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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
34 Things I Love About You (and a trust fall), Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work addresses internal conversations, especially involving love and intimacy. By using domestic objects such as chairs the imagery interrogates the architecture of the psyche an...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

In the Right Place, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was selected to be part of "2019 People's Gallery" at Austin City Hall! About this painting: I am fascinated by nature. I believe that we are all connected with nat...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Green between the Seas, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A work (#11) from the ELEMENTS series Why did I call this series elements? Because there is air in it, there is water, there are earth and fire… There are birth, life and death, sp...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

frames, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, 1994, 100 x 60 cm. A man walks, he notices something while he is going, then he goes further. The three shots, placed next to each other, partially overlapping, d...
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1990s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Irreparable Consequences of the Irrational, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil on canvas is ready to hang! Sides were painted for a gallery wrap look. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Sunrise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A work (#4) from the ELEMENTS series Why did I call this series elements? Because there is air in it, there is water, there are earth and fire… There are birth, life and death, ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Modern times, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The advancement of technology changes the map of people's professions and sources of livelihood, will result in the disappearance of many professions and will require high specializa...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Post-urban Vision No. 5, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A work from the Post-urban Visions series - a series that transcends the existence of today's highly urbanized industrial society and envisages a future (post-urban) state when the h...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Lily, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Lily, an illusion below the surface. Oil painting created live by artist at a private event in North Hills CA. Painted on large white square stretched canvas, edges white. :: Paint...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Carnival '1', Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This Art work is about the Carnival festival. The colours used,the costume,the scenery all add up to explain what Carnival is about.A celebration of joy,merrymaking.A time to bring t...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Payload, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting depicts a singularity opening up in the payload bay of a space shuttle, and suggests that universe's indifference to the presence of its contents (of which we are a par...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Something in the Water, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Something in the Water" Large oil painting on white square stretched canvas, gallery wrapped with white edges. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certifi...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Hull, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A prototype for my "Frontier Project", this painting depicts an astronaut spray-painting a tag on the side of a module of the International Space Station bearing Blackbeard's pirate flag...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

La Poissan Bleu, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The blue fish swimming near the rocky shore :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the arti...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

L'incubo, 2010
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Waiting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Georgian artist Merab Gagiladze was born in Tbilisi. In 1987 he began his formal art education at the Tbilisi College of Art, School of Ceramics. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

"Small Study in White" - surrealist still life, lace, skull, patterns, shell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features the colors of the rainbow as they appear in white objects. Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Atlanta based artist Guy Robinson attended the Atlanta College Of Art on a Ford Foundation grant and has worked extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and have a place in important collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA,GA). Robinson has over thirty-five years experience teaching drawing and painting for Emory...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Origins 2015 Abstract Expressionist oil/canvas green blue Armenian Artist VATCHE
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Artist’s Statement “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝟷) 𝘔𝘺 “𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩” 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝟸) 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝟹) 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 "𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵", 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.” 𝘝𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘥𝘫𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Provenance: The artist's private collection "Origins" 2015 A colorful, abstract, surrealist oil painting by an Armenian Artist...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Princess and Prince, Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina Fairy Tales
Located in Miami, FL
Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti paints a charming fantasy scene. It's of an extreme closeup of a tiny crowned and winged Prince and Princess They are standing upright in a dand...
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1950s Surrealist Paintings

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Gouache

Il Dardi del Cielo, 2001
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

New Canabis
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña New Canabis, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 70.80h x 35.40w in 179.83h x 89.92w cm
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Musical Tree
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The dreamyness of music in a small format. Keywords: tree, water, eighth note
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Toy Room, Gabriela Lukschal
Located in Porto, 13
76 x 72 cm without the frame 93 x 97 cm with the frame Toy Room (2022) – Acrylic on Canvas Dimensions: 96.5 x 93 x 3 cm (38 x 36.6 x 1.2 in) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Condition: Exc...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Strana luce Sul Porto, 2006
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Butterfly Hunter
Located in Atlanta, GA
Georgian artist Merab Gagiladze was born in Tbilisi. In 1987 he began his formal art education at the Tbilisi College of Art, School of Ceramics. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Soft furnishings
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Artwork ~ Oil on Board Anna starts by sketching her figures. Based on everyday people, everyday life. Embossing her art boards with telephone directory before adding oils. ...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Surreal Collage: 'Damselfly'
Located in New York, NY
'Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of hist...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Mixed Media

