Surrealist Lady with Birds Painting by Thurman Nicholson

A large painting by Thurman Nicholson.

Spectacular oil on board of multiple birds and lots of flowers. A large format painting. In the modern naive Haitian style.

Large oil on canvas by Pearl Rebhun.

Spectacular in size as well as a novel approach to the subject matter. Poetic palette.

Painted in soft, dreamlike colors and depicting a magical landscape of attenuated nude figures dominated by a painter and his muse, this extremely fine Surrealist work was painted by Arthur Ames in 1939. Here he used egg tempera on gesso-finished board -- a favorite medium among painters such as Paul Cadmus, Jared French and others in the 1930s, 40s and 50s -- to create a highly detailed view of an imagined landscape. Behind the central couple and the painting on its easel, there is a retreating woman in a flowing, Classical robe, and in the far distance a couple embracing on a mountain top. Ames was born in the Midwest but studied on the West Coast and became a California artist through and through; he participated in the Federal Art Project, and worked with his fiancée, Jean Goodwin...

Surrealist nude painting by Alex Alemany, Spanish, circa 1970s. Alemany's works are often described as "magical realism." This painting measures 32" H x 25.5" W and is unframed.

Surrealist painting "equilibrium" by Giorgio Perfetti mix media.

This painting by Libertad Gomez, 1983 is a breath of fresh air. We like the use of colors and the artist's rendition of an outside in environment. Frame...