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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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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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1960s Surrealist Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media

Walking in the Jungle #2, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two striking figures stand against towering cacti, their bold features blending fashion and nature. One wears a lavender top adorned with tigers, while the ot...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Walking in the Jungle #1, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A stylized man and woman meet in a surreal, exotic environment with towering cacti. Bold colors, botanical elements, and intricate patterns define their featu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Six Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Six Birds" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by Mexican artist Gustavo Martinez, b.1941. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Original Textured Acrylic Painted Surreal Landscape with Cat on Roman Sculpture
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This original acrylic painting on sculpted panel presents a surreal landscape where fragmented Roman statues rest in a dreamlike terrain of deep pinks and reds. Among these sculptura...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Spray Paint, Paper, Acrylic

'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 Paintings

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Oil

WALKING BAREFOOT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A girl walks barefoot through a yellow flower meadow, her shoes in hand. She enjoys the cool damp ground beneath her feet, at the start of another long warm late summer day. On...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Bucket With Dripping Red"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bucket With Dripping Red Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Unclear Provenance: Direct from the art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

LOVE LIFTS UP - Original people surrealistic 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. "Michael Abrams shares with us a scene of tranquility and love...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dogs Fighting -- Pelea de Perros
Located in Troy, NY
At the center of the pictorial space are two creatures boldly outlined in black with their backs to each other. One is bright red, and to his left, is his opponent in dark yellow. The artist calls this a fight between two dogs, a word-play when said in Spanish. On the canvas we find splashes of color, chalk and other unique lines by the artist. This piece was specifically painted to be shown at the Martinez...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Untitled, Figurative, Mixed Media on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 22 x 30 inches, 2004 (Unframed & Delivered) Style : Her works manifest human figures, nude or draped in different poses and postu...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Flamingo Chair, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman in a red dress lounges on a green chair adorned with two stylized flamingos. Large, bold leaves surround her as she gazes forward. Her red sunglasses ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Forward
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture was painted in an original style. The artist conveys the forms in an original interpretation. Composition and interpretation of forms are timeless. This is the kind of sl...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Watercolor

1980’s French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1989, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 1989 painting: 32 x 25.5 inches private collection, F...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"From the sea"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting was painted based on the original sketch. The sketch was created in 2019 after a trip to the sea. The image came in a dream. This sea creature lives on the seabed and ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'The Fire of my Soul'
Located in Surfside, FL
On heavy Arches deckle edged paper. This combines text or poetry in calligraphy on the side. Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s. Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist nude and animal drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States. His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home. Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif. San Diego Academy of Fine Arts Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA) University of San Diego San Diego Museum of Art James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy Centre de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France Gordon Gilkey Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or. Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Dancing Bird Orange Yellow Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet, French signed and dated 1975 Title: Dancing Bird Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 23.5 x 32 inches Prov...
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20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Ferjo - Surrealist Interior - Signed Oil on Canvas
By Ferjo
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
FERJO Intérieur surréaliste Signed Oil on Canvas 51 x 61 cm Ferjo, Brazilian (1946 - ) Ferjo Technical achievements in art not only in painting...
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1990s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Homage to Andy Warhol I - Original 3D surrealistic 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. In Hommage to Andy Warhol 1, Marek Letkiewicz reimagines Warho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Midnight on the Water- original surrealism landscape 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. "Midnight on the Water and How It Used to Be" by George Callag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Knight. 1993. Canvas, oil, 75x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The Knight. 1993. Canvas, oil, 75x42 cm Vladimirs Pavlovs (1950) Born May 6, 1950 in Riga. In 1981 he graduated from the department of artistic construction of the Academy of Arts. ...
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1990s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A series of experimental paintings. I like to look for new horizons in art, colors, shapes, objects. Fine paintings for the interior. The paintings are painted on cardboard glued ont...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

The couple by Franck Chabry - Oil on canvas 49x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Frame in wood moldings and gilded plaster with glass pane 64,5 x 85 x 3 cm
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

CUBIST ROOM (PICASSO)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers wil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bixby's Compromise, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A white chicken with a quirky stack of objects on its head balances on a unicycle. The pile includes a coffee cup, a potted plant, an egg, a toy truck, books,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

