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Surrealist Still-life 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
Official letter
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This picture is included in the series of artworks "Pathos of the Bureaucracy". 100x100cm / oil on canvas/ 2018 The picture is ready to hang (edges of a picture is painted) Signed o...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ghost Tree
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The intricate and complex branching patterns of a giant willow tree stand out in ghostly contrast to storm clouds in the background. A patch of illuminated sky in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Reflections #1, Original Acrylic Animal Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
Reflections #1, Original Animal Still Life Painting, 2013 20" x 10" x 1.5 (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas Almost surreal, this animal study by artist Robert Crooker highlights the beauty of the blue heron as it makes it way through a gray seascape. Artist Commentary: A Blue Heron, or maybe 2... Artist Biography: Robert Crooker was born in Massachusetts in 1951. A life long Red Sox fan, he saw the likes of Frank Malzone, Yaz, George Scott, Rico, Jim Lonborg all play in years gone by. He has been married for over 27 years with 4 children, and 2 grandchildren. In the Mid-1970’s, Robert started collecting Vintage Disney...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Sea of Dreams" - Surrealism, still life, animals, vegetables - Arcimboldo
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Sea of Dreams" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black. Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Atlanta bas...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Soulcollector" By Mariska Karto, Original Surrealist Photography
Located in Denver, CO
"Soulcollector" is a striking gothic surrealist painting by acclaimed realist painter Mariska Karto, created with oil paint, photo paper, and an aluminum plate. Mariska was born i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Metal

"Reclining Man" (2015) By John Tarantola, Surrealist Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Reclining Man" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a young man lying in the nude, against a surreal scene of ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude young male figure, with his a...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Nudist Woman, Surrealist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudist Women, 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: 32 x...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Touch of Red, surrealist egg tempera on panel still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Safranek's Touch of Red calls back to 17th century Dutch still lifes. Filled with humor and complexity, Safranek's rather constra...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Panel

"KAMA SUTRA", surrealist oil painting, gender, sexuality, vagina dentata, myth
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"KAMA SUTRA", 2013, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 57x39". Characteristic of the artist's best work, it's composed as a t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Man and Time
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Man and Time" is an American surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1986. The artwork is 58 x 30 inches and 59 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches with the frame, weighing le...
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20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"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...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Nightgale" Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape style of Yves Tanguy and Dali
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nightgale" Birds Fly in a Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape Surreal landscape by Kennard M. Harris (American, b-1930). A table is set with a broken glass and surreal objects, becoming a landscape; roiling clouds lurk nearby as a flock of Nightingales fly in the distance. Kennard Studied art at the Art Center School in Los Angeles Signed with his Monogam lower left The Hammer Galleries ink stamp on paper backing and title "Nightgale #62, a label 14. Nightgale on board. Possibly indication of a number of paintings exhibited at the Hammer Galleries. Image, 24.5"H x 20"W Frame, 27.5"H x 23"W x 1.5"D EXHIBITED: Hammer Galleries, New York, 1962 First: San Diego, Orr's Gallery, Kennard Harris...
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars

"Islands" (ca. 2014) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Islands" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male figure, lying in death in a desolate desert. Another...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Books and Flowers-original surreal still life-interior-seascape oil painting-Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Books and Flowers" by Luis Fuentes beckons admirers into a wo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Amédée Ozenfant - Nature morte, Tabagie, french, modern, still life, surreal
Located in London, GB
signed ‘ozenfant’ (lower right) Provenance: Sale: Christie's London, 4 April 1989, lot 198 Dr. Arthur Brandt, New York (acquired at the above sale) Literature: P. & M. Guénégan, 'A...
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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 ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"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. ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Artist Palette - Landscape Painting - Oil On Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
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...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life oil on canvas painting sfumato
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Navarro Vives (1931-2023) - Still life - Oil on canvas Oil measures 92x60 cm. Frame measures 117x75 cm. Josep Navarro Vives (Castelsarrasin,...
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1990s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mersing, Alanna Eakin, Original Surrealist Tropical Palm Tree Painting, Holiday
Located in Deddington, GB
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Let's Try This Water Together" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Let's Try This Water Together" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of three small creatures in a dark forest. Nadezda is a painter, sculpt...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Caprice 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: YiJian Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Israeli Large Vibrant Surrealist Flowers Oil Painting
By Milia Laufer
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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1950s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST STILL LIFE COMPOSITION
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roger Bonafe (French b. 1932) signed and dated 81 oil pastel on thick art paper, inscribed verso Size 22.5 x 30 inches Bonafe was born in the town of ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Rocky Mountain High" (2024), Original Landscape Oil Painting by Heather Neill
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "Rocky Mountain High" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a teacup hanging off a cliff by a climbing rope. Artist Autobiography: Born in Ho...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Junk Food (Pizza)" Contemporary Surrealist Still Life of an Inedible Pizza
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist still life painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features an opened pizza box with a variety of inedible toppings including items suc...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Odeur d'orange
Located in Torino, TO
Paul Pretzer's canvases bring us into scenes of black humour: the absurd, disasters, strange happenings, fantastic scenes that reveal stylistic connections with the works of master o...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life with pumpkin - Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZBIGNIEW WOZNIAK (b. 1952) Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, at the Department of Glass and Ceramics. He is involved in painting, graphics and artistic glass design. He...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"A flower is small, but it is also a world of its own," says artist Guigen Zha. He paints a surreal image of a flower growing from bud to bloom. A parallel metaphor of human life from birth to death plays out in the scene. Guigen displays a peony, a deer, and a human expressing the interconnection and interdependence of all things in a utopian world.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: healing, peony, deer, animal, belief, landscape, floral, poetic, oilpaint, flower, surrealism, figure, nude, surrealism, flora, oil painting, green


