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Style: Surrealist
Period: 20th Century
Surreal scene Brazil oil on board painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Surrealist scene, Brazil - Oil on panel
Oil measures 61x91 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes from a family of painters by aesthetics and by kinship. Brother of the painter Agustín Úbeda and the photographer Ángel...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boy and puppy
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Devil Emerges from Surrealist Voodoo Drum - Sans titre (Diable)
Located in Miami, FL
An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has with arms stretched out like a Christ figure. The drum grows out of a yellow plant-...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Diver" Contemporary Figurative Surrealist Portrait painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Diver" - Surrealist portrait painting of a female emerging from the water with a pearl on her tongue by Paul Green. Acrylic on panel. Signed on back by art...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Yves Bady AL-Dahdah (Lebanese 1941) Lady of the Moon, 1981, Surrealist Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Yves Bady AL-Dahdah
(Lebanese, 1942)
Lady of the Moon
• Oil or Acrylic on heavy fiber board ca. 46 x 38 cm x 0.5 cm
• Signed and dated lower left (19)81
• ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Fiberboard
Murdered doll acrylic on board painting surrealism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Murdered doll - Acrylic panel
Acrylic measurements 61x91 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes fro...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Family Portrait, Large Surrealist Oil Painting Mother, Children, Neo Surrealism
Located in Surfside, FL
Hank Laventhol (1927–2001) was an American painter and master print maker. He worked in painting, graphics, sculpture and photography. Associated with ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Surrealist Watercolour and Mixed Media, "Ne Nastupit bui!" (Wouldn't Come!).
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century mixed media surrealist painting by Yuri Ilyich Kononenko. Titled 'Ne Nastupit Bui!' (Wouldn't Come!). Signed with artists symbol bottom left. Fully signed, dated an...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
High Drama Adventure Scene - Italian Illustrator Mid-Century Jules Verne
Located in Miami, FL
Original illustration was done by Renna for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, published in 1963. What makes this work special is how brilliantly the subj...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Tempera
Surreal harlequin oil on board painting expressionism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Surrealist Harlequin - Oil panel
Oil measurements 41x50 cm.
Frame measurements 44x53 cm.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romer...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl Doll Mandolin Flower
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame is 12 X 10. Canvas is 9.5 X 7.5
Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires.
He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco.
In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy.
He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001.
Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950.
Associated American Artists - New York 1952.
James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953.
Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960.
Antologica, Tokyo 1965.
Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969.
Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970.
Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971.
Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972.
Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974.
Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975.
Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977.
Galleria Robert...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Suzanne Steinbacher - Austrian Surrealism
Located in London, GB
The work is unsigned.
Provenance: Given directly by the artist to the present owner who was a friend of the model.
Condition: Good condition apart from some scratches and pressure ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Death of the Young Men 1938 - British art figurative Surrealist oil painting
By Jack Sassoon
Located in London, GB
An oil on canvas painted by Jack Sassoon which was certainly a premonition of what was to come. Entitled Death of the Young Men and dated 1938, it depicts men in gas masks and a woma...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Princess and Prince, Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina Fairy Tales
Located in Miami, FL
Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti paints a charming fantasy scene. It's of an extreme closeup of a tiny crowned and winged Prince and Princess They are standing upright in a dand...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
surreal woman face oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) - Surrealist figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938)
Catalan painter attracted by the Middle Ages and I...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Haitian Couple in Bed Simultaneously Adjusting their Radios, Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame.
Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Girl Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French surrealist artist
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 19 x 16 inches
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
private collection, France
The painting is in overall sound ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Italian Surrealist Mod Art Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl Doll
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left
canvas measures 24 X 18, framed it measures 34 X 28
Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires.
He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco.
In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy.
He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001.
Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950.
Associated American Artists - New York 1952.
James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953.
Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960.
Antologica, Tokyo 1965.
Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969.
Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970.
Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971.
Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972.
Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974.
Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975.
Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977.
Galleria Robert Philip...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Modernist Artist Studio Surreal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist artist studio. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 24H x 20L.
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Signed Surreal Nude Male Portrait Symbolist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape with male figures. Really well painted and a very interesting composition. Impressive giltwood frame as well! Signed and dated lower ri...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boy Scout with a Pipe and Billiard Ball: Surrealist Portrait in Oil on Polyester
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean, surreal depiction of a Boy Scout by Robert Peluce (American, 1937-2004). Dressed in full uniform, a Boy Scout holds a pipe to his lips. Above the ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Oil
Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in Larchmont, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010)
Untitled, 1950
Oil on canvas
36 x 25 in.
