Surrealist Paintings
SURREALIST STYLE
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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Style: Surrealist
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Tree of Life Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
"Dressing the Sewing Dummy", Surrealist, Collage, Acrylic Painting, 2018
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Dressing the Sewing Dummy” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 38 x 20 inches by .75 inch in reds, yellows, blues and purples. A young seamstress is elated by...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"Urban Zoo" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Urban Zoo" is an oil painting that depicts a lama, giraffes, and a whale in a surreal urban environment
Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phenomenon (surrealism oil painting rooster chicken head farm animal red)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Absurd scenery in the middle of nowhere: head of a chicken, seemingly alive ... and an elderly man
... do they belong together, are they probably old...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed French Theatrical Stage Scene Painting Elegant Lady Interior Ballgown
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: inscribed/ signed on front and back
Title: 'Le Noir le va si bien' translates to 'Black suits it so well'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
F...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealistic Landscape
By Samuel Bak
Located in London, GB
SAMUEL BAK b. 1933
Born in Vilna, Poland 1933 (Israeli/American)
Title: Surrealistic Landscape
Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas
size: 46 x 55 cm / 18.1 x 21.7 in...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ibis Invasion, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A whimsical scene unfolds as a group of ibis birds roam the lawns of the St. Petersburg neighborhood in Florida. Meanwhile, bunnies residing in the houses watch as the giant birds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large French Surrealist Contemporary Painting Abstract Figures Embracing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Surrealist artist, late 20th century/ early 21st.
acrylic and pen painting on board, unframed
board: 29.5 x 41.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pen
Mention, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism, Portrait
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Portrait Art,
Title: Mention,
Size: 31.5" x 47" x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970’s French Large Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting Pink Green Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1973, French surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist composition
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 27 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
private collection, France
The pain...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The High St - original surrealism landscape cityscape painting- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"The High St" by George Callaghan beckons viewers into a bustl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Water
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Water, 122 x 152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic inks on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Water;
Once upon a time there was water. It fell from the sky in clear blue droplets. It made pools and puddles on the ground. The water tasted sweet and pure, it was good to drink, to make soup, to swim in or to wash in. It made the plants and trees grow big and luscious, it was the lifeblood of everything..
Everybody loved water and no one ever questioned where it came from or that one day the rain might stop and there would be no water.
The water women went about their usual business, they made soup, they grew cabbages, they argued and laughed together. The well was always full, there was food aplenty, life thrived. It is sometimes said that ignorance is bliss, and the women did live in bliss although they did not know it. They did not know that one day the rain would stop. It was only when the rain stopped that they knew they had lived in bliss.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Casual Attire III - Vibrant Surrealist Figurative Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Checkmate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"CHECKMATE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2017
53.25 X 41.5 INCHES
"Checkmate" is that great end-finale, that surprised everyone because you basically were playing or getting ready for a totally different game.
An unexpected move from the governments who always have a "card up their sleeve" to screw you.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shaohua Nong Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled 44"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled 44
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 8 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2014
Artist: Shaohua Nong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Confused Flamingo
Located in Kingston, WA
Here we have a very confused flamingo that thought following the gulf stream would lead him to the Gulf of Mexico, sadly mistaken, ended up in the Lofoten islands, an archipelago off...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Surrealist Dreamscape Painting on Paper Inspired. Walking Head with Cat
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This original surrealist painting by Gozo presents a solitary figure with a sculptural head and slender legs walking along a stark pier, accompanied by a black dog. A yellow monument...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Protectress (pug, lady archer, bow, arrow, neutrals, surrealism, oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
IN PROTECTRESS, a massive pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with a sorrowful, almost pleading expression. The warm tones of its fur—soft beiges and browns—co...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gathering, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"'Gathering' was inspired by the works of Aron Wiesenfeld, and features a woman who is drawn in such a way where one cannot tel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Triptych Surrealist Royal College Art Painting LGBTQ+ Artist Oranges Blues
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Looking for blue (Young girl pink dress reaching for sky figurative oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Looking for Blue by Rudolf Kosow is a delicate and thought-provoking oil painting that captures a moment of curiosity and wonder. The artwork depicts a young girl standing on tiptoe,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rainbow Hole" Oil Painting
By Caitlin Hurd
Located in Denver, CO
Caitlin Hurd's (US based) "Rainbow Hole" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wide open grass plain where mountains sway majestically in the background and a rainbow shoots straight into the blue sky from a hole in the ground.
