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
Magic Realistic Painting, "My Gypsy Life"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on canvas by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. It is a triptych in three vertical canvases. Its dimensions are 48" x 90" x 1.5". It is unf...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Nude Figurative in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude study by Andy Smith (American, 20th Century). A woman is seated, slightly leaning to the left of the composition. The background fades from a rusty red to a dark blue, changing ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Canvas, Oil
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Regina
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Regina (the Queen)
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 37" x W 29", (Panel) H 27.5" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. “After all”, he said, “you've got to know how to sell...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
I Carry My Own Sugar
Located in Cazadero, CA
The piece has a steel frame.
Being an Imagination activist, this painting follows the tradition of John Dewey's " art as experience."
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Clay, Epoxy Resin, Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Carbon Pigment
HAVANA Cuba Mid Century Surreal Male Nude Graphic Painting, Gay Interest
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a Surreal Male Nude by a famous Cuban artist Carlos Macia (1951-1994).
*** please excuse the photos, it is under glass and there are reflections of a yellow light. I’v...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
"Renaissance Door" Signed Vintage Mid Century Surreal Southwest Landsscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Frame available.
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eight of Swords II, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Rachel Srinivasan's surrealistic piece combines the traditional symbolism of the tarot card with the image of a white bison and eight crossed swords. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Renaissance dream. Messenger. Acrylic on canvas, 57x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Renaissance dream. Messenger. Acrylic on canvas, 57x59 cm
Painting with mystic creatures, people, horse, knight
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Lat...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled015
Located in Spetses, GR
A surrealistic black and white painting of a butterfly on a silk scarf. Realism and surreal elements in elegance.
Heroins & magical creatures, in an elegant ,romantic approach, and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wait, What?
Located in Cazadero, CA
This painting came from a embodied experience that changed my life.
Frame is steel
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Clay, Kaolin, Epoxy Resin, Paper, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Graphite, Car...
Feuertrunken, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Homage to the great German poet Friederich Schiller. Schiller is one of my all time favourite writers. His plays, which I read during high school, made me love theatre and classical music (Schiller’s works inspired some of the most famous operas by Verdi, Rossini and Donizetti). This is a pop version of one of his most famous portraits...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Performance, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2018
Style: Surrealism,
Subject: Performance,
Size: 47" x 29" x 2'' inch, 121x74.5x5 cm,
Fram...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Colorful Portrait of a Couple, Family at Play
By Dan Solojoff
Located in Surfside, FL
Dan Solojoff, Russian (1908 - 1994)
Daniil Andreyevich Solojef born in St. Petersburg on February 27 (February 14) 1908 and died on 21 in Paris 1, is a poet, painter and illustrator...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Board
British, 20th Century surrealist painting of lunchtime on the lake, 1986
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ronnie Copas (British, b.1936)
Lunchtime on the Lake, 1986
egg tempera on panel
signed and dated ‘Copas 86’ (lower left)
26.3 x 31.3 cm.
Born in London, ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Surrealist Figurative painting, "Brief. Torrey Pines"
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 41" x 61" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A ce...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Myth of Hula" Hawaiian Oil Painting on Canvas signed Dane Hidalgo
Located in Pasadena, CA
This acrylic painting on canvas, titled “The Myth of Hula” by Dane Hidalgo and dated 2003, is a
captivating visual representation of Hawaiian life and myths depicting a woman emerging from
the Ocean and becoming a flower.
The sky is spangled with stars and the dewdrops seems real.
The painting sits in a very deep light walnut frame.
The hibiscus flower has long been associated with beauty and joy in Hawaii; if worn behind the left ear it indicates that a woman is taken or married, but when worn on the right it signals that she is available or single. In this painting we see the face of a woman who appears to be transformed by a pastel pink hibiscus blossom – could it represent Laka, goddess of Hula ? With so many questions surrounding this oil on canvas, there's no definitive answer – only endless possibilities!
Hula has its origins in ancient history as a ritual dance performed for the Volcano deity, Pele. Hula was a way for the ancient Hawaiians...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Astrology Fantasy - "A Love by the Stars" - Sci-Fi Alignment of the Planets
Located in Miami, FL
Hane paints a dreamy fusion of earthy and celestial bodies with circling birds around a central vertical axis.
Created on assignment for De Beers' highly published A Diamond is Forever" campaign.
"A love by the stars was important. Until the right man of the wrong sign put his star on my finger. And I entered his house with my love.
