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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
Language of the Birds - Woodcut  - 1963
Language of the Birds - Woodcut  - 1963

Language of the Birds - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Language of the Birds - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as ...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Capitulo XXI, Surrealist Lithograph by Rufino Tamayo
Capitulo XXI, Surrealist Lithograph by Rufino Tamayo

Capitulo XXI, Surrealist Lithograph by Rufino Tamayo

By Rufino Tamayo

Located in Long Island City, NY

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Capitulo XXI, Portfolio: Apocalypse de Saint Jean, Year: 1959, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, Edition: 93/255, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25....

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Incident II (horse leg hoof equestrian man surrealistic animal tennis brown art)
Incident II (horse leg hoof equestrian man surrealistic animal tennis brown art)

Incident II (horse leg hoof equestrian man surrealistic animal tennis brown art)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

A surreal vertical oil painting titled Incident by Rudolf Kosow depicts an immense, detailed black horse's hoof dominating the majority of the composition, set against a muted, textured background. At the bottom right, a small man...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Men Philosophizing
Men Philosophizing

Men Philosophizing

By Ivan Duran Garlick

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Men Philosophizing 1998 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 Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Keeping Records, Oil Painting
Keeping Records, Oil Painting

Keeping Records, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A girl stands on a grassy mountain slope, sketching a skull in black and white on her easel. In front of her, a large elephant passes by, while snow-covered pea...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Fleur en Lys - Etching - 1960s
Fleur en Lys - Etching - 1960s

Fleur en Lys - Etching - 1960s

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized in 1968/69. Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris. Edition of 49/150, hand colored. Hand signed an...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Pablo Picasso, L'Abreuvoir from La Suite Saltimbanques
Pablo Picasso, L'Abreuvoir from La Suite Saltimbanques

Pablo Picasso, L'Abreuvoir from La Suite Saltimbanques

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an original drypoint created by Pablo Picasso in 1905 and printed by Ambroise Vollard after steel-facing in 1913. It is from a series entitled La Suite des Saltimbanque...

Category

1910s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst

By Max Ernst

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cowboy Shooters
Cowboy Shooters

Cowboy Shooters

By Marcel Dzama

Located in Toronto, Ontario

With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, as comical as it is otherworldly, Marcel Dzama is one of Canada's most internationally successful artists. Dzama's works ar...

Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media

After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play
After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play

After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play

By (after) Joan Miró

Located in San Francisco, CA

There’s been a lot of gray and stainless steel in decorating in recent years. For someone tentatively thinking of introducing some fresh excitement into their minimalist maison, cons...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

l' Hirondelle
l' Hirondelle

l' Hirondelle

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: L'Hirondelle Year: 1973 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered XLVI/CCL in pencil Paper: Arches watermarked Image size: 18.5 x 25 inches paper size: 19 x 25.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher: Martin Lawrence and Jacques Carpentier...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Magritte 'La Page Blanche' 1998- Surrealist, Vintage
Magritte 'La Page Blanche' 1998- Surrealist, Vintage

Magritte 'La Page Blanche' 1998- Surrealist, Vintage

By René Magritte

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This reproduction of the Magritte painting is the only authorized and approved copy in its current format. It has been sanctioned by the appropriate authorities managing Magritte’s e...

Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Offset

The Ballerina And The Angel - Original Surrealist On Board
The Ballerina And The Angel - Original Surrealist On Board

The Ballerina And The Angel - Original Surrealist On Board

By Russell Tripp

Located in Soquel, CA

The Ballerina And The Angel - Original Surrealist On Board Dramatic and dynamic fantasy scene by Russell R. Tripp (American, 1942-2025). This piece depicts a ballerina sitting in the bottom left corner against stone pillars, wearing a deep red leotard, white leggings and pink ballerina shoes...

Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef
Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef

Located in Surfside, FL

Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract lithograph print in colorful abstract shapes and shades Hand signed and dated 1971. sheet measures 9.25 X 9.25 inches The envelope and the Peter Buch poster is just for provenance and is not included in this sale. Myriam Bat-Yosef, whose real name is Marion Hellerman, born on January 31, 1931 in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family from Lithuania, she is an Israeli-Icelandic artist who paints on papers, paintings, fabrics, objects and human beings for performances. Myriam Bat-Yosef currently lives and works in Paris. In 1933, her family fleeing the Nazi Holocaust, Miriam Bat-Yosef emigrates to Palestine and settles in Jaffa. In 1936, she suffers a family tragedy, her father, militant Zionist, is called to fight, still recovering from an operation of appendicitis. The incision will become infected, antibiotics did not exist yet, and her father will die in the hospital after 9 months of suffering. Myriam and her mother leave Palestine to live in Paris for three years. French is Myriam's first school language. In 1939, still fleeing Nazism, she returned to Palestine, leaving France by the last boat from Marseille. She moved to Tel Aviv with her mother, aunt and maternal grandmother. In 1940, she began attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv and took her name as an artist, Bat-Yosef, which means Joseph's daughter in Hebrew, as a tribute to her father. In 1946, Myriam graduated as a kindergarten teacher but wanted to be an artist. Her mother enrolled her in an evening school to prepare a diploma of art teacher. At 19, she performs two years of military service in Israel. In 1952, with a pension of $50 a month that her mother allocated, she went to study at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. To survive, she has several activities while studying. In 1955, she had her first solo exhibition, at the Israeli Club on Wagram Avenue in Paris. Many artists, such as Yaacov Agam, Yehuda Neiman Avigdor Arikha, Raffi Kaiser, Dani Karavan and sculptors Achiam and Shlomo Selinger attended the opening . In 1956, she enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Florence. This is where she meets the painter Errô. They share an icy studio in winter. Myriam moves to Milan with friends. She organizes a joint exhibition with Erro, one room each, at the Montenapoleone gallery. Her works are admired by the sculptor Marino Marini and the painters Renato Birolli and Enrico Prampolini. Myriam and Erro exhibit in Rome, Milan, Florence and meet many personalities: Alain Jouffroy and his wife, the painter Manina, Roberto Matta and his wife Malitte, textile artist who was one of the founders of the Pompidou Center. Back in Paris, Myriam and Erro get married, which allows Myriam to avoid being called into the Israeli army during the Suez Canal War. In 1957, Myriam and her husband went to Iceland. Myriam works in a chocolate factory. Having enough money, she starts producing art again. She exhibited in Reykjavik's first art gallery. She meets the artist Sigridur Bjornsdottir, married to the Swiss painter Dieter Roth . In 1958, Myriam and her husband leave for Israel. They exhibit in Germany, then in Israel. Back in Paris, the couple became friends with artists of the surrealist movement, such as Victor Brauner, Hans Bellmer, the sculptor Philippe Hiquily, Liliane Lijn, future wife of Takis and photographer Nathalie Waag. Erro and Myriam have a daughter on March 15, 1960, named Tura, after the painter Cosmè Tura, but also close to the Icelandic Thora or the Hebrew Torah. Bat-Yosef’s complex trajectory throughout the 20th century is linked as much to the transnational history of what was for a time called the School of Paris as it is to a certain legacy of Surrealism. Her work features the same idea of resolving antinomies that also defined the spirit of surrealism, and is enhanced with her readings of the Kabbalah and her spiritual grounding in Taoism. However, while there are reasons for her approach to be associated with the process of the ready-made, it is important to consider the immediate intrication of these works with her practice of performance, during which the body itself is also painted – a feminist response to Yves Klein’s Anthropometries (1960) and an echo of the happenings which Jean-Jacques Lebel organised at the time in Paris. In 1963, Erró told Myriam that if she wants to be a painter, she can not be his wife. Myriam chose to be a painter and the couple divorced in 1964. Since that time, Myriam Bat-Yosef has exhibited in many countries: Europe, United States, Japan, etc. Although long in the shadows, the work of Myriam Bat-Yosef has been greeted by many artists and personalities: Anaïs Nin, Nancy Huston, André Pieyre of Mandiargues, José Pierre, René de Solier , Jacques Lacarrière, Alain Bosquet, Pierre Restany, Sarane Alexandrian and Surrealist André Breton who, after a visit to her studio, confided to having been intrigued by its phantasmagorical dimension. She was included in the book Pop Art and Beyond: Gender, Race, and Class in the Global Sixties by Mona Hadler and Kalliopi Minioudaki. Extract "World Citizen, Artist of the Pop Era Sarah Wilson; Why do we know so little of Myriam Bat-Yosef, the most important female Israeli artist of the Pop era? Issues of identity and sexuality feature constantly in her work. She exhibited internationally from Reykjavik to Tokyo; she had two shows at Arturo Schwarz’s famous Dada/surrealist gallery in Milan; she participated in feminist art events in Los Angeles. Above all, in 1971, she conceived Total Art, a Pop Gesamtkunstwerk inside and outside the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Painter, performer, and installation artist, she was also a lover, wife, and mother. Of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, she was close to the family of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. An émigré in Paris she would repudiate a national passport, participating in Garry Davis’s short-lived “World Citizens” movement. She continues the lineage of women surrealist artists: Valentine Hugo, Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning, Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn, Jane Graverol...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Surreal Lithograph in Ink on Paper (#1/9)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Surreal Lithograph in Ink on Paper (#1/9)

