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Surrealist 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
Crying violin
Located in Oslo, NO
The gallery presents Slovenian artist Natasha Villone a high professional who has been working in the international art market for many years. In 1991 she got a degree in theater de...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Meeting' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Meeting' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Environs of Rome
Located in Miami, FL
Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time. This work is a pers...
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1940s Surrealist Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

A Surreal “Due Appetti” by Ferruccio Rosini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ready for some self-reflection? Intriguing hints about this striking painting’s origin, handwritten on the reverse, could get you started. “Due Appetiti” di Vita suggests that two ap...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

From Insight Out, Nude Figurative Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative woman art original oil painting Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2020 Style: Surrealism, Title: From Insight out S...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Goldfish"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Goldfish" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3.5 height x 4 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this ar...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenan...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Finite + Infinite: Geometric Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Finite + Infinite: Geometric Abstract' Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4 width Condition: Good ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Dancing Wiseman, Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism Oil Painting Artist Tigran Hovumyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2014 Style: Figurative Surrealism, S...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Surrealist Portrait of Woman with Landscape Hair signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Portrait French, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 14 x 16 inches Board : 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: the board has a convex...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

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

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Wild Growth' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Wild Growth' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3 height x 5.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Marionettes, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), American (1938 - ) - Marionettes, Year: 1964, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed 'Atirnomis' and dated l.r., Size: 50 in. x 36 in. (127 cm x 91.44 cm)
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1960s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Mention, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism, Portrait Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2019 Style: Portrait Art, Title: Mention, Size: 31.5" x 47" x...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Fuchsia de Mirabilibus" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Fairy Flower
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Fuchsia de Mirabilibus" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green fairy in a suspended flower. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian art...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Surrealist Figurative painting, "Guaracha"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. Its dimensions are 24" x 48". A certificate of authenticity will fo...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6.25 height x 4.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the pai...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Wildflowers in Spring Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Wildflowers in Spring Abstract Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Mod Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl, Victorian Party
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Calogero (Italian, 1922-2001) 23 x 30. framed. 21.5 x 15 canvas. Hand signed Little girl at a party with flowers Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires. He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco. In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy. He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001. Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950. Associated American Artists - New York 1952. James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953. Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960. Antologica, Tokyo 1965. Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969. Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970. Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971. Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972. Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974. Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975. Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977. Galleria Robert Philip, Parigi 1978. Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma 1979. Centro L'Esagono, Lecce; Graziani Gallery, New York 1981. Chiesa di S. Silvestro, Tuscania; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Sessa Aurunca 1982. Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1983. Galleria l'Angolo, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Centro Il Faro, Taranto 1987. Galleria L'Esagono, Lecce 1988.Galerie Molière, Parigi; Nihon Garo, Nagoya, Giappone; Minako H. Gallery, Tokyo; Galleria del Viale Jonio, Catania 1989. Art Expo, New York; Axis Gallery, San Francisco; Galerie Axe, Parigi; Galerie Molière, Parigi 1990. Antologica, Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia; Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma; Sinagrarte 91, Sinagra, Messina; La Magia di Taormina, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina; Galleria Buonarroti, Siracusa 1991. Galleria Arte Oggi, Reggio Calabria; Galleria del Corso, Latina; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Galleria Art Gallery, Gela 1992. Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania 1993. Europ'Art 94, Ginevra; Galleria Antarte, Messina 1994. Galleria Agorà, Palermo 1995. Comune di Aci Castello, Palazzo Russo, Aci Castello, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari 1996. Art Gallery, Gela; Chiesa di San Leonardo, Tuscania 1997. Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1998. Galleria Perlini Arte, Reggio Calabria; Galleria Il Castello, Rovigo; Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania; Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1999. Gallery Robert Philippe: Jean Calogero, Alexandre Grig, Linda le Kinff, Jacques Lefort...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Eating and Drinking I", Surrealist, Red, Green, Yellow, Acrylic Painting, 2022
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in reds, greens and yellows against a neutral background. What at first glance appea...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

At the destination - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Vibrant colors, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
*Painting will be available after 6.06.2021* Marta Rynkiewicz is a young Polish artist born in 1983. She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Profes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"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 Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Fairy of flowers
Located in Oslo, NO
This striking artwork presents a mesmerizing confluence of human form and nature, featuring a nude figure set against a vibrant explosion of flowers. The subject, with flowing dark h...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Gold Leaf

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Three Coloured Lights' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s been a lot of gray and stainless steel in decorating in recent years. For someone tentatively thinking of introducing some fresh excitement into their minimalist maison, cons...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 5.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.75 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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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,...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Angel's Whisper, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2018 Style: Surrealism, Title: Angel's Whisper, Size: 35" x 48" x 1'' inch, 89x122.5x6 cm, Fr...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Phaeton, original etching
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of lithographs, etchings and engravings from great artists of the 20th Century. It is a limited edit...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Engraving, Etching, Lithograph, Watercolor

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.5 height x 3 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Óleo sobre tela - Alegoria surrealista al F.C.Barcelona - Año 1981
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1981 Se presenta enmarcada (leves signos de uso en la enmarcación) Medidas de la obra: 92 x 73 cm. Medidas del marco: 103...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Italian Pop Art Mixed Media Surrealist Painting Collage Gouache Emilio Tadini
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Tadini (1927-2002) Original Collage, Gouache and Watercolor painting. Dimensions: 41 X 29.5. framed. 39.75 X 28 artwork Emilio Tadini (1927 – 2002 ) was an Italian painter,...
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20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.5 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all th...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival'' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all th...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Surrealist Vase
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern surreal oil painting on linen depicting a vase with one yellow flower and a mysterious almost figural black design. This midcentury work is unsigned and comes housed in a pe...
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1950s Surrealist Paintings

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Linen, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Flower Thoinasina"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Flower Thoinasina" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Right by You-original surreal wildlife interior oil 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 Nathan Neven's captivating masterpiece, "Right by You," the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lemon Tang-Original citrus wildlife painting-modern surrealist contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Lemon Tang" by Hallie Packard is a whimsical and surreal expl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Electrogenesis" (2024) By Stacy D'Aguiar, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar's (US based) "Electrogenesis" is an acrylic painting that depicts a colorful and surreal scene of a fish. Artist Statement: My paintings are channeled, Visual Dreamsc...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Metal

"Rene Magritte"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this oil painting, I explored a junction of surrealism and futurism, where the ordinary meets the fantastically impossible. I have manifest towns with vibrant, whimsical architect...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Statue of Liberty painted on a red background with architectural framework, surr
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

1970’s French Large Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting Pink Green Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1973, French surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist composition oil on canvas, framed framed: 33 x 27 inches canvas: 32 x 25 inches private collection, France The pain...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"TOAST TO THE SEA"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS "TOAST TO THE SEA" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2008 40 X 30 INCHES Toast to the sea is a depiction of the beautiful women at Miami beaches, sunny days, drinks, and having a good moment feeling. Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964. He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983. Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma. Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas. Papillon Gallery...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 5.25 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintin...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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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...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Linen, 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

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Moustache Bull Horn Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist surreal painting. Framed. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Image size, 19H by 14L.
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1960s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condition,...
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1960s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Inspiration, Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Tigran Hovumyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil o...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View to Brighter Future -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“A View to a Brighter Future” is a vibrant and uplifting fabric collage painting that embodies the promise of hope and optimism. As viewers engage with the collage, they are encourag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas

Surrealist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Elvic Steele, Rudolf Kosow, Isabel Rock, and Henry David Potwin. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $400,000, while the average work sells for $2,999.

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