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
Alti-Thronus, Surrealist Found Objects and Oil Paint Sculpture by Mihail Sorin
By Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin
Title: Alti-Thronus
Year: 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame with Compass Tools
Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm)
Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x 3 inches
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil
Affected Memory , Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism Style of Modern Cuban Art
Located in Houston, TX
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Affected Memory shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to art market. Affected Memory is one of many of the hyperrealism paintings by the artist. Brian Sanchez...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
$5,100 Sale Price
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In Search Of The Favorite Hen Cuban Surrealist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
"En busca de la gallina predilecta" In Search Of The Favorite Hen 2021
Oil on canvas signed and dated, it will be frame before shipping.
Isaac Crespo's C...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
View of a Village Square, Stefan Vukmanovic, Belgrade 1924 – 1995 Degernau
Located in Knokke, BE
View of a Village Square
Vukmanovic Stefan
Belgrade 1924 – 1995 Degernau
Serbian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom middle
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Image size 45 x 60 cm
Biography: Vukmanovic (Vucmanovic) Stefan was born in 1924, in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. He was a Serbian painter of landscapes and town scenes.
Vukmanovic studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts with the master teacher and artist Charles Crodel (1894 – 1973).
He was a member of the Munich Secession. In this statement of principles, the artists declared their intentions to move away from outmoded principles and a conservative conception of what art was.
Throughout the 1930s, many political ideologies (Marxism, Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, Communism and Fascism) were engaged in struggles for dominance, and epitomised the political atmosphere of the era.
Surrealism art...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surreal Figures - figurative painting, surreal painting
Located in New York, NY
This early surreal figurative work by Jacob El Hanani was done in 1971. It is ink on paper. Measurements of the paper are 35X25 cm. It is dated and hand signed in Hebrew in the botto...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Blues
Located in Dallas, TX
Austin Surrealist Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$480 Sale Price
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"Life in a Bottle" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Life in a Bottle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts pink Peonies blooming in a green vase as a pink butterfly swirls around the petals dreami...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mr. L (oil painting monochrome vintage old man beard portrait nostalgia flower)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meeting. 2022. oil on cardboard, 40x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting. 2022. oil on cardboard,, 40x30 cm
Juris Dimiters (1947)
Education:
1958-1965 Janis Rozentals Art High School of Riga
1965-1973 Art Academy ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Surrealist Portrait, "A Light Within, Amongst The Danger of Skin"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original surrealist oil painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 40"x60". It comes in a thin black frame. A certificate of authentici...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Straight To Heck, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A bit mischievous. A little bit of good, and a little bid of bad. Like most people. We’re all going straight to heck. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Eva, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting depicts the moment of seduction of Eve by the serpent tempter. The apple looks like a hand grenade, this is explained by the fact that the choice of Eve was like an exp...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ignorance is Bliss?
Located in Kingston, WA
In this oil painting, I've delved into surrealism to explore the themes of denial and escapism. The scene depicts a young girl blissfully swinging in a lush meadow, seemingly oblivio...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea and Stars", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Sea and Stars" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts an African American face and a Caucasian face transposed over th...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jinapin Chen Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Path In My Dream"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Path In My Dream
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23.5 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 201...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,360 Sale Price
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"Me and you walking on the brick path" surrealistic seascape, mother & daughter
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Me and you walking on the brick path" is a glowing oil painting surrealistic seascape with mother (artist) & daughter walking down a brick path on water receding into the distance i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Dongxing Huang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Pegasus"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Pegasus
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Dongxing Huang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,040 Sale Price
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Flora, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting by Austin based artist Sandra Boskamp :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The infinite city, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “The infinite cityâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Expressionist Painting, "Honoring The Prodigy"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind abstract expressionist oil painting on wood panel by San Diego artist, Daniel Ketelhut.
Ketelhut is a self-taught painter who...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Asian Kid
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary art, architecture, and interior design has grown exponentially. With this influence, he produced his first solo exhibition and debuted his signature series, Caras e Cores, at Avant Garde Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$6,400 Sale Price
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We bloom, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
By Diana Rosa
Located in Yardley, PA
Original acrylic on Wooden Panel. Ready to hang, certificate of authenticity included. new work since May 28, 2024. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013),
Mixed media collage
6 x 4 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
titled: "Many frivolous titles come to mind"
A man on horseback, man and horse.
cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art.
David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures.
David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico.
He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967.
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Puppet With the Green Eyes Contemporary Surrealist Painting Ellen Steinfeld
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern surreal oil painting by American artist Ellen Steinfeld titled, "Puppet with the Green Eyes"
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Key to When
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Time is but a concept that we create to keep existence in an order. This piece seeks to encourage questioning time, the impact and control it might have on existence and just where i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
The noises of the houses, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Amelia Galli
Located in Yardley, PA
They are houses, spaces full of stairs that lead you nowhere, windows that never close, chandeliers that are cradled in this desire to find a dimension. A cradle remained there by ch...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Figurative Painting, "Repair"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original surrealist figurative drawing by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley.
Its dimensions are 24x72. It is unframed.