Pique Nique beside the Lake
Located in London, GB
GREGOIRE MICHONZE 1902-1982 KiChinev (Bessarabia) 1902-1982 Paris (Russian / French) Title:Pique Nique beside the Lake, 1957 Technique: Original Si...
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1950s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

L'attesa melancolica, 2020
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Green Capitel
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The work Green Chapitel, explores the relationship between architecture and color, highlighting an architectural fragment: the column and the capital. The work uses in this case a gr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Writings I.
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
"Writings I" is a work that invites reflection on the nature of writing and the human creative process. With a vertical format divided into two distinct parts, the painting displays ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Pixelated span
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Pixelated Vain emerges as a fascinating exploration of the intersection between the classical and the digital. In this canvas, the viewer finds themselves immersed in a scene where c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Linen, Oil

The Optimas
By Lynne Naylor
Located in Miami, FL
Lynne Naylor is an Emmy Award winning, animator, artist, director, producer, and voice actress. Filmography: SpongeBob SquarePants, Wander Over Yonder, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Fish Hooks, Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

L'Angelo Caduto, 2003
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) in 1933. He began painting at the age of sixteen, and in 1954 he obtained a Liceo Artistico of Pescara. During the early years of his c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Acrylic

Return Home
Located in Atlanta, GA
Georgian artist Merab Gagiladze was born in Tbilisi. In 1987 he began his formal art education at the Tbilisi College of Art, School of Ceramics. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

"Flora #9" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #9" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of vibrant blue, bright yellow, supple pink, and bright green. Guy Ro...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

"Flora #6" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #6" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of rich black, bright blue, vibrant orange, and pink. Guy Robinson i...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Linen

A Prosperous Man
Located in Atlanta, GA
Georgian artist Merab Gagiladze was born in Tbilisi. In 1987 he began his formal art education at the Tbilisi College of Art, School of Ceramics. In 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Horitzó de Successos
Located in Atlanta, GA
Established Catalan painter Jordi Prat Pons is best known for his uniquely modern approach to the traditional still life. The works are characterized by bold use of color and manipul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled by Anton Kushaev - Surrealist painting, oil pastel on paper, 2023
Located in Basel, BS
Untitled is a work by contemporary Anton Kushaev from the series `Delirium`. In this series, the artist turns to a canonical motif — still life with a flower, the transformation of w...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled by Anton Kushaev - Surrealist painting, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2022
Located in Basel, BS
The Untitled is part of the series "Frame of Sorrows" created by Anton Kushaev for the installation at Voskhod Gallery's showcase in Basel in 2022. This painting was exhibited in the...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled by Anton Kushaev - Surrealist painting, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2022
Located in Basel, BS
The Untitled is part of the series "Frame of Sorrows" created by Anton Kushaev for the installation at Voskhod Gallery's showcase in Basel in 2022. This painting was exhibited in the...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Bon Voyage (Paper Planes)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bon Voyage (Paper Planes) is a mixed media painting (acrylic, gold enamel, charcoal, pencil and ink on archival cotton paper, signed 'afn' lower right and framed in a contemporary black moulding. Anne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Enamel

