Surrealist Art
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
Dalí, Le Cheval de la Mort, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tout se Tient - Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is an Artwork realized in 1975, by Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Santiago, Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, Italy, 2002).
Colored Lithograph on paper. The ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lam 林飛龍, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 43, 1974. Pub...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled 13 (Les Songes)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Untitled 13 (Les Songes)
Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Date: 1973
Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds
Unframed Dimensions: 25...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Hourglass butterfly, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterfliesâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Dalí, Picador, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, Beatrice Comforts the Poet (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Dalí, Le Cheval de Course, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Civic Center with Matrioska, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Red Starâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Our House, limited edition color print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Our House, limited edition color print, signed and numbered
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport, and are unforgettable. Taylor's im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ark
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A small but very intricate painting by a Ukrainian artist, Vachagan Narazyan. This oil on linen painting was acquired from Tamara Tumasian gallery in Kharkiv in 2008. It is in excell...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
After Pablo Picasso - Carnaval - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Carnaval
Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Color lithograph on Velin D'Arches realized from a drawing
Edition Succession Picasso, P...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mind Field
By Chris Leib
Located in Dallas, TX
Featuring casts of astronauts and Bonobo chimps, Leib’s meticulously layered and detailed paintings provide his subjects with a corporeal quality that pull us into their narrative an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Blue Dream
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Immerse yourself in a unique visual experience with this oil painting in shades of blue and violet. The artwork features enigmatic figures of men and animals coming to life in a noct...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Pastel, Oil, Cotton Canvas
Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Still-life with Sun Rise
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
A cheeky still-life with a wry surprise, "Still-life with Sun Rise" is a work by Kevin Sloan that turns heads. A butterfly lands lightly on the stem of an orange accompanied by a se...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Children in the Ukraine 2022, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Difficult time now for children in the Ukraine . 2022 is the year of fear, immigration, war, terror. Hommage L.Reber :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Dalí, Le Cheval de Triomphe, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dalí, Le Cheval de Labeur, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Lithograph by Wifredo Lam - 1974
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by the Cuban Surrealist artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982).
This is a color lithograph on wove paper, properly edited b...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hell Canto 33 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 33 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame.
Cataloging:
Mic...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Dalí, Apparatus and Hand, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 43...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tower Number 11
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This oil on linen framed painting is an example of an authentic stylistic composition created by Vachagan Narazyan. The painting was acquired from the gallery that represented the ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Chromatic butterfly - light blue, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterfliesâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Chromatic butterfly - white, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterfliesâ€
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Petites Nus (From Apollinaire) I
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Petites Nus (from Appolinaire) I
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: 42/95
MEASUREME...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Heaven Canto 29 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 29 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame.
Cataloging:
Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114.
Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200.
Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
HUGE ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH ABSTRACT MODERNIST PAINTING - SURREALIST NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Beauty has thorns, original oil Roses surrealism, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Esam Jlilati
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting, Modern emotional Surrealism Art with Roses hold in hand in landscape environment The Painting title: Beauty has Thorns la beauté a des épines Schönhe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Jardin: After Monet. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A riotous explosion from the palette of Sax Berlin. This garden uses the beautiful colours familiar to those who have travelled the southern reaches of France and used to such amazin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Cyclopean Make-Up
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Cyclopean Make-Up
Portfolio: Imaginations and Objects of the Future
Medium: Lithograph with collage
Year: 1975
Edition: I-41/250
Sheet Size: 30 1/4" x 22...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Heaven Canto 24 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 24 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame.
Cataloging:
M...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
In Voluptas Mors (Dalí)
Located in Dallas, TX
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone's favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photo...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hecatombe de Toros
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Children of War : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Debra Friedkin.
Debra Friedkin’s work ranges from whimsical to darkly humorous, informed by sleek modernism, pulp science fiction and spiritual symbolism.
Debra Friedkin studied art at Lehman College, NYC and Long Island University post-graduate. She mentored privately with Lester Zakarin, an illustrator for Stan Lee Comics...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Colourful Surrealist Painting on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
An early 21st century surrealist acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right and signed and dated to the reverse.
A colourful and lively painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Heaven Canto 9 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 9 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Salvador Dalí, Dante's Confession, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Hecatombe de Toros
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Mixed colored lithograph.
The poster was realized in occasion of the exhibition of the arti...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist Painting on Paper. '43 Stones'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Initial signed DC in the bottom right and signed and dated and titled '43 Stones' to the reverse..
An intriguing and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
La Fontaine's Bestiary, The Lion's Court - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The Lion's Court, 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 copies (Here numbered 183)
On Arches vellum ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Telstar : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary collage by Debra Friedkin.
Debra Friedkin’s work ranges from whimsical to darkly humorous, informed by sleek modernism, pulp science fiction and spiritual symbolism.
Debra Friedkin studied art at Lehman College, NYC and Long Island University post-graduate. She mentored privately with Lester Zakarin, an illustrator for Stan Lee Comics...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 37...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paris inondé
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paris inondé (1910), 2024.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 15 x 24 in. (38 x 61 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Giclée
Papageno original lithograph limited edition painting
By Karl Hodina
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Papageno original lithograph limited edition painting
Original lithograph signed by hand.
Perfect state
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Metaphysical scene with Daisy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting.
This specific work has the following story:
Model dancer: Kristina Tavarovskaya
In this metaphysical...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Condensation
Located in Dallas, TX
In 2003, Sérgio adopted the name “Odeith” after years of painting street murals under the name “Eith”. It was during this time that he began gaining international recognition for his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Deactivator B
Located in Dallas, TX
"My art is based on a sustained exploration of new dimensions and applications of the technique of “fumage”, that is, painting with fire. The focus of my subjects, projects and colle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Board, Laid Paper
Charmin
By Greg Craola Simkins
Located in Dallas, TX
He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings. He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Charcoal
Man with coin, ca. 1930, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969)
Man with coin
Pencil on paper
Workshop stamp on reverse
8 x 5,5 inch
Born in Bucharest in 1897 to an officer in the Romanian National Guard and ...
Category
1930s Surrealist Art
Materials
Pencil
Original Ed 1/15 Photograph “Boy with Four Arms” GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Provenance
Located in New York, NY
Up for sale is an original Joel-Peter Witkin photograph. It’s an original photograph, Edition 1 of 15
Guggenheim Museum Provenance and also sold through Sotheby’s 2012
The Boy wit...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Villosa
Located in Dallas, TX
This work was featured at ComplexCon 2019 - November 2nd and 3rd in Long Beach, CA.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Avant Garde Surrealist Abstract Female Nude Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Cotignac, FR
Avant-garde female nude lithograph on paper by Danish artist Wilhelm Freddie. Number 80 from an edition of 170. Signed, dated and titled in pencil bottom left, numbered in pencil bot...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Surrealist scene oil on canvas painting surrealism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on canvas.
Signed Aress.
Oil mesures 33x24 cm.
Frame mesures 48x39 cm.
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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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.
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