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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Style: Surrealist
Color: Gray
Egypt : Maternity - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Egypt : Maternity, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : Fr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Music is Eternal" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Music is Eternal" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Surrealist Mecanism (Cycle) - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Surrealist Mecanism (Cycle), 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORM...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Javelin Man - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Javelin Man, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From por...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Good Harvest - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Good Harvest, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From po...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Listen to the Celestial Trumpets - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Listen to the Celestial Trumpets, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
I...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Hanged Man (Upside Down) - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
The Hanged Man (Upside Down), 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFOR...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mystic Acrobat - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Mystic Acrobat, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mystic Maternity : Child with an Apple - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Mystic Maternity : Child with an Apple, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inch...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Literature : the Reader - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Literature : the Reader, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATIO...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hunter with an Axe - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Hunter with an Axe, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : F...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Menorah : Light of Hope - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Menorah : Light of Hope, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATIO...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Woman and Lion - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Woman and Lion, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Light of Wisdom - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
The Light of Wisdom, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Scapegoat - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
The Scapegoat, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From p...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Peace, Harmony and Concord - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Mystic Acrobat, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blessing and Protection - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Blessing and Protection, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATIO...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"One heart" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"One heart" 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Lobster Quadrille
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Lobster Quadrille
Series: Alice in Wonderland
Date: 1969
Medium: Photogravure printed in color
Unframed Dimensions: 15.25" x 10"
Framed Dimens...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Hell Canto 13
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Hell Canto 13
Series: Divine Comedy
Date: 1960-1964
Medium: Engraving on BFK Rives paper
Unframed Dimensions: 12.5" x 10"
Framed Dimensions: 18.2...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
hippo in half, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work is called "hippo in half". The picture is surrealistic and saturated both in color and in fantasy loads. The inner world of the hippopotamus is not depicted realistically, b...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
untitled, original
By Paul Colin
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is a limited edition, pencil signed by the artist on the print and in the plate. It is part of my private collection of artists from the School of Paris era. It is in very...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving, Lithograph
Untitled (Lucifer and His Chariot)
Located in Lawrence, NY
Mixed Media on Paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the arti...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
UNDER the SEA 2 by Paula Craioveanu NewMedia print/canvas large 27.5x39in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Under the Sea 2 by Paula Craioveanu, New Media composition printed on canvas
Size is 27.5 x39in / 70x100cm
part of my "NeoMythology" series.
Shipped rolled in a tube.
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
German Surrealist Colorful Oil Painting Space Moon 1960 Mid Century Red Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare surrealist painting depicting a scene which appears to reference outer-space.
Great composition, color and texture.
Signed Krause but...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Above the City
Located in Naples, FL
Characterized by his deeply honest means of expression and fascination with Orientalism, Surrealism, and social commentary, Moscow painter Stanislav Plutenko brings his vivid dreams ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
“Defiant” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition of 12 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Defiant” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition of 12 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
American Dreams - From "Playboy" series.
The no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Tandem : Cinetic Compositon with Birds - Handsigned Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Alain LE YAOUANC
Tandem : Cinetic Compositon with Birds
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
On Arches vellum, 56 x 76 cm (c. 22.4 x 30,4 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Soft furnishings
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Artwork ~ Oil on Board
Anna starts by sketching her figures. Based on everyday people, everyday life. Embossing her art boards with telephone directory before adding oils. ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Forager III (Ed. 1159/1443)
By James Jean
Located in Dallas, TX
The Forager convenes with the council of miniature sprites in a sylvan glen, the figures delicately illuminated with holographic foil and dimensional details. This elaborate print fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Screen
"Ladybugs" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ladybugs" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Availabl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
“Perro Herido (Wounded Dog)” from 90th Anniversary Suite Lithograph Ed. 22/110
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract surrealist lithograph of a dog wounded by an arrow. This work is from his 90th anniversary suite, the last prints Tamayo completed, before passing on. Signed and editioned a...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Flying Elements - Handsigned Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Alain LE YAOUANC
Flying Elements
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
On Arches vellum, 76 x 56 cm (c. 30.4 x 22,4 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
'Evening Encounter', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952).
