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Surrealist Landscape Photography

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
Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Questions about the nature and boundaries of reality are contextualized in this dreamy image of a woman strolling in a fantasy forest that breathes high-pitched color. Pioneering pho...
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green
Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green

Mitchell Funk
Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green, 1971

Picture of the Unknown - Plein Air Painter's Surreal Dream
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a picture of the unknown. We do not know who the artist is. We do not know what the subject is. We do not know where the location is. It is all left to conjecture, yet the image...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Picture of the Unknown - Plein Air Painter's Surreal Dream
Picture of the Unknown - Plein Air Painter's Surreal Dream

Mitchell Funk
Picture of the Unknown - Plein Air Painter's Surreal Dream, 2022

Muscular Nude Man on Dreamy Surreal Road to Destiny - Primal Man in Nature
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A hunched-over nude man on an endless sunset road conjures up big themes. Time, distance, life, death, rebirth, and infinity are weaved together in a purposely enigmatic and dreamli...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Muscular Nude Man on Dreamy Surreal Road to Destiny - Primal Man in Nature
Muscular Nude Man on Dreamy Surreal Road to Destiny - Primal Man in Nature

Mitchell Funk
Muscular Nude Man on Dreamy Surreal Road to Destiny - Primal Man in Nature, 1973

Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1984 Life Magazine was in full stride. Their photo editors sent photographers on location to document stories visually. At the US Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont, South Dakota, Mit...
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1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment
Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment

Mitchell Funk
Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment, 1984

Manhattan Street Scene With Glamours Billboard ( Street Photography )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a Manhattan moment of contrast. The top three-quarters of the composition is a wrap-around billboard seen behind street lights. It dep...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Street Scene With Glamours Billboard ( Street Photography )
Manhattan Street Scene With Glamours Billboard ( Street Photography )

Mitchell Funk
Manhattan Street Scene With Glamours Billboard ( Street Photography ), 2006

The Dance of Pink Lights on a New York City Snowy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's hand held pre-dawn New York street scene evokes a simultaneous state of beauty of unexpectedness. This is a straight shot. He used a Nikon D5 and 400mm while he was w...
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Dance of Pink Lights on a New York City Snowy Day

Mitchell Funk
The Dance of Pink Lights on a New York City Snowy Day, 2017

Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic seascape with golden seas complemented by an equally golden sky is depicted with a child seen from the back gazing out into infinity. The viewer can read into it what he/...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape
Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape

Mitchell Funk
Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape, 2007

Golden Gate Bridge with Sailboats and Clouds, Blue Sky, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed and printed later. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Sailboats and Clouds, Blue Sky, Fine Art Photography
Golden Gate Bridge with Sailboats and Clouds, Blue Sky, Fine Art Photography

Mitchell Funk
Golden Gate Bridge with Sailboats and Clouds, Blue Sky, Fine Art Photography, 2004

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 3/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi and did a lot of wor...
Category

1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

Mitchell Funk
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow, 1981

Flatiron Building New York's First Skyscraper in Heroic Depiction, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Flatiron is New York's Architectural masterpiece and is depicted in this dramatic photograph as a towering presence as it's rendered in hard light against a surreal sky. Signed ...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Flatiron Building New York's First Skyscraper in Heroic Depiction, Architecture
Flatiron Building New York's First Skyscraper in Heroic Depiction, Architecture

Mitchell Funk
Flatiron Building New York's First Skyscraper in Heroic Depiction, Architecture, 2007

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign Inkjet Archival Print Signature: Signed dated ,numbered lower right recto. Printed Later, Unframed 2/15, other sizes available Nati...
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign

Mitchell Funk
Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign, 1972

Art Deco Paris - Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love"
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Reminiscent of the dreamy elegance of a bygone era, Mitchell Funk transforms a tourist location into the quintessence of timeless Paris chic. To achieve this the photographer had to rid the Trocadero of toursits. Next came choosing the right camera angle and lighting the scene dramatically. The photo recalls Brian Ferry...
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1990s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Art Deco Paris - Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love"
Art Deco Paris - Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love"

Mitchell Funk
Art Deco Paris - Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love", 1997

Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Cover Camera 35 Magazine Aug/Sept 1976
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -
Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -

Mitchell Funk
Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -, 1975

Light Train
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 recto unframed, other sizes availab
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Light Train

Mitchell Funk
Light Train, 2014

Surreal LandScape Photograph Four Pyramids, Cover Popular Photography Magazin
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal LandScape with Four Pyramids Cover Popular Photography Magazine, November, 1977 Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-Fi photography. He did wo...
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal LandScape Photograph Four Pyramids, Cover Popular Photography Magazin
Surreal LandScape Photograph Four Pyramids, Cover Popular Photography Magazin

