$4,736
Who? Why? What?-Original realism animal surrealism oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
’ characteristic blend of surrealism and whimsy. The hound heads, with their large, glassy eyes, appear both
Canvas, Oil
Little Sculpture Mixed Media Animal Surrealism Bird In Stock
By Corjan Nodelijk
Located in Utrecht, NL
Little Sculpture Mixed Media Animal Surrealism Bird In Stock Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a
Mixed Media
Couple Sculpture Mixed Media Animal Surrealism Painted In Stock
By Corjan Nodelijk
Located in Utrecht, NL
Couple Sculpture Mixed Media Animal Surrealism Painted In Stock Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and
Mixed Media
Unicorno II Oil Painting on Panel Unicorn Animal Surrealism In Stock
By Tino Luciano
Located in Utrecht, NL
Unicorno II Oil Painting on Panel Unicorn Animal Surrealism In Stock Tino Luciano (1953, Sardinië
Oil, Panel
Isolation III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
, poetic, flower, bird, sun, surrealism, oilpaint, animals, surrealism, flora, oil painting, yellow
Oil
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
Vagabond (labrador retriever pet dog surrealism animal neutral tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
pictures. Painting is signed at the front. COA provided keywords; surrealism, humour, uncanny, animals
Canvas, Oil
$3,096Sale Price|20% Off
Gloomy (pet english bulldog dog surrealism animal men neutral tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
pictures. Painting is signed at the front. COA provided keywords; surrealism, humour, uncanny, animals
Canvas, Oil
$5,056Sale Price|36% Off
Phenomenon (surrealism oil painting rooster chicken head farm animal red)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
... do they belong together, are they probably old familiar? … keywords; surrealism, animals, oil
Canvas, Oil
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
Investigation (bat fox bat oil painting surrealism figurative animal vintage)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things. keywords; surrealism
Canvas, Oil
$4,160Sale Price|20% Off
Together I (purple surrealism eyes black animal head comical mystery figurative
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
living beings react to each other, longing for warmth, affection and confirmation." keywords; surrealism
Canvas, Oil
$7,550
Rebel (pitbull dog ear surrealism scale animal armed men nostalgia vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, pitbull, humour, uncanny, animals, purple, earth tones, oil painting
Canvas, Oil
$7,550
Sly (hunt dog ear surrealism scale animal men best friend nostalgia vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, hunting dog, humour, uncanny, animals, prussian blue, emerald green, earth
Canvas, Oil
Discovering New Worlds, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting: mise en abyme, polar bear, dodo, coastal, cliff, water, animals, surrealism, realism, oil
Oil
Six of Cups, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, series, music, sorcery, mysticism, spirituality, bison, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blue
Oil
Transplant, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
, vertical, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueTransplantDuane BrownOil painting
Oil
Three of Cups, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, bison, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueThree of CupsRachel Srinivasan
Oil
9 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, success, pentacles, horse, animals, surrealism, oil painting, green9 of PentaclesRachel
Oil
10 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, horse, animals, surrealism, oil painting, green10 of PentaclesRachel Srinivasan
Oil
Ace of Cups I, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, happiness, horse, series, music, sorcery, mysticism, spirituality, bison, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil
Oil
Four of Cups, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, bison, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueFour of CupsRachel Srinivasan
Oil
Out of This World, Oil Painting
By Miranda Gamel
Located in San Francisco, CA
, mixed media, animals, surrealism, oil painting, pinkOut of This WorldMiranda Gamel
Oil
Island. Tan Horse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
, horse, rock, sea, graphic, geometric, stylized, animals, surrealism, acrylic painting, blue
Acrylic
Voyager, Oil Painting
By Miranda Gamel
Located in San Francisco, CA
, portrait, contemporary, surreal , animals, surrealism, representational, oil painting, pink
Oil
Comfort in Motifs, Original Painting
By Marie-Eve Champagne
Located in San Francisco, CA
, animals, surrealism, travel, acrylic painting, greenComfort in MotifsMarie-Eve Champagne
Acrylic
Five of Cups, Oil Painting
By Rachel Srinivasan
Located in San Francisco, CA
, happiness, horse, series, music, sorcery, mysticism, spirituality, bison, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil
Oil
Ibis Invasions Part 2, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting: bird, ibis, Florida, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueIbis Invasions Part 2
Oil
Pippin Bumble's Favorite Time of Day, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, flower, pot, daisy, fantasy, childrens, animals, surrealism, oil painting, beigePippin
Oil
Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueMrs. Goodshoe Takes a HolidayDiane Flick
Oil
Cat Got Your Tongue, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
describe this painting: dream, cozy, cat, whimsical, bunnies, rabbit, interior, neutral, animals
Oil