Signed lower right: RJE '50
Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait de Femme ( Self Portrait ? )
By Leonor Fini
Located in Miami, FL
This is a possible self portrait by the famed female surrealist artist. It is also strikingly similar in style with it's exaggerated eyes to her portrait of Jean Genet, ( Leonor F...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Signora
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Signora, Vestita Di Giallo, 1969
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 38" x W 30", (Panel) H 28" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Regina
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Regina (the Queen)
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 37" x W 29", (Panel) H 27.5" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. “After all”, he said, “you've got to know how to sell...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Colorful Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman.
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 37" x W 29", (Panel) H 27.5" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work i faucist recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. “After all”, he said, “you've got to know how to sell...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Angel oil on canvas painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Angel - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 92x73 cm.
Frame measures 94x75 cm.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
The Vision - Surreal Black Female Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
This earlier work depicts an unexpected multicolored cone extending from the subject's eye. It represents a field of vision for a young Haitian female who gazes up. It reminds me of something Man Ray or the Dadaists did. Duval-Carrié's work is more than eye-opening.
Signed lower right
Work is framed - Framed Size - 18 x 22
Edouard Duval...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mermaid by José Gerson - Ink on paper 46x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
1960's/ 70's French Surrealist Signed Oil Colorful Girl over Orange City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's-1970's, signed lower left.
Title: Surrealist view of a colorful lady standing before a classical city (Milan?) hazed in orange.
Medium...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Woman and rose window oil on canvas painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Woman and rose window - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Animal Kingdom, Zebra, Buffalo, Lion, Giraffe, Elephant, Monkey, Tiger, Gorilla
By Richard Hess
Located in Miami, FL
Peaceable Kingdom features more than 60 aminal portraits by famous illustrator Richard C. Hess.
Impeccably rendered and designed. Signed lower center-left. R. Hess.
His illustrati...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING -
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
""
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board
board: 20 x 10.5 inches
Mid 20th century oil painting on board by the French a...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) 1940's FRENCH OIL PAINTING - ELDERLY LADY SEWING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Sewing"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board, dated 1944
board: 19.5 x 10.5 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Genevi...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal Kingdom, Zebra, Buffalo, Lion, Giraffe, Elephant, Monkey, Tiger, Gorilla
By Richard Hess
Located in Miami, FL
Peaceable Kingdom features more than 60 aminal portraits by famous illustrator Richard C. Hess.
Impeccably rendered and designed. Signed lower center-left. R. Hess.
His illustrations appeared on the covers of Time, TV Guide, New York, and Esquire magazines...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Couple of man and woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Couple - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 50x61 cm.
Frameless.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987) was a painter...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Surrealist Mexican Painting on Paper -- Sin Titulo
Located in Troy, NY
This is a remarkable work by successful artist, Armando Villagran, purchased directly from him in Mexico City in the 1960s. This represents an opportunity for collectors to buy one o...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Paper
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING - MID CENTURY PORTRAIT LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
monogrammed
oil painting on board
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
Mid 20th century oil painting on board by the French artist...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING - MOTHER AND CHILD PORTRAIT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mother & Child"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
signed with initials
oil painting on board
board: 18 x 14.75 inches
Mid 20th century oil painting on board by the French ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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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...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Huge French Surrealist Oil Painting Wrestling Nude Men Floating in Sky, 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed lower front, dated 1970's
Title: La Moto Verte, a surrealist composition of nude/ semi nude male figures in a wrestling pose floating in the sk...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH OIL PAINTING - MAN LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"A Room with a View"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board, stamped verso
board: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
Original oil painting on board by the French artist, Ge...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Surreal Figures - figurative painting, surreal painting
Located in New York, NY
This early surreal figurative work by Jacob El Hanani was done in 1971. It is ink on paper. Measurements of the paper are 35X25 cm. It is dated and hand signed in Hebrew in the botto...
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Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Ink
Latin American , Brazilian Surrealist Painting Carlos Kis after Rene Magritte
By Carlos Kis
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 28 X 28 sight 23 X 23
"Veterans", 1988,
paint, inlay, with monogram signature on formica board
Framed: 28 x 28 in. Sight: 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
This painting is after Surrealist master Rene Magritte. It depicts men with bowler hats
Carlos Kis, 1932-2010 a well known Brazilian artist.
