showing numerous figures, both concealed and partially-revealed, dispersed in a neo-classical townscape beneath a vibrant sunset. Born Daniel Harris, and adopting the name of Zev, Harris studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary and at the National Academy of Design...

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....

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Fish, Chips and Jazz!" by Therese James invites viewers into ...

Marc Janson Surrealist Landscape Oil on convas Handsigned bottom right Signed again on the back On canvas 46 x 55 c m (c. 18 x 22 in) Very good condition, light defects at the edge

J. James Akston Surrealism, Village scene (Mexico) Acrylic on Board Frame: 15 X 18 Image: 9 X 12 Joseph James Akston was a Polish American sculptor, painter, known for surrealist abstract painting and Aubusson (for Les Ateliers Pinton Frères, tapisserie, Aubusson) tapestry artist. Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1898 he died in Palm Beach Florida in 1983. During the 1960s and '70s the entrepreneur-artist James Joseph Akston adopted a unique Surreal Expressionist style in order to present his private primordial universe and lampoon its denizens, a ribald cast of animal creatures with human foibles. A successful industrialist, he began his career with General Motors foreign operations and then started his own business. Intermittently he studied painting, first with Jerry Farnsworth in North Truro (Mass.) and then with Jose Clemente Orozco in Mexico. In the early 1960s Akston became publisher-editor of a group of art publications which included The Magazine Arts. Initially an abstract expressionist, Akston had one-man exhibitions at the New York Convention Center and the Corcoran Museum in Washington. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is $12,575 USD for Spheres Aux Triangles Aubusson Tapestry, sold at Bonhams New York in 2019. He was a Graduate of Georgetown University. He sat on the board of the Norton Museum. Exhibitions 1976 Hokin Gallery 1966 Gallery 63 NYC 1960 Gallery 63 Rome , Italy Select Public Collections National Museum, Wshington DC Boca Museum of Art Whitney Museum of Art, NYC Museum of Modern Art, NYC Museum of African Art Washington DC (Now part of Smithsonian Museum) Bibliography: 1962 Art...

Soulmate is a superbe original painting on canvas depicting a woman bather next to a giant white Swan on a green lawn against an intense red sky. keywords; white Swan, woman bather,...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Some Night in Spring" by Hallie Packard is an original painti...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Sssour" by Hallie Packard is an electrifying piece that juxta...

Mid Century Americana "For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash in the street." Saturday Evening Post Work is unframed

Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a gorilla in a contemplative state on top of an iceberg while a young woman next to him plays the guitar. keywords; guitar playing woma...

Presenting a recent original mixed media surreal painting by American artist Darren LeGallo. "Salvador", an homage to artist Salvador Dali, is an original mixed media on heavy art...

Mersing by Alanna Eakin [2021] original Oil paint on wood panel Image size: H:30 cm x W:23 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:23 cm x D:0.5cm Framed Size: H:36 cm x W...

A verdant tropical scene is the setting for the artists palette. After all its shape and color provide the perfect accent. Artist Palette - Landscape Painting - Oil On Canvas By Mar...

Wreath: ROME from artist Stephenie Peek who makes her home in California, is beautifully rendered with a sense of depth, intellect, timelessness and beauty. Inspired by a time the artist spent in Italy and found herself strongly drawn to the history and mystery of antique Roman laurels. Here, the golden wreath appears to float above the clouds in a surrealist, Magritte-like sky. The clear blue has an ethereal quality with glimmering gold. The painting's edges are painted white, so framing is not required. If framing is desired, we can provide it for an additional cost. Signed, dated and titled verso by artist: Artist's statement— The genesis of this oil painting, “Wreath,” is the classic laurel wreath fashioned in gold and awarded to victors, both athletic and poetic, in ancient Greece and Rome. From my studio at the American Academy in Rome, I looked out over the city and imagined these memorials to those who have crossed finish lines, so to speak, who have won their races. Suspended in silence, this wreath speaks for me not only of wordly success with its ephemeral nature, but also of a kind of lasting victory that art can remind us of. "Ars longa...