Narcissus
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- The idea of meditation and contemplation play a major role in the paintings of artist Craig Carlisle. His paintings articulate indel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Easter Egg Valley, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Gonzalo Endara Crow
Located in Long Island City, NY
Easter Egg Valley Gonzalo Endara Crow, Ecuadorian (1936–1996) Date: 1994 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right Size: 30.5 x 45.75 in. (77.47 x 116.21 cm)
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1990s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pink Garden" Gerome Kamrowski, American Surrealist 1947 Expressive Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski Pink Garden, 1947 Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 22 x 30 inches Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he enrolled in ...
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1940s Surrealist Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"A View From the Colorado National Monument", Oil Painting by Daniel Sprick
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "A View from the Colorado National Monument" is an original, handmade oil on board painting that depicts the beauty of Colorado's canyons illuminated by th...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Surrealist Collection Number 5. Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has embarked on a journey through Surrealism. This collection writhes & flows from his "Billion Dollar Hand" creating a complexity of interwoven rhythms. Berlin has been e...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Passed life
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings

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Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram

Awakening
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram

Starry, Starry, Starry
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Danger
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Steel, Stainless Steel

Figure in Gray, Abstract Oil Painting on Burlap by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gray Area Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980) Date: circa 1960 Oil on Burlap, signed Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 23.5 x 20 inches
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1960s Surrealist Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

