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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
Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue

By Isabel Rock

Located in Norfolk, GB

Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte
"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte

By René Magritte

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" is a color lithograph after original 1962 painting by Rene Magritte. Two blue curtains are parted on either side. Two curtain shaped mirrors show a sky and clouds. A ball sits right to the left of the mirrors. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.75 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Conspirators you saying it's me?
Conspirators you saying it's me?

Conspirators you saying it's me?

Located in Zofingen, AG

Ta's collection of conspirators is full of mischief and secrecy. Each character is always up to something naughty or scheming a dodgy deal, "I want a desperado feel to it, moody as i...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled - Lithograph by J. Hérold - 1974

Untitled - Lithograph by J. Hérold - 1974

By Jacques Herold 1

Located in Roma, IT

Colored lithograph realized by Jacques Hérold in 1974. Not signed, as issued. Printed by Mourlot , France. Excellent condition.  This lithograph was realized  by the artist in 19...

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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Cheshire cat"
"Cheshire cat"

"Cheshire cat"

By Kyrylo Bondarenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This painting is about the fairy tale Alice in Wonderland and her friend, the Cheshire Cat. In this work, I have captured a dance of colors and emotions on canvas. Through oil ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Bloody Ford, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1975, Signed

The Bloody Ford, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1975, Signed

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Bloody Ford Drypoint etching from 1975. The edition of 89/249. Dimensions of sheet: 18.9 x 13.8 in (48 x 35 cm) Dimensions in frame: 24.4 x 20.5 in (62 x 52 cm) Hand signed. Publisher: Oeuvres Graphiques Contemporaines/Pamela Verlag, Paris. Printer: Atelier Viglino/ Atelier Taille Douce, Paris. Reference: Field 75-9 J; Michler/Löpsinger 787 The work is in Excellent condition. -- The Bloody Ford evokes a perilous crossing, a familiar episode in Arthurian romance in which the landscape becomes a setting for danger, choice, and heroic testing. Dalí’s drypoint...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Woman in the Chair, Surrealist Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, 1980s
Woman in the Chair, Surrealist Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, 1980s

Woman in the Chair, Surrealist Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, 1980s

By Elisabeth Sabala

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Woman in the chair, heavy oil impasto on canvas framed. Elisabeth Sabala Abelló (Barcelona, 1956). She studied industrial design at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona ​​and has a degree in Fine Arts, a specialty in painting, from the Central University of the same city. Sabala is a convinced figurative who has given all the prominence of her work to the representation of the human being in its most trivial aspects. At a time when the artistic landscape extols abstract and conceptual art focused on the great universal themes, Sabala continues to focus on the small defects that bring us closer to the collective and the human. The artistic progression of Sabala takes place, at first, from a bleak period to another vitalist and, later, from the representation of isolated characters (In the super, Reading the stories of the paintings) to the recreation of great concentrations of its peculiar individuals characterized in an endless number of situations (The Great Dance, The Girls of the Choir). Sabala's work is vital and touching, as well as scathing and satirical: it confronts its characters in the most varied situations, capturing, at the same time, the viewer's attention with an unusual juxtaposition of colors that do not seek chromatic harmony, but expression and movement through matter. In 1980 he won the first prize of a painting of the City of Castelldefels, and the following year he debuted individually in the Caixa Catalunya room, in Barcelona. In 1984, she was selected for the XXIII Joan Miró Drawing Prize, taking part in a traveling exhibition in Japan. Sabala won the first prize in the International Painting Competition of Pollença (Mallorca) in 1985, and the following year she took part in a collective held at the Martano gallery in Turin. That same year of 1986 she obtained the Scholarship of Plastic Arts of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He continues to hold personal shows in Barcelona, ​​Mallorca, Madrid, and Italy, and in 1989 he debuted in New York with an individual exhibition held at the Scott Alan Gallery. Since then she will reiterate his presence both in that city and in Paris, Berlin, Monaco, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Hong Kong, etc. His works have been present at Interactive, ARCO, Art Forum, Art Jonction and New Art, as well as in various Spanish museums. • Studies: Fine Arts, University of Barcelona • Industrial Design, School of Arts and Crafts, Barcelona Main exhibitions Spain: • Barcelona: ◦ Arcs & Cracks, 1990, 1992, Anna Benach 1993, Helena Ramos 1993 ◦ Maria Jose Castellvi 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 “a wedding is a wedding” + Performance “Ella” ◦ 2004, 2006 “Fashion satisfaction” + Performance ◦ 2008 “Women's weapons” • Girona: ◦ Helena Ramos 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 ◦ Cyprus Art...

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1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

(after) Marino Marini - "Composition" pochoir

(after) Marino Marini - "Composition" pochoir

By Marino Marini

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 3 1/2 inches (130 x 90 mm)...

