Surrealist Portrait 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
Celebration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alejandro Rubio
Celebration, 2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
This one-of-a-kind oil painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Repose (sleeping beauty woman hair portrait figurative oil painting flesh tones
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this painting, the painter tries to portray the young sleeping, lying and oversized figure of a woman as part of the landscape. Who likes to be this person and what is she doing i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 illustrati...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Judge and his Laws", Surrealist, Reds, Collage, Acrylic Painting, 2017
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Judge and his Laws” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 30 inches in reds, yellows, greys and browns. The judge is festooned with fragments of appare...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Twenty Shades of Sunlight - Contemporary colourful surrealistic painting
Located in DE
Gamez de Francisco paints and photographs very passionately, making statements filled with symbolism. He frequently includes insects in his artwork. He says: Flying insects represent...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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-...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Surreal Men's Fashion from the Groovy 1970s - Dragon Fly Rene Magritte Clouds
Located in Miami, FL
This surreal Men's Fashion illustration with a dragonfly is staged in an inside/outside setting against dreamlike Rene Magritte clouds. Of particular note is how the artist cropped t...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judith & Donald
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s "Judith and the Head of Holofernes.” Klimt’s painting depicts the biblical character of Judit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$9,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Regression and Development", Surrealist, Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Regression and Development” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage in tans and browns with red and yellow accents. Although the painting depicts a smiling young ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Alkyd
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Skier, 2025 Cortina d' Ampezzo
Located in Hudson, NY
“Friends of Friends” explores a playful world where dreams and reality meld together to create surreal moments. When engaging with Piussi's work, we enter an arena where we are imme...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maternal Love", Surrealist, Portrait, Pink, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Maternal Love” is a 18 x 13 ¾ x 2 ¼ inch acrylic on canvas with collage in pinks, greens and blues. The nurturing mother gently kisses her near adolescent daughter; inn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cynthia I, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mystical portrait of a woman holding a mask in a surreal, dream-like setting by Ramon Santiago.
Artist: Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001)
Title: Cynthia I
Year: 1976
Medium...
Category
1970s Surrealist 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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ray of Hope -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Woman, African
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A Ray of Hope is a poignant and luminous fabric collage painting that speaks to the quiet strength found in resilience. Crafted with layers of richly textured fabrics, this piece cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas
"Conflab" Oil on Canvas 18x22"
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the oil...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Eskimo Fairy Tale - Indigenous People Folklore Story-Teller
Located in Miami, FL
This work celebrates the customs and folklore of Indigenous People / Eskimo native life. Illustrator Gianni Benvenuti shows a partially clothed Eskimo man lying on his back in a tran...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Cactus Flower, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman poses as a cactus flower, her form creating both balance and tension. The surreal positioning draws attention to the connection between humans and nat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dressing the Sewing Dummy", Surrealist, Collage, Acrylic Painting, 2018
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Dressing the Sewing Dummy” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 38 x 20 inches by .75 inch in reds, yellows, blues and purples. A young seamstress is elated by...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Baby's Breath and Roses" (2023) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Baby's Breath and Roses" (2023) is a surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure, with a silhouette of another...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Greatest Possible Success", Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Greatest Possible Success” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 20 inches in greys, silvers and whites. The dramatic verticality of Gotham’s architect...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Self Chaperone", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media Acrylic Painting, 2020
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Self-Chaperone” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in flesh tones, yellows and greys. The portrait depicts the inner conflict between uninhibi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Wisdom" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Surrealist Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Wisdom" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of three women performing a ritual.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Resplendent, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Resplendent" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding her hand to her cheek as glittering gol...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"AI Takes Over", Surrealist, Portrait, Brown, Black, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “AI Takes Over” is a 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in greys, blacks, browns and pinks. The impending excessive reliance on AI (for informati...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Sweetman" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Surrealist Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Sweetman" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a young man, wearing goggles, tie-shorts and a seemingly impossible harness made of pies. Finely holding two lollipops out to the viewer, his presence is both inquisitive and lighthearted. He stands in a ribbon swirl of taffy, while a cat stares upwards at him with joy.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"India" (The Birth of the Universe), Oleg Turchin, Surrealism, Figurative, 58x30
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"India" (The Birth of the Universe) by Oleg Turchin is a Figurative Surrealism original oil on canvas painting measuring 58x30 in. This surrealist painting has a beautiful woman from...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Italian Modernist Surrealist Lady Mod Oil Painting "La Ragazza Ungherese"
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977), Framed oil painting "La Ragazza Ungherese" The Hungarian Girl. Dated 1961.
Framed: 36.25 x 28.5 inches. In good condition.
Lazzaro Donati was b...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Large Surreal Masterpiece Landscape Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique surrealist oil painting of a landscape with a sculpture. Oil on board, circa 1949. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 35"L x 22"H.