About the Artist:
Born 1978, in Massachusetts, Caitlin Hurd grew up in Salem and the suburbs north of Boston. In 2000, she received a BFA in furniture design from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She went on to lead school-age children in the creation of public murals for their communities. In 2006, she graduated with an MFA in painting from The New York Academy of Art. In 2017 Hurd founded the Artists Off Grid Residency program. She is also the founder of Spark Portraits, where she paints commissioned oil portraits from photographs...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted surreal abstract oil painting by Paul Allen Reed (1919 - 2015). Great color and composition. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butler Fight, Figurative Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2018
Style: Surrealism,
Subject: Butle...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trundler, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young man pushes a traffic light across a grassy field. Dressed casually in a blue jacket over a white shirt and shorts, he moves through the landscape unde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Milky Way" contemporary surrealist, ethereal multi-figurative oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Milky Way" is a contemporary surrealist and ethereal multi-figurative oil painting by Italian artist, Daniela Astone.
Astone's latest work centers around figures floating in ether...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1980’s French Surrealist Huge Oil Painting Nude Sculpture in Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris, 1980’s French Surrealist painter
Abstract Surrealist Figurative nude work
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 26 x 32 inches
private collection, France
The painting is...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Djinn- Original contemporary seascape landscape surrealistic painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Djinn" by Hallie Packard is an original seascape painting tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Boy and his Dog Oil and Mixed Media Cuban Hyperrealism Framed
Located in Houston, TX
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A Boy and His Dog shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to the world...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Toast To Celebrate - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love, Drinks
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
About Artist
Oluw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Shuzeng Liu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "New World 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: New World 2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23.5 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2013
Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Target Practice", surrealist, portrait, mixed media, acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Target Practice” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 26 inches in rich browns and blacks complementing the buff color of the collaged paper. The merciles...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I was inspired to paint this picture by girls. on a nudist beach, they froze on the floor, like trees. As a result, I met them, they became my muses, I repeatedly painted them naked ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Spanish School Surrealist Modernist Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Spanish school modernist surreal portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 18 by 24 inches overall and 15 by 21 painting alone.
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Octopus Huggs - Surrealist Blue and Yellow Figurative Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Octopus Huggs is a 8 x 9 inches surrealist oil painting. The main colors are blue and yellow. The artist created a surrealist representation of a human face defined by ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thoughtful - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Surrealism, Nocturn
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Zdybal (born in 1955)
He was awarded with "Golden Palm" at the international painting competition in Cannes and his works has been shown in Cannes, Warsaw, Gdansk and Berli...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Girl in Blue Dress, Surrealist Oil Painting by Andrei Medvedev
By Andrei Medvedev
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Andrei Medvedev from 1998. A surrealist portrait of a young girl and a kitten in the rococo style.
Artist: Andrei Medvedev
Title:Girl in Blue Dress...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bobby' Nightmare (pug dog face helicopter vintage surreal oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Bobby's Nightmare" by Rudolf Kosow is a striking blend of humor and surrealism, juxtaposing an exaggeratedly expressive pug with an intense military scene. The dog's bulging eyes, lolling tongue, and shocked expression contrast sharply with the highly detailed helicopter and soldiers descending from the sky, creating an absurd and unexpected composition.
The painting plays on the idea of a pet's anxiety, turning an ordinary moment of canine surprise into an action-packed, almost cinematic spectacle. The hyperrealistic rendering of the pug’s fur and facial details enhances the surrealism, making the implausible scene feel eerily convincing. With its mix of realism and whimsy, Bobby’s Nightmare captures the chaotic energy of an overactive imagination—whether that of a dog startled by its surroundings or a playful human interpretation of a pet’s exaggerated emotions.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, americana...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hompage Magritte, Called Woman Seen From Behind, Original Gouache
Located in Stockholm, SE
This gouache painting by Ulf Linde, a multifaceted Swedish figure, presents a unique portrayal of a woman seen from behind, set against a blue and white...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Tramp (pet dog, beagle, troubadour guitare, animal portrait, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Tramp," by Rudolf Kosow, is a whimsical painting that delights in its surreal juxtaposition of scale and serenity. At the center is a beagle's face, depicted with lifelike detail and expressiveness, eyes glistening with a calm intelligence that beckons the viewer into a state of contemplation.
Positioned against the backdrop of the dog's vast visage, a small, solitary figure strums a guitar. The musician, dressed in casual attire, appears as a wandering troubadour, his music resonating with the quietude of the scene. This miniature man, though diminutive in size, plays a significant role in the narrative, providing a sense of companionship and shared experience.
The painting's title, "Tramp," suggests a free spirit, both in the itinerant musician and the beagle, known for its adventurous and exploratory nature. Kosow's piece is an ode to the wandering souls and the moments of unexpected harmony they encounter.