The a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Cabin 7, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cabin 7" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a deteriorating cabin wall melding with a sky.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Going Steady, Surreal Oil Painting by Shirley Kaplan circa 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shirley Kaplan, American
Title: Going Steady
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, titled verso
Size: 48 in. x 48 in. (121...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Surrealist Woman Oil painting French-Moroccan Israeli Bezalel School Painter
Located in Surfside, FL
Two Women. Colorful Surrealist Portrait
Genre: Surrealism
Subject: woman
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Israel
Simon Avissar, painter, born 1948, Morocco. Moved to U.S.A. Wo...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
El Llano en Llamar, Acrylic and Watercolor Painting by J. Benito Zamora
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: J. Benito Zamora, Mexican (1951 - )
Title: El Llano en Llamar
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic and Watercolor on paper, signed l.r.
Size: 22 in. x 30 i...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition II
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 11.25x7.5, titled Composition V on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille a...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
"Victorian Soiree, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
Disk Shelf II, Magritte-like Surreal Painting by Backstrom aka Beck & Jung
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Holger Bäckström from 1979. A mixed media painting produced by Beck & Jung, a collaborative duo between Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg in the 1960's-70's. Their...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Reverie, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a golden vase and red apple situated within a landscape of a green leafing tree and a blue wave crashing...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Goldfish XLII, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
A further exploration of the Goldfish theme. Painting onto a solid surface allows the colours to be more concentrated and richer. Here I've reversed the colours (except the eyes) ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judith, Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001)
Title: Judith
Year: 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Necedad - figurative painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful surrealist painting by Mauricio comes rolled in a tube and needs to be stretched when received.
In his pieces, Mauricio combines his figurative expertise along with su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Odeur d'orange
By Paul Pretzer
Located in Torino, TO
Paul Pretzer's canvases bring us into scenes of black humour: the absurd, disasters, strange happenings, fantastic scenes that reveal stylistic connections with the works of master o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
What is Behind, Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism, Modern Cuban Art, Surreal
Located in Houston, TX
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What is Behind (Lo que esta atras) shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to the world art market. What is Behind is one of many of the hyperrealism paintings by the artist. Brian Sanchez...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Astro Diver
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Coral Angel. Oil on wood, 70X70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Coral Angel. Oil on wood, 70X70 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim wa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
$3,985 Sale Price
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Postumi
Located in Genève, GE
Woodworking
Golden wooden frame
76.5 x 86 x 2.5 cm
This painter painted during his incarceration.
This captivating work presents a surreal landscape in vivid, dynamic colors. Flamboy...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yoni (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Yoni (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 40x30in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1890
*on stretcher frame -...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My Problems Hump (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
My Problems Hump (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 40x30in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1891
*on stret...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cascade. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Once again Berlin gifts us a different aspect of his art. Within Cascade he is able to echo and reference simultaneously several of the Great Masters and also include his own unique ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Forgone Conclusion, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "A Forgone Conclusion" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a sloping yellow hill of a park dotted with people as the city in the background is confron...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gafotas
Located in Greenwich, CT
Mario Soria (Spanish, b. 1966)
Oil on board, toys and tinted varnish with chrome effect.
Born in Spain in 1966, Mario Soria wanted to paint for as long...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Oil
$8,200
One more (vintage golfer yellow shirt wood painting sculpture tridimensional)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
One More is a tridimensional original painting on paper on branches depicting a golfer playing on a field on a sunny day.
keywords; golfer, yellow shirt,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Driftwood, Oil, Laid Paper
"The Great Mystery" contemporary oil painting, a modern Adam & Eve, Tree of Life
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary Artist Kristy Gordon. Unframed.
A fantasy composition, reminiscent of Albrecht Durër's Adam and Eve, as well as many other Medieval and Renaissance P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hovering, surrealist egg tempera insect and skyscape painting
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Safranek's Hovering captures the tension of liminal space. Bees and dragonflies appear pinned, and specimen-like, yet achieve loftiness with their wings. Their hyperbolized d...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
"Mannequin Meditating" Large Surrealist Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large still life painting of a mannequin placed in front of a window. The canvas is signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the back and the bottom corner. The work is framed in a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Groovy 1970s Men's Fashion Bell Bottoms Surreal Bumble Bee
Located in Miami, FL
In the present work, Wilson McLean departs from a typical expected fashion setting and places his two male models in a surreal world. The outdoors comes indoors with cotton ball clo...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantasy. 2010. Mixed media, collage on canvas, 100x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fantasy. Mixed media, collage on canvas, 100x70 cm
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,824 Sale Price
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The Masterpiece: Dharma
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Sakyamuni (Historical) Buddha is credited with developing the teaching known as The Dharma.
For me, that teaching is a masterpiece. Perfect understanding of the human condition a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
City birds. 2014. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City birds. 2014. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,033 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Cosmopolitan Illustration Surreal Family Narrative
By Jon Whitcomb
Located in Miami, FL
A complex story is portrayed in one picture.
American Glamour Illustrator Jon Whitcomb interprets a Mid-Century Cosmopolitan story about a beautiful blond actress who, on set, appea...
Category
1950s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Sacrifice Of The Favorite Hen Cuban Surrealist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
"El sacrificio de la gallina predilecta" The Sacrifice Of The Favorite Hen 2024
Oil on canvas artist signed and dated, will be frame before shipping.
Isa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil
"Nature's Time" - Horizontal surreal painting, oil on canvas - dark blue sky.
Located in Miami, FL
Professionally known as Vignoli, was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He began his career in 1982 creating canvases in oil on canvas, where he applies his own technique, which, acco...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.