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
Unconscious Female Force
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Unconscious Female Force
Signed and dated lower right, canvas 43x51 with frame 45x53
Born in 1950 Vina Del Mar Chile. Already when a child his drawings and paintings were noticed by the public. From 1966 to 1969 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Valparaiso where he received awards every year. Very soon he exhibited his works that document his specific interest in the portrayal of man in Chile. In the age of 24 he went abroad having exhibition in several Latin American countries. In 1983 he joined the League Art Student of New York.
Duran developed his style which distinguishes him from present day currents.
His work was exhibited in Europe, South America and USA recently his work was exhibited in Chile.
Ivan Duran Garlick...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Just a Cloud Away
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Poetry of the bird, surrealist drawing, 1948
Located in PARIS, FR
Joséphine Beaudouin (1909-2005)
Poetry of the Bird, surrealist painting, 1948
Oil on canvas
Signed "Joséphine Beaudouin" and dated "1948" lower left
13,7 x 10,6 inch
Born in Albi in 1909, Josephine Beaudouin (née Cals) showed an early interest in drawing. At the age of twelve, she moved to Paris where her mother, Jeanne Ramel-Cals, ran a literary salon that was frequented by art world figures such as Ambroise Vollard. In 1925, while her first drawings appeared in the magazine Crapouillot, the young artist entered the School of Decorative Arts where she studied fresco painting. She married the architect Eugène Beaudouin in 1928, with whom she traveled throughout Europe. Beaudouin, a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, designed a series of buildings that were precursors of modern architecture in France (Clichy, Maison du Peuple; Antony, Résidence universitaire Jean Zay). Josephine Beaudouin exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
The work of the one that Jean Cocteau described as "bewitching" is full of mystery. Her work bears the stamp of an extraordinary personality. Indeed, Josephine Beaudouin developed a penchant for dreams at a very early age and took refuge in the works illustrated by Gustave Doré. Her technical virtuosity and overflowing imagination were praised by the critics of her time who unanimously greeted her Marmorées (ill.1). Named by René Barotte, these are paintings made on marble slabs from 1955. The artist exploits the infinite resources of the veins of this support which inspires him poetic compositions with unusual subjects. Marked by surrealism, she returns to the fantastic by delivering a prodigious creation of the mind made of dreamed cities and trompe-l'oeil.
The 1948 painting that we propose probably represents a red-billed chough. The bird is a recurring theme in the work of Josephine Beaudouin, as in her life. An avid ornithologist, she kept an aviary in her Parisian home where many island birds were kept. She also built up a collection of stuffed birds. Still on this theme, the writer Claude Aveline (1901-1992), author of the poem L'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, invited several visual artists to freely interpret what this bird could be. The first series of works was produced between 1956 and 1963. In 1957, Joséphine Beaudouin delivered a work with a pen of great finesse, now preserved at the Centre Pompidou (ill.2). Several renowned artists also responded to the invitation of the poet such as Jean Cocteau and Ossip Zadkine.
The precision of the graphics of our painting testifies to an attentive observation of the anatomy of the birds. The artist paints with great delicacy: the technique is impeccable, the drawing is careful, the material is smooth, the details are represented with great finesse and mastery.
Bibliography :
Fernand Pouillon...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Hungry Dancer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has been supporting local Kansas City Artists for the past 40 years. The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), is a non-profit, artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, supporting artists at every level in their career through exhibitions, continuing education and artist studios.
Artist: Joseph Broghammer
Title: “The Hungry Dancer”
Materials : Chalk pastel and pencil on Arches Paper
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 19 x 22 in.
Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. His one-of-a-kind pastel drawings in “Animals” are chronicles of his life. The creatures Broghammer creates are vehicles to uncover the varying characteristics of the artist’s personal identity.
Hence, Broghammer’s “Animals” translates as a flowing stream of consciousness. The different birds and livestock staring back at the viewer are ornamented with iconographic symbols – small surprises along the way. These trinkets are keys to understanding the stories Broghammer is sharing.
Broghammer began mastering his “dry painting” technique during his B.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of South Dakota. He graduated in 1986 and a year later went on to study his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he studied at Creative Capital in Omaha, Nebraska.