Through "Tramp," we are reminded of the melodies that score our journeys and the silent kinship we find along the way. It is an invitation to embrace the music of life, to find connection in the tranquility of existence, and to acknowledge the symphonies that unfold in the presence of kindred spirits, regardless of their size or form.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Our Lady of the Foam", John Stephens, Acrylic Painting, Surrealism, 24x30
Located in Dallas, TX
This John Stephens original acrylic on panel painting measures 24x30 in and is available for $27,500. "Our Lady of the Foam" features a woman inside a greek mythology dome covered in...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Oh Darling (Young couple in love rasberry jam vintage figurative oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Oh Darling!" by Rudolf Kosow is a surreal and humorous exploration of romance, identity, and the unexpected. The painting depicts an intimate, almost cinematic embrace between a man and a woman, rendered in a vintage, film-noir aesthetic. However, Kosow subverts this classic imagery by replacing the man's hair with an oversized, glistening raspberry, adding an element of absurdity and playful surrealism.
The color palette consists of soft blues, muted earth tones, and the striking red of the raspberry, which commands attention and contrasts with the subdued hues of the couple’s attire. The detailed rendering of the fruit—almost hyper-real in its texture—further heightens the surreal quality of the work. This unexpected fusion of realism and fantasy transforms an ordinary moment into a dreamlike narrative, inviting viewers to reflect on the interplay of love, desire, and the subconscious.
This painting comes ready to hang with clean edges.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, americana...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Figurative painting, "Brief. Kauai I"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. Its dimensions are 40.75" x 61" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A certificate of authenticity wi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dessert Landscape (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dessert Landscape, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2020
48 X 36 INCHES
I wrote these words for the ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Zhenyan Zhao Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Blue Dream Butterfly"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Blue Dream Butterfly
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 27 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Horeb by Angelo Donadoni - Mixed media 53x72 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Angelo Donadoni was born in post-war northern Italy in 1945. His father did not recognize him. Her mother was a prostitute. At 13, he was placed in a reformatory. Then, very quickly,...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Signed Contemporary Surreal Apple Strength Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H x 30L. Signed verso.
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Birds
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
Zodiac Centaur, Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Surrealism,
Subject: Zodiac Centaur
Size: 36" x 24" x 1'' inch, 91x60x3 cm,
Unframed, Stretched on Wooden Bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang.
Tigran Hovoumyan was born on November 8, 1969, in Armenia...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trumpet Player
Located in Zofingen, AG
I love painting people. I love to capture their movement, their emotions, the dramas and the theatrics of life. I paint people to express their personality, their lightness and darkn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1970's French Surrealist Signed Oil Floating Figures in the Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1974
Title: Surrealist abstract depiction of figures floating either in the sky or sea.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sirin and Alkonost, Surreal Oil Painting by Nina Usacheva-Green
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nina Usacheva-Green, Russian
Title: Sirin and Alkonost
Year: 1981
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 40 x 29 inches
Frame: 49 x 38 inches
Category
1980s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1980’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Shapes Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's-80's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
signed and dated verso
canvas: 23.5 x 32 inches
private collection, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meeting, Surrealism, Figurative, Portrait Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism
Artist: Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Surr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ShaoHua Nong Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Together"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Together
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2013
Artist: ShaoHua Nong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Girl With Blue Hair - Surrealistic Oil Painting - Nude
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pawel Sepielak is a Polish painter, book illustrator and printmaker.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
10 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork portrays the Ten of Pentacles card, symbolizing success, financial satisfaction, and the completion of a wealth cycle. White bison figures, repres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Jin Liu Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Production Plan-2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Production Plan-2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
9 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork depicts the Nine of Pentacles card, symbolizing rapidly growing success, incoming financial satisfaction, and wealth. White bison figures represen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Boss jamming with Girlfriend
Located in Zofingen, AG
I paint people; I want my paintings to have character to tell a story but without words as if using mime. To be dramatic, emotional, sometimes theatrical but always with feelings and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) SIGNED FRENCH SURREALIST OIL PAINTING - FRAMED
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Surrealist Landscape"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on canvas, framed
dated '99'
signed lower corner
framed: 19.25 x 14 inches
A fine 20th century surreal...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Companion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Afeez Aregbede...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Dream Of The Inca. Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Something of a departure for Berlin, this highly figurative painting use motifs from ancient central American cultures to create a piece that writhes and turns on the canvas. Beautif...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Visionary Mystical Landscape Mississippi Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant landscape with a group of trees by H. W. Shankle (20th Century). The trees, clouds, and ground are all swirling, as if warped by the perspective of the viewer, creating a fantastical feeling to the composition. In the Visionary Artist style.
Signed and dated "H. Shankle 71" along the bottom edge.
Label from exhibition on verso.
Presented in a distressed frame.
Board size: 16"H x 20"W
Hugh W. Shankle (American, b. 1921) was a photo technician with WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, during the late 1950s and '60s. He was also the official photographer for the Mississippi Art...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Transcendent, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Transcendent" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female figure holding her arms in a dancing pose as glittering gold covers her body.
About ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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