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Surreal Lithograph in Ink on Paper (#1/9)

Located in Soquel, CA

Detailed and vivid close-up of an eye with a reflection by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). In the reflection of the eye, there is a person seated on the ground with a lar...

Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Kumo (The weaver spider)
Kumo (The weaver spider)

Kumo (The weaver spider)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Kumo (The weaver spider) Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 66 x 52 cm. Ha...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Le Singe et le Léopard, Salvador Dali
Le Singe et le Léopard, Salvador Dali

Le Singe et le Léopard, Salvador Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Le Singe et le Léopard Year: 1975 Medium: Engraving with pochoir on Arches paper Edition: E.A.; 682, plus proofs Size: 30 x 22.25 inches Cond...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Embassy, circulated...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Centaur - Woodcut - 1963
The Centaur - Woodcut - 1963

The Centaur - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

The Centaur - Hell, Plate-26 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Goo...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sea Horse Bunnies, Oil Painting
Sea Horse Bunnies, Oil Painting

Sea Horse Bunnies, Oil Painting

By Kat Silver

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by her relocation from the Midwest to Florida, artist Kit Silver paints a whimsical fusion of seahorses and bunnies. The warm hues and intricate deta...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Double Faces, Variant #1
Double Faces, Variant #1

Double Faces, Variant #1

By Michael Bowen

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Double Faces" c.1975 is an original color etching with aquatint on wove paper by American surrealist artist Michael Bowen, 1937-2009. It is hand signed with initials in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 21.75 x 17.5 inches, sheet size is 29.25 x 20.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the subject: Nowhere is the intertwining of metaphysical, biographic and social narratives more evident than in the Café Life series painted in the 1980’s. Though the “series” was done in the 80’s, the pieces really revive the spirit of the Beat café scene, which began in the mid-1950’s and which was so instrumental to the particular spiritual and social vibe of the counter culture. And his Café Life observations continue over his artist life with scenes, such as the ones here, from Los Angles, Bolinas, Mexico and Italy. About the artist: Michael Bowen (December 8, 1937 – March 7, 2009) was an American fine artist known as one of the co-founders of the late 20th and 21st century Visionary art movements. His works include paintings on canvas and paper, 92 intaglio etchings based on Jungian psychology, assemblage, bronze sculpture, collage, and handmade art books. An icon of the American Beat Generation and the 1960s counterculture, Bowen is also known for his role in inspiring and organizing the first Human Be-In in San Francisco. Chronicled in books and periodicals reflecting on the turbulent 1960s, Bowen's historical impact on both the literary and visual art worlds is well documented. He remains influential among avant-garde art circles around the world. He started his art career at age 17, when he joined the American installation artist Ed Kienholz in his Los Angeles studio. There he met and joined with other influential Beat Generation artists including Wallace Berman, John Altoon, and Dennis Hopper. Bowen participated in the construction of the Ferus Gallery and Now Gallery created by Ed Kienholz and curated by Walter Hopps. Bowen attended the Chouinard Art Institute for several years during his formative artistic experiences in Los Angeles. In the late 50s and early 60s, Bowen continued his spiritual training and research. He investigated and practiced a variety of occult topics, Eastern philosophies, and mysticism, and his artwork reflected these themes. Bowen is often referred to as a mystic artist. As a lifelong student of the Bhagavad-Gita, Bowen's entire career has emulated the spiritual warrior archetype of Arjuna, fighting for the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. Michael Bowen moved to San Francisco in the late 1950s, and along with fellow artist comrades Arthur Monroe...