As storytellers often do, Broghammer later went on to become an educator himself, teaching at WhyArts? and becoming an Artist Assistant at Vera Mercer...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$2,099 Sale Price
53% Off
Jungle Tongue
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (Edward M. Gomez, "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plutonium Messenger" Symbolic Visionary Art in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plutonium Messenger" Symbolic Visionary Art in Acrylic on Canvas
Detailed symbolic work by Dana Lynn Andersen (American, b. 1962). This piece is a styl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic
Antique American School Surreal Cloudscape Rare Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing surreal cloudscape modernist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Bananas, Surrealist Oil Painting by Inigo Sesma
Located in Long Island City, NY
Inigo Sesma (1987 - ) - Bananas, Year: 2012, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, signed and dated on verso, Size: 24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Santa Claus"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this oil on paper piece, I merged surrealism with pop art to capture a timeless figure in a whimsical light. Embracing both figurative and futuristic elements, Santa stands poigna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Wheatfield With Crows, after Vincent". Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Billion Dollar Hand has created this richly shaded painting as something of an homage to Van Gogh, channeling and expanding the style in a unique way. However, not satisfied with...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Heavenly garden at night - Acrylic painting Pop art Vibrant colors Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983).
She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nancy Baker, Pretty Pearls, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape, Painting
By Nancy Baker
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct
example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Duck Flying Above the Clouds - Original Floral Surrealist Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian-governed academic setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Case II
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
Rudolf Kos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butterfly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TOM PERKINSON
"BUTTERFLY"
MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1974
21.5 X 21 INCHES
Tom Perkinson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in the country, and developed ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
$1,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Six of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of her series about the divinatory meanings of the swords tarot cards, artist Rachel Srinivasan paints a minotaur with blades and a caduceus. She feature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Accept", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Accept" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brown wooden chair surrounded by space like darkness.
Artist Biogra...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rising - Surreal Landscape with Row of Trees and Owl, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
The pristine, symmetrical and orderly landscape brings an unnatural stillness to John Hrehov's painting entitled "Rising". The owl is central to the sparse landscape peeking out of it's home in the tree. Straight lines and geometric patterns are used to compose a glossy concept of reality. The painting is framed in a simple dark gray wooden frame measuring 25.25 x 29.25 inches.
John Hrehov
Rising
oil on panel
24h x 28w in
60.96h x 71.12w cm
JHR012
John Hrehov
Education
1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN.
2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Group Exhibitions
2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.
Norman Bradley...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Don't look for me - Oil painting Pop art Vibrant colors Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983).
She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victor Brauner - La récapitulation de l'amour, surreal, surrealist, painting
Located in London, GB
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
La récapitulation de l'amour
1934
oil on canvas
50.2 x 61.2 cm
Price:
£85,000 GBP
Provenance:
Edouard Léon Théodore Mesens, Brussels
Thence by descent
N...
Category
1930s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wart Hog, 20th Century Oil Painting by Magical Surrealist, Cleveland School
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
Wart Hog
Oil on paper
Signed lower right
18 x 15 inches
24.25 x 21 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unreal j...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Transplanting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I used the activity of transplanting tree saplings as a way to connect the city and the country in this painting. I'm interested in surreal scenes where peopl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vesna – 14-03-22, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Shifting Gear Another Risque painting depicting my muse Julia Filament. Two oil paintings earlier I already did an Ukrainian theme but why not use it once again. After all, the Ru...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Banana Blue Heads
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:
(A), 48x60cm, acrylic ink and acrylic paint on paper, 2011
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Banana Boat...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Last Hit (surreal painting golf player vintage blue Grey golf course)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Last Hit presents a striking surrealist vision, blending elements of vintage Americana with an eerie sense of absence. The golfer, depicted in muted monochrome tones w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Origin: How God and I Created the World
By Tony Smith
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Origin: How God And I Created The World" acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 61.5 inches (unframed), $9,500
Tony Smith’s paintings are works in motion. They are tho...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Red Green
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:
Isabel Rock , 'Maud' 200 x 107cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper.
*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
In Rock's own words,
Maud
'Maud was a legend in the city. A legend that walked the streets and lived and breathed in the minds of the townsfolk so strongly that no one was sure any more if she was real or not.
The tap...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
"Hope : Between Earth and Heaven" Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas by Eugene Hawkins
Located in Pasadena, CA
In the "Fantasy/Metaphysical" series by American artist Eugene Hawkins, the convergence of surrealism and metaphysics unfolds as an exploration of existential themes common to all. C...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"The Book Mark", Surrealist, Portrait, Woman, Maroon, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Book Mark” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 30 x 24 inches in maroon, orange, white and blue. A young woman, dressed in prim fashion, has looked up fro...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Game Creator
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Game Creator, Yulianna Verba presents a symbolic and emotionally rich narrative exploring self-awareness, feminine power, and spiritual awakening. This striking mixed media work—c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Birds
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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"Leda"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The work "Leda" was written in Vienna. It is dedicated to the memory of my friend and wonderful artist Mikhail Romanov. In memory of him, all the swans that I depict in my works I pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
$11,720
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Birds
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. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
Fata Morgana
Located in Zofingen, AG
Fata Morgana
In this work, the experience of love emerges as a fragile illusion — one that distorts perception while at the same time enriching it. The sky transforms into a treasury...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"Duo" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century, Red and Green, Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Duo, 1947
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
44 x 37 inches
Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, originated from New York City, where he was born in 1916. At just 16 y...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
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. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Missing Pieces (oil painting surrealist birthday cake dessert couple cherry red)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At first glance, simple, banal things are visible but something is clearly strange here, what is going
on here? And where did a piece of cake disappear?
