Pig Heaven
Located in Napa, CA
Largely self-taught, Linda Ridd Herzog’s paintings boast unbelievably detailed animals and objects in fantastical, surreal scenes. Growing up in Utah, Herzog found herself so inspir...
2010s Surrealist Art
Canvas, Oil
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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Pig Heaven
Located in Napa, CA
Largely self-taught, Linda Ridd Herzog’s paintings boast unbelievably detailed animals and objects in fantastical, surreal scenes. Growing up in Utah, Herzog found herself so inspir...
Canvas, Oil
Salvador Dali - The Marvellous Steps - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare Suite) Catalogue raisonné: Michler-Löpsinger 778-...
Etching
From A to Z
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
At the heart of this clearly surrealist painting is a window, a portal to the outside world that holds multiple meanings and suggests a profound reflection on the human condition. On...
Oil
Judgement Aquatint Etching on Japon Paper, Signed, 63/150, Excellent
Located in Aventura, FL
Aquatint and etching on Japon paper from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha. Hand signed lower right by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered 63/150 lower left. Sheet size: 29.875 x 22.1...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Candido Ballester Personale original surrealist mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Personale original contemporary mixed media painting. Cándido Ballester is a contemporary Mallorcan painter who was born in 1926. As a child he had to emigrate to Argentina. In the ...
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$1,850
"Lawless" Black & White Photograph 39" x 31" in Signed Ed. 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lawless" Black & White Photograph 39" x 31" in Signed Ed. 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the ...
Photographic Paper
Diane de Poitiers
Located in New York, NY
Color etching with full margins. Signed by the artist and numbered 147/250 in pencil in lower right and left margins respectively. Printed and published by DeFrancony, Paris. Ca...
Etching, Color
$2,350
Musicians Floating Amongst a City Landscape Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
David Newman (American, b. 1956) Musicians Floating Amongst a City Landscape Scene, Oil on Canvas, wood frame. Image: 70" H x 80.5" W; frame: 71.25" H x 81" W x 1.75" D. Provenance: ...
Canvas, Oil
Mother (Homage to Whistler) Surrealist Painting, Signed, 69.5x85 in.
By Ferjo, Fernando de Jesus Oliveira
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Ferjo. Canvas size 69.5 x 85 inches. Painting will ship unstretched, rolled in an extra large tube. Artwork is in excellen...
Canvas, Oil
Green Jump, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Beauchamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Beauchamp, American (1923 - 1995) - Green Jump, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, Size: 25 in. x 32 in. (63.5 cm x 81.28 cm)
Lithograph
#ThinkAccuracy, Contemporary Media Literacy Print by Sean Caulfield
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Created as part of Sean Caulfield's Infodemic series, #ThinkAccuracy encourages viewers to evaluate information before sharing it. Developed in collabor...
Inkjet, Mezzotint
Hunted Horses, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Beauchamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Beauchamp, American (1923 - 1995) - Hunted Horses, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Size: 18 in...
Lithograph
4500 Transformaciones, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Andres Vivo
Located in Yardley, PA
Picture belonging to my human behaviour series Related to human rights Inspired by the dramatic artworks of Francisco Goya :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an off...
Oil
Les Fermières Libertines Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1960s Edition
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 prints. Perfect conditions. Image Dimensions : 20 x 32 cm
Etching
French Contemporary Art By Helen Uter - Aleck
By Helen Uter
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper, Framed 42 x 42 x 3 cm Helen Uter is an established Franco-American painter born in 1955 who lives and works in Donnery, near Orléans, France. Heavily influenced b...
Paper, Oil
$29,300
Fraternity Fraternité - Portfolio with 9 Etchings by Kandinsky Miro Hayter
Located in London, GB
VARIOUS ARTISTS Title: Fraternity Fraternité, 1939 Technique: Complete Set of Nine Original Hand Signed Etchings on Montval Wove Paper with the Accompanying Text and Portfolio Portfolio size: 24 x 17.5 x 2 cm. / 9.5 x 6.9 x 1 in. Additional information: Each of the works in the portfolio is hand signed in pencil by each artist. The portfolio is hand numbered in pencil “97” on the justification page. This portfolio was printed in the limited edition of 101 by Atelier 17 and Henri Hecht...
