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Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing California Artist
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
pioneering the Funk surrealism art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin
Category

2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos
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2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
By David Gilhooly
Located in Surfside, FL
, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and
Category

2010s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

California Contemporary Art Marti Somers Figurative Abstract Surrealism Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Marti Somers Surrealist dream imagery with fish 24 X 24 inches A California artist, Somers
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor, Drawing - "The Dressers"
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Arbre-Homme (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century Surrealism
By Ferdinand Springer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
College Library, California; California Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco); Kunstmuseum Basel
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

The Californian, Original Painting
By Keith Thomson
Located in San Francisco, CA
his surfboard. "It is an appreciation of Californians' aversion to the path of least resistance
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

1940s Surrealistic Environmental Apocalypse Still Life Hawaiian Surrealism
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
1940s Surrealistic Environmental Apocalypse Still Life Hawaiian Surrealism Symbolic still life of
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1940s Symbolist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

California Coleslaw By Eduardo Paolozzi
By Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in London, GB
California Coleslaw By Eduardo Paolozzi Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a pioneering Scottish
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 7 Etching Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
catalogue raisonné is edited. In 1989 he began his collaboration with the gallery Tasende California and
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1990s Conceptual Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'Faces of Deceit'
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative Estate stamp on
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing - Women On The Beach
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor, Drawing - "You Must Die For Yours"
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism. 30 x 24 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'The Fire of my Soul'
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Megapolis, Surrealism, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
By Aibek Begalin
Located in Granada Hills, CA
in Los-Angeles, California, USA. In 2001 he had made a portrait for Pope John Paul II. In 2014 he had
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH. Limited Ed. Vinyl Figure Surrealism Lowbrow Pink
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
in California. There, in Pasadena, he studied art being given his BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plastic

MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE) Limited Surrealism Lowbrow Art Design
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
raised in California. There, in Pasadena, he studied art being given his BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rubber

Afternoon Study - Original Surrealism Mixed Media on Canvas by Iqi Qoror
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space, Yogyakarta 2020 Art LA, California, USA “Between Analog and Digital,” Hatch Art Project
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
artist Paul Jenkins. Jack Zajac (born December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
artist Paul Jenkins. Jack Zajac (born December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
By Jack Zajac
Located in Surfside, FL
December 13, 1929) is a Californian West Coast artist who has been concerned with the “Romantic Surrealist
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

California Abstract Expressionist Linocut Lithograph Ronald Reagan Political Art
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
—permeating his abstract work. His Mexican work flirted with Surrealism although he was never really
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut

Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Landscape Painting
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
"Artists Sketching (California)" is an American Modernist scene of three artists working with
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

California Abstract Expressionist Linocut Lithograph Sepia Print Edition of 6
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
surrounding death—permeating his abstract work. His Mexican work flirted with Surrealism although he was never
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut

Riding High - Elvis Presley's Green Chevy California Cadillac Original Painting
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Canvas

1960's California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist LA Lithograph "About Women"
Located in Surfside, FL
area around Venice and Santa Monica beach towns in California. The series was 18 paintings as well some
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Orange Grove Landscape
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. There is nothing more California than an
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Silent Haiku - One-of-a-kind Surrealist Painting
By Jeff Faust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Faust, a California self-taught artist, finds strength in simplicity, shaping his unique style
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Release
By Jeff Faust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Faust, a California self-taught artist, finds strength in simplicity, shaping his unique style
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Danger"
By Peter Korling
Located in West Hollywood, CA
works on black paper by Peter Korling. These works evoke a style that combines surrealism and
Category

1950s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Dali" Photography Print 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/1 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
published and award-winning fashion photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Color, Canvas, Digital

"Mona Lisa" Photography Print 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/1 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
published and award-winning fashion photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Color, Canvas, Digital

Heavy Weather, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
>About the ArtistCalifornia artist Jesse Aldana uses the ritual of sunrise and sunset to capture the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

Materials

Oil

"Klimt" Photography Print 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/1 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
and award-winning fashion photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Color, Canvas, Digital

Raymond Howell, Chinese Dim Sum Feast, 1979, Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in San Francisco, CA
influences of surrealism, impressionism, and modern abstraction. During the 1990’s he created series of
Category

20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
intention and philosophy. She pursued her MA at California State University to sharpen her craft. She then
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Picasso" Photography Print 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/1 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
published and award-winning fashion photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Color, Canvas, Digital

"DESPERADO" Photography Print 30" x 40" inch Edition 1/5 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With visual cues rooted in dance and music
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Color

Grey Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
American Realist Willard Dixon. The unique work bridges realism with surrealism, and perhaps reflects the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grey Ocean
Grey Ocean
H 48 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
Huntington Gardens XXI - Black and White Landscape Photography of Cactus Garden
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
is a contemporary photographer working in Southern California. Alfano photographs worldwide, his
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Pigment, Black and White

Huntington Gardens XXV - Black & White Photo of Surreal and Landscape Abstract
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
white infrared photograph taken, developed, and printed by Southern California photographer, Edward
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Untitled" William Scharf, Abstract Expressionist, New York School
By William Scharf
Located in New York, NY
and geometric formal elements recall the free associations of Surrealism and the all-over grandeur of
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Tropic of Crucifix" William Scharf, Abstract Expressionist, New York School
By William Scharf
Located in New York, NY
and geometric formal elements recall the free associations of Surrealism and the all-over grandeur of
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Artist' - 1970's Vibrant Abstract Expressionism in Cubism - Chris Ferrigno
Located in Carmel, CA
expressionist art with a touch of surrealism. Spanning 48" x 36", the piece is a tumultuous symphony of color
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"SIESTA BY AN OVEN" LITHOGRAPH BY EARLY TEXAS & NEW MEXICO ARTIST OUTDOOR OVEN
By Ward Lockwood
Located in San Antonio, TX
modernist art styles including Expressionism*, Cubism*, Surrealism* and Constructivism* reflected his wide
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Agave Flower - Black and White Photograph of Cactus and Landscapes / Sky
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
contemporary photographer working in Southern California. Alfano photographs worldwide, his most photographed
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment, Black and White

Huntington Gardens XLVI - Black and White Photography of Palms and Plants
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
Alfano is a contemporary photographer working in Southern California. However, Alfano photographs
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

“The Missing Suitors” by SHAG aka Josh Agle
By Josh Agle
Located in Hudson, NY
.). Shag is an American born painter, designer and illustrator working in Southern California. His
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Interior Prints

Materials

Screen

Big City
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, California Exhibition: Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

My World and Yours
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, California Exhibition: Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Bacchanal
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, California Exhibition: Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman’s Social Surrealism, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bacchanal
Bacchanal
H 69.5 in W 39.5 in
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