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Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor 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 Artist Yellow Red
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: The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged 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: The Storm It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings. *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. Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut

Drain Vortex, Surrealist Mixed Media Drawing by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) - Drain Vortex, Year: 2000, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Gold Leaf on Paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Size: 30 x 41.25 in. ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Woman projecting the future by José Gerson - Drawing 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Color Pencil

Concert #II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Concert #II" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on creme Canson et Montgolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Fresh Sketch - Red Ink Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful fresh sketch in red ink on an ivory-colored paper, with an autograph dedication "Per Pino Fasio amicia Pittore Wifredo Lam Albissola 1970" . Dated and signed in red ink. V...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

The temptation of Saint Anthony (1977) by Vivaldo Martini - Drawing 36x49 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Swedish 20th Century watercolour of the water spirit Nack on diamond rocks
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Brocke Bluckert (Swedish, 1887–1956) Deep on the Sea on the Diamond Rocks Sits the Water Spirit Nack, 1937 Pen and watercolour with body colour on paper Signed and dated lower left, ...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

Coffee with M.C. Escher, Signed Charcoal Drawing by Randall Browning
Located in Long Island City, NY
Coffee with M.C. Escher Randall Browning American (1955) Date: Circa 2005 Charcoal Drawing on Paper, signed Size: 19.5 in. x 29 in. (49.53 cm x 73.66 cm)
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Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

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...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, 12 × 8.5 inches. Signed and dated. Measuring 14 × 18 inches in acid-free matting. Artist and art educator, Ro...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Family Tree (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Family Tree, 1968 Ink on paper. 10.5 × 8 inches; 14 × 18 inches in acid-free matting. Signed and dated. Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was bor...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Huge Triptych Surrealist Royal College Art Painting LGBTQ+ Artist Oranges Blues
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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

The Bird Told Me (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). The Bird Told Me (Who Told You?), 1972. Ink on paper, 5 × 7 inches. Signed and dated. Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, ...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Our Home (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Our Home, 1971. Ink on paper. 4.5 × 6 7/8 inches. Signed and dated. Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Learning to Fly, Drawing 2015
Located in Stamford, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Foam Board, Pencil, Graphite

Socre Up, Surrealist Mixed Media Drawing on Paper by Juan Sanchez Juarez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ink, Pencil and watercolor, signed and dated l.l. Size: 16 x 12 in. Frame Size: 30 x 25 in.
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Personne Suite No. 5
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

Diggity Dog, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Painted in a realist tradition, a hotdog in a bun takes center stage in this modern still life. Artist Dwight Smith enjoys exaggerating the scale of objects t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going?, Drawing 2014
Located in Stamford, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Pierre Jacquemon Nature Goddess Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Jacquemon (French-American, 1936-2002) Untitled, c. late 20th century Mixed media with ink, pencil, wash, and metal leaf on paper Sight: 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. Framed: 17 1/3 x 1...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Fashionable Faces, Surrealist Figurative Line Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun and playful figurative line drawing with three stylized female faces by SusanBrooks (American, b. 1951), 1985. Signed and dated in the lowe...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Cookie Ride, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This vibrant still-life watercolor captures the essence of indulgence and a healthy lifestyle. Painted in the realist tradition, the piece showcases chocolate...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

untitled (Woman and Cat)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned Graphite on paper
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Edward Burra original drawing for a costume design for clown, British, 20th Cent
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Burra CBE (British, 1905 – 1976) Costume design for clown pencil watercolour and body colour on paper 19.3/8 x 9.3/4 in. (49.3 x 24.7 cm.) Provenance: The collection of Gillia...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Two Women, Erotic Nude Woman - Lesbian Dream - Existential Magic Realism
Located in Miami, FL
Two Women by George Tooker is a psychologically engaging portrait of contrasts. An untidy, older, overweight woman is seen slumped in a chair, asleep and lost in a dream. Her head ti...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

My King Lear
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has been supporting local Kansas City Artists for the past 40 years. The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), is a non-profit, artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, supporting artists at every level in their career through exhibitions, continuing education and artist studios. Artist: Joseph Broghammer Title: “My King...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

My King Lear
My King Lear
$4,900 Sale Price
57% Off
The Sugars
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