Paper dimensions: 13.25 x 19.75 inches
A atmospheric, sugar-...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
Geometric Multicolor Surrealist Drawings on Tracing Paper, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These lovely original project drawings, hand-painted with colored pencils on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a study of kitchen accessories: a soup tureen and a vintage coffee bean...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
"Cammino Nell'Universo (Path in the Universe)" mixed media on canvas artwork
By Oriano Galloni
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Cammino Nell'Universo (Path in the Universe)" mixed media artwork by artist Oriano Galloni. A tiny sculpture in the upper left corner of the canvas is the first sculpture the artist...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Man in Yellow and Red - Surrealist Original Etching
Located in Paris, FR
Ossip ZADKINE
Man in Yellow and Red, 1965
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
INFORMATION :
Edited for the portfolio Les Pe...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - The Kidnapping - Original Etching on Silk
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Kidnapping - from "Les Amours de Cassandre"
Original Etching
From the suite on Silk made for editions 9 to 34
Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm
1968
References : Michler...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
'Surreal Boudoir', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952).
Paper dimensions: 17.25 x 12 inches
An atmospheric, sugar-lift aquatint showing a young woman seated at a claw foot table...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
Horses in a Mythological Landscape - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Giorgio de CHIRICO
Horses in a Mythological Landscape, c. 1955
Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On light vellum 48 x 38 cm (c. 19 x 15 in)
V...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Loner
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Chants de Maldoror - Rare Book Illustrated by René Magritte - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Les Chants de Maldoror is an original modern rare book written by Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, 1846 — Paris, 1870) and illustrated by René ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
Icarus (Eolus)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Icarus (Eolus)
Series: The Mythology
Date: 1963
Medium: drypoint
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 18"
Framed Dimensions: 41" x 33" x 2"
Signature: Pen...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Herzliya by the Sea
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Herzliya by the Sea, 1969-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 16.5 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
On the Beach
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, On the Beach, 1974-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 17 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Brutalism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Brutalism, 1968-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 19.25 in. (43 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Dragonfly
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Dragonfly, 1903-2022, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 15.2 x 24 in. (38.58 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Deconstruction Site
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Deconstruction Site, 1962-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 16 x 24 in. (40.64 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Excursion
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Excursion, 1968-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 17 in. (61 x 43 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Cutlery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Cutlery, 1972-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 19.5 x 24 in. (49.53 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks - Original Lithograph
Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957
PRINTER : Delorme.
SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali.
LIMITED : Total edition of 233
SIZE : 41 x 33 cm
...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Aerial Tramway
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Aerial Tramway, 1966-2023, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 17 x 24 in. (43 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Woman in Flight /// Contemporary Fantasy Female Figurative Pastel Painting Lady
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Frank Rakoncay (American, 1936-1998)
Title: "Woman in Flight"
*Signed by Rakoncay in pencil lower left. It is also signed again lower right
Circa: 1980
Medium: Original Oil P...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Graphite, Pencil, Pastel, Oil Pastel
Untitled (Gossip)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Gossip)
1976
Serigraph
Ed. Edition of 175
25.75 x 20.5 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Screen
Rosa et Morte Flariscens (Roses of Memory)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Rosa et Morte Flariscens (Roses of Memory)
Series: Florals - Surrealist Flowers
Date: 1972
Medium: Lithograph
Framed Dimensions: 37" x 29"
Signatu...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Enjoy Life #2
Located in Singapore, SG
Many people feel that life is heavy with all its problems and complexities. Whereas the beauty of life can be found in simple things such as the sight of small children playing in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Sisters With a Cat - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Three sisters with a cat
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Surrealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
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