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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
Untitled Color Lithograph by Joan Miro, Limited Edition 1963

Untitled Color Lithograph by Joan Miro, Limited Edition 1963

By Joan Miró

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Miro, Joan Untitled, 1963 Color Lithographs Based on Unique Watercolors Printed on Marais Onion Skin Paper 14 x 11 1/2 in. From the limited edition of 100 Published by Maeght Editeur

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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert
Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert

Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine EDITION NUMBER: 189/450 MEASUREME...

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

lithograph

lithograph

By Marino Marini

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph. Executed by Marino Marini especially for the cover of a rare exhibition catalogue. This impression on smooth wove paper was printed by Mourlot and published in Pa...

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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Eight Mortal Sins Complete Suite
Eight Mortal Sins Complete Suite

Eight Mortal Sins Complete Suite

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: 8 Mortal Sins Suite Anger Avarice Dalinean Envy Gluttony Lust Pride Sloth MEDIUM: 8 Etchings SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schne...

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dali "Untitled 20 (Les Songes)"
Salvador Dali "Untitled 20 (Les Songes)"

Salvador Dali "Untitled 20 (Les Songes)"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 20 (Les Songes) Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds Unframed Dimensions: 25....

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Newcomer, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting
Newcomer, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting

Newcomer, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting

By Ashot Yan

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Portrait Surrealism Original Painting Artist: Ashot Yan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2019 Style: Portrait Surrealism, Tit...

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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite
La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite

La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite MEDIUM: 16 Etchings SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: ...

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

New moon.

New moon.

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

La Tauramachie Individuelle
La Tauramachie Individuelle

La Tauramachie Individuelle

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Tauromachie Individuelle MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet EDITION NUMBER: XXV/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 20" YEAR: ...

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Resistance of the earth
Resistance of the earth

Resistance of the earth

By Tetiana Borys

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting belongs to the series of paintings "Blue." Long before 2022, a process of spiritual transformation took place in my life, in particular, a rethinking of the feminine pr...

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2010s Surrealist Art

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

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

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Etching

Mr and Mrs Woodman : Shared Joy - Original signed silver print
Mr and Mrs Woodman : Shared Joy - Original signed silver print

Mr and Mrs Woodman : Shared Joy - Original signed silver print

By Man Ray

Located in Paris, IDF

MAN RAY (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as) (1890–1976) Mr. and Mrs. Woodman (Shared Joy), 1970 Photograph: Original silver print Artist’s signature stamp on the reverse On silver paper,...

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Silver Gelatin

TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition

TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

TIE Fighter Beatles by B A T I K Pop art work featuring the Fab Four Paul McCartney , George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon running away from Star Wars TIE fighters chasing...

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2010s Surrealist Art

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Surrealist Mineral Landscape Spanish Catalan Oil Canvas Painting Dalí Circle art
Surrealist Mineral Landscape Spanish Catalan Oil Canvas Painting Dalí Circle art

Surrealist Mineral Landscape Spanish Catalan Oil Canvas Painting Dalí Circle art

By Antoni Pitxot

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Dalí Circle Surrealist Mineral Landscape, Spanish Catalan Oil Painting Artist: Antoni Pitxot Soler / Antoni Pichot Soler (Figueres, 1934 – 2015) Title: Surrealist Mineral Landscape Date: 1985 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 50 × 61 cm / 19.7 × 24 in Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed and dated lower right Condition: Very good overall condition. Stable canvas and paint layer. Rich surface texture, visible impasto and original brushwork. Description Powerful surrealist oil painting by Antoni Pitxot Soler, one of the most important Catalan artists connected to Salvador Dalí’s inner circle and a key figure in the visual universe of Cadaqués and Figueres. Painted in 1985, this work belongs to Pitxot’s mature period and presents one of his most recognizable subjects: a dreamlike mineral landscape built from stones, fragments, shells, fossil-like forms and metamorphic shapes. The composition seems suspended between landscape, archaeology and hallucination, where inert matter becomes almost alive. The painting is especially strong visually. The lower section is constructed through a dense accumulation of sculptural forms, painted with thick, expressive brushwork and a refined chromatic range of blues, ochres, pinks, whites, greys and earthy tones. Above them, a floating organic form...