The Sugars
The Sugars
$4,900 Sale Price
57% Off
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Cat Blue Flowers
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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Man with coin, ca. 1930, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969) Man with coin Pencil on paper Workshop stamp on reverse 8 x 5,5 inch Born in Bucharest in 1897 to an officer in the Romanian National Guard and ...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Personne Suite No. 9
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Banana Blue Heads
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: (A), 48x60cm, acrylic ink and acrylic paint on paper, 2011 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Banana Boat...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Butterfly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TOM PERKINSON "BUTTERFLY" MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1974 21.5 X 21 INCHES Tom Perkinson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in the country, and developed ...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Butterfly
Butterfly
$1,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Surrealist Composition with Leg and Arm
Located in London, GB
CAMILLE BRYEN 1907-1977 [CAMILLE BRIAND] Nantes 1907 – 1977 Paris (French) Title: Surrealist Composition with Leg and Arm, ca 1935 Technique: Original Signed Graphite Drawing...
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1930s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Blue Flowers and Colored Threads - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork 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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Mask, Surrealist Gouache and Pastel Painting by Paul Kohn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Paul Kohn - Mask, Medium: Gouache and Pastel on Paper, signed in pencil lower right, Size: 16.5 x 10.75 x 4 in. (41.91 x 27.31 x 10.16 cm), Frame Size: 20.25 x 15 inches
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache

Green Pine Nest, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith paints a modern realist composition of the ends of pencils. He paints them in different colors to lead your eye through the painting. Dwig...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Passing Over", Surreal, Figure, Fish, Mixed Media
Located in Franklin, MA
“Passing Over” by artist Mary Spencer is a 28 x 39.5 inch surreal mixed media work on paper. The artwork is signed and dated on the front and back. Mary Spencer’s works on paper inv...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

South, Texas Landscape Surrealist Drawing of a Cigar and a Crop Duster
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist landscape of South Texas. The subject matter is a cigar that is suppose to look like a bull with a crop duster in the background. The drawing is done in graphite with brig...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Graphite

Hot Air Balloon with Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Hot Air Balloon with Couple" 2017, is a pastel on paper by French artist Jean Marc Brugeille, b.1959. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Little Spark- Vibrant Fantasy Feminine Botanical Figurative Artwork 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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Garden Popup #3
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Dwight Smith's realist watercolors revolve around uncommon relationships and the balancing of opposites. He pairs subjects that typically don't appear together to tell humorous, and often personal, stories. Dwight says of this painting, There is a thrill in growing a garden. My parents had a rather large garden when I was growing up. My brother and I reluctantly had to take care of it. Garden Popup #3 pays homage to that time but with humor. I imagined a radish popping...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Peeled Elbows and Colored Confetti - Fantasy Figurative Artwork 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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Napoleon from the back, holding a heart. cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Pelagia
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pelagia" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on pink Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska, 1927...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Concert #VI
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Concert #6" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on beige Canson et Montgolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska,...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Concert #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Concert #1" 1974 is a black and color ink drawing on Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska,...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Penguin Cactus, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A prickly cactus stands on an angular plane while a baby penguin rests in the foreground. Artist Heejin Sutton placed these two v...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Diana
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Diana" 1974 is a color ink drawing on light grey Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska, 192...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
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...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

Personne Suite No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

Antonio Liarte con modelos, Surrealist Ink and Watercolor by José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Antonio Liarte con modelos, Year: 1979, Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled and dated in ink, Size: 7 x 9.75 in. (17.78 x...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Whispering Figure, Surrealist Ink and Graphite Drawing by José Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Whispering Figure, Year: 1980, Medium: Ink and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated top right, Size: 7.75 x 10.75 in. (19.69 x 27.31 cm), ...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Graphite

Personne Suite No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

Concert #IV
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Concert #IV" 1974 is a 2 colors ink drawing on orange Canson et Mongolfier paper by noted Polish artist Barbara Gawdzik Brzozowska...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Untitled - Early Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Drawing is an exceptional pencil drawing by the artist Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, who signed on the lower right of the paper “Matta”. The artwork is in ver...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

The Capture of the Hippogriff - Drawing by Fabrizio Clerici - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Capture of the Hippogriff is an enchanting drawing in watercolor and china ink realized by Fabrizio Clerici. Hand-signed on the lower margin. In excellent conditions. The artw...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Geometric Multicolor Surrealist Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two rare paintings feature a geo...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Portrait - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini Portrait, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 14.5 x 10 cm 5 1/2 x 4 in. 37.5 x 33 cm 14 1/2 x 13 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition history: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, Apri...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

Personne Suite No. 6
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching

(Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Untitled
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches ...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Surrealist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist drawings and watercolor paintings 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 drawings and watercolor paintings 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, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Isabel Rock, Corne Akkers, Maria C. Bernhardsson, and Sergio Barletta. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint 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 drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 3.75 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings 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 $224,500, while the average work sells for $1,494.

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