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Surrealist Art

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
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Surreal Composition, Madrid 1939
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board by Spanish artist Mariano Andreu Estany (1888-1976). Amazing quality and fine detail. Excellent original condition. Signed lower left, "Mariano Andreu '39". Image si...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Oil

Le Fil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Clew) /// Modern Surrealism Surrelist Andre Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: André Masson (French, 1896-1987) Title: "Le Fil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Clew)" Portfolio: For Meyer Schapiro *Signed by Masson in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original Etching with Aquatint on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: 15/100 Printer: Atelier Crommelynck, Paris, France Publisher: The Committee to Endow a Chair in Honor of Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York, NY Sheet size: 18" x 13.5" Image size: 11.5" x 8.5" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Numbered by Masson in pencil lower left. Comes from the 1974 "For Meyer Schapiro" portfolio of twelve print editions by various artists. The "For Meyer Schapiro" portfolio consisted of four lithographs (one with embossing), three screenprints (one with stamp additions), two lithographs and screenprints (one with embossing), two etching and aquatints, and one duplicated drawing. Various printers were used. In addition to Masson, the following artists also contributed to the portfolio: Stanley William Hayter, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Liberman, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Steinberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. Biography: André Masson (b. Balagny-sur-Thérain 1896 - Paris 1987) was a French artist. He was brought up in Belgium. He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured. His early works display an interest in cubism. He later became associated with surrealism, and he was one of the most enthusiastic employers of automatic drawing, making a number of automatic works in pen and ink. Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud, Michel Leiris, Joan Miró, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris. By the end of the 1920s, however, he was finding automatic drawing rather restricting, and he left the surrealist movement and turned instead to a more structured style, often producing works with a violent or erotic theme, and making a number of paintings in reaction to the Spanish Civil War. Under the German occupation of France during World War II, his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate. With the assistance of Varian Fry in Marseille, Masson escaped the Nazi regime on a ship to the French island...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Intaglio, Aquatint

Untitled
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matta, Roberto Title: Untitled Series: The Obscure Arc of the Hours Date: 1975 Medium: Engraving Framed Dimensions: 33" x 40" Signature: Signed Edition: 33/33 ...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Color

Once In A Lifetime
By David Najar
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Once In A Lifetime" c. 2000 is a giclee print by noted Israeli artist David Najar, born 1962. It is hand signed and numbered P....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Family Day Off - London modern cityscape wildlife surreal abstract oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
In this contemporary surrealist painting Nathan Neven juxtaposes a familiar city scene and classic underground entrance with the unusual presence of apes. This charming dream-like sc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sapient Business-original abstract surreal wildlife oil painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This original artwork by Nathan Neven joyfully presents an unusual scene of wildlife merged with a grand interior space. The artist adds contemporary touches to his subject matter su...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Live it Up-original surreal contemporary wildlife interior painting- modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Live it Up" by Nathan Neven is a captivating masterpiece that seamlessly blends abstract expressionism with a playful composition. In this oil on canvas creation, two ostriches and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Guardian signed #2/20 Paula Craioveanu Photograph 20x16in in mat 28x20in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
UNDER THE SKIN 5 Surreal Nude, part of my "Under the Skin" series. Printed on Hahnemuhle art photo paper with white borders, size is 20x16in. In mat overall size 28x20in. This par...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

Midnight on the Water- original surrealism landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Midnight on the Water and How It Used to Be" by George Callaghan is a captivating exploration of a mystical nocturnal landscape, where the boundaries...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ancient Stock Route - original surrealism landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Ancient Stock Route" by George Callaghan is a mesmerizing journey through a dreamlike realm, where reality merges with imagination in a captivating d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

The High St - original surrealism landscape cityscape painting- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"The High St" by George Callaghan beckons viewers into a bustling thoroughfare teeming with life and energy. Unlike some of George's other tranquil la...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Paris inondé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paris inondé (1910), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 15 x 24 in. (38 x 61 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Japanese Samurai-exotic daguerreotype reproduction Framed
Located in Lafayette, LA
In the circus sideshows, where audiences gathered to witness the exotic and the extraordinary, there was a remarkable performer named Hiroshi, who portrayed a samurai. His act was a ...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Inkjet

Pure Place
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pure Place (1980), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 16.7 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Antarctica
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antarctica (1993), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 17 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Original Vintage Salvador Dali Exhibition Poster Featuring The Face Of Mae West
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for a Salvador Dali exhibition at the Zurich Art House / Kunsthaus from 18 August to 22 October 1989 featuring a su...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Yves Bady AL-Dahdah (Lebanese 1941) Lady of the Vines, 1981, Surrealist Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Yves Bady AL-Dahdah (Lebanese, 1942) Lady of the Vines • Oil or Acrylic on heavy fibre board ca. 46 x 38 cm x 0.5 cm • Signed and dated lower left (19)81 •...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Paint, Fiberboard

untitled (Woman and Cat)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned Graphite on paper
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Graphite

Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures; it exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent. This still life vanitas drawing is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a bronze toned wooden frame measuring 15.75 x 16.25 inches. John Hrehov Skull and Ornament colored pencil on paper 7h x 8w in 17.78h x 20.32w cm JHR006 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...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Color Pencil, Archival Paper

Le Prophète Jèrémie - Plate from The Bible - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Jèrémie Plate from The Bible is an original artwork realized by Marc Chagall in 1960. Mixed colored lithograph. The artwork is from the series "The Bible" In 1931, on commission f...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Rising - Surreal Landscape with Row of Trees and Owl, Oil on Panel
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...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Panel, Oil

Act I, Scene I From Romeo and Juliet-Original Lithograph-1975
Located in Roma, IT
Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet”  is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate on the higher left margin. Perfect conditions. In thi...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet - Lithograph-1975
Located in Roma, IT
Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet”  is an artwork realized  in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the higher left margin. Perfect conditions. The ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Vanitas Vanitatum - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Vanitas Vanitatum is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sign...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

David and Goliath - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
David and Goliath is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sign...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Hagar in the Desert - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Hagar in the Desert  is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. E...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Ego Sum Deus Tuus - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Ego Sum Deus Tuus  is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sig...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 a...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Aquae Diluvii Super Terram - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Aquae Diluvii Super Terram is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 19...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Ieremiæ Prophetia Contra Regem Ioachin - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Ieremiæ Prophetia Contra Regem Ioachin is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Vir et Mulier in Paradiso Voluptatis ... - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Vir et Mulier in Paradiso Voluptatis ...  is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani betw...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Trulla Caementarii in Manu Domini - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Trulla caementarii in manu Domini is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Untitled #25-1997-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
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1990s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Liberation, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman character is shown floating near an open window, where a giant bluebird is waiting as a spirit animal guide. The bird serves as a reminder to not give u...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Japanese Geisha- exotic daguerreotype reproduction Framed
Located in Lafayette, LA
In the circus sideshow, where the exotic and the extraordinary were paraded before eager audiences, there was a captivating act that transported spectators to a world they had only ...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Inkjet

Clown accordionist
Located in Lafayette, LA
Fiddleface, the master of the fiddle, had a charming sidekick named "Accordion Andy." Adorned with the classic white face paint and bright red lips that were synonymous with clowning...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Inkjet

Clown Fiddler
Located in Lafayette, LA
In the Circus here was one particular clown who stood out among the vibrant array of performers. This whimsical character, known simply as "Fiddleface," was a master of both comedy a...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Inkjet

'Nocturnal Adversary' — 1940s Surrealist Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Nocturnal Adversary', color serigraph, 1946, edition 50, Ryan 137. Signed in pencil in the image, lower right. Titled, dated, and annotated '6 COLORS EDITION 50' in th...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Screen

"I am" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"I am" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available size...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

The Little Mermaid
Located in New York, NY
Alice Zilberberg is an award-winning Fine-Art Photographer. She was born in Tallinn, Estonia, raised in Israel, and is now based in Toronto, Canada. Since graduating from Ryerson Uni...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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C Print

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...
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Guillaume Apollinaire - Rare Book - 1927
By Alexandre Alexeieff
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 548 copies including and original xylography by Alexeieff on frontispiece.  Copy in near perfect conditions and uncut, n. 10 belonging to the 73 copies on vélin and Holla...
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1920s Surrealist Art

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Paper

Relics 2 Elaborately Constructed Vintage Color Photograph Surrealist Image
Located in Surfside, FL
Chromogenic photo print. hand signed, titled and dated. This is a vintage print, printed in 1987 and editioned 2/10. Jane L. Calvin (born April 27, 1938) is an artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Jane Calvin was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was an avid art collector and Calvin was brought up in the art world from the time she was born. She attended classes at the Art Institute of Chicago as a young child and went on to pursue a degree in Art History from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania in 1959. Calvin worked as a private art dealer for some time before deciding to continue her education and become a fine art photographer. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago with her MFA in 1982.[1] Calvin later went on to be a Professor of Photography at The School of the Art Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Beloit College. She was Adjunct Professor of Photography at Columbia College in Chicago until 2005. Since she started making photographs, Calvin has had exhibits across the nation as well as in Germany and China. Calvin constructs her photographs by montaging multiple slide projections and found objects into room-sized assemblages in her studio. She then photographs it, making a tableaux into which layers of meaning are woven. She does not use computer editing, just straight photography. Calvin stated, "The images can be seen as my commentary on the political and social roles projected onto society whose desires, manipulated by language and image, conflict with concerns of gender, sexuality, race and female identity." She says,“I make photographs, I don’t take them,” and in so stating she follows in the path of many Dada and Surrealist precursors, for example, German Kurt Schwitters’ famous Merzbau or Junk House (1923 and following), or Joseph Cornell’s metaphorically vast but physically modestly scaled, even private sculptural interiors of boxes (1930s and following). In her use of projected imagery within and upon the setup of her photographs, Calvin gestures toward earlier 20th century American surrealist photographer Man Ray photographic work, one example of which is Space Writing (Self-Portrait) acquired last year by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Calvin’s more recent kindred spirit – although comparatively minimalist in nature and junior chronologically – is Sandy Skoglund. The latter’s photographed installations are a hybrid of unnatural, spectral, coloration and suspended narrative. "I am a maker of meaning, not an observer of it. My medium is photography, although it is includes the processes of sculpture and installation . I build room-sized sets onto which I project images and text, recording the final result with the camera. There are no darkroom or digital tricks. The process is straight photography." For over 25 years, Calvin has been exploring contemporary society’s approach to issues of gender, female identity, sexuality, vulnerability, and love & desire. Eschewing linearity, the work stands in opposition to the simplicity and minimalism prevalent in earlier 20th century image-making. Her images are elliptical, fragmented, layered, reflecting the contemporary world as one of discontinuity and ambiguity with myriad connections, a world less temporally and spatially fixed than ever before. Through the content carried in found materials and appropriated texts, –she addresses— the social and political conditions that are just out of sight, but remain like some kind of background radiation exerting a subtle but undeniable influence on our society. Pop and pulp references throw a humorous light on cultural identity and gender roles projected onto society. The subject matter, appearing disconnected from its place and time, mysteriously overlaps our own collective awareness. –She asks the viewer to see what has been there all along.–—/> Exhibition publication, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St Louis, 2005, 'Jane Calvin Sentences' Introduction by Terry Suhre, Director, and Essay "Jane Calvin's Phantasmagoric Spaces" by Dr. Mark White. This is a Set-Up: fab photo/fictions This exhibition looked at photographers who utilize fabricated imagery and constructed subjects to create their work. These deliberate fictions, and their position in the realms of photography and art, were explored through the work of several highly acclaimed artists: Jane Calvin, James Casebere, Gregory Crewdson, Barbara Kasten, Abelardo Morell, Patrick Nagatani...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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C Print