Etching
$1,990
La Grande Guerre - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1964 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Lithograph
Our Mysteries (Diptych)
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Our Mysteries is a diptych in oil on linen, where symbolism and texture come together to evoke deep emotions. With its panoramic dimensions of 200x81 cm, this work unfolds across two...
Oil
Esquise from a dream, Painting, Pastels on Canvas
By Elena Done
Located in Yardley, PA
This esquisse -a draft, a beginning, an intuition - resists the weight of fixed identity. It recalls how the feminine often appears in fragments: not yet body, not yet form, but vi...
Pastel
$281Sale Price|25% Off
Today Happens Once Giclée Print, Surrealist, Signed, Limited Edition
By Lucas Aoki
Located in New York, NY
Archival Pigment print Limited Edition of 25 18 x 24 inches Signed and numbered by the artist
Giclée
Blue Monday - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This landscape painting by Henryk was done in 2022. It will ship from the artists studio in Poland. More about Henryk Laskowska: Henryk Laskowski has been working as a graphic design...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,300
"La Naissance D'Eve" from "Je Reve, " Color Lithograph signed by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Naissance D'Eve" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece, depicting Adam and Eve, is from Masson's "Je Reve (I Dream)" portfolio, and is signed in pencil lowe...
Lithograph
$19,600
Le Couple from Songes, Surrealist Etching, Signed, Edition VIII/X, Cramer 112
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Color etching with aquatint on Rives paper. From Songes portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by Marc Chagall. Cramer 112. Published by Éditions Gérald Cramer, Geneva. Printed by Lacou...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Les Chiens Ont Soif II, Surrealist Lithograph by Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976) - Les Chiens Ont Soif II, Portfolio: Les Chiens Ont Soif, Year: 1964, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 165/320, Size: 17 x 24.5 in. (43.18 x 62.23 cm...
Lithograph
Dance. Limited edition print, Surreal, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Size of sheet is ca. 21 x 29 cm (A4) Contemporary figurative giclee print by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Print is signed, numbered and has a stamp of an artist's atelier. It comes...
Paper, Color
Leopards Zebras Panther Hippo Acrylic on Canvas - Silent Paradise
Located in Miami, FL
Leopards, zebras, panthers, and a hippo calmly lounge in a tropical paradise surrounded by lush foliage and flowers at the edge of azure blue water. Signed lower right. Signed and da...
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
Leanna's Dream
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In my appropriation of Henri Rousseau's painting "The Dream," I replaced his nude reclining on the couch with my sister Leanna. I envisioned her magically transported into a lush ju...
Canvas, Acrylic
Lesus Flagellatus Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1964, Unframed
Located in Roma, IT
Lesus flagellatus is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sign...
Lithograph
$11,200Sale Price|20% Off
Woodpecker's Joy, Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Long before astronauts ventured into space Michael Forster captured the shifting face of the universe. Inspired by the radiant patterns and incandescen...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,100
Wenn wir nicht haben, Digital Print, 54 x 54 cm, Mexican Surrealism, 2014
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Wenn wir nicht haben, by Pedro Friedeberg - Digital Print - 54 x 54 cm - Mexican Surrealism, c. 2014 This is a striking, surrealist work by Italian-Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg,...
Digital
Flower Throne 3 (Portrait, Floral, Dreamy, Surreal, Ghostly)
By David Pugh
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Pugh Flower Throne 3 From "BE, AND KNOW" Series Photographic Print on Fine Paper 2026 Size: 35.8 x 23.8 inches (90.93 x 60.45 cm) Edition: 5 COA included Label to be attached v...
