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Remnant of Chilhood, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as pink toy
Remnant of Chilhood, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as pink toy

Remnant of Chilhood, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as pink toy

By Avery Palmer

Located in Dallas, TX

"Remnant of Childhood" by Avery Palmer is an oil painting on hardboard. It features a pop surreal figure as a pink wind-up toy. Avery Palmer is known for his thoughtful pop surealist...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Woman in Yellow, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as toy, outdoors
Woman in Yellow, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as toy, outdoors

Woman in Yellow, Avery Palmer, Oil painting, pop surreal figure as toy, outdoors

By Avery Palmer

Located in Dallas, TX

"Woman in Yellow" by Avery Palmer is an oil painting on hardboard. It features a pop surreal figure in an outdoor landscape. Each Avery Palmer artwork comes mounted in a traditional ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Long Journey, Avery Palmer, Oil on board, pop surreal figure traveling on path
Long Journey, Avery Palmer, Oil on board, pop surreal figure traveling on path

Long Journey, Avery Palmer, Oil on board, pop surreal figure traveling on path

By Avery Palmer

Located in Dallas, TX

"Long Journey" by Avery Palmer is an oil painting on hardboard. It features a pop surreal figure traveling through landscape, and we acknowledge the long winding path behind him - ho...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique French Neoclassical Sevres School Parian Surreal Figural Grouping 19th C
Antique French Neoclassical Sevres School Parian Surreal Figural Grouping 19th C

Antique French Neoclassical Sevres School Parian Surreal Figural Grouping 19th C

Located in Big Flats, NY

A large antique French figural grouping in the manner of Sevres offers parian porcelain construction with surreal scene of figures, cherubs and birds, seated on pierced bronze base, ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Surreal Floral Portrait. Leaves and Flowers - Limited Edition
Surreal Floral Portrait. Leaves and Flowers - Limited Edition

Surreal Floral Portrait. Leaves and Flowers - Limited Edition

By Natasha Lelenco

Located in FISTERRA, ES

In this piece, Lelenco skillfully blends elements of nature and portraiture to create a surreal figure, where a face made of leaves, blossoms, and fruits emerges against a vibrant bl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Metal

Enlarging Perspective - Surreal stretched male figure in bronze
Enlarging Perspective - Surreal stretched male figure in bronze

Enlarging Perspective - Surreal stretched male figure in bronze

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

It’s a striking image—a man, standing—his legs impossibly long, his arms spread wide affording him, perhaps a new and bigger perspective. Is this the intention behind Toronto artist ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Joan Miro Inspired Mid-Century Tapestry Rug
Joan Miro Inspired Mid-Century Tapestry Rug

Joan Miro Inspired Mid-Century Tapestry Rug

Located in New York, NY

A charming and simple ivory field is the setting for the action, in which a highly surreal figure, which is suggestive of a human figure, stands and stares off, bedecked in motley co...

Category

20th Century Swedish Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

The Desired Moment. Surreal Ocean Landscape with Lone Female Figure, Framed
The Desired Moment. Surreal Ocean Landscape with Lone Female Figure, Framed

The Desired Moment. Surreal Ocean Landscape with Lone Female Figure, Framed

By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”

Located in Chicago, IL

The surreal landscape in "The Desired Moment" show the waves lapping onto the shore with a lone women staring out into the unknown. The soft waves and sand have us dreaming of the w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Canvas

Choices  My Precarious Queendom - Surreal Black Figure Painting Blue Teal + Gold

Choices My Precarious Queendom - Surreal Black Figure Painting Blue Teal + Gold

By Abi Salami

Located in Gilroy, CA

'Choices' is one of the most recent paintings in the 'My Precarious Queendom' series of work by contemporary artist, Abi Salami. In the background, a looming sphere of gold leaf ri...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Unicorn Trader, Surreal Painting, Male Figure, Horse-Like Unicorns, Crystals
The Unicorn Trader, Surreal Painting, Male Figure, Horse-Like Unicorns, Crystals

