Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
to
16
150
43
50
13
15
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
178
92
2
11
11
14
28
44
15
16
5,309
3,478
603
396
271
262
241
219
165
164
52
49
48
28
163
96
8
156
101
74
67
53
46
35
28
16
12
9
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
161
112
109
87
73
26
11
9
7
6
83
59
187
72
Style: Surrealist
"Picador" 1966 Experimental Surrealist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
"Picador" 1966 Experimental Surrealist Composition
Intriguing mixed-media piece by prominent California artist Morris Broderson (b. 1928 d. 2011.) A picador sits upon his horse, hol...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite, Pinhole, Color Pencil
A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "Introspective Stare", the drawing is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Falling To Pieces - Abstract Figurative Black
White Mixed Media Romantic Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Original Drawing Salom, Herod
Head John Baptist Secret Life of Salvador Dali
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Salom, Herod, and The Head of John The Baptist Original Drawing in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" Book
MEDIUM: Original Drawing
SIGNED: Hand Signe...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green 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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Que Font Ces Gens - Ink Drawing by Salvador Dalì - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Que font ces gens is a beautiful modern artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1945.
China Ink Drawing on paper.
Original outstanding drawing realized to illustrate the book "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in 1945.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto.
Executed on thick cream wove paper, not laid down and taped to the mount along the upper edge. The upper, right and lower edges are slightly unevenly cut. There are two pinholes towards the upper right and upper left corners. The sheet is time stained and there is a spot of foxing beneath the lower edge of the drawing. There are some remnants from previous mounting at the upper two corners not visible when framed. There are handling marks to the perimeter of the sheet. The ink is strong and well preserved.
The artwork is accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003, reference archive: D-3461.
Prov. Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Sale...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
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:
Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
Porthole to Another Dimension
The legend said, that down by the river, beneath the purple hills, where the black iris...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Dante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1952
Original watercolor
Signed in lower center
Dated 1952
On vellum lined on thin board 42 x 30 cm (c. 17 x 12in)
REFERENCES :
Th...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Interior, 1973.
Ink on paper, 7.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lying Down Watching The Sun Go Down - Colorful Whimsical Figurative Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Untitled Surrealist Drawing, Oil Pastel and Ink on Paper, 2010+
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
Land
s End (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Land’s End, 1971
Ink on paper, 3.25 × 5 inches
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lying in Thoughts - Original Colorful Whimsical Figurative Surreal Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Readiness (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Readiness, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 19...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Surrealist Drawing, Oil Pastel and Ink on Paper, 2010+
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
Ancestor Worship (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Ancestor Worship, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Anthem (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Anthem, 1972.
Ink on Paper, 4.75 × 7 inches.
Signed and dated.
Measuring 12 × 16 inches in acid-free matting.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Foxglove" (2024) By Ania Mohrbacher, Original Fantasy Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Foxglove" (2024) Is an original watercolor fantasy painting, which depicts a young witch and her black cat in the center of a clearing in a forest, rife with magical flora and fauna...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Face II - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face II, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
11 x 8.5 cm 4 1/3 x 3 1/8 in.
23 x 20 cm 9 x 7 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Guardian Angel, Gabriel)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Guardian Angel, Gabriel)
Year: 1973
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$3,880 Sale Price
70% Off
The Sacred Flying Chariot -Drawing - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Sacred Flying Chariot is an ink drawing and collage on paper realized by an anonymous surrealist artist in 1937.
Monogrammed "P.B." on the lower and dated and hand-note on the r...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wifredo Lam, Cuban (1902 - 1982)
Title: Untitled - I
Year: 1957
Medium: Crayon and Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Paper Size: 22 in. x 26.5 in. (55.88 cm x 67.31...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$150,000
Untitled Surrealist Mythical Portrait
By Bob Camblin
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache
"The Famished Vampire" (2024) By Timothy Von Rueden, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"The Famished Vampire" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts an imprisoned vampire, who's hands are bound and has a cage on his head.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Crystal Study" (2024) By Babs Webb, Original Fantasy Graphite Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Crystal Study" is a powdered graphite illustration, detailed with acrylic created by the talented fantasy artist Babs Webb. Depicted in this piece is a standard crystal formation, f...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Surrealist composition, ca. 1935, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969)
Surrealist composition, ca. 1935
Pencil on paper
Studio stamp on verso
5 x 5,5 inch.
Frame : 12 x 12 inch (30 x 30 cm)
Born in Bucharest in 1897...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Antonio Monasterio – Woman with a Large Hat and Table with Vase. Nr.2
Located in Firenze, IT
Antonio Monasterio – Woman with a Large Hat and Table with Vase. Nr.2
• Technique: Mixed media on paper (pastels, wax, and red pen)
• Dimensions: 56 x 44 cm
• Signature: Lower ri...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Wax Crayon, Wax, Pen
Surrealist composition, ca. 1935, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969)
Surrealist composition, ca. 1935
Pencil on paper
Studio stamp on verso
6,7 x 5,5 inch.
Frame : 12 x 12 inch.