Category
1940s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maidenhood and Expectancy: Two Studio Sketches of Felicia", Surrealist, Acrylic
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Maidenhood and Expectancy: Two Studio Sketches of Felicia” is a pair of matching paintings 23.25 x 22.75 inches and 24 x 20 inches in greys, whites, pinks and blacks. B...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Surrealist Figurative Painting, "The Journey of Self-Discovery"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 36.5"x48.5"x1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
Charlene Mos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
11.5 x 14 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal drawing, she beautifully portrays a quiet moment between mother ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Era of Elegance", Oleg Turchin, Surrealism, Sophisticated, Elaborate, Hat
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"Era of Elegance" by Oleg Turchin is an original oil on canvas that measures 58x30 inches. This surrealistic painting is of a woman with an elaborate hat ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Getting on a Horse 1, Florance Italy
Located in Hudson, NY
These 4 oil on canvas paintings are in a set of 4 for $8000.00.
“Friends of Friends” explores a playful world where dreams and reality meld together to create surreal moments. Whe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"I Know Not How to Find the Spring, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "I Know Not How to Find the Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers in he...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
Meeting, Portrait, Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Figurative Art,
Subject: Meeting
Size: 24" x 20" x 1'' inch, 61x51x3 cm,
Unframed, Stretched on Wooden Bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang.
Tigran Hovoumyan was born on November 8, 1969 in American Armenia...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Coffee for Two" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Painting, Surreal Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Coffee for Two" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a woman sitting and holding two cups of coffee up to the small faces on her knees.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Angel II. Mystic/symbolistic portrait, vertical, dark colors, medium size.
Located in Oslo, NO
This portrait captures a truly mystic moment. A young, enchanting figure—whom we’ll call Angel—gracefully plays an invisible flute. Surrounded by darkness, a beam of light highlights...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Standing by Horse
Located in Hudson, NY
“Friends of Friends” explores a playful world where dreams and reality meld together to create surreal moments. When engaging with Piussi's work, we enter an arena where we are imme...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traveler, Portrait, Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Art
Artist: Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Portrait Art,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Portrait
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 51" x 33" x 1" (109 x 97 x 3 cm)
Year: 2024
Unframed, Stretched o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African Princess
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The canvas comes alive with "African Princess," a painting that serves as a tribute to the elegance and allure of the African woman. The portrayal of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" By Timothy Von Rueden, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts two ghosts floating next to each other, both holding the same lantern.
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Fragrance, " Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ifeoluwa Alade ( Nigeria based) "Fragrance" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a female model and a male model with colorful butterflies and flowers ebbing betwee...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Smile Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Smile
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 36" x 36" x 1" (91 x 91 x 3 cm)
Year: 2019
Unframed, Stretched on wo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Sommeil
Located in Miami, FL
Early Surrealist work from 1957 the heyday of Surrealism - where a young blond girl caught in a dream like state hugs a mountain that has a profile of a man's face. Work is framed in...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"The Lonely Crowd", surrealist, portrait, mixed media, acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “The Lonely Crowd” is a multi-colored acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 60 inches. Blues, yellows and greens predominate while reds provide color accents. The...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Katie, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Katie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a blonde feminine figure in profile clutchi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Strong Beauty -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Women Hair, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Lawrence Amoo (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Oil
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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,024 Sale Price
26% Off
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
10 x 16 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal sketch, Anita Roy Chowdhury captures the gentle innocence of a you...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Beauty of the Bride
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The inspiration behind "Beauty of the Bride" stems from the age-old practice of African kings selecting brides of great beauty to grace their courts. This tradition, often intertwine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Entertainment" - Oil on Canvas Surrealist Circus Scene by Vachagan Narazyan
Located in Denver, CO
Vachagan Narazyan’s Entertainment (2023) is an original oil on canvas painting that evokes the theatrical and surreal worlds that define his mature style. Rendered in soft yet moody tones, the composition features two enigmatic figures—a puppet-like performer and a costumed character—posed atop a vibrantly rimmed circus drum...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lazareto" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Surrealist Oil Interior Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Red Shoes" (2024) is a surrealist painting of an abandoned hospital interior, with an explorer peering through a doorway, out from the hall. Just behind the debris and rot rest the spirits of the room, out of view from the explorer.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Getting on a Horse 3
Located in Hudson, NY
These four paintings are in a series of 4 oil on canvas $8000.00 for the set of four.
“Friends of Friends” explores a playful world where dreams and reality meld together to cre...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
UNTITLED
By Sofia Ruiz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"UNTITLED"
OIL AND ACRILIC ON CANVAS
SIGNED
35.5 X 27.5 INCHES
Sofía Ruiz was born in 1982.
What she expresses through her paintings has to do with whe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,500
Reflections, American 20th Century Oil Painting
By Philip Campbell Curtis
Located in London, GB
Philip Campbell Curtis
American 1907 - 2000
Reflections
Oil on board, signed and dated 1960
Image size: 12 ½ x 5 ½ inches
Original frame
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Effulgent, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Effulgent" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model covered with glittering gold clothing, jewelry and hea...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
$3,500 Sale Price
30% Off
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