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Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer.
Naïve art is any form
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Austrian Magic Realist Oil Painting Vibrant Village Landscape Scene Franz Coufal
Located in Surfside, FL
settled in Vienna as a sculptor and graphic artist. His work bears the influence of Austrian Magic Realism
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Conch on the Beach" Realist Still Life
By William Bill Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
University of Texas. Professor Hoey, considered a "magic realist" painter of the American Southwest, was well
Category
1970s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Copley Square, Boston
By Thomas Fransioli
Located in New York, NY
Fransioli’s viewpoint. First applied to American art in the 1943 MoMA exhibition “American Realists and Magic
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Horns and Bow)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
remarkable 1941 Magic Realist work.
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Serene Coastal Landscape Painting
By William Bill Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
from The University of Texas. Professor Hoey, considered a "magic realist" painter of the American
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Edam, Holland
By Thomas Fransioli
Located in New York, NY
Modern Art exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. As exhibition curator Dorothy Miller noted
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Impressionist Coastal Fisherman Landscape
By William Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
University of Texas. Professor Hoey, considered a "magic realist" painter of the American Southwest, was well
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Naturalistic Portrait Painting
By William Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
in art from The University of Texas. Professor Hoey, considered a "magic realist" painter of the
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Blond Youth w/ Lederhosen, " 1928 Portrait by Reyl-Hanisch, Renaissance-Inspired
By Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and mountains behind him. Reyl-Hanisch is sometimes described as a Magic Realist, favoring mysterious
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 23.75 in W 20.75 in D 1 in
Luis Castellanos Valui "La Rana Solista", oil on canvas
Located in Glenview, IL
in 2005. It depicts a frog as a fiddler in the typical magic realist style of Valui.
Luis Valui
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 29 in W 34 in D 1.1 in
Industrial Landscape Contemporary American Watercolor Magic Realism 20th Century
By Henry Koerner
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Landscape Contemporary American Watercolor Magic Realism 20th Century
Henry Koerner
Category
1980s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Street Scene: "King George Dies"
By Thomas Fransioli
Located in New York, NY
Realists and Magic Realists. As exhibition curator Dorothy Miller noted in her foreword to the catalogue
Category
20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sublime Naturalistic Desert Landscape Painting
By William Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
and master's degrees in art from The University of Texas. Professor Hoey, considered a "magic realist
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
Located in Hudson, NY
its atmospheric layers in the lap of Liberty.
Atherton was highly influenced by the magic realist
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Masonite
Nude with Zinc Vessel (The back view of a nude woman holding a zinc object)
By Eric Kellerman (b. 1944)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Dali, Magritte, Delvaux’ nudes and railway stations) and the Canadian ‘magic realist’ painter Alex
Category
Early 2000s Realist Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital
Flying Woman - Lithograph by P. Wunderlich - 1970s
By Paul Wunderlich
Located in Roma, IT
paintings and erotic sculptures, Paul Wunderlich was one of the most important members of the Magic Realist
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in W 12.21 in D 0.08 in
Konrad Klapheck - Original Lithograph
By Konrad Klapheck
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.[1] Klapheck's works of the mid-1950s are in a magic realist style that became more
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Atlantis, Large Surrealist Oil Painting. Viennese Fantastic Realism
By Peter Kolin
Located in Surfside, FL
inches)
The roots for Peter Kolin’s fascinating world of Surrealist Fantasy, Magic Realist images can
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Femmes - Lithograph by P. Wunderlich - 1977
By Paul Wunderlich
Located in Roma, IT
Magic Realist circle of artists. Whilst his earliest works represented some scenes of oppressive history
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Early Evening Magic
By Frank Corso
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1952
Frank Corso was born in Syracuse New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes r...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks)
By Karl Fortress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s.