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1980s Surrealist Art

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Oil

"Parejas" Giclée Print, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2012, Signed
"Parejas" Giclée Print, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2012, Signed

"Parejas" Giclée Print, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2012, Signed

By Pedro Friedeberg

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a collection of various dogs. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and gold ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Screen, Serigraph

Henry Moore, "Fantasy", original etching
Henry Moore, "Fantasy", original etching

Henry Moore, "Fantasy", original etching

By Henry Moore

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an original etching created by Henry Moore in 1967. This piece is hand signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 on Japon paper. There are also two proofs on...

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alice in Wonderland MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art EDITION NUMBER: A IX/XL PAPER: Japon Paper MEASUREMENTS: 29.75"...

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant
Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant

Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 24/100 MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 1...

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Max Ernst Dada Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Poster for a Jewish Museum
Max Ernst Dada Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Poster for a Jewish Museum

Max Ernst Dada Surrealist Hand Signed Lithograph Poster for a Jewish Museum

By Max Ernst

Located in Surfside, FL

Max Ernst (German, American, 1891-1976) Color lithograph Titled, "Poster For The Jewish Museum" 1966 Hand signed lower right Hand numbered HC I/XVII Dimensions: 34.75 x 28.5 sight 25 X 19.25 Max Ernst (German 1891 – 1976) was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward the making of art resulted in his invention of frottage—a technique that uses pencil rubbings of textured objects and relief surfaces to create images—and grattage, an analogous technique in which paint is scraped across canvas to reveal the imprints of the objects placed beneath. Max Ernst showed for the first time in 1912 at the Galerie Feldman in Cologne. At the Sonderbund exhibition of that year in Cologne he saw the work of Paul Cezanne, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. In 1913 he met Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay and traveled to Paris. Ernst participated that same year in the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon. In 1914 he met Jean Arp in Cologne who was to become a lifelong friend. In 1921 Ernst exhibited at the Galerie au Sans Pareil in Paris. He was involved in Surrealist activities in the early 1920s with Paul Eluard and André Breton. His work was exhibited that year together with that of the Das Junge Rheinland group, at Galerie Feldman in Cologne, and then in several group exhibitions in 1913. In his paintings of this period, Ernst adopted an ironic style that juxtaposed grotesque elements alongside Cubist and Expressionist motifs. Ernst fought in world war I. Several German Expressionist painters died in action during the war, among them August Macke and Franz Marc. In 1918, Ernst was demobilised and returned to Cologne. He soon married art history student Luise Straus, of Jewish ancestry, whom he had met in 1914. In 1919, he visited Paul Klee in Munich and studied paintings by Giorgio de Chirico. In the same year, inspired by de Chirico and mail-order catalogues, teaching-aide manuals and similar sources, he produced his first collage works (notably Fiat modes, a portfolio of lithographs), a technique which later dominated his artistic pursuits. Also in 1919, Ernst, social activist Johannes Theodor Baargeld and several colleagues founded the Cologne Dada group. In 1919–20, Ernst and Baargeld published various short-lived magazines such as Der Strom, die Schammade and organised Dada exhibitions. Ernst and Luise's son Ulrich Jimmy Ernst was born on 24 June 1920; he later would also become a painter. In 1921, he met Paul Éluard, who became a lifelong friend. Éluard bought two of Ernst's paintings (Celebes and Oedipus Rex) and selected six collages to illustrate his poetry collection Répétitions. A year later the two collaborated on Les malheurs des immortels and then with André Breton, whom Ernst met in 1921, on the magazine Littérature. Ernst developed a fascination with birds which was prevalent in his work. His alter ego in paintings, which he called Loplop, was a bird. He suggested that this alter-ego was an extension of himself stemming from an early confusion of birds and humans. In 1927, he married Marie-Berthe Aurenche and it is thought his relationship with her may have inspired the erotic subject matter of The Kiss and other works of that year. He collaborated with Joan Miro on designs for Sergei Diaghilev Ballet that same year. The following year the artist collaborated with Salvador Dali and the Surrealist Luis Bunuel on the film L'Age d'or. His first American show was held at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York, in 1932. In 1936 Ernst was represented in Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ernst began to sculpt in 1934 and spent time with Alberto Giacometti. In 1938, the American heiress and artistic patron Peggy Guggenheim acquired a number of Max Ernst's works, which she displayed in her new gallery in London. Ernst and Guggenheim were married from 1942 to 1946. In September 1939, the outbreak of World War II caused Ernst, being German, to be interned as an "undesirable foreigner" in Camp des Milles, near Aix-en-Provence, along with fellow surrealist, Hans Bellmer, who had recently emigrated to Paris. He had been living with his lover and fellow surrealist painter, Leonora Carrington who, not knowing whether he would return, saw no option but to sell their house to repay their debts and leave for Spain. Thanks to the intercession of Paul Éluard and other friends, including the journalist Varian Fry, he was released a few weeks later. Soon after the German occupation of France, he was arrested again, this time by the Gestapo, but managed to escape to America with the help of Fry and Peggy Guggenheim, a member of a wealthy American art collecting family. Ernst and Peggy Guggenheim arrived in the United States in 1941 and were married at the end of the year. Along with other artists and friends (Marcel Duchamp and Marc Chagall) who had fled from the war and lived in New York City, Ernst helped inspire the development of abstract expressionism. His marriage to Guggenheim did not last. In October 1946 he married American surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning in a double ceremony with Man Ray and Juliet P. Browner in Beverly Hills, California. The couple made their home in Sedona, Arizona from 1946 to 1953. He and Tanning hosted intellectuals and European artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Yves Tanguy. Sedona proved an inspiration for the artists and for Ernst, who compiled his book Beyond Painting and completed his sculptural masterpiece Capricorn while living in Sedona. As a result of the book and its publicity, Ernst began to achieve financial success. From the 1950s he lived mainly in France. In 1954 he was awarded the Grand Prize for painting at the Venice Biennale. In 2005, "Max Ernst: A Retrospective" opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Contemporary artist tapestries have had their true believers. He produced a tapestry for Gloria Ross...