One Blossom One World...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

'72', Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Still Life with Wine and Glaciers" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Still Life with Wine and Glaciers" is an original, handmade oil painting that features a still life of fruit, Peony's and Red wine floating on icebergs in an arctic...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Melon" by David Cheifetz, Oil on Aluminum Panel Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Melon" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on aluminum panel that depicts a lush still-life featuring a brightly lit watermelon, apple and assorted fruits,...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"While You Weren't Looking" by David Cheifetz, Oil on Aluminum Panel Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "While You Weren't Looking" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on aluminum panel that depicts a lush still-life featuring a bright yellow pitcher, red onio...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Garden of Inspiration" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Ripe Yellow Pear
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Garden of Inspiration" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a perfectly ripe yellow pear. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian artist base...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Untitled, Figurative, Flower Pot, Oil on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled (Flower Pot) Oil on Canvas 12 x 15 inches, 2007 (Unframed & Delivered) Style : Her works manifest human figures, nude or draped in different poses and...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Feline Natura" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Surreal Still Life
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Feline Natura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a purple iris with a feline face and whiskers. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian ar...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Cobalt Pot 2 - original still life surrealism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Donald Macdonald’s Cobalt Pot 2 is a mesmerizing exploration o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

YanRu Han Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Rainy Night 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Rainy Night 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 8 x 12 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sanguis Maledictum" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Surreal Still Life
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Sanguis Maledictum" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts several purple blooms with tiny fangs and dripping blood. About the Artist: Sybiline ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Hemerocallis I" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Pink Day Lily
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Hemerocallis I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a pink day lily. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian artist based in Q...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Zhan Yang Contemporary Art Original Mixed Media "Rootless Tree 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Rootless Tree 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2016 Artist: Zhan Yang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Spring Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring Garden" landscape in the style of Paul Cezanne. Impressionism" original oil painting by Volskya Lilya Magical iridescence of colors on canvas. For...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Cardboard

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Still Life of Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Still Life" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) oil painting on board, stamped verso board: 15 x 18 inches Original oil painting on board by the French artist, Geneviève Zon...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid-20th Century Magical Realism, Surrealist Painting, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Untitled Oil on panel Signed lower right 30 x 18 inches 39.25 x 27.25 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unrea...
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20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"NATALIE", surrealist oil painting, nude woman, portrait, classic pose, tattoos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"NATALIE", 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 47x62". One of a series of portraits by the artist of her friends. "Nat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Driftwood & Fish, Mid-20th Century Magical Realism, Surrealist Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Driftwood and Fish Oil on panel Signed lower right 9.25 x 23.5 inches 14 x 28.25 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explore...
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20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"The Beautiful Tree, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "The Beautiful Tree" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grouping of lush patterned trees in situ with a vanity and mirr...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Ronde, Figurative Surrealist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ronde, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner, titled verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Still Life for a Human Epoch" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Still Life for a Human Epoch" is an original, handmade oil painting that features a still life of fruit, Peony's and artifacts of wealth floating on icebergs in an ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Bodegon 5, Surrealist Still Life Painting by Juan Gomez Quiroz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz, Chilean (1939 - ) Title: Bodegon 5 Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed Verso Size: 64 x 41.5 in. (162.56 x 105.41 cm) Framed: 65.25 x 42.75 ...
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Afternoon Delight" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Afternoon Delight" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Sphynx cat eyeing a pink teacup with milk and plate with a w...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled (Valley of the Dolls)
Located in Columbia, MO
Dave Pavelonis Untitled (Valley of the Dolls) Acrylic on canvas 60.5 x 50.75
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Caprice 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 2 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.5 x 11.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: YiJian Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"PROGRAMMED", surrealist oil painting, gender, femininity, beauty role archetype
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"PROGRAMMED", 2015, is a surrealist oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 20x16". There are conceptual traps laid all over this port...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wreath: ROME / olympian gold - oil painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"TO THE INFIRMARY", surrealist painting, saints, insects, path, dream, religious
Located in Toronto, Ontario
TO THE INFIRMARY is a new oil on linen surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 22x28" and is a unique artwork. A tour de force by Geiger, this painting features his trademark juxtapositions of histories and symbols – the woman in late 19th century clothes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Time I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha presents elements of Chinese cultural relics set upon a surrealist beach. A Tang Sancai, a type of pottery from the Tang Dynasty, sits prominently with its gilded handles. Together on the steps are an embroidered shoe worn by women and a pomegranate flower in full bloom. He paints a snail walking into a mural depicting cultural history. "The piece presents a reminder of the past and how time flies," says Guigen.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: healing, landscape, seascape, floral, poetic, cultural relics, surrealism, Dali...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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