David Rakia Paintings

Antique American modernist abstract surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condition,...

"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025" Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...

Surrealist Landscape the Appian Way - One of the earliest Roman Roads. Rich textual surface with impasto paint application. The artist depicts a wide angle and lower angle view and...

'Characters in a Surrealist Landscape', oil on canvas, by Lucien Coutaud (1931). A couple entwine with the male character seemingly in grief, the female not returning with a comforting embrace. In the distant landscape a sole character meanders. This painting seems to be a creation of the artist's dreams, perhaps reflecting events in his personal life. It seems there is a relationship problem. In the world of Surrealists, there is a focus on the unconscious mind through Freudian methods of free association, trance-like states or dreams. Some Surrealists practiced psychic 'automatism' which was automatic writing or drawing, turning off the conscious mind and producing streams of words or images directly from the unconscious. In unlocking the unconscious in this way, Surrealism was individually expressed (Ref. 'The Short Story of Art...

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...

A vibrant, whimsical Surrealist Modern painting, "Classics Aloft" by Notable New York Avant Garde artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Oil on canvas, dating 1942. Artwork size: ...

Eugene Berman is a keen observer of his surroundings but never translates his vision in a literal way. In "Sicilian Landscape," the artist transfor...

"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025" Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...

"Clouds, from all sides now, 2025" Cohn delves into the enigmatic qualities of clouds—how they symbolize both the fleeting and the eternal. Cloud illusions are a sensory journey t...

Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting, Pale Moon, is a captivating exploration of form, color, and abstraction that draws viewers into a serene, dreamlike landscape. Measuring 12 inc...

Antique American modern surrealist ladnscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1987. Signed. Image size 18.5L x 218.5H. Housed in a period modern frame.

In this painting, I merged surrealism with metaphysical wonder, using oil to invite viewers on a cosmic journey. The puzzled rabbits symbolize curiosity beneath a futuristic celestia...