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'The Fire of my Soul'
Located in Surfside, FL
On heavy Arches deckle edged paper. This combines text or poetry in calligraphy on the side. Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s. Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist nude and animal drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States. His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home. Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif. San Diego Academy of Fine Arts Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA) University of San Diego San Diego Museum of Art James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy Centre de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France Gordon Gilkey Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or. Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Marie Curie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Marie Curie Series: Medicine and Science Date: 1970 Medium: drypoint Framed Dimensions: 20.25" x 17.5" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: /125 Li...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving, Drypoint

Iseult of the White Hands
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Iseult of the White Hands (duplicate) Series: Tristan et Iseult Date: 1970 Medium: drypoint printed in color Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 20" Signat...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving, Drypoint

French Surrealist Trompe L'oeil Apples OIl Painting
By Lucien Mathelin
Located in Surfside, FL
size uncludes frame. Lucien Mathelin, born in 1905 in Binche, A province of Hainaut, in Wallonia, Belgium, and died in 1981 in Paris. French painter. His work was influenced by surrealism andtinged with irony. Lucien Mathelin was born in a family of artists and has benefited from artistic training since childhood. He made his first oil on canvas at the age of 15 in 1920. In 1924, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne which he became a member. He did not study plastic arts, but traveled to Morocco (1925-1926) and Greece (1933-1934), where he enriched his palette. In 1937, Mathelin worked for a while for Raoul Dufy to realize the gigantic painting...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Ballet" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ballet" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available siz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

Sparire I Enzo Cucchi large scale abstract dream scape etching with screeprint
Located in New York, NY
Sparire means "to disappear" in Italian. This large-scale, dreamlike print spans almost ten feet. Enzo Cucchi Sparire 1, 1988 Color etching, aquatint and silkscreen 30 1/2 × 118 in ...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Screen, Etching, Aquatint

"Ballet" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ballet" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available siz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph print realized by Joan Mirò in 1963. Published on Derriere Le Miroir, Céramiques Monumentales de Miró et Artigas. Printed by Ateliers de Maeght,...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Candy Prism - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Candy Prism introduces a mesmerizing symphony of form and color, where a rainbow candy gum structure transcends the ordinary. This artwork beckons with elegance, revealing layers of ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital

Antique American Surreal Landscape Dog & Horse Animal Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist surreal landscape dog and horse portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1976. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19"L x...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Girl in Green
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork beautifully portrays the poignant story of a young girl who bravely faces the absence of her father at home, as he fulfills his honorable duty as a soldier. It delves into the complex emotions she experiences, capturing the resilience she must summon to navigate the challenges of growing up without his presence. Through this touching depiction, the artist sheds light on the sacrifices made by military families and the profound impact it has on the lives of children. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Daniel Oguche...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Be Brave
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Amorous Embodiment - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Amorous Embodiment redefines elegance through a captivating portrayal where romantic architecture and the human silhouette unite in a dance of visual poetry. The gentle caress of del...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital

Couture Castle - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Couture Castle stands as an innovative masterpiece, harmonizing architectural magnificence with the whimsy of anime fashion. This artwork fuses the essence of an iconic character's d...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital

Azure Observer - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Excellent quality printed piece, the material is laminated photographic paper with a black frame Hand signed and numbered. Limited edition of 100. "Azure Observer" presents a capt...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital

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