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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
Four of Wands by Salvador Dalí
Four of Wands by Salvador Dalí

Four of Wands by Salvador Dalí

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New Orleans, LA

Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 Spanish Four of Wands Signed "Dalí" (lower center) Gouache on photographic background From Salvador Dalí's celebrated tarot series, Four of Wands represen...

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20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Gouache, Photographic Paper

Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964
Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964

Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Noli me Tangere 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. Signed...

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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Please, don't look, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Please, don't look, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Please, don't look, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Elena Done

Located in Yardley, PA

Please, don’t look. I’m not offering you this moment. I’m not hiding — I’m just not performing. ? I turn away, and in that gesture, I become mine again. Please, D...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

"Studio Gothic" (2025) Oil Painting on Panel
"Studio Gothic" (2025) Oil Painting on Panel

"Studio Gothic" (2025) Oil Painting on Panel

By Heather Neill

Located in Denver, CO

This incredible photorealist oil painting by renowned American painter Heather Neill is framed at 33 x 21 inches, and is ready to hang. Artist Autobiography: Born in Honolulu, Hawai...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Essence of Dali
The Essence of Dali

The Essence of Dali

By Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman

Located in Buffalo, NY

The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman hand signed and exhibited at the International Center for Photography. Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...

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1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Water Town, Oil Painting
Water Town, Oil Painting

Water Town, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting embraces modernist sensibilities with a surrealist touch, challenging conventional rules of depth and perspective. It distills the vibrant canal vi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

The wish.

The wish.

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

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...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...

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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)

Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

"Curious," by Rudolf Kosow, is an engaging portrayal of inquisitiveness and wonder, bridging the natural world and humanity. Dominating the scene is a giant bulldog, its face a tapestry of textures from the soft fur to the glistening nose, each detail crafted to convey a lifelike presence. Facing the monumental canine is a small-scale girl, her posture embodying the essence of childhood wonder as she stands before the immense animal. Her tilted head and attentive stance suggest a moment of mutual discovery and fascination. This poignant interaction is a snapshot of the innocent and pure connections that can occur across the divides of size and species. Kosow's "Curious" captures the beautiful moments of discovery that occur when the young and the gentle giants of the animal kingdom meet, encapsulating a shared curiosity that transcends words. The artwork serves as a reminder of the universal language of wonder that connects us all. keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Calligrammes, by Guillaume Apollinaire and Giorgio De Chirico
Calligrammes, by Guillaume Apollinaire and Giorgio De Chirico

Calligrammes, by Guillaume Apollinaire and Giorgio De Chirico

By Giorgio De Chirico

Located in Roma, IT

Format : 2 Volumes, In-4° Typology : Print Suite Edition of 100 copies, including 65 original lithographs by Giorgio De Chirico in the text. This copy is in two volumes, unlike the standard edition printed in a unique volume. This edition is part of the only 6 made on Japan Supernacré Paper...

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1930s Surrealist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper

Tradition, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Tradition, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein

Tradition, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Israel Rubinstein (1944 - ) Date: 1980 Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 350 Image Size: 38.5 x 25.5 inches Size: 47 x 38 in. (119.38 x 96.52 cm)"

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1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Screen

Joan Miró, Miró de Prop – 1985 Exhibition Poster, Color

Joan Miró, Miró de Prop – 1985 Exhibition Poster, Color

By Joan Miró

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Miró de Prop by Joan Miró, a 1985 color lithograph exhibition poster for the Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona. Measuring 70 x 50 cm, this surrealist artwork is an ext...

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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Space dollar"
"Space dollar"

"Space dollar"

By Kyrylo Bondarenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The picture was painted on money. This is a new world direction in art. In 40 countries of the world. My paintings are in the collections of world museums. This is a great investment...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Splashpad, Oil Painting
Splashpad, Oil Painting

Splashpad, Oil Painting

By Mary Pratt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Women and great white herons come together in a dreamlike composition. The expressive figures and surrounding birds create a sense of movement and freedom, whil...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Yves Tanguy

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project "Surréalisme en 1947". Issued ...

