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Surrealism between two wars, International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in London, GB
Seven volume series: Titled Forerunners of the Avant-Garde: Surrealists, Surrealism between Two Wars
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vicksburg. He is seen in silhouette in the bottom half of the composition. The top half shows two Civil War
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Surreal figure watercolor spanish surrealism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spanish civil war, he joined the militias loyal to the republican government to defend the capital and
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1950s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Arbre-Homme (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century Surrealism
By Ferdinand Springer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
started the “Grasse Group” with Hans Arp, Sonia Delaunay, Alberto Magnelli, and others. The war
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

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

Japanese Oil Painting Realism & Surrealism Ryonosuke Fukui Nude
Located in Wilmette, IL
Fukui began his artistic career in post-war occupied Japan as an innovator in Japanese prints by
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1980s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Three Medusas, " Eugene Berman, Surrealism, Greek Still Life
By Eugene Berman
Located in New York, NY
Levy had met in Paris, where Levy had shown much interest in Surrealism and Neo Romanticism. From 1929
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Joan Ponç - UNTITLED Etching. Spanish Surrealism Contemporary Art Purple
By Joan Ponç
Located in Madrid, Madrid
surrealism. ABOUT THE ARTIST Joan Ponç was born in Barcelona in 1927. His training as an artist began
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Joan Ponç - UNTITLED Etching. Spanish Surrealism Contemporary Art Purple
By Joan Ponç
Located in Madrid, Madrid
surrealism. ABOUT THE ARTIST Joan Ponç was born in Barcelona in 1927. His training as an artist began
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Intérieur Vénitien (Venetian Interior) /// Surrealism Modern Andre Masson Nude
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was
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1970s Surrealist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Knight Horrors" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Dream, Nightmare Monsters
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwest. In 1943, Bohrod was commissioned by editors of Life magazine to cover the battlefronts as a war
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1980s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Gallimaufry" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Charlie Brown, Buddha, Gnome
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwest. In 1943, Bohrod was commissioned by editors of Life magazine to cover the battlefronts as a war
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1980s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Nodders" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Surrealism, Dreaming
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwest. In 1943, Bohrod was commissioned by editors of Life magazine to cover the battlefronts as a war
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1980s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Satan /// Surrealism Modern Andre Masson French Lithograph Mythological Art
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured. His early
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

"Night Road" Gerome Kamrowski, Abstract Expressionism Surrealism, Purple Impasto
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
possibilities in their paintings. Kamrowski was particularly drawn to Surrealism's fundamental appeal of
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Progress Administration during the 1930s. During World War II she came under the influence of the refugee
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Le Valeureux Petit Soldat (The Brave Little Soldier) /// Contemporary Surrealism
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
before World War II. After the war, having spent the crucial years of his youth hiding from the Nazis in
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The migrant, Surrealism, Refugee woman portrait, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Esam Jlilati
Located in Yardley, PA
Name: The migrant, refugee many people are running fro war looking for peace and hoping to find a
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
of British Surrealism. The three major elements are distinct: the pastel tones of the window view and
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

French Surrealism Oil Painting Pierre Henry Surrealist Color Flowers in Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
the great Flemish masters’ works. Of the generation of great post war French artists he has shown with
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1960s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Surrealism Oil Painting Pierre Henry Surrealist Color Flowers in Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
great post war French artists he has shown with Jean Pierre Alaux, Lucien Philippe Moretti, Edouard
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1960s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Fil d'Ariane (Ariadne's Clew) /// Modern Surrealism Surrelist Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
War I and was seriously injured. His early works display an interest in cubism. He later became
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching, Intaglio, Aquatint

Jules Perahim Surrealism Oil Painting on Paper Romanian French Surrealist Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
the Surrealist group in Bucharest – declared the new capital of Surrealism by André Breton. During the
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

War and Peace, Mid-Century Surrealist Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century Surrealist oil on board depicting War and Peace by Belgian Artist, Willy Smitz. Signed
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tapies Mid-Century Dau al Set Dada Spain Abstract Surrealism Dark Monster Signed
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Milwaukee, WI
War. Largely self-taught, Tàpies first came into contact with art as a teenager through the
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tyler Shields - Birkin Tug Of War, Photography 2012, Printed After
By Tyler Shields
Located in Greenwich, CT
surrealism of Suspense, a project shot in the New Mexico desert featuring Francesca Eastwood, Emma Roberts
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, A...