Photography
$3,465Sale Price|20% Off
Surrealist Collage by Max Bucaille, Mixed Media, Framed, 1938-39
By Max Bucaille
Located in CANNES, FR
Max Bucaille ( 1906 -1996 ) . French artist . Surrealist collage realized in 1938-1939 . 10 x 16 cm image 16 x 23 cm feuille 39 x 45 cm vintage liege ...
Mixed Media
Tristram and the Dragon
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tristram and the Dragon Etching from 1969. Dimensions of work: 45 x 33 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pamela Verlag, New York. Reference: R. Michler, L...
Etching
Cleopatra – 22-12-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Cleopatra – 22-12-18 When I saw the reference picture I was inspired to turn the model sitting in a bath with lots of foam around her, into a donkey milk bath with Cleopatra in ...
Pencil
A Mid-century Surreal Portrait by Chilean Artist Fabio Lemus
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting is a distinguished example of vintage surrealism by Fabio Lemus, a mid-century artist working in Chile noted for his theatrical and whimsical imagery. The composition f...
Masonite, Oil
Osso Sonata, music and anatomy , violin, face,
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this series, Audrey Anastasi has shifted her focus away from naturalistic domestic settings to a dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be heros and heroines of Greek tragedy...
Canvas, Oil
Two Creatures , One Letter: The Shape of S on Paper
Located in Oslo, NO
This monochrome composition evolves from the curved form of the letter S into two intertwined creatures. Executed on textured paper using the artist's mixed-media technique, it combi...
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
French Contemporary Art By Helen Uter - El Cielo
By Helen Uter
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas with knife Helen Uter is an established Franco-American painter born in 1955 who lives and works in Donnery, near Orléans, France. Heavily influenced by Edward Hopper...
Canvas, Oil
Stallion. X One of a Kind Framed Abstract Horse, Mixed Media on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
The history of the horse in China dates back over many centuries. The sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac is the horse. Power, beauty, and freedom symbolize the horse in Chines...
Mixed Media
Judgement Aquatint Etching on Arches Paper, Signed, Edition 217/300
Located in Aventura, FL
Aquatint and etching on Arches paper from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha. Hand signed lower right by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered from the edition of 300 lower left. Edition...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Snow Blossoms, Surrealist Screenprint by Thomas F. Meehan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thomas F. Meehan, American (1923 - ) - Snow Blossoms, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 150, AP, Size: 33.5 in. x 23 in. (85.09 cm x 58.42 cm)
Screen
"George Dyer Squatting" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in 1966 for Derriere le Miroir (issue number 162) and published in Paris by Maeght. This lithograph was done after the Francis Bacon ...
Lithograph
Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Indiana ERR 1963: A rare, sought-after early Robert Indiana print defined by surreal, experimental cinematic-like energy. Hand-signed by Indiana on the lower right. Medium: Photoengraving and etching on Rives BFK. Dimensions: 4 1/2x6 inches (including margins). Very good overall vintage condition. Signed, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof 'E'" and "CHI" in pencil, lower margin. Rare Trial proof, aside from the main edition of 60. Printed by the artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Further background: According to Susan Sheehan, Indiana printed only six progressive trial proofs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he learned printmaking from 1949 to 1952, under the supervision of Vera Berdich (inscribed "CHI"). Additionally 13 trial proofs were printed at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York (these inscribed "NYC"). The regular edition was printed by Atelier Georges Lablanc, Paris and published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to be included in International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered, Volume 5. The plate used for this print was originally given to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by the R.R. Donnelly Company, printers of Life magazine. Indiana discovered the plate while visiting Berdich at the school and decided to use it in his contribution to the Avant-garde portfolio. Sheehan 29. Robert Indiana 1991: "When I went back to the Art Institute of Chicago at that particular time - I think I was judging a show - I learned that Vera Berdich (Indiana's former teacher) was still there and the idea occurred to me, wouldn't it be fun to do a visiting artist etching, and she concurred. There on the floor was a box of copper plates and the images had been defaced on each one. These copper plates had been donated by the R.R. Donnelly Company, which put out Life magazine. I used to work for Donnelly. My only commercial art job was with them doing the little drawing that appear in the Yellow Pages, like lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners and things like that. Anyway, the idea being that the student was supposed to turn the plate over to use the back side and forget about the image on the front. But I found this image of this actress sitting on her bed with her ironing board and decided it was only very lightly defaced, so I asked if I could use it. And the word "Err" was actually added in New York; it was not in the first proofs in Chicago. Two weeks later, I was thumbing through LIFE magazine and there was this actress in the same page..." About the artist: Robert Indiana is best known for his iconic “LOVE” image, which has appeared across media including sculptures, prints, and paintings and epitomizes the artist’s graphic, predominantly text-based Pop art practice. Throughout his career, Indiana reimagined the aesthetics of American advertisements...