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1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Armando Villagran Original Painting
Armando Villagran Original Painting

Armando Villagran Original Painting

By Armando Villagran

Located in San Francisco, CA

Armando Villagran (Mexican, 1945-1995) Untitled (Figure with Animal), 1991 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right Canvas: 55"h x 43.5"w, overall (with frame): 56"h x 44"w Born ...

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1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

The philosopher's study.

The philosopher's study.

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Full head"
"Full head"

"Full head"

By Natalia Kolpakova 1

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"Full head: As in the bosom o’ the stream"" is a monumental silk scarf artwork (135x135cm) exploring the intersection of poetic nostalgia and modern myth. This immersive piece draws ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Silk

Hecatombe de Toros
Hecatombe de Toros

Hecatombe de Toros

By Roberto Matta

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

FlorDali/Les Fruits Grapefruit
FlorDali/Les Fruits Grapefruit

FlorDali/Les Fruits Grapefruit

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Grapefruit MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 187/200 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 2...

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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Surrealist Horse and Rider - Handsigned lithograph
Surrealist Horse and Rider - Handsigned lithograph

Surrealist Horse and Rider - Handsigned lithograph

By Frédéric Bouché

Located in Paris, IDF

Frederic BOUCHE Surrealist Horse and Rider Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 125 copies On Japan paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20 in) Excellent condition

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Before breakfast.

Before breakfast.

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Salvador Dali"
"Salvador Dali"

"Salvador Dali"

By Kyrylo Bondarenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

I saw this landscape in a deserted place in winter. It was snowing and there was a strong wind. The wind stopped blowing and I saw this surrealism. The picture is framed in a wooden ...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Salvador Dali "Liquid and Gaseous Television"
Salvador Dali "Liquid and Gaseous Television"

Salvador Dali "Liquid and Gaseous Television"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Liquid and Gaseous Television Series: Imaginations and Objects of the Future Date: 1975 Medium: Lithograph with original drypoint with collage Unfr...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Lithograph

Night Room
Night Room

Night Room

By Fanny Brennan

Located in Greenwich, CT

Night Room is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 2.25 x 3.25 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray fram...

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20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Grenades, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson 1951
Grenades, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson 1951

Grenades, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson 1951

By André Masson

Located in Long Island City, NY

Andre Masson, French (1896–1987) Date: 1951 Lithograph and Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil Edition, 9/30 Image Size: 11.75 x 14.75 inches Size: 15 x 19.75 in. (38.1 x 50.1...

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1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Figures in the Mist
Figures in the Mist

Figures in the Mist

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract figurative work by Bruce Killiam (American, 20th Century). Figures are emerging from the mist, creating an ethereal, moody composition made up of subtle tones of tan, grey, ...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "lost + found" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece features an arachnid-like...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Matija Bobicic Title: Untitled Size: 23 x 29 Inches (Framed: 24.5 x 30.5 inches) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edition: Original Year: 2018 Not...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Phantom
Phantom

Roman SustovPhantom, 2012

$180Sale Price|20% Off

Phantom

By Roman Sustov

Located in Palm Springs, CA

An ex libris print featuring the fantasy figures and musicians in surreal M.C. Escher style building. Roman Sustov's prints often provide a fantastic blend of classic technique combined with images from the vast worlds of surrealism, eroticism, fantasy and fairy tales. Signed in pencil artists proof from the edition of 100. Roman Sustov was born in 1977 in Minsk, Belarus. In 1995 he graduated from Minsk Art College and six years later he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (Department of Graphic). Through this long training he has become a master in etching, lithography and linocut prints. His works can be found in collections in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Russia and Belarus, and in the Contemporary Fine Art Museum (Minsk, Belarus). Roman notes...

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Early 2000s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964
Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964

Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Seduxisti Me, Domine 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. S...

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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Planting, Original Painting
Planting, Original Painting

Planting, Original Painting

By Michael Wedge

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Michael Wedge shows two figures installing parking meters in a mysterious landscape. A symbol of city streets stands out in the middle of a verdant fie...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963
Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963

Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Arrival in the Empyrean -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 30 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante A...

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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Heavenly garden at night - Acrylic painting Pop art Vibrant colors Polish artist
Heavenly garden at night - Acrylic painting Pop art Vibrant colors Polish artist

Heavenly garden at night - Acrylic painting Pop art Vibrant colors Polish artist

By Marta Rynkiewicz

Located in Warsaw, PL

ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Croco Friends"
"Croco Friends"

"Croco Friends"

By Natalia Kolpakova 1

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The artwork is print on silk and it is limited edition. "In our family of crocodiles, everything from scandals to idylls. Croco Friends tells the whimsical yet thought-provoking st...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Silk

Owl (Rose Ground)
Owl (Rose Ground)

Owl (Rose Ground)

By Graham Sutherland

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Owl (Rose Ground)" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Gr...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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