Born in Bucharest in 1897 to an offi...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Surrealist Figure in Space-scape, Surrealist Wax Crayon Drawing by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 -2002) - Surrealist Figure in Space-scape, Year: 1956, Medium: Wax Crayon on paper, unsigned, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon
Untitled (Angel, Gabriel)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Angel, Gabriel)
Year: 1973
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$3,880 Sale Price
70% Off
Skeletons - Polish Art Master, Contemporary Surreal Drawing, XXI Century
By Franciszek Starowieyski
Located in Warsaw, PL
Drawing on paper, 1975
FRANCISZEK STAROWIEYSKI (b.1930- d.2009)
studied paitning at Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw (1949-1955). He specialized in poster, drawing, paintin...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
La Dame Queteuse
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
La Dame Queteuse
Ink on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below)
10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealist Composition - Original China Ink Drawing by Jorge Castillo - 1960 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Composition is a fascinating drawing in China ink made by the Spanish Surrealist artist Jorge Castillo, dated around 1960. The artwork was drawn on a paper that presents, ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Abstract Figures and Landscape, Surreal Line Drawing Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic surrealist line drawing of figures in an abstracted landscape by David Rosen (Canadian, 1912-2004). Signed "Rosen" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new tan mat with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Resting, Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - Resting, Year: 1977, Medium: Pencil on Paper, signed, Size: 22 x 29.5 in. (55.88 x 74.93 cm)
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Untitled - Surrealist Scene - Drawing by Albert Debois - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled - Surrealist Scene is an original contemporary artwork realized by Albert Debois in 1973.
Mixed colored pastel on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
"The Circus" Original Surreal Watercolor
Ink Drawing by Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Das Mondgespenst / The ghost of the moon
Located in Wien, 9
Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
The Egg Farmer half man/ostrich walking on eggs by a dark sea humorous overtones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned archival paper signed on bottom left. It is mounted on an acid free foam board suitable for framing under glass. The dimensions with board are 32x 40 inABOUT Ste...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Holiday End - Color Pencil Drawing, Surreal Christmas Scene, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
The artist is a master at storytelling. He sets the stage for the viewer to bring the events to a particular scene. Here, the artist presents us with a curious scene. The Holidays are over and the thought of getting rid of the tree is always a chore. Hrehov has chosen to show how to quickly eliminate the tree (and everything around it!). His sense of humor comes out in this small, highly detailed drawing that is matted and framed measuring 14.5 x 16 inches.
John Hrehov
Holiday End
colored pencil on paper
6.50h x 8w in
16.51h x 20.32w cm
JHR005
John Hrehov
Education
1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN.
2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Group Exhibitions
2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.
Norman Bradley...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Polynesian Dance at Sunset Watercolor Mixed Media Artwork, 21.25x13"
Located in Miami, FL
A group of sexy Polynesian male and female dancers is depicted with expressive and sensual body gestures. The rhythmic fluidity of each dancer is transferred to their partners, unit...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Collage on paper, 1987
Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left
Condition: Good, with the ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Satyr, Pan and Deer - Greek mythology
Located in Miami, FL
This pen and ink from 1920 depicts a Greek mythological scene with a Satyr companioning Pan, who plays the flute to an interested woodland deer. It is rendered in minute detail with...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Board, Pencil
Finding Your Voice - Abstract Figurative Black
White Mixed Media Dreamlike Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper
Face - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
9 x 11 cm 3 1/2 x 4 1/3 in.
28 x 30 cm 11 x 11 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April 7 -...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Early Street Art - New York Urban Factory Scene - Mid Century - Factory X
By Dong Kingman
Located in Miami, FL
This early work from 1955 by Dong Kingman N.A. is as surreal as it is a document of a place. The artist effectively captures a slice of American urban life but constructs the compo...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A Nearly Forgotten Song - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Art on Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
DALI...DALI...DALI...
Located in London, GB
Softcover book
Containing a signed and dated drawing by Salvador Dalí
First edition and in the French language
8 3/4 x 12 inches
Published by Draeger Éditeur, 1974
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Sorcière - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
La Sorcière, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
21 x 15.5 cm 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.
41.5 x 36 cm 16 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Egg Walkers Nudes surreal dreamlike setting dark muted colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned paper, signed and dated on bottom. Requires framing under glass. Part ot a series of Nudes with Attitude by the artist
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Le Grand Theatre - Drawing by Fabrizio Clerici - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Dyptich realized in ink and tempera on paper by Fabrizio Clerici in 1947.
An outstanding drawing, in perfect condition, mounted on panels.
Frame: 62x88 cm.
Ref. Fabrizio Clerici, ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Self-Posession
By Marcel Dzama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, as comical as it is otherworldly, Marcel Dzama is one of Canada's most internationally successful artists.
Born in Winnipeg...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pedro Pablo Oliva Drawing: Los Dulces Jinetes de mi Memoria
Located in Miami, FL
Pedro Pablo Oliva
“Los Dulces Jinetes de mi Memoria” 2001
Mixed media on paper
39 x 27.5 in
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
BLACK CHAIR (ORIGINAL GOUACHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache and ink painting on paper. Hand signed and dated by Alexander Calder. Executed in 1969, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York,...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Untitled (Miles Davis) (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Sad Shit), 1969.
Ink on illustration board. Panel measures 15 × 13 inches.
Unfinished composition on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
What
s Meant To Be - Abstract Figurative Black
White Mixed Media Portrait Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mythical Creatures V Surrealist Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - Untitled - Mythical Creatures V, Year: 1976, Medium: Pencil and Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Ambush, Surrealist Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - Ambush, Year: 1977, Medium: Pencil and Watercolor on Paper, signed, Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Homecoming (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Homecoming, 1971.
Ink on paper, 4 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Small toning stain left margin.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Time Shelters Memories: Doors (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Time Shelters Memories: Doors, 1975
Ink on paper, 23 × 29 inches. Measuring 29 × 35 inches in acid free matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibited: Woodmere ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, yellow, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Isabel Rock, Kyle Andrew Szpyrka, Sergio Barletta, and Gary Hansmann. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Ink and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $121 and tops out at $179,950, while the average work sells for $1,500.