Carmelo Niño, Carolina niña con Marina, 2021, 350 x 200 cm, 137.7 x 78.7 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño Carolina niña con Marina, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 350 x 200 cm 137.7 x 78.7 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Carmelo Niño, a Venezuelan artist originally from Maracaibo, Zulia State, an oil-producing region of Venezuela, is today one of the most outstanding painters in the plastic arts landscape in the country. Many years have passed since his birth in 1951 to the present, when he inaugurates this August 2022, a major exhibition at the Ascaso Gallery in Miami, with paintings from different dates resulting from the permanent and daily work of reflection, physical and intellectual, that he has always pursued in his creative life. Without neglecting a single moment of day-to-day life to be in front of the medium-sized canvas on the easel or of larger canvas hanging on a wall, he works in his large studio in the area of El Junco, outside the capital city of Caracas, surrounded by lush green vegetation, with a wonderful climate of pleasant temperature and poetic mist that invites to the reverie and glorification of his life as a painter. From a very early age Niño and his family discovered his vocation for drawing, a discipline in which he showed a special disposition and talent. From this moment on he dedicates his life to art, to the practice of painting, starting from a fantastic and strange world of fantasy, close to surrealism, unfailingly influenced by the circus of fantasy owned by his mother and a musician father. These circumstances will shape the artist's life. His traces and influences from the beginning will be present in his creative work, especially through the memories of the infinite curiosity to look, touch and be enraptured by the strange furniture and objects from his mother's circus that he knew were deposited in a room of the house. This universe of fantasy will leave an indelible mark on his subconscious and will serve as the thematic and artistic support for all his work. In an interview conducted by the critic Roberto Montero Castro in 1977, Carmelo Niño states, "the symbols of my painting come from the everyday life". His life has been one of continuous work and effort. At the age of fifteen he enrolled in the School of Arts of Maracaibo, graduated three years later, 1966, and immediately, with a scholarship, he travelled to Spain, took a few courses at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, strengthened his preparation in art workshops and in frequent visits to the big museums of this European capital. With a sensitive gaze he penetrates the mysteries of masterpieces of the great artists who have made the universal history of art. His life as a painter has been intense, of intense study, preparation and work. With much composure and modesty he talks about his life and his artistic production, recognized not only in Venezuela, but also internationally. His participation in exhibitions began in 1969 and as early as 1970 he held his first individual exhibition at the Fine Arts Center of Maracaibo. From these dates onwards successes started to come, with the participation in collective and individual exhibitions, in Venezuela and abroad, as well as the awards from 1971, when he won the Scholarship Award at the First National Salon of Young Artists in Maracay, Aragua State; in 1972 he was awarded the Second Prize at the Regional Salon of Maracaibo. 1975 is the year of awards, he received the First Prize at the IV Salon of Young Artists in Caracas; the Aurelio Rodriguez Award at the IV Avellan Salon in Caracas and the First Prize at the Salon of Young Zulian Artists in Maracaibo; he also participated in the group exhibition of History of Painting in Venezuela, at Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba; and in 1976 he was invited by Jose Gomez Sicre to take part in the exhibition of Venezuelan painting...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carmelo Niño, Amantes con escena, 2019, 140 x 200 cm, 55.1 x 78.7 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño Amantes con escena, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 200 cm 55.1 x 78.7 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by ...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carmelo Niño, La Jaula, 2018, 200 x 200 cm, 78.7 x 78.7 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño La Jaula, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm 78.7 x 78.7 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carmelo Niño, Amantes con escena, 2019, 200 x 400 cm, 78.7 x 157.4 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño Amantes con escena, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 400 cm 78.7 x 157.4 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed b...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carmelo Niño Celebrando a Kiefer I, 2021, 200 x 126 cm, 78.7 x 49.6 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño Celebrando a Kiefer I, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 126 cm 78.7 x 49.6 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Carmelo Niño, a Venezuelan artist originally from Maracaibo, Zulia State, an oil-producing region of Venezuela, is today one of the most outstanding painters in the plastic arts landscape in the country. Many years have passed since his birth in 1951 to the present, when he inaugurates this August 2022, a major exhibition at the Ascaso Gallery in Miami, with paintings from different dates resulting from the permanent and daily work of reflection, physical and intellectual, that he has always pursued in his creative life. Without neglecting a single moment of day-to-day life to be in front of the medium-sized canvas on the easel or of larger canvas hanging on a wall, he works in his large studio in the area of El Junco, outside the capital city of Caracas, surrounded by lush green vegetation, with a wonderful climate of pleasant temperature and poetic mist that invites to the reverie and glorification of his life as a painter. From a very early age Niño and his family discovered his vocation for drawing, a discipline in which he showed a special disposition and talent. From this moment on he dedicates his life to art, to the practice of painting, starting from a fantastic and strange world of fantasy, close to surrealism, unfailingly influenced by the circus of fantasy owned by his mother and a musician father. These circumstances will shape the artist's life. His traces and influences from the beginning will be present in his creative work, especially through the memories of the infinite curiosity to look, touch and be enraptured by the strange furniture and objects from his mother's circus that he knew were deposited in a room of the house. This universe of fantasy will leave an indelible mark on his subconscious and will serve as the thematic and artistic support for all his work. In an interview conducted by the critic Roberto Montero Castro in 1977, Carmelo Niño states, "the symbols of my painting come from the everyday life". His life has been one of continuous work and effort. At the age of fifteen he enrolled in the School of Arts of Maracaibo, graduated three years later, 1966, and immediately, with a scholarship, he travelled to Spain, took a few courses at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, strengthened his preparation in art workshops and in frequent visits to the big museums of this European capital. With a sensitive gaze he penetrates the mysteries of masterpieces of the great artists who have made the universal history of art. His life as a painter has been intense, of intense study, preparation and work. With much composure and modesty he talks about his life and his artistic production, recognized not only in Venezuela, but also internationally. His participation in exhibitions began in 1969 and as early as 1970 he held his first individual exhibition at the Fine Arts Center of Maracaibo. From these dates onwards successes started to come, with the participation in collective and individual exhibitions, in Venezuela and abroad, as well as the awards from 1971, when he won the Scholarship Award at the First National Salon of Young Artists in Maracay, Aragua State; in 1972 he was awarded the Second Prize at the Regional Salon of Maracaibo. 1975 is the year of awards, he received the First Prize at the IV Salon of Young Artists in Caracas; the Aurelio Rodriguez Award at the IV Avellan Salon in Caracas and the First Prize at the Salon of Young Zulian Artists in Maracaibo; he also participated in the group exhibition of History of Painting in Venezuela, at Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba; and in 1976 he was invited by Jose Gomez Sicre to take part in the exhibition of Venezuelan painting...
Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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