The Unicorn Trader, Surreal Painting, Male Figure, Horse-Like Unicorns, Crystals

By Christopher Klein

Located in Chicago, IL

At first glance, the viewer is drawn in by the Tibetan monk who is displaying his beautiful horses. But with a closer look, we realize they are not horses at all but mystical unicor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Perfect Evening - Original Oil Painting of Figure in a Surreal Landscape
The Perfect Evening - Original Oil Painting of Figure in a Surreal Landscape

The Perfect Evening - Original Oil Painting of Figure in a Surreal Landscape

By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”

Located in Chicago, IL

This original oil painting depicts a grass filled field populated with trees looking upon a mountain scene bathed in clouds and light. The artist often includes a narrative element ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Birds" Julius Moessel, 1945
"Birds" Julius Moessel, 1945

"Birds" Julius Moessel, 1945

By Julius Moessel 1

Located in Solebury, PA

He garnered recognition for his decorative paintings of exotic birds and tropical animals, as well as for his imaginative surreal figural works. Several of his more whimsical piece...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Birth" - Surreal Pen and Ink Black and White Drawing of Female Nude Figure
"Birth" - Surreal Pen and Ink Black and White Drawing of Female Nude Figure

"Birth" - Surreal Pen and Ink Black and White Drawing of Female Nude Figure

By Katherine Filice

Located in Gilroy, CA

BIRTH (AWARD WINNER) • Selected as finalist in 2019 International Artist Grand Prize Competition Art Revolution Taipei April * Top 10 Outstanding Works 2018 Asia Contemporary Art Fai...

Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen

The Trust, Surreal Landscape of the Sea with Lone Figure, Oil on Panel, Framed
The Trust, Surreal Landscape of the Sea with Lone Figure, Oil on Panel, Framed

The Trust, Surreal Landscape of the Sea with Lone Figure, Oil on Panel, Framed

By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”

Located in Chicago, IL

Here the artist has brought his signature "hidden" figure into the forefront of the painting entitled "The Trust". She sits alone contemplating the crashing waves all around her. T...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

The Awakening - Surreal Landscape of a Lone Figure and the Sea, Oil on Canvas

The Awakening - Surreal Landscape of a Lone Figure and the Sea, Oil on Canvas

By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”

Located in Chicago, IL

This surrealistic landscape of a lone figure staring out into the sea as waves crash along a rocky shoreline is a place in the mind of the artist Pozas. From his native country of C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cliff's Edge Surreal Hawaiian Landscape
Cliff's Edge Surreal Hawaiian Landscape

Cliff's Edge Surreal Hawaiian Landscape

By Marguerite Blasingame

Located in Soquel, CA

Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure and sailboat by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45.

Category

1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Anubis Reimagined: Abstract Figurative Painting, Mythological & Surreal Themes
Anubis Reimagined: Abstract Figurative Painting, Mythological & Surreal Themes

Anubis Reimagined: Abstract Figurative Painting, Mythological & Surreal Themes

By Michele Mikesell

Located in Dallas, TX

Titled "Anubis Reimagined", this piece embodies an evocative exploration of mythological and surreal themes. The central figure, elongated and adorned with a crown-like element, exud...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins

By André Thomkins

Located in Surfside, FL

This one is titled "Walk in a Broken Lake" and depicts a surreal figure of a robed woman walking in an abstract landscape in yellow, green, red and blue with a Salvador Dali esque qu...

Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins

By André Thomkins

Located in Surfside, FL

This one is titled "What do you and I and she sea... sieh" and depicts a surreal figure of a robed woman walking in an abstract landscape by a lake in yellow, green, red and blue wit...

Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Hidden Fairy" Oil Painting

"Hidden Fairy" Oil Painting

By Matteo Di Ventra

Located in Denver, CO

Matteo Di Ventra's (US based) "Hidden Fairy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a surreal nude figure with butterfly wings

Category

2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Emerged Fairy" Oil Painting

"Emerged Fairy" Oil Painting

By Matteo Di Ventra

Located in Denver, CO

Matteo Di Ventra's (US based) "Emerged Fairy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a surreal nude figure with butterfly wings

Category

2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Verre eglomise painting
Verre eglomise painting

Verre eglomise painting

Located in New York, NY

A rectangular verre eglomise painting depicting a female figure in a surreal architectural setting depicted en grisaille with yellow butterfly accents.