Mitchell Funk
Surreal LandScape Photograph Four Pyramids, Cover Popular Photography Magazin, 1975

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 3/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi and did a lot of wor...
Category

1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

Mitchell Funk
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow, 1981

Dreamy Blue Flowers with Pulsating Pink Patches
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk was widely published in the 1970's and 1980's. H...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Dreamy Blue Flowers with Pulsating Pink Patches
Dreamy Blue Flowers with Pulsating Pink Patches

Robert Funk
Dreamy Blue Flowers with Pulsating Pink Patches, 2020

Paia, Contemporary Surrealist Natural Photo Collage, 2022, Original
By Topher Straus
Located in Golden, CO
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Topher Straus, where a lone figure basks in a mesmerizing dreamscape. "Paia" is a testament to Straus' innovative spirit and his ability ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Metal

Paia, Contemporary Surrealist Natural Photo Collage, 2022, Original
Paia, Contemporary Surrealist Natural Photo Collage, 2022, Original

Topher Straus
Paia, Contemporary Surrealist Natural Photo Collage, 2022, Original, 2022

New York Skyline from New Jersey
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dreamy and surreal midtown Manhattan with dramatic clouds bathed in grey blue light, signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso 3/15, unframed, other size available
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

New York Skyline from New Jersey

Mitchell Funk
New York Skyline from New Jersey, 2013

Wall Street, Negative Color, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of negative color, abstract and color photography. This image was shot in 1970 and foreshadows major color photography movements more than 40 years in the...
Category

1960s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wall Street, Negative Color, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk

Mitchell Funk
Wall Street, Negative Color, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk, 1970

Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1980, conventional thinking suggested that one highly dramatic photograph of the New York skyline would be a sufficient artistic statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk felt there w...
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1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset
Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset

Mitchell Funk
Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset, 1980

Manhattan Skyscraper with Silver Shimming Light and East River Boats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silver light reflects off an Upper East Side skyscraper as two industrial boats pass in aligned formation. But this is not a picture of a building and boat. The extreme lighting and...
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Skyscraper with Silver Shimming Light and East River Boats
Manhattan Skyscraper with Silver Shimming Light and East River Boats

Mitchell Funk
Manhattan Skyscraper with Silver Shimming Light and East River Boats, 2024

New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light

Mitchell Funk
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light, 2024

Mystical Transcendent Orange Sunset Big Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A spectacular vast orange sunset dominates the sky as tiny onlookers gaze up and out with amazement. The image has a surreal quality to it and the relationship to the sky and people...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mystical Transcendent Orange Sunset Big Sky
Mystical Transcendent Orange Sunset Big Sky

Mitchell Funk
Mystical Transcendent Orange Sunset Big Sky, 2015

SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams

Mitchell Funk
SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams, 1974

Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The alignment of the planets comes together in a perfect magical moment. A man sets foot on a terrace - an airplane comes into frame - golden light strikes the perfect pitch - atmosp...
Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment
Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment

Mitchell Funk
Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment, 2015

Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected marquee at the base of upscale 30 Rockefeller Center beams neon into the night. The 1930's art deco monolith is lit up like a silver spaceship as it thrusts into an ink...
Category

1990s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal

Mitchell Funk
Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal, 1998

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of illustrators and painters have rendered their fantastic ideas on paper and canvas. The decades of the 1920’s - 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction

Mitchell Funk
Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction, 1975

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use a image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. Their cover image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape...
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1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape

Mitchell Funk
Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape, 1982

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign Inkjet Archival Print Signature: Signed dated ,numbered lower right recto. Printed Later, Unframed...
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign

Mitchell Funk
Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign, 1972

Golden Reflections off Manhattan Skyscrapers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, Unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer...
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Golden Reflections off Manhattan Skyscrapers

Mitchell Funk
Golden Reflections off Manhattan Skyscrapers, 2019

Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign Inkjet Archival Print Signature: Signed dated ,numbered lower right recto. Printed Later, Unframed 2/15, other sizes available - Pr...
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign
Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign

Mitchell Funk
Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign, 1972

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use an image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. They used an image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape breaks the rules of formula magazine cover art...
Category

1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape

Mitchell Funk
Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape, 1982

Surrealist landscape photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist landscape photography 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 landscape photography 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, red, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Rosemary Ellis, Cheryl Medow, and Keith Carter b.1948. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print 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 landscape photography, so small editions measuring 5.12 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape photography 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 $110 and tops out at $9,500, while the average work sells for $5,500.

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