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Joan Miro, Tribute to Aime Maeght, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982
Joan Miro, Tribute to Aime Maeght, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982

Joan Miro, Tribute to Aime Maeght, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Hommage a Aime Maeght (Tribute to Aime Maeght), originates from the historic 1982 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 250, Hommag...

Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Feline Natura" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Surreal Still Life
"Feline Natura" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Surreal Still Life

"Feline Natura" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Surreal Still Life

Located in Denver, CO

Sybiline's (CAN based) "Feline Natura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a purple iris with a feline face and whiskers. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian ar...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef
Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Colorful Lithograph Print Myriam Bat Yosef

Located in Surfside, FL

Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract lithograph print in colorful abstract shapes and shades Hand signed and dated 1971. sheet measures 9.25 X 9.25 inches The envelope and the Peter Buch poster is just for provenance and is not included in this sale. Myriam Bat-Yosef, whose real name is Marion Hellerman, born on January 31, 1931 in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family from Lithuania, she is an Israeli-Icelandic artist who paints on papers, paintings, fabrics, objects and human beings for performances. Myriam Bat-Yosef currently lives and works in Paris. In 1933, her family fleeing the Nazi Holocaust, Miriam Bat-Yosef emigrates to Palestine and settles in Jaffa. In 1936, she suffers a family tragedy, her father, militant Zionist, is called to fight, still recovering from an operation of appendicitis. The incision will become infected, antibiotics did not exist yet, and her father will die in the hospital after 9 months of suffering. Myriam and her mother leave Palestine to live in Paris for three years. French is Myriam's first school language. In 1939, still fleeing Nazism, she returned to Palestine, leaving France by the last boat from Marseille. She moved to Tel Aviv with her mother, aunt and maternal grandmother. In 1940, she began attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv and took her name as an artist, Bat-Yosef, which means Joseph's daughter in Hebrew, as a tribute to her father. In 1946, Myriam graduated as a kindergarten teacher but wanted to be an artist. Her mother enrolled her in an evening school to prepare a diploma of art teacher. At 19, she performs two years of military service in Israel. In 1952, with a pension of $50 a month that her mother allocated, she went to study at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. To survive, she has several activities while studying. In 1955, she had her first solo exhibition, at the Israeli Club on Wagram Avenue in Paris. Many artists, such as Yaacov Agam, Yehuda Neiman Avigdor Arikha, Raffi Kaiser, Dani Karavan and sculptors Achiam and Shlomo Selinger attended the opening . In 1956, she enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Florence. This is where she meets the painter Errô. They share an icy studio in winter. Myriam moves to Milan with friends. She organizes a joint exhibition with Erro, one room each, at the Montenapoleone gallery. Her works are admired by the sculptor Marino Marini and the painters Renato Birolli and Enrico Prampolini. Myriam and Erro exhibit in Rome, Milan, Florence and meet many personalities: Alain Jouffroy and his wife, the painter Manina, Roberto Matta and his wife Malitte, textile artist who was one of the founders of the Pompidou Center. Back in Paris, Myriam and Erro get married, which allows Myriam to avoid being called into the Israeli army during the Suez Canal War. In 1957, Myriam and her husband went to Iceland. Myriam works in a chocolate factory. Having enough money, she starts producing art again. She exhibited in Reykjavik's first art gallery. She meets the artist Sigridur Bjornsdottir, married to the Swiss painter Dieter Roth . In 1958, Myriam and