Category

Vintage 1940s French Paintings

The Chairs

The Chairs

By Reine Paradis

Located in Bozeman, MT

Reine Paradis constructs narrative photographs staging herself as the central figure in a surreal landscape. Paradis is dressed in orange in her images and is shown interacting in co...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tony Bass Original Etching "Apocalypse 1"
Tony Bass Original Etching "Apocalypse 1"

Tony Bass Original Etching "Apocalypse 1"

Located in Houston, TX

Signed, titled Apocalypse I (series) I in pencil along lower margin. Abstract surreal horse and figure. Born in Texas in 1943 Tony Bass received his Bachelor and Master of Fine Art...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

“The Masks We Marry” Outdoor/Indoor Figurative Collage Sculptures
“The Masks We Marry” Outdoor/Indoor Figurative Collage Sculptures

“The Masks We Marry” Outdoor/Indoor Figurative Collage Sculptures

By Zura

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The use of goat heads—a potent emblem of sacrifice, stubbornness, and myth—heightens the psychological charge of each figure, offering a surreal and unsettling counterpoint to the hu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Resin, Foam

Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, Pattern 191
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, Pattern 191

Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, Pattern 191

Located in Downingtown, PA

Over the course of his life, he obsessively reimagined her face in more than 350 distinct variations—transforming her into everything from a sun, a thief, and a clock, to surreal obj...

Category

1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Portrait with Horse and Pumpkin

Portrait with Horse and Pumpkin

By Judith Berry

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Berry has a notable interest in fusing and deconstructing forms, proven by her longstanding investigation into the dynamic between abstraction and figuration. Her surreal symbolic la...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hanging Garden

Hanging Garden

By Judith Berry

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Berry has a notable interest in fusing and deconstructing forms, proven by her longstanding investigation into the dynamic between abstraction and figuration. Her surreal symbolic la...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Landscape Hood
Landscape Hood

Landscape Hood

By Judith Berry

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Berry has a notable interest in fusing and deconstructing forms, proven by her longstanding investigation into the dynamic between abstraction and figuration. Her surreal symbolic la...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate Pattern Number 84
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate Pattern Number 84

Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate Pattern Number 84

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Over the course of his life, he obsessively reimagined her face in more than 350 distinct variations—transforming her into everything from a sun, a thief, and a clock, to surreal obj...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Surreal  Figural Painting by Niki Sands
Surreal  Figural Painting by Niki Sands

Surreal Figural Painting by Niki Sands

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

#5-545a Original contemporary Cubist style oil on stretched canvas,executed with palette technique.Signed by Niki J. Sands

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Picassian surreal figure oil on board painting surrealism Picasso Ubeda
Picassian surreal figure oil on board painting surrealism Picasso Ubeda

Picassian surreal figure oil on board painting surrealism Picasso Ubeda

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Picassian surrealist figure - Oil on tablex. Oil measures 50x41 cm. Frameless. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) co...

Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Surrealist Figure
Surrealist Figure

Surrealist Figure

By Martin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

MARTIN "SURREAL FIGURE" BRONZE, SIGNED, NUMBERED 2/7 LATIN AMERICAN, DATED 1985 22.5 INCHES Fine quality casting, small edition.

Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Helen - Contemporary Figurative Portrait painting
Helen - Contemporary Figurative Portrait painting

Helen - Contemporary Figurative Portrait painting

Located in East Quogue, NY

Paul Green is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist known for his Surreal figure-genre paintings. His work is included in The Portland Art Museum collection.

Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Navajo Great Buffalo Spirit
Navajo Great Buffalo Spirit

Navajo Great Buffalo Spirit

By Michael William Eggleston

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful abstracted surreal figure of Navajo great buffalo spirit by unknown artist.

Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Surreal Beach View with Figure
Surreal Beach View with Figure

Surreal Beach View with Figure

Located in Buffalo, NY

Surrealist beach view with a figure. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 6.5"L x 8.25"H, overall 12"L x 14"H.