keywords; surrealism, food, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sweet Sounds (cat, feline, lady, flute, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Sweet Sounds," a mesmerizing painting by Rudolf Kosow, depicts a tranquil scene of harmony between a young girl and a slumbering cat. The girl, seated and playing an instrument, see...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Pink, 2024, Hudson Valley NY
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Cloud Family, Hudson Vallery, NY
By Paddy Cohn
Located in Hudson, NY
"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025"
Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Astral Alignment with puzzled rabbits
Located in Kingston, WA
In this painting, I merged surrealism with metaphysical wonder, using oil to invite viewers on a cosmic journey. The puzzled rabbits symbolize curiosity beneath a futuristic celestia...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Les deux moitiés" two figures floating through deep green and blue water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Les deux moitiés" is a contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted them. Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elements, Surrealism, Chicago Artist, Planets
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Samuel Schwartz (Russian/American, 1896-1977)
Signed: William S Schwartz (Lower, Left)
" Elements ", c. 1928-29 (Date based Upon 8 Pl...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$30,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pod i
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original painting by artist Airom, with sculptural element
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Oil
$210 Sale Price
65% Off
"The Lonely Crowd", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Lonely Crowd” is a multi-colored acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 60 inches. Blues, yellows and greens predominate while reds provide color accents. The...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Not complete stranger - Acrylic painting, Pop art, Vibrant colors, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983).
She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Victor Chab
By Victor Chab
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Chab, Argentine (1930 - )
Title: Untitled - Abstract Bird
Year: 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 32 x 25.5 inches (81 x 65 cm)
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format.
By Lluis Rizzo Rey
Located in Segovia, ES
"Iris" oil on panel, mixed technique by Lluis Rizzo.
Hyperrealist painting.
Measurements: (H) 114 x (W) 146 cm.
Framed: (H) 144 x (W) 176 x (D) 5 cm.
« Iris »
Here we have a rare species of Iris that will not be found in botanical books but in art catalogs...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Color Pencil, Wood Panel
Lluis Rizzo Rey"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format., 2008
$39,643 Sale Price
20% Off
"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this painting, I've melded the whimsical with the surreal to explore the dichotomy between fantasy and reality. The jester, typically a figure of folly and transient joy, juxtapos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Painting, "Seated Nude with Mirror"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Scene "Seated Nude with Mirror" by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on Masonite, dating fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Floating Castle - Contemporary Surreal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical surreal landscape with a floating castle in an idyllic, dream-like setting with bright blue sky and green grass by Melissa Barkley (Ameri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Blue Sky in Leaves", Surrealist Landscape Naive Primitive Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a small pond in a summer or spring mountain landscape in the background. The artist applied different tints in rectangular areas starting from the center. It may suggest different seasons, but it's not, since the vegetation doesn't change. The sunset sky is unaffected by these differences of tint. Two of these areas are filled with mosaic patterns, one light blue and the other yellow. The surrounding area is made as a carpet of leaves with strong veins. On top of these leaves are leaf-shaped patches of sky. Four large leaves also cover the landscape.
This artwork is not framed.
Henriette Gorbitz...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
12 x 17 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this expressive charcoal drawing, Anita captures a striking human presence with bold, g...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fantasy. 1995, acrylic on canvas, 100x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fantasy. 1995, acrylic on canvas, 100x60 cm
Painting with fantastic creatures, castle, gandolier and explosion in the sky
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent paint...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,549 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
10 x 15 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
Anita’s charcoal drawing gracefully captures a quiet, introspective moment of a woman abso...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Colorful Surreal Abstract Expressionist Painting of a Macabre Group of Clowns
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal abstract expressionist painting of a group of clowns in the style of Belgian painter James Ensor. Combining the macabre with the playful, the work features distorted clowns a...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Beach with pearls, Eric Cederberg, Oil on panel, Nordic Surrealism, 1950 c.
Located in New York, NY
Eric Cederberg (1897-1984)
Beach with pearls, ca. 1950
Oil on panel
9 1/10 × 14 3/5 in l 23 × 37 cm
Frame included: 13 3/4 x 19 1/3 l 35 x 49 cm
Signed lower left
Exhibition history...
Category
1950s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Performance
Located in Atlanta, GA
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players," wrote the bard of Avon. And who hasn't said, "Life is a balancing act"? "The Performance" is a theme dear to the ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
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