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks) is typical of Karl Fortess' exploration of depopulated Magic Realist
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Magic Realistic Painting, "Lisbora"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
In the style of “magic
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Magic Realistic Painting, "Venasque"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
style of “magic realism”, her work uses color and texture to create a surrealistic wonderland that
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Landscape Abstraction - Mid-Century - Twenty Paintings in One
Located in Miami, FL
Museum of Modern Art exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. The Museum of Modern Art has 4
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 27 in W 38 in D 2 in
Magic Realistic painting, "Counter Culture"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
scene within a grocery store. In the style of “magic realism”, her work uses color and texture to create
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Magic Pika I" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Becktel's "Magic Pika I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a small wild
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Magic Pika II" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Becktel's "Magic Pika II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a small wild
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Magic sparks., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Iryna Kastsova
Located in Yardley, PA
Magic sparks. Warm water, waves, serene views, shine of the ocean, evening glare of the sun on the
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Magic Realistic painting, "The Beauty Machine"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
scene within a beauty salon. In the style of “magic realism”, Tall's work uses color and texture to
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
My Only Working Tool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
on his own identity being subsumed by his lifetime craft as his "only working tool" becomes a Magic
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Magic sunset. Ocean., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Iryna Kastsova
Located in Yardley, PA
Magic sunset. Ocean. Warm water, sea, ocean, waves, sun glare on the water, clear sky, sun create
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Alpinist, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
Alpinist, 2021 — Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Etching with aquatint, Magic Realism
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (Floral Still Life)
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
groundbreaking 1943 exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. Soon after the MOMA show, Helder relocated
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sea Shells – Blue & Gold
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. Soon after the MOMA show, Helder relocated to Los Angeles
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Prologue" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 17” x 17” x .5" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. This piece is Acrylic
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 17 in W 17 in D 0.5 in
Jet Set, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
Jet Set, 2021 — Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Etching with aquatint, chine colle, Magic
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Chamois Cabin, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
In mint
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Still Life with Artist's Hand" original watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
is a Midwestern artist, is Ivan Albright's magic realist work 'That Which I Should Have Done I Did
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Magic glare on the water., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Iryna Kastsova
Located in Yardley, PA
Magic glare on the water. Light on the water, ocean, small waves, serene view create an atmosphere
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Magic Realism Acrylic Portrait, "Stenographer" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 22” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing and Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity w...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Original Magic Realism Acrylic Animal Painting, Christopher Polentz, "Eagle"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 4.5” x 10” x .5” Surrealism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or ...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Realist Oil Paintings on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
atmospheric magic of the moment, casting a golden glow over the tents, horses, and people. The arrangement of
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 15.13 in W 18.25 in
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "The Kiss" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 32” x 8” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. This piece is a Mixed
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Inkjet, Mixed Media
H 32 in W 8 in D 1 in
Magic Realism Figurative Oil Painting, "Love" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 24” x 36” x 1.5" Magic Realism Figurative Oil Painting executed on Wood Panel with Gold Leaf by
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 24 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Magic Realism Acrylic Portraiture Painting, "Badseed" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 10” x 11.5” x 1” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchas...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vellum
Magic Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting, "Comet" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 18” x 9.5” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vellum
Young Zermatt Skier, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
Young Zermatt Skier, 2021 — Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Etching with aquatint, Magic
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 14.02 in W 12.01 in
Wall of Death, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
In mint
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Gornergrat Sahara Dust, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, aquatint, spitbite, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Gornergrat Yellow Sky, 2021, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, aquatint, spitbite, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Two Brothers (Red), 2021 , Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
In mint
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
H 20.01 in W 15.99 in
Cat, Christ, Avalanche, 2021 , Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
, spitbite, Magic Realism
Edition of 20
Signed recto in graphite, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Small Circular Magic Realism Marine Painting, "Sassy Scorpionfish" 2010—
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Margaret Chiaro. Its dimensions are 10" x 10" x 0.5" (HxWxD). It is oil on wood panel, it is already framed. ...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magic Realism Acrylic Portraiture Painting, "Brother" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 15” x 19” x 1” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Nodders" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Surrealism, Dreaming
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod
Nodders, 1986
Signed upper left
Oil on gesso panel
12 x 16 inches
Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist...
Category
1980s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Complementary Angels" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Putti
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod
Complementary Angels, 1977
Signed lower center
Oil on gesso panel
16 x 12 inches
Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized a...
Category
1970s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fisherman- Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Magic Realism
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
Fisherman- Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Magic Realism
Edition of 500
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Pigment
Cyril's Bay - Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism, Edition
By Peter Doig
Located in Zug, CH
Cyril's Bay - Peter Doig, Contemporary, 21st Century, Magic Realism, Limited Edition
Digital
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Bird in Cage
Located in New York, NY
Surrealism in America, including Dorothy C. Miller’s and Alfred H. Barr’s American Realists and Magic
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
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