Category

1940s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cubist Figure
Cubist Figure

Cubist Figure

By Charles Bragg

Located in Los Angeles, CA

CHARLES BRAGG "CUBIST FIGURE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1960 48 X 18 INCHES Charles Bragg Born: 1931 Known for: illustrator, surreal figure-genre painting ...

Category

1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surreal  Red Horse Figural  Equestrian Painting
Surreal  Red Horse Figural  Equestrian Painting

Surreal Red Horse Figural Equestrian Painting

By H. Krushner

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

#5-2618a A man on horseback,acrylic on paper displayed in a custom made mat and displayed in a gilt wood frame .Signed by H.Krushner ;a Brooklyn artist ,painted when she was 80 pl...

Category

1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Surreal Female Nude Figural  Painting
French Surreal Female Nude Figural  Painting

French Surreal Female Nude Figural Painting

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

5-3620 Acrylic on artist board Set in a vintage silvered wood frame

Category

1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Surreal Acrylic Painting on Paper With Solitary Figure and Sunset Gradient
Surreal Acrylic Painting on Paper With Solitary Figure and Sunset Gradient

Surreal Acrylic Painting on Paper With Solitary Figure and Sunset Gradient

By Gozo

Located in FISTERRA, ES

This surreal acrylic painting on heavyweight Fabriano paper presents a solitary figure standing beneath a vast sunset gradient, creating a contemplative scene that blends minimalism ...

Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint

Diana Ruban — Blue Figure with Birds on Zebra, Surreal Contemporary Painting
Diana Ruban — Blue Figure with Birds on Zebra, Surreal Contemporary Painting

Diana Ruban — Blue Figure with Birds on Zebra, Surreal Contemporary Painting

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Diana Ruban is a Ukrainian artist from the Poltava region, specifically the city of Kremenchuk. She began her artistic journey at a young age, initially expressing herself through dr...

Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

The Arsonist, Surreal Scene, Mansion Shrouded in Darkness, Lone Figure w/ Match
The Arsonist, Surreal Scene, Mansion Shrouded in Darkness, Lone Figure w/ Match

The Arsonist, Surreal Scene, Mansion Shrouded in Darkness, Lone Figure w/ Match

By John Hrehov

Located in Chicago, IL

The artist is a master at storytelling. He sets the stage for the viewer to bring the events to a particular scene. Here, the artist presents us with a curious scene. A mansion is s...

Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

René, Lone Figure Fishing on a Surreal Pond, Small Scale Oil on Panel, Framed
René, Lone Figure Fishing on a Surreal Pond, Small Scale Oil on Panel, Framed

René, Lone Figure Fishing on a Surreal Pond, Small Scale Oil on Panel, Framed

By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”

Located in Chicago, IL

The solitary figure in this Pozas painting sits at the edge of a surreal fishing hole which just appears in a sea of highly detailed grass.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mexican Clay Figure by Teodora Blanco, Oaxacan Folk Artist
Mexican Clay Figure by Teodora Blanco, Oaxacan Folk Artist

Mexican Clay Figure by Teodora Blanco, Oaxacan Folk Artist

By Teodora Blanco

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Incised signature on the back: “T.B.” This surreal animalistic mother figure is holding animal babies who in turn are holding smaller animals. 13 ½" H x 6 3/4" D.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

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You are likely to find exactly the surreal figure you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as a Surrealist version. Finding the perfect surreal figure may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a surreal figure to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, beige, blue and more. Finding an appealing surreal figure — no matter the origin — is easy, but Stefanie Schneider, Max Hammond, Reginald K. Gee, Jason Stout and Scott Anderson each produced popular versions that are worth a look. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and paper.

How Much is a Surreal Figure?

A surreal figure can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,087, while the lowest priced sells for $45 and the highest can go for as much as $400,000.
Questions About Surreal Figure
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    In figurative Surrealist works, natural forms — humans, animals, objects — are depicted, although they are generally dislocated or mutated.

    1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The two types of Surrealism are abstract and figurative.