The artist created the painting to be the night ... so it appears a little dark in natural light. Best viewed with a top and key light to bring out the colors.
Hane painted the covers of the Collier-Macmillan editions of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia books, as well as such Simon & Schuster publications as Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality.
In 1963, Hane was hired to do a full-page illustration for Esquire magazine; he moved to New York in 1965. He married Elaine Miller...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Psychic Fallout
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Psychic Fallout is an original painting by Elisha Nyong. Elisha created Psychic Fallout with Oil on a 42W by 45H inches primed canvas.
Psychic Fallout ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bigger Picture
By Sage Barnes
Located in Manchester, GB
The Bigger Picture
2016
24 x 18 ins
Oil paint
Sage Barnes’s paintings navigate the space between the surreal and the real. Barnes is known for portra...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Fountain Pink Poodle
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Just another Day in Paradise', mixed media on best archival paper, 85cm x 140cm, unframed, 2022
In Rock's own words,
'It was just another day in Paradise for the Pink Poodle People of the Everlasting Fountain of Eternal Joy.
Since every day was Paradise it was just another normal day filled with love, ecstasy and wonder.
It started slowly at first, things began to appear in paradise, strange objects that the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with. Some had sharp edges, others were so and smelt strange, bad strange. Some things glittered and shone. Every day more of these objects would arrive in Paradise.
' If this happens every day then soon Paradise will be full of these strange objects. Some of them are nice but many are bad and smelly. One day there will be no Paradise, only bad, sharp and smelly things.'
But the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with the objects and every day more arrived.'
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
The Solemn Morris Dancer
By Yosl Bergner
Located in London, GB
Oil on board
Image size: 5 3/4 x 7 inches (14.5 x 17.75 cm)
As can be seen in this painting, Surrealism served as a source of inspiration for Bergner, though he did not consider himself a surrealist but a lover of stories, and indeed narrative elements appear frequently in his work. He uses the “displacement” element, as the Surrealists did, and that is detaching the figures, objects or landscapes from the logical context and into a poetical-magical climate.
Nissim Aloni noted in 1983 He paints as though to install stabilizers against the turbulence of the dream, and perhaps these stabilizers serve him in time as a touchstone'.
The Artist
Yosl Bergner was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1920 and grew up in Warsaw, Poland.
With rampant anti-Semitism in Europe, the Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization was formed in the United States in July 1935, to search for a potential Jewish homeland. Soon afterwards a pastoral firm in Australia offered the League about 16,500 square kilometres (6,400 sq mi) in the Kimberleys, stretching from the north of Western Australia into the Northern Territory. As history showed, the plans went nowhere. But for a time, the Australian idea was at least worth considering. Bergner's father, Melech Ravitch, became involved in a serious investigation of the Kimberley Plan.
In this way the Bergner family moved to Australia. Yosl emigrated to Australia in 1937 and studied in the National Gallery School in Melbourne. During World War II he served for four and a half years in the Australian Army, and later continued his studies at the Art School.
In Melbourne from 1937–48, Bergner befriended many of the local artists who now epitomize modern Australian art: Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Atlantis, Large Surrealist Oil Painting. Viennese Fantastic Realism
By Peter Kolin
Located in Surfside, FL
Atlantis, A large spectacular nautical, marine magic fantasy. (without the frame it is 32X39 inches)
The roots for Peter Kolin’s fascinating world of Surrealist Fantasy, Magic Realist images can be traced back to the art of Mannerism, a brief period - approximately 1520 to 1610 - between the Renaissance and Age of the Baroque. In Mannerist paintings composition had no focal point and space could be ambiguous. Surreal figures could be characterized by athletic bending and twisting with distortions, exaggerations, elastic elongation of the limbs, bizarre or graceful posturing and the rendering of the heads as uniformly small and oval. (reminds me very much of some of the compositions of Salvador Dali) The composition was full of clashing symbolist colors very unlike the balanced, natural and often dramatic colors of the High Renaissance. Mannerist works presented instability and restlessness and also showed a fondness for allegories with lascivious undertones. Kolin, an exceptionally gifted painter within this tradition, creates gorgeous and mysterious fantasies of Surrealism with each work opening a new and more exciting fantastic world. His narrative world of images and symbols is presented in his own metaphorical language but with a visual accuracy solidly rooted in technical perfection. Today Kolin is a widely acclaimed artist of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. (Together with, Arik Erich Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street in Old Aleppo No.6
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nitmat Badawi’s work is of two themes, urban landscape in Aleppo, and figurative of ordinary innocent faces, particularly of women and children. The first theme of inspired by Aleppo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saint Sebastian Dream - original painting on round canvas Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Inspired by the St Sebastian religious paintings, this double portrait is a dreamlike superimposed view of an expressive and sensual figure.