Kis was born in Uruguay to a Romanian Jewish family and moved to Brazil where he was well known for his painting and sculpture. His formica paintings were an extremely laborious process and the media has not been used by other artists other than that of his daughter Anita, under Kis's supervision. Known as a painter, watercolorist and graphic artist Carlos Kis artworks show the surreal, modern and expressionist aspects of his inexhaustible talent and imagination. Inspired by Surrealism he developed Sinapsism. Kis studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR) and at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas. For three years he ran the art gallery Opus in Brasília , then was director of a fashion magazine, worked as an interior designer and in the design department of an automotive company. Initially painting on canvas, he refrained from doing this during a five-year stay in New York in the 1970s and increasingly turned to works of art made from the artificial material Formica than baked into an enamel at high temperature. The Cyanamid company provided him with the necessary materials. In 1995, the Art of Living magazine devoted an extensive story to his works in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Punta del Este, New York, Guarujá, Porto Alegre, Joinville, São Paulo and Mexico City among others.
In 1960, he came to Brazil and lived in São Paulo for ten years. In this city, he released several albums of his own: Razão & Coração e Galos e Galos, 1966; IV Screenprints, 1968; and Woodcuts by Carlos Kis, 1969. After spending four years in New York (United States), he settled permanently in the city of Santos SP, in 1975. He is the creator of paintinlay, a technique of painting on pressed formica and submitted to high temperatures.
Reviews
"Carlos Kis exposes his painting, populated by madonnas, roosters and images, a threshold between the real and the fantastic, a mystical force that exerts a fascination on the public, the result of a cosmopolitan experience, from Yugoslav ancestry, to coming to Brazil and the departure for the United States. The five years he lived in New York put him in direct contact with the busy world of megalopolises, at the same time in search of explanations - like the primitive ones - in the fantastic. Magics, fetishes, myths , symbols, become strong in a new trend".
Roberto Peres
CARLOS Kis: oils and prints. Texts by Delmiro Gonçalves, Roberto Peres, Dottie Campbell and Thomaz S. Corrêa. Brasília: Itau Galeria, 1978.
"He is a man of the world and a 'creature of the universe', as Dottie Campbell asserts in 'Reviews' in New York. This universalism gives him conditions to produce a 'sui generis' style in painting. Various phases have marked the career of the artist He still now paints on Formica, not in the traditional Formica found in stores, but in a pressing process he calls 'paintinlay.' For this exhibition, Carlos Kiss prepared figures (a series of Mona Lisa, the posture of the model), still life, which the artist calls silent, all in water-quenching-and-oil. The result is in good taste and reveals the 'deep self' of the sensitive artist".
Paulo Augusto Bueno Wolf
CARLOS Kis: painting. Presentation by Paulo Augusto Bueno Wolf and Jorge Amado. Santos: Brazil-United States Cultural Center, Art Gallery, 1987.
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Philathea College Museum Of Modern Art - London (England)
Chase Manhattan Collection - New York (USA)
Exxon Corporation
Columbia University
Long Island University
New York University - New York (USA)
Private Collection - USA Beverly Hills Private Collection - USA
Private Collection by Greta Garbo - USA
Private Collection by Jackie Onassis - New York (USA)
Private Collection by Júlio Mesquita Filho - São Paulo SP
Private Collection by Marques Della Stufa
Oehschlaege Gallery Abril
Editora Collection - São Paulo SP
Cyanamid Química
Collection Hotel Collection San Rafael
Individual Exhibitions
sd - São Paulo SP - Carlos Kis: Recent Paintings Made in Unique Technique in the World, at Paço das Artes
1945 - Mexico City (Mexico) - Individual - 1st prize with the work Descargando pedregulho
1963 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the Gallery Artécnica
1964 - Campinas SP - Individual, at the Jockey Club Art Gallery in Campinas
1965 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at KLM Gallery
1968 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Individual, at Kraft Moreno Gallery
1968 - Punta del Este (Uruguay) - Individual, at the San Rafael Art Gallery
