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Israeli Large Vibrant Surrealist Flowers Oil Painting
Israeli Large Vibrant Surrealist Flowers Oil Painting

Israeli Large Vibrant Surrealist Flowers Oil Painting

By Milia Laufer

Located in Surfside, FL

Milia Laufer, born Romania. From 1951 lived and worked in Safed. Together with her husband opened one of the earliest galleries in Israel, in Tiberias. Worked in watercolors and oils...

Category

1950s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cactus Flower, Oil Painting
Cactus Flower, Oil Painting

Cactus Flower, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

, plant, people, surrealism, modern , oil painting, blueCactus FlowerDuane Brown

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Abstract Painting "Flowers of The Abyss"
An Abstract Painting "Flowers of The Abyss"

An Abstract Painting "Flowers of The Abyss"

Located in San Diego, CA

"Flowers of the Abyss" by Daniel Kettelhut is a luminous abstract painting that explores

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rose, Flowers, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
Rose, Flowers, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork

Rose, Flowers, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork

By Aibek Begalin

Located in Granada Hills, CA

portrait of Prince Rainier III for Prince of Monaco Albert II. His paintings were exhibited at the European

Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Egg flowers
Egg flowers

Egg flowers

Located in Zofingen, AG

. I painted my first Egg Flowers on Samui, in the South of Thailand, in 2017

Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fairy of flowers
Fairy of flowers

Fairy of flowers

Located in Oslo, NO

figure set against a vibrant explosion of flowers. The subject, with flowing dark hair cascading down her

Category

2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Face and Flowers
Face and Flowers

Face and Flowers

By Leonor Fini

Located in Columbia, MO

young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement. Her work, like that

Category

20th Century Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Etching

Flower Studies

Flower Studies

By Mary Spain

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unsigned Graphite and colored pencils on laid paper

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Graphite

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A Close Look at Surrealist Art

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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Finding the Right Paintings for You

Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.

When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.

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Questions About Surrealist Flower Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Dutch flower paintings are painted artworks that depict various species of flowers. Painters from the Netherlands produced many flower paintings between the late 16th and 18th centuries. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Dutch flower paintings from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Why there are so many insects in Dutch flower paintings is a matter of debate among art historians. Some feel that Dutch artists painted the insects in great detail simply to show their skill or to depict the flowers in the most natural way possible. Others believe the insects may have deeper symbolism. They could represent the interconnectedness of life or be reminders of death. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Dutch paintings on 1stDibs.