St Sebastian, acrylic on canvas, 20in, r...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
“Gap” Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Landscape Painting of Bacchus & Ariadne
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and orange-toned surrealistic landscape by artist Charles E. Watson. The painting depicts a long, orange bridge connecting arid lands with distinct features such as a waterfall,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Tapies Mid-Century Dau al Set Dada Spain Abstract Surrealism Dark Monster Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sarpta" is an original oil on canvas painting created by Antoni Tapies. This is a fantastically dark mid-century abstract painting. There is a monstrous figure barely visible on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jewish Mystical Kabbalah Oil Painting Jerusalem Cityscape Hebrew Letters Judaica
By David Rakia
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tzadik"
A Surrealist oil painting of old mystical Jerusalem with Hebrew calligraphy
Sight 13.25" x 19.5" ; frame: 21" x 27.25"
David Rakia (1928-2012) ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Playground
Located in Cazadero, CA
The frame is steel. Any questions, please ask.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Clay, Epoxy Resin, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Graphite, Pigment, Carbon Pi...
GRAND VIEW (PETER MAX MIRO)
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magic Realistic Painting, "Calme and Luxe"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on wood by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Vision - Surreal Black Female Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
This earlier work depicts an unexpected multicolored cone extending from the subject's eye. It represents a field of vision for a young Haitian female who gazes up. It reminds me of something Man Ray or the Dadaists did. Duval-Carrié's work is more than eye-opening.
Signed lower right
Work is framed - Framed Size - 18 x 22
Edouard Duval...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Yu Wang Contemporary Art Original Mixed Media "Long Love"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Long Love
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18.5 x 18.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
10a
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on Arches paper
Exemplaire B/165
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Paper
Surrealist Figurative painting, "Brief. Kauai I"
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 40.75" x 61" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A certificate of authenticity wi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magic Realistic Painting, "Sudden Eclipse"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on wood by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 45" x 25" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Gerard Tunney, Onstage Ballet Rehearsal, Original Bright Figurative Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerard Tunney
Onstage Ballet Rehearsal
Original Figurative Painting
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 40cm x W 60cm x D 2cm
Sold Unframed
Please ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Provenance: Daughter of artist, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY
De Diego was known for his "lyrical" works (his term), which combined elements of surrealism, cubism and the social commentary of the politically active Mexican painters. Born in Madrid in 1900, Julio De Diego left home at the age of 15 to apprentice as a scene painter for theaters. After service in the Spanish army...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Nine of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Rachel Srinivasan presents a surreal portrayal of the nine of swords tarot card. A majestic and mysterious white bison remains strong as a falling blad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLE AND STAR", oil on wood, renaissance gothic, surreal
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLES AND STAR is a new oil on wood surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 20x24" and is a unique ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Still life with peppers - 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...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Expanse, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Expanse" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an overlook over a city and the land beneath it that stretches out to the horizon.
Gregory w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"FIELD PROJECT", painting, surrealist dream, rocket, priestess, sci-fi, worship
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
FIELD PROJECT is an acrylic on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 60x48" and is a unique artwork. Note the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
untitled 14
Located in Spetses, GR
’Ηeavenly Creatures’’
Heroins & magical creatures, in an elegant ,romantic approach, and a perfect technique all the way to the last detail. The female form, the female face is the muse in most paintings, although we can also find a gender neutral approach, an androgyny as a protagonist with the same always features, such as youth, sensualism, innocence and optimism.
Inside these dream-like images overfilled with euphoria, these fragile figures are kind souls with rich inner beauty. Figures that we can relate with if we dig deeper into our souls.