"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era Arnold Ronnebeck
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (41/50). Watercolor Goya Disasters of War
Located in Madrid, Madrid
. Image size: 14.4 x 19.7 cm Paper size: 18.3 x 24.2 cm Goya's "Disasters of War" is a chronological
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor, Digital, Paper

JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (48/50). Watercolor Goya Disasters of War
Located in Madrid, Madrid
have depeloved their creations around the "Disasters of War" by Francisco Goya since the beginning of
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Digital

"Abstract Sculpture, " Gerome Karmwoski, Wood Surrealist Expressionism
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
in their paintings. Kamrowski was particularly drawn to Surrealism's fundamental appeal of intuition
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1960s Post-War Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oil

Big City
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Big City" is a social surrealism city scape, watercolor on paper in a
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

My World and Yours
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "My World and Yours" is a macabre social surrealism city scape
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
illusionistic landscape forms. In addition to his contributions to surrealism, throughout his career Gleeson
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1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Only the Psychic has Reality
Located in London, GB
biomorphic, mechanical and illusionistic landscape forms. In addition to his contributions to surrealism
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1970s Post-War Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Bacchanal
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Bacchanal" is a macabre social surrealism painting, oil on canvas in
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bacchanal
Bacchanal
H 69.5 in W 39.5 in
American Street Scene
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "American Street Scene" is a macabre social surrealism city scape, oil
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Children in the Ukraine 2022, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Difficult time now for children in the Ukraine . 2022 is the year of fear, immigration, war, terror
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century Surrealist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
, framed Surrealism aims to revolutionize human experience. It balances a rational vision of life with one
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ernst, Deux Oiseaux (Spies/Leppien 438) (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tree of Life oil painting by Aaron Bohrod
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Hudson, NY
time throughout the country. During WWII he worked as a war artist in the Pacific for the Army Corps of
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Fruits Accrochés le Long de notre Vie (Fruits Hanging along our Life) /// Modern
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
child, Theo Tobiasse created his earliest drawings before World War II. After the war, having spent the
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Je Traverse une Ville sur un Cheval de Papier (I Ride through Town on a ...)
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
as a child, Theo Tobiasse created his earliest drawings before World War II. After the war, having
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Composition for Werner Spies (Spies/Leppien 251) (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Composition, Cahiers d'Art (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Têtes d'Aigles (Spies/Leppien 88A), XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, La Foret bleue (Spies/Leppien 89D), XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Un chant d'amour (Spies/Leppien 71), XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
No Reserve
H 13.375 in W 9.5 in
Death is something like Cousin Cynthia (Spies/Leppien 13 IV), Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
movement and Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogram

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 202D), XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Elektra, XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic training, but his experimental attitude toward the making of
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ernst, Elektra, XXe Siècle (after)
Ernst, Elektra, XXe Siècle (after)
No Reserve
H 13.375 in W 9.5 in
20th Century Man Ray for Gavina Pair of Table Lamps mod. La lune sous le chapeau
By Man Ray, Sirrah
Located in Turin, Turin
Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Unité
By Auguste Herbin
Located in Miami, FL
, Cubism, Surrealism, New Objectivity and Orphism Born in Quiévy Nord, France in 1882 Herbin studied at
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1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Unité
H 25.6 in W 19.7 in
Untitled (Transcendental Composition)
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
walls. As a teenager, Bunnell moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado before serving in World War I. During
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

20th Century Man Ray for Gavina Pair of Table Lamps mod. Rue Férou
By Gavina, Man Ray
Located in Turin, Turin
Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Untitled - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
vibrate in the colors of his palette. During the interwar period, his inspiration was close to surrealism
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

The Woman's Face - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
. During the interwar period, his inspiration was close to surrealism. Before the war, Berthommé Saint
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

The Little Pig - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
palette. During the interwar period, his inspiration was close to surrealism. Before the war, Berthommé
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

The Cyclops - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
colors of his palette. During the interwar period, his inspiration was close to surrealism. Before the
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

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