Black and White, Engraving, Etching, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen
$2,000
"Raven Moon" (2014) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Raven Moon" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts two young nude athletic male figures in an embrace in front o...
Oil, Panel
Obra Inèdita Recent I
By Joan Miró
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. Miró’s works, which wer...
Lithograph
4710 Jineteadas-horse riding, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Andres Vivo
Located in Yardley, PA
Confussion of horse riders and other equines. Batlle dispersion, caos and rush outs. Inspired by the dramatic artworks of the spanish master Francisco Goya :: Painting :: Surrealism ...
Oil
1965 French Magic SURREAL Realist Man in Farm
Located in New York, NY
Claude Verlinde is a French painter who works in the vein of "fantastic realism", sometimes called "magic realism", and his work shows the lineage of f...
Oil
La Lecon d'Anatomie, Signed Etching with Aquatint by Stanley William Hayter
Located in Long Island City, NY
"La Lecon d'Anatomie" is an etching with aquatint by British artist Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988), dated 1954, edition 75/200. The print depicts abstracted biomorphic and figura...
Etching, Aquatint
L’Odyssée Portfolio, Signed print by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
L'Odyssee portfolio was published by UNESCO World Heritage for the project to save the Acropolis in Athens. The linen-bound clamshell portfolio featured 12 images commemorating Greec...
Pencil, Aquatint
Enigme, Signed Surrealist Etching on Rives by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the collection of the late Larry Saphire. Enigme by Andre Masson, 1896 - 1987 Date: 1968 Medium: Etching on Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 8/30 Image Size: 10.5 ...
Pencil, Etching
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'In front of the church' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painter who caught the eye of the famous deal...
Paper, Pastel
Mask, Signed Surrealist Embossed Lithograph by Byron Gálvez
By Byron Gálvez
Located in Long Island City, NY
From an edition of 250, this dynamic cubist nude print fractures details of the female form into matters of base anatomy. This piece is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : ...
Etching
"Ladies at Tea, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
$3,934Sale Price|20% Off
French Surrealist Landscape Oil Painting Organic Forms Dreamlike Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: French School, Mid 20th Century Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 18 inches Frame: Unframed Signature: Not visible Condition: Very good condition Description A surreal landsc...
Oil
4477 Brave horsemen heroes old, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Andres Vivo
Located in Yardley, PA
Many referencial heroes like Napoleon, Garibaldi,Don Quijote ...cowboys,explorers, etc who did on horseback. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certifica...
Oil
Saturday Market, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Angu Walters
Located in Yardley, PA
Here is an emormous painting of the very busy scene at an African village on market day by Cameroon artist Angu Walters. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an officia...
Oil
$12,979
Window into the streets, Original Abstract Figurative-cityscape-oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
Gallery service: Complimentary worldwide shipping is offered, with Signet Contemporary Art covering all tariffs, customs duties and import taxes, making international collecting simp...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,350
"About Love" B&W Photograph 24" x 24" in Limited Ed. of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"About Love" B&W Photograph 24" x 24" in Limited Ed. of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the arti...
Photographic Paper
Transformed Fantasy, Hand Printed Work on Paper, Woodcut
Located in Yardley, PA
Traditional French Tapestry wants to create an exotic paradise in an imaginary illusion of objects landscapes and animals in a home of eleg...
Woodcut