Sofia Fotiadou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All the Shock Was Spent and Nothing Seemed to Lean, surrealist oil painting
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Murphy’s paintings on panels are a mirage of disparate memories. Lived experience, borrowed art historical footnotes, and imagery drawn from literary references swirl together and coalesce into shimmering sylvan scenes. Allusions to Patinir, Jacob von Ruisdael, Frederick Church, lines pulled from Rilke, and Murphy’s own personal history emerge deftly from the same brushstroke. The result is images that are simultaneously foreign and familiar, deeply intimate yet shared in a common vernacular. Murphy builds these compositions from layers of carefully applied oil paint, her brushstrokes growing increasingly specific and nuanced with each new stratum. Because she works on panel, the pigment is not absorbed into the material, but rather, sits atop the surface, the color remaining fully saturated. Without this anchoring effect, Murphy’s landscapes become lofty and voluminous, further intensifying their surrealist quality.
Eileen Murphy has spent her life along the Hudson River and has lived in Brooklyn, NY for the last seventeen years. Her current paintings are based on the landscape of Columbia County, NY, where she and her dog Frito spend part of their time. Eileen has shown widely and has attended residencies to the Vermont Studio Center, Yaddo, and the High Line 9. She received the Individual Artist Award from the Santo Foundation in 2017; in that same year, she was invited by the US Department of State to participate in the Art in the Embassies program, which brought her to Algeria. She is currently the Lead Faculty in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking in the MFA program at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. Her most recent solo show in New York City was at Sears Peyton...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Star
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Star"
2004
by Mark Ryden & Marion Peck
Oil on Wood
Signed by both artists
Custom Framed
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nebula, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Miranda Gamel depicts an ethereal being with a glowing crown and wings. Star nebulas and light beams surround her in lustrous prismatic hues. The nude fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
9b
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph on washi paper
Exemplaire B/165
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, i...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Washi Paper
“All Saints Day (Large)” Large Black, White, & Yellow Surrealist Figure Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist figure painting by Houston-based artist Scott Woodard. The work features a central abstract figure in white and yellow tones with what appears to be a halo fl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Hmmmm” Black and White Abstract Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media Collage
Located in Houston, TX
Neutral-toned abstract contemporary mixed media collage by Houston, TX artist Scott Woodard. This painting depicts a variety of minimalist shapes around ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
BENGAL TIGER
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Ferjo. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Question of Time - original painting on round canvas Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures.
Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings.
This double portrait is a combination of a deconstructed, sectioned ancient marble head...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
HUGE ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH ABSTRACT MODERNIST PAINTING - SURREALIST NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
MAJESTIC (MARILYN MONROE)
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Strangled Planet
By Kristy Gordon
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary oil painting that resembles an early renaissance mural. Old masters throughout Art History come to mind, like Hieronymus Bosch, Jan Van Eyck, or Pieter Bruegel.
Gordon depicts the "Strangled Planet" we live in: war, protests, and unrest abounds. At the same time, exploration, cooperation, and humanity persists. She uses European Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical references around the main contemporary action. This is perhaps a reference to the uncertainty that is inherent in life—hardships as well as victories have always been depicted in grand compositions. The skeletons that climb, cling, and swing on either side of the painting are the reminders of this finite life.
Artist Bio
Kristy Gordon’s work is a frank and intimate reflection of her curiosity about other people, transformations and self-discovery. Her paintings hang in over 500 public and private collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2010, 2013), an Exceptional Merit Award from the Portrait Society of America (2014), and was a finalist for the 2013 Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture.
She has been widely featured in numerous magazines, art publications, radio and television shows, including International Artist, Fine Art Connoisseur, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art and Bravo!’s Star Portraits.
Gordon has seven years of experience teaching and conducting painting workshops throughout North America. She has taught at numerous academies and schools including The Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, The Lake Country Art House, and The Okanagan School of Arts in Penticton and has also substitute taught at the New York Academy of Art. She has lectured at China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, New Century Artists in New York City and the Art of the Portrait in Washington, DC.
She received her MFA degree in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Additionally, she has studied classical drawing and painting at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto and Andreeva Portrait Academy in Santa Fe. She has also studied privately with artists including Yuqi Wang, Odd Nerdrum, Juan Martinez, Jeremy Lipking.
Gordon is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York, Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor and Cube Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Weather forecast 2004, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Weather forecast
2004, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Ivars Poikans 1952. Riga
Ivars Poikāns works in painting, graphics, book illustration, cinema art.
Bor...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musicians, Figurative Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Surrealism,
Subject: Musicians,
Size: 30" x 40" x 1'' inch, 76x101.5x6 cm,
Framed...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Bask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait Painting
42" x 33" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil and Print on Canvas
This mixed media portrait by artist Sarah Jacobs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Color
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