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1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Surrealist Mixed Media Insect Painting with Floral Textile and Pink Wooden Panel
Surrealist Mixed Media Insect Painting with Floral Textile and Pink Wooden Panel

Surrealist Mixed Media Insect Painting with Floral Textile and Pink Wooden Panel

By María Magán Lampón

Located in FISTERRA, ES

This surrealist mixed media wall piece features a hyperrealistic oil painting of a caterpillar's body, paired with floral textile and a soft pink wooden panel in a bold and unexpecte...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Textile, Wood

The next big adventure.

The next big adventure.

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

Qiang Li Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Comedy 3"
Qiang Li Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Comedy 3"

Qiang Li Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Comedy 3"

By Qiang Li

Located in New York, NY

Title: Comedy 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Qiang Li Signature: Unsigned Signature Location: N/A ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion
Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion

Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion

Located in Surfside, FL

Jungle fantasy Scene, Ink, Colored ink and color watercolor surreal fantasy scene, birds, giraffes, alligators, snakes, turtles, storks, unicorn and maiden in a tepee, lions and elephants. Laurence L. Donovan Jr. (1927-2001) was a poet, artist, and English professor at the University of Miami, best known for his poetry, much of which was inspired by Florida’s natural beauty. Donovan grew up in southern Florida. His parents were Ruth and Laurence Donovan...

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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Uncaged Man Hand Drawn Lithograph, Surrealist, 1979 Unsigned Trial Proof
Uncaged Man Hand Drawn Lithograph, Surrealist, 1979 Unsigned Trial Proof

Uncaged Man Hand Drawn Lithograph, Surrealist, 1979 Unsigned Trial Proof

By De Es Schwertberger

Located in Union City, NJ

UNCAGED MAN is a hand drawn original lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. UNCAGED MAN is a highly detailed depiction of a stone man squatting by an empty oblong stone cage-like structure. He appears to be contemplating the moment - creating for the viewer a sense of mystery and metaphysical thought. Print size - 21.5 x 29.5 in., unframed, excellent condition, rare unsigned trial proof aside from the printed edition of 100, printers legend stamped on verso, fine impression, completely hand drawn lithograph by DE ES Schwertberger Year printed - 1979, printed by master printer Joseph Kleineman at JK Fine Art Editions Co., NYC DE ES (DE ES Schwertberger) - Popular Viennese Fantastic Realist artist was born in 1942 in Gresten, Lower Austria, as Dieter Schwertberger. He studied the painting technique of the Old Masters in Vienna under Ernst Fuchs and has been an independent artist since 1962. DE ES lived three years in Switzerland and twelve years in New York City. The painter has been known under the name DE ES since 1972. He currently lives in Vienna. The artist considers himself to be a seeker, who shows what he has found through “the language of the images”. His message of “meaning and transformation” finds clear and intense expression in his paintings through a precise use of space, light and texture. De Es' was the featured artist for Omni magazine...

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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Expressionist Figurative Bust Sculpture in Raku Ceramic and Carved Black Poplar
Expressionist Figurative Bust Sculpture in Raku Ceramic and Carved Black Poplar

Expressionist Figurative Bust Sculpture in Raku Ceramic and Carved Black Poplar

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Xente Golpes is a unique figurative bust sculpture by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torres, combining a raku-fired ceramic head with a directly carved black poplar wood torso. The dra...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Poplar, Wood

NATURE DIALOGUE, Mixed Media on Canvas
NATURE DIALOGUE, Mixed Media on Canvas

NATURE DIALOGUE, Mixed Media on Canvas

By db Waterman

Located in Yardley, PA

The landscape painting NATURE DIALOGUE depicts climate change and drought. A man stands in a steppe desert. The land is parched. Before him looms a water tower, rusted and worn, a...

Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "T.H.U.M.P." by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, but strange creatures and biomorphic shapes. There are similarities to deep sea organisms, trees, and clouds, but they are all from the imagination of the artist. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: T.H.U.M.P. 9/75 4/9 J Crabb...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

The slumber party.
The slumber party.

The slumber party.

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

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper depicting ascending figures by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). The figures are made up ...

Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

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Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Leonor Fini. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $1,426.