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Memory of Flowers
The Memory of Flowers

The Memory of Flowers

Located in Zofingen, AG

Some feelings never fade away. They simply change form. One day, melancholy ceases to be a burden and transforms into a blossoming—quiet, almost imperceptible. Then memory no longer ...

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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Salvador Dali "The Old Faust"
Salvador Dali "The Old Faust"

Salvador Dali "The Old Faust"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

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

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1960s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint

Vintage Still Life Painting with Kitten by Alfano Dardari
Vintage Still Life Painting with Kitten by Alfano Dardari

Vintage Still Life Painting with Kitten by Alfano Dardari

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Lofty still life oil painting on canvas of a table top with household items and a kitten, using shadows for a Trompe L'oeil effect. Signed Alfano Dardari and presented in a grassclot...

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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

A source - XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Architecture Painting, Colorful
A source - XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Architecture Painting, Colorful

A source - XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Architecture Painting, Colorful

By Marta Rynkiewicz

Located in Warsaw, PL

Marta Rynkiewicz is a young Polish artist born in 1983. She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowicz, at the Faculty of Paintin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dawn of Port Lligat
Dawn of Port Lligat

Dawn of Port Lligat

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dawn of Port Lligat MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 208/250 MEASUREMENTS: 35.37" x 24.62" Frames: 43" x 36" ...

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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist art for sale on 1stDibs.

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.