She Blooms, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A surreal palm landscape features a stylized woman with heart-shaped sunglasses. Her form blends seamlessly with the surrounding vegetation. She extends her s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Museum of Symbols
Located in Zofingen, AG
With textured strokes of oil, my canvas dances with the raw intensity of expressionism, mingled with the dream-like quality of surrealism. Each symbol here breathes life into a narra...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Genovart 8 Chess original surrealist canvas acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Chess original surrealist canvas acrylic painting GENOVART LLOPIS, Jaume (Barcelona, 1941-1994). Basically self - taught painter, was released in 1972. Grandson of typesetter an...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge French Surrealist Oil Painting Calm Orange and Grey Colors 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018) oil on canvas, framed framed: 32 x 26 inches canvas : 31 x 25 inches provenance: the artists esta...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

surreal sea oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas size 73x60 cm. Frameless.
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Balade De Juanito Cana Hueca Cuban Surrealist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
La Balade De Juanito Cana Hueca 2019 Acrylic and ink on canvas signed and dated, it will be frame before shipping. Isaac Crespo's Cuban artist born 1965. His drawings and paintings s...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figure Reaching for Moon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1986 Title: Surrealist composition Medium: signed oil painting on board, unframed and inscribed verso. painting: 25.5 x 21.25 inc...
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20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Bloom (Oil Painting, Symbolist, Ancient Cultures, Pop, Surreal, ~47% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae Bloom 2024 Oil on canvas Size: 31.49 x 23.62 x inches (80 x 60 cm) Signed by hand COA provided Stella J Richey is an international visual artist and designer. Her works ...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Color Shot 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of surreal settings that could only exist in an alternate dimension. The idea of a colorful atmosphere with everyday recognizable signs and elements allows the art aficionado to imagine scenes one day and discover another story the next day. His work is a post-constructivist style that has roots in the legacy school of Torres-García. This one-of-a-kind 29-inch square original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted. It does not require framing and is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping is also available. Aguirre's architectural training is evident in his expert use of planes of color and precise brushwork to construct immersive, surreal environments that transport viewers to alternate dimensions. His whimsical rearrangement of everyday objects and recognizable signs creates unexpectedly harmonious settings that are visually stunning and emotionally evocative. Aguirre's artworks invite viewers to explore his mini-universes and discover new stories with each visit. Aguirre was born and lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, Chicago, and Los Angeles. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2022 “Celebrating Latinx Artists”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 “Light On Your Feet”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 “Hidden Keyholes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA 2017 Art for the People Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA 2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA 2015 Bohemian Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay 2015 Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2014 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA 2014 10 años Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2013 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA 2013 Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay 2012 Trifecta Gallery, “6191”, Las Vegas, USA 2011 Golf Club, Montevideo, Uruguay 2011 Colectiva Bolosano Arts Hotel Piazza Mazzini 35 2010 Castells Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay 2010 Nuestro norte es el sur Venice, Italy 2010 Ristoranti Cultural Space “il Simposio”, Trento, Italy 2010 Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2009 Mvd Art Gallery, The Famous Grouse, Montevideo, Uruguay 2009 Wallione de Bruxelles (Grand Place), Belgium 2009 Lido de Venezia Muestra Colectiva, Italy 2009 Agosto Torri del Benaco, Italy 2009 Palazzao della gran Guardia, Verona, Italy 2009 Museo Rawson, Pedro Meyer, Luis Camnitzer 2009 Lla Patagonia, Argentina 2009 Woburn Gallery Studios, United Kingdom 2008 Basilicata Collective Show, Italy 2007 100 Años Punta del Este...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, 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 Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Cardboard