1968 - Montevideo (Uruguay) - Individual, at the Columbia Palace Hotel Art Gallery
1968 - Montevideo (Uruguay) - Individual, at the Rio de la Plata Gallery
1968 - Punta del Este (Uruguay) - Individual, at the Guendalina Gallery
1969 - Punta del Este (Uruguay) - Individual, at the San Rafael Art Gallery
1969 - Porto Alegre RS - Individual, at the North American Brazilian Cultural Institute
1970 - Punta del Este ( Uruguay) - Individual, at the San Rafael Art Gallery
1970 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the Actualidades da Hebraica Art Gallery
1971 - New York (United States) - Individual, at the Empire Savings Bank Art Gallery
1971 - New York (States United) - Solo, at Charles Mann Gallery
1972 - Long Island (United States) - Solo, at Long Island University
1972 - New York (United States) - Solo, at Saint Bartholomew's Art Gallery
1973 - Englewood (United States) - Solo, at the Jewel Spiegel Art Gallery
1973 - Newark (United States) - Solo, at The Art Gallery
1973 - New York (United States) - Solo, at the Park South At Carnegie Hall Art Gallery
1974 - New York (United States) - Solo, at the Empire Savings Bank Art Gallery
1974 - New York (United States) - Solo, at the New York University Art Gallery and The Catholic Center
1976 - Santos SP - Retrospective, at the Municipal Gallery
1977 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at UCBEU
1978 - Florianópolis SC - Individual, at Clube Doze de Agosto
1978 - Brasília DF - Carlos Kis: oils and prints, at Itaugaleria
1978 - São Paulo SP - Carlos Kis: oils and prints, at Itaugaleria
1978 - Itapetininga SP - Individual, at City Hall
1978 - Santos SP - Individual, at Cades Art Gallery
1978 - Santos SP - Individual, at Santos Art and Decoration Center
1982 - Santos SP - Individual, at CCBEU Gallery
1982 - Santos SP - Individual, at Centro Cultural Brasil-United States Gallery
1983 - São Carlos SP - Carlos Kis: oils and prints, at Itaugaleria
1983 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Galeria de Arte Atualidades da Hebraica
1983 - Guarujá SP - Individual , at Delphin Hotel Gallery
1983 - Santos SP - Individual, at Banco do Brasil
1983 - São Paulo SP - Carlos Kis: oils & paintings in phenolic art, at Galeria Atualidades
1983 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the First National City Bank Gallery
1983 - São Paulo SP - Kis-Pinturas Recentes, at the State Department of Culture
1984 - Santos SP - Individual, at the Santos Association Gallery
1984 - São Paulo SP - Retrospective, at Sesi Art Gallery
1985 - Sorocaba SP - Individual, at Sesc/Senac Art Gallery
1986 - Joinville SC - Individual, at Joinville Art Museum
1986 - Joinville SC - Individual, at Victor Kursancev Gallery
1987 - Santos SP - Individual, at the Brazil-United States Cultural Center Gallery
1987 - Santos SP - Carlos Kis: paintings, at the United States Brazil Cultural Center
1988 - Santos SP - Individual, at the Santos Doctors Association Gallery
1989 - Santos SP - Individual, at Aliança Francesa
1990 - Sebring (United States) - Individual, at Kissimmee Valley Gallery
1991 - Sarasota (United States) - Individual, at Frank Oeheschlaeger Gallery
1992 - Santos SP - Individual, at CCBEU Gallery
1997 - Santos SP - Individual, at the CCBEU Gallery
Collective Exhibitions
1966 - São Paulo SP - Collective at Masp
1970 - Chicago (United States) - Collective at Gilman Galleries
1971 - New York (United States) - Collective at The Weyhe Gallery
1971 - New York (United States) - Brazilian Art, at Iramar Gallery
1972 - Mexico City (Mexico) - Collective, LifShitz Art Gallery
1972 - London (England) - Collective, at Philathea College Museum of Modern Art
1972 - New York (United States) - Collective, at Lexington Art Gallery
1972 - New York (United States) - Latin American Art at Columbia University
1972 - New York (United States) - Spring Arts Festival, at Educational & Cultural Fund. of EI
1972 - New York (United States) - Spring is Here at One World Trade Center New York
1972 - Paris (France) - Paintings & Sculptures, at Le Demeure
1973 - Long Island (United States) - Collective, at Crow's Best Gallery
1975 - São Paulo SP - The theme is the Woman, at Azulão Art Gallery
1976 - São Paulo SP - Collective, at Masp
1976 - Santos SP - Collective, at the Centro Cultural Brasil-United States Gallery
1976 - Santos SP - Collective, at the Santos Art and Decoration Gallery
1976 - Santos SP - Beneficent Exhibition, at the Alhambra Art...
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