Purfectly Peaceful, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting: cat, pet, cozy, peace, house, interior, indoor, animals, surrealism, oil painting, yellow
Oil
Flip of the Coin, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
, whimsical, I-Ching, coins, dream, plant, pet, animals, surrealism, oil painting, yellowFlip of
Oil
The Spilt, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
, dream, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil painting, brownThe SpiltKat SilverOil
Oil
Diving Deep, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
, animals, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueDiving DeepKat SilverOil painting
Oil
Frog Couple, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
, animals, rabbit, small, fashion, hat, animals, surrealism, fashion, oil painting, greenFrog
Oil
Bixby's Compromise, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, book, toy car, mouse, umbrella, tightrope, Eric Joyner, quirky, animals, surrealism, oil painting
Oil
High Noon at the Stardust Grogshop, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, flower, reins, Eric Joyner, animals, surrealism, oil painting, blueHigh Noon at the Stardust
Oil
This Is Not a Flock of Birds, Original Painting
By Candice Eisenfeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
, surrealist, origami, pigeons, Magritte, animals, wildlife, animals, surrealism, acrylic painting, brown
Acrylic
Chillin Like a Villain, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
, quirky, bunnies, animals, surrealism, oil painting, yellowChillin Like a VillainKat
Oil
$5,277
Wild Encounters-original abstract surrealism wildlife cityscape oil painting
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
vibrant hues. The animals gaze whimsically toward the viewer in a painting which exudes a fond
Canvas, Oil
The Slow Ride of Millie Tinker, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, fantasy, animals, surrealism, oil painting, greyThe Slow Ride of Millie TinkerDiane
Oil
The Ecstasy of Colonel Picklebottom, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
, pop surrealism, surreal, ethereal, dream, dreamlike, Salvador Dali, Renee Magritte, bird, animal
Oil
The Great Bird - American Surrealism - Mid-Century - Yale
By Frederick Haucke
Located in Miami, FL
Frederick Haucke creates his own brand of surrealism in the 1941 stunner that was with the famous
Masonite, Oil
$5,000
"Gallimaufry" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Charlie Brown, Buddha, Gnome
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
started to appear in his work. Elements of Surrealism, supposedly inspired by his concurrent involvement
Oil, Board
$3,000
Abandoned House /// Contemporary Abstract Street Art Surrealism Large Painting
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Abandoned House" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2024 Medium:...
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
$6,240Sale Price|20% Off
Protectress (pug, lady archer, bow, arrow, neutrals, surrealism, oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
IN PROTECTRESS, a massive pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with a sorrowful, almost pleading expression. The warm tones of its fur—soft beiges and browns—co...
Canvas, Oil
2002 Vibrant Elephants Oil on Canvas Painting Christine McGinnis Surrealism Art
By Christine McGinnis
Located in Surfside, FL
nonsensical. Sci fi, robots, comets, space and animals all figured in this colorful jumble of surrealism
Canvas, Oil
Head of Veal - Spanish Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in London, GB
This original hand-coloured etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dalí" at the lower right margin. It is also all hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 145, with Roma...
Etching
$1,200
Wonderers (coyote, ukulele, man, nature, animal portrait, surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
Hopeful (black labrador, dog pet, woman, vintage, animal, surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
vs nature, surrealism, giant animal, vintage, oil painting, animal painting, strangeness
Canvas, Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Baddie (coyote, man, wild animal, americana, surrealist painting, nature, field)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, Kosow's play on surrealism comes through in the stark and absurd proportions between human and animal
Canvas, Oil
Soulmates (brown pet dog, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal, vintage, oil painting
Canvas, Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Cuddly (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism
Canvas, Oil
$7,120Sale Price|20% Off
Wrong Place Wrong Time (surreal painting monkey iceberg scale animal chimpanzee
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
order of existence. keywords; surrealism, humour, uncanny, animals, rabbit, terra cota, fire red
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
Cuddly Snout (dog, snout, nose, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal, vintage, oil painting, animal painting, strangeness
Canvas, Oil
$4,480Sale Price|36% Off
Magic (animal figurative oil painting surrealist deer man reindeer scenery)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
fantasy, immersing the viewer in an ambiguous yet deeply evocative narrative. keywords; surrealism
Canvas, Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Boss (paw, feline, cougar, wild cat, man, animal, americana, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal, vintage, oil painting, animal painting
Oil, Canvas
$1,200
Defender (dog, hunter, pet black Lab, man, animal, surrealist painting, american
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.