French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell'arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989) Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures Hand signed lower right. Measures (frame) 26.5" x 30" wide, and (sight) 18.25." x 22.25" wide. Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 – 1989) was a French painter known for surrealism and absurdist art. Jean-Pierre Serrier was born in Montparnasse, Paris and attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. the son of Louis and Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year-old, he and his mother fled Paris for Corrèze in southwest France. Childhood memories of close escapes from German bombardments would later influence his absurdist philosophy of life. Passionate about drawing, in 1951 he applied and was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art in Paris. He shared an attic apartment in the 16th arrondissement with fellow student Jean-Baptiste Valadié. For income, he decorated shop windows. A trip to Spain provided motifs for early works. His student work might be characterized as art naïf (Naive art). While still a student, he sold a ceramic artwork to the poet and publisher Pierre Seghers, who would later commission drawings from him. He frequented jazz clubs in Saint-Germain des Près, and while listening to Sidney Bechet at the Vieux Colombier, he met his wife, Yvette.One of the last French Surrealist and follower of Nietzsche. His art conveyed the message to all of mankind that we are only human. The other Surrealist to center his art in philosophy was Rene Magritte whose paintings reflect his understanding of Sigmund Freud. He had his first exhibition in 1955, before being sent to Algeria to complete his military service. After graduating in 1955, he was drafted for military service, spent time in Germany and Morocco, and was sent to the front lines of the Algerian War. In 1959 he exhibited works at two Parisian galleries and at Juan-les-Pins on the Côte d'Azur. From 1961, he exhibited annually at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1962, the City of Paris purchased his painting Un dimanche In 1961, Serrier made his first visit to the United States to exhibit at a New York gallery. In 1975 and 1979, he had successful exhibitions in New Orleans, and his work was included in art and news magazines, including Time and Newsweek. Beginning in the 1950s, his works included stylized portraits similar in some ways to the "big eyes" art of Margaret Keane, though it is uncertain that either artist influenced the other. Keane painted children, and so did Serrier, sometimes from life, but Serrier’s models are usually somewhat older, though uniformly slender and with androgynous features. A gallery owner introduced Serrier to American collectors Edgar Garbisch and his wife, Bernice Chrysler (daughter of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler), who had a particular interest in naïve art; they commissioned a series of portraits from Serrier. At the same time, he met Reine Ausset in Paris, who in 1961 invited him to New York to take part in an exhibition at Galerie Norval on 57th Street. The show also included work by Moïse Kisling, and the exhibition program explicitly linked the two artists, saying that Serrier, who considered Moise Kisling "the Master," had found his own technique, but "the same vision joins the grand Kisling to the young Serrier: plenitude of shapes, sureness of palette, precision in outlines." In the 1960s he began painting slender, young, androgynous figures in groups, set in sparse landscapes with suggestions of the surreal and sometimes wearing costumes of the Commedia dell'arte. In some of these paintings the eyes of the figures are completely black, a motif that would continue in his later work. In 1965, he exhibited at Forest and Reed Gallery in London. Also in 1965, he discovered the small town of Martel, and with his old roommate Jean-Baptiste Valadié purchased a house that they opened as the gallery La Licorne (The Unicorn) in 1967. Responding to the political upheavals of May 1968 in France, and following the advice of Geneva gallery owner Roger Ferrero, Serrier's work became increasingly complex, idiosyncratic, and surreal. Imagery included the Tower of Babel, bodies suspended in space, and crowds of people all dressed alike, with identical features and entirely black eyes. Mannequins, playing cards, nudes, and levitating orbs also figured in the work. In a nod to Magritte, his men sometimes wear bowler hats. Another influence may have been the works of the Franco-Belgian surrealist Gaston Bogaert (1918-2008). Serrier's first major exhibit of these works, in Geneva in 1971, was titled Le Réalisme Fantastique. (Magic Realism) In 1972, he was made a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne, under whose auspices he was invited by the Polish government to exhibit in Warsaw in 1973, as part of a cultural exchange across the Iron Curtain. In 1976, he served on the jury of the Salon d'Automne. In 1975, New Orleans gallery owner Kurt E. Schon brought his work to several cities in the United States. A copiously illustrated monograph in English, Surrealism and the Absurd: Jean Pierre Serrier, was published in 1977. Author Thomas M. Bayer wrote: Serrier's world is one where—to use Friedrich Nietzche's term—the "human herd animal" is being confronted with the overwhelming task of coping with the world, his solitude, and at times, his resignation in the face of its monstrous size and duration. It is a world where the characterless, "blind" man faces the institutions, rules and symbols that made him into the being he now is…But Serrier does not lose himself in this world he portrays. He never forgets the old French tradition, the "black" humor, à la Molière. This classical humor at times is more felt than seen, in a manner that can be terribly funny, because it is horrifying, laughable, poignant and always true. Serrier told a friend, "In each of my paintings there's a message of hope amid the crowd of stereotypical figures. It could be an escaping dirigible, or a nymphet who flees like a deer under the red and blue trees of paradise...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Cubist Shapes Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study signed & dated oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches private collectio...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue Monday - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This landscape painting by Henryk was done in 2022. It will ship from the artists studio in Poland. More about Henryk Laskowska: Henryk Laskowski has been working as a graphic design...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"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 Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing California Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
"The Sadness of Mr. lapin After the Artist Left" Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s. Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist nude and animal drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States. His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home. Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif. San Diego Academy of Fine Arts Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA) University of San Diego San Diego Museum of Art James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy Centre de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France Gordon Gilkey Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or. Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Candido Ballester surreal. black. face. acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Personaje original surrealist acrylic painting Cándido Ballester is a contemporary Mallorcan painter who was born in 1926. As a child he had to emigrate to Argentina. In the 60's he ...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