her husband leave for Israel. They exhibit in Germany, then in Israel. Back in Paris, the couple became friends with artists of the surrealist movement, such as Victor Brauner, Hans Bellmer, the sculptor Philippe Hiquily, Liliane Lijn, future wife of Takis and photographer Nathalie Waag. Erro and Myriam have a daughter on March 15, 1960, named Tura, after the painter Cosmè Tura, but also close to the Icelandic Thora or the Hebrew Torah. Bat-Yosef’s complex trajectory throughout the 20th century is linked as much to the transnational history of what was for a time called the School of Paris as it is to a certain legacy of Surrealism. Her work features the same idea of resolving antinomies that also defined the spirit of surrealism, and is enhanced with her readings of the Kabbalah and her spiritual grounding in Taoism. However, while there are reasons for her approach to be associated with the process of the ready-made, it is important to consider the immediate intrication of these works with her practice of performance, during which the body itself is also painted – a feminist response to Yves Klein’s Anthropometries (1960) and an echo of the happenings which Jean-Jacques Lebel organised at the time in Paris. In 1963, Erró told Myriam that if she wants to be a painter, she can not be his wife. Myriam chose to be a painter and the couple divorced in 1964. Since that time, Myriam Bat-Yosef has exhibited in many countries: Europe, United States, Japan, etc. Although long in the shadows, the work of Myriam Bat-Yosef has been greeted by many artists and personalities: Anaïs Nin, Nancy Huston, André Pieyre of Mandiargues, José Pierre, René de Solier , Jacques Lacarrière, Alain Bosquet, Pierre Restany, Sarane Alexandrian and Surrealist André Breton who, after a visit to her studio, confided to having been intrigued by its phantasmagorical dimension. She was included in the book Pop Art and Beyond: Gender, Race, and Class in the Global Sixties by Mona Hadler and Kalliopi Minioudaki. Extract "World Citizen, Artist of the Pop Era Sarah Wilson; Why do we know so little of Myriam Bat-Yosef, the most important female Israeli artist of the Pop era? Issues of identity and sexuality feature constantly in her work. She exhibited internationally from Reykjavik to Tokyo; she had two shows at Arturo Schwarz’s famous Dada/surrealist gallery in Milan; she participated in feminist art events in Los Angeles. Above all, in 1971, she conceived Total Art, a Pop Gesamtkunstwerk inside and outside the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Painter, performer, and installation artist, she was also a lover, wife, and mother. Of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, she was close to the family of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. An émigré in Paris she would repudiate a national passport, participating in Garry Davis’s short-lived “World Citizens” movement. She continues the lineage of women surrealist artists: Valentine Hugo, Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning, Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn, Jane Graverol...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Male Figurative Scene
Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Male Figurative Scene

Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Male Figurative Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figurative Abstract French School small frame oil painting on board painting: 20.5 x 21 inches overall size: 21x 21 inches condition: overall very good and pleasing provenance: from ...

Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Mirage (ex Reader's Digest Art Collection) Op Art Surreal renowned female artist
Mirage (ex Reader's Digest Art Collection) Op Art Surreal renowned female artist

Mirage (ex Reader's Digest Art Collection) Op Art Surreal renowned female artist

Located in New York, NY

Edna Andrade Mirage (de-accessioned from the Reader's Digest Art Collection), 1988 Original Collage painting on board Signed, titled & dated on the front; the back bears labels from Marian Locks Gallery & Readers Digest Association with inventory (RDA) number Original frame included with collection and gallery labels verso This is a unique work Exquisite 1980s collage on board painting (framed) titled "Mirage" by renowned female Op artist Edna Andrade...

Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

One eyed man - Collage, Synthetic Fur, Black
One eyed man - Collage, Synthetic Fur, Black

One eyed man - Collage, Synthetic Fur, Black

By Raluca Arnăutu

Located in Baden-Baden, DE

One eyed man, 2014 Textile collage on paper 6 4/5 × 4 7/10 in 17.2 × 12 cm Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where animals from different worlds are mixed, resized, reconst...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Textile, Paper

Cityscape
Cityscape

Cityscape

By Anatole Krasnyansky

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Cityscape" c.1990 is an original color serigraph by Ukrainian/American artist Anatole Krasnyansky. It is hand signed and numbered 24/350 in black ink by the artist. The artwork size is 9.35 x 11.15 inches, framed size is 19.75 x 21.75 inches. Custom framed in a gold and silver frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Anatole Krasnyansky (born in 1930; Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-American artist who has gained prominence by pioneering a new watercolor technique. Krasnyansky added paper texture as a component of his watercolors. With this new process, Krasnyansky added texture and depth to the watercolor medium and expanded its expressive possibilities to a level usually associated with oil painting. Biography He was born in Kiev, growing up and living during the times when Ukraine was a part of the U.S.S.R. Krasnyansky received master's degrees in fine art and architecture. He found that the freedom of expression that he needed in his artwork could not be found within the strictures of the Soviet Union and moved to the United States in 1975. In the U.S., Krasnyansky found valuable use for his knowledge of architecture, design and his imagination. and found success in multiple artistic pursuits. Almost surreal, Krasnyansky’s figures are recognizable form while incorporating elements of his Eastern heritage, the cubist ideas of Picasso and Braque, and as well as American culture. Accomplishments Krasnyansky began working as a scenic artist for ABC and CBS, including the production of two Academy Awards shows. He became a set designer for Universal Studios (credits including The Blues Brothers and Battlestar Galactica...

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Screen

Silu Niu Animal Original Acrylic On Canvas "Waitting - Blue"
Silu Niu Animal Original Acrylic On Canvas "Waitting - Blue"

Silu Niu Animal Original Acrylic On Canvas "Waitting - Blue"

Located in New York, NY

Title: Waitting - Blue Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pai...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Les Fesses piquantes
Les Fesses piquantes

Les Fesses piquantes

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Fesses piquantes Etching from 1969. 66/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Refer...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Salvador Dali "Bust"
Salvador Dali "Bust"

Salvador Dali "Bust"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Bust Series: Faust Date: 1969 Medium: drypoint Framed Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.5" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: 49/145 Literature: Albert Fie...

Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)

Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)

By Leonor Fini

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper) Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. Leonor Fini was actually the life of the party during the Surrealist movement like Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Jacqueline Lamba and Claude Lalanne. Many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th centuryThis rare lithograph was made after the painting untitled Rogomelec, which was sold by Christie's on october 9th 2024 at GBP 907,200. Created in 1978, Rogomelec is an arresting example of Leonor Fini’s fantastical visions. Within a barren land stands a king dressed in an elaborate coat of peacock feathers. Light glints off his dazzling crown. He is magisterial, imperious, royalty incarnated. The painting shares its title with that of Fini’s third novella, first published in 1979; Rogomelec means ‘he who stones the king’. Written in the first person, the story tells of a traveller in a faraway land, home to a decaying monastery-turned-sanatorium, where monks proffer hallucinatory herbal cures, and culminates in an unsettling discovery during a ritual celebration of the king, the subject of the present work. Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Trieste as a young child. There, she developed an early interest in Renaissance and Mannerist art – the latter’s influence is evident in the elongated figure of Rogomelec – as well as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the German and French Romantics, artists she discovered while riffling through her uncle’s extensive library. Largely self-taught, she moved to Paris in 1931 where she befriended René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Victor Brauner. Through them, Fini grew close with the Surrealists and participated in their exhibitions, including Peggy Guggenheim’s landmark show 31 Women at her eponymous gallery on West 57 Street in New York. Like her contemporaries, Fini’s paintings too seem wrenched from a dream and across her works she sought to reconcile the world that she experienced with that of her subconscious mind. In Rogomelec, the king’s clothing is meticulous, and the drama of the ensemble was likely influenced by Fini’s work outside the studio. She created sets and costumes for the ballet, stage, and film; collaborated on performances for the Paris Opéra and La Scala in Milan; and conceived of the bottle and packaging for Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper

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