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Gustavo Novoa (Chilean, b. 1941) Marking(s); notes: signed; 1987 Materials: board, probably acrylic Dimensions (H, W, D): 35"h, 30"w; 38"h, 33"w frame ...

A rare surrealist painting depicting a scene which appears to reference outer-space. Great composition, color and texture. Signed Krause but...

ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...

Vibrant landscape with a group of trees by H. W. Shankle (20th Century). The trees, clouds, and ground are all swirling, as if warped by the perspective of the viewer, creating a fantastical feeling to the composition. In the Visionary Artist style. Signed and dated "H. Shankle 71" along the bottom edge. Label from exhibition on verso. Presented in a distressed frame. Board size: 16"H x 20"W Hugh W. Shankle (American, b. 1921) was a photo technician with WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, during the late 1950s and '60s. He was also the official photographer for the Mississippi Art...

A detailed realistic/surrealistic acrylic painting on large scale canvas.

Woman and the Car is an original modern artwork realized by Americo Mazzotta (1941-2020) in the late 20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed by the artist ...

This is a one of a kind original encaustic mixed media artwork by Tiffany Bociek. Its dimensions are 9.5 x 9.5 x 1 in. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. Created ...

BARUCH, color screenprint, signed in pencil, numbered 5/175, sheet 25 ¾ x 21 ½”. Maris Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia. In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate fr...

Here we have a very confused flamingo that thought following the gulf stream would lead him to the Gulf of Mexico, sadly mistaken, ended up in the Lofoten islands, an archipelago off...

Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a young ballerina performing a trick while onlookers contemplate perplexed to her prowess. keywords; americana, surrealism, ballerina, ...

This landscape painting by Henryk was done in 2022. It will ship from the artists studio in Poland. More about Henryk Laskowska: Henryk Laskowski has been working as a graphic design...

Surrealist figurative composition by David Lee Musser (American, 1949-2013). Addressed to, titled, dated and signed “Still Life with Milk and Cookies' @ 1992 David Musser" on verso. Presented unframed with painted edges. A long-time resident of Temecula, David worked as a professional musician for many years before changing careers to commercial art. After graduation from San Diego State University with a degree in applied art, David spent the next twelve years as an illustrator, animator and art director in the motion picture/TV industry. In 1994, David opened his own gallery and pursued a career in fine art. After eight...

Maris Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia. In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate from the Latvian Art Academy with an interior design diploma. In 1972 he emigrated t...

Mark Bowers Yes, But Does it Float oil on linen 21.75h x 14.75w in 55.24h x 37.47w cm MJB004 Mark Bowers- Artist Statement With the depiction of landscape playing such a central role in the history of North American art, it seemed to offer many of the critical possibilities I was looking for, and it felt more and more like something I have always known. Something I could easily apply, stage, and manipulate as a diary. My work consists of small-scale highly detailed landscape paintings. They are inspired by the comfort, trepidation, and beauty found in the mundane Chicago Suburbs. I combine nature, decorative house wares...

ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...

ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...

In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things. keywords;...

The reality in Rynkewicz’s paintings is depicted in a graphic manner. They are bound together by concise aesthetics of pop-art. In the series ”Dreams, Apparitions, Fantasies”...

*** NOTE: this painting will be avilable since end of September 2021 *** The reality in Rynkewicz’s paintings is depicted in a graphic manner. They are bound together by concise ae...

Unique and fantastical mid-century painting of a nude figure standing in front of a fish in the forest surrounded by flowers, plants, and a portrait by Kenneth Fong...

Milia Laufer, born Romania. From 1951 lived and worked in Safed. Together with her husband opened one of the earliest galleries in Israel, in Tiberias. Worked in watercolors and oils...

Superbe bold original painting on canvas depicting the vivid portrait of a red boxing glove held by an anonymous figure in a coat. keywords; boxing glove...