"Paper City, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alla Bartoshchuk's "Paper City" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue hued female figure in the company of ghostly greyhounds with an orange sun appearing alongsi...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Dreams on a moonlit night. " Original Oil Painting by Lilia Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas with stretcher Dreams on a moonlit night. A fantasy landscape in the naiv style. Wonderful, happy moments in life when you don't want ...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Lacquer, Oil, Canvas

Take Care of You- original abstract wildlife interior oil painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In "Take Care of You" by Nathan Neven, a heartwarming scene un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shuzeng Liu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "New World 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: New World 2 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.5 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2013 Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Sisters Rabbit
Located in Nottingham, GB
Unique original painting by Joseph Gilgun. With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is created using a blend of acrylics, spray paint and charcoal. However, he doesn’t limit himself, sometimes it’s a case of using whatever’s at hand; a splash of tea, a mouthful of spit, on occasion he doesn’t even use a canvas. Joe doesn’t fit any specific artistic mould or adhere to society’s expectations. He paints on instinct and lets others decide the deeper meaning behind his work. Through this process, the art provides a truthful glimpse into soul of Joe Gilgun...
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting - Pink Red Abstract Pierrot Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso canvas: 32 x 21 inches private collection, France The pain...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, 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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf Vibrant and colorful surrealist landscape by Oregon artist Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940). The main subject of this piece is a large Y-shaped object that appears to be covered in feathers created out of small ovals of paper. The landscape is comprised of a striped ground, with wispy blue tree-like object emerging from holes in the ground. Squares of pastel blue, teal, and pink float throughout the scene. The background is made of layers of distressed gold leaf. Unsigned, but was acquired from a collection of the artist's work. Board size: 24"H x 32"W Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1969) from the University of Oregon. Webb studied with Demetrios Jameson, Mark Sponenburgh, Gordon Gilkey, and John Rock...
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Figures over a Walled City Fortress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Surrealist school, 20th century Title: titled verso Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 25.5 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collect...
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20th Century Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mirage- Original modern surrealistic animal 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. Hallie Packard's "Mirage" transports viewers into a surreal de...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Egg Boy on a windy day
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year. I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Egg girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year. I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Street Smart: Contemporary Surrealist Portrait
Located in Brecon, Powys
His time in New York City has ingrained Berlin with the whole vibe of the culture that existed in the city at that time. He is so passionate when talking about it and the lasting eff...
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shrine: A High Place
Located in Storrs, CT
Freeman Baldridge's depiction of a shrine at a sandy beach and lake. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 16; frame dimensions measure 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2...
Category

1960s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I was inspired to create this painting by a mirage in the sea. I saw on the horizon, a fantastic city with huge eyes looking at me. By purchasing Ukrainian art from Ukrainian artists...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

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