Surrealist Abstract 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
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" By Timothy Von Rueden, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Wandering Ghost Sisters" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts two ghosts floating next to each other, both holding the same lantern.
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,875 Sale Price
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Contemporary French Surrealist Oil Painting Evolving Shapes and Movement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches
canvas : 18 x 15 inches
provenance: the ar...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$936 Sale Price
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Colourful Contemporary Surrealist Acrylic Painting on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
An early 21st century surrealist acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right and signed and dated to the reverse.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
HUGE ORIGINAL 1970
S FRENCH ABSTRACT MODERNIST PAINTING - SURREALIST NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Boats
Federico Castellon - Surrealism American, Oil on paper, 1950
Located in New York, NY
Federico Castellon
Boats in the harbor, ca. 1950
Oil on paper
25 1/5 × 17 3/10 in l 64 × 44 cm (without frame)
Frame included
Federico Castellón (1914–1971) was a Spanish-American p...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
“Playground” Colorful Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract surrealist landscape by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features a red and orange rounded polka dot character standing next to a yellow lighteni...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Jax, the Mischievous Pumpkin Lad" By Timothy Von Rueden, Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Jax, the Mischievous Pumpkin Lad" (2024) by Timothy Von Rueden is an original handmade graphite drawing that depicts a monster with a pumpkin for a head and a bag of jacks.
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Spiralling Shapes
Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26.5 x 22.5 inches
canvas: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
inscribed vers...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,202 Sale Price
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Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting Classical Figures in Robes, Chilean Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miguel Anibal (Chile, b. 1935), signed
Miguel Anibal is a painter, fresco artist and engraver born in 1935 in Chile. He lived in Mexico between 1960 and 1972, where he exhibited in numerous galleries. With the arrival of Pinochet in power in 1973, he left South America for Europe, where he participated in various exhibitions, both personal and in groups. Laura Allende, widow of the Chilean president who was in power during the coup, asked the artist to send her two large paintings...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,541 Sale Price
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French Surrealist Oil Painting Evolving Shapes and Movement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
oil on canvas, framed
canvas : 18 x 18 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: ve...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$936 Sale Price
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Huge French Surrealist Oil Painting Calm Orange and Grey Colors 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 26 inches
canvas : 31 x 25 inches
provenance: the artists esta...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,046 Sale Price
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Male Bikers in Desert - Huge French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed 'Andres'
dated 1972
oil painting on board
overall size: 36.5 X 36.75 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a pri...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,753 Sale Price
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Still Life. 1990. Canvas, oil, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Motive. 1990. Canvas, oil, 60x80 cm
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diploma wor...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Pastel, Cardboard
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,202 Sale Price
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Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figure Reaching for Moon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1986
Title: Surrealist composition
Medium: signed oil painting on board, unframed and inscribed verso.
painting: 25.5 x 21.25 inc...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Genovart Chess original surrealist canvas acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Chess original surrealist canvas acrylic painting
GENOVART LLOPIS, Jaume (Barcelona, 1941-1994).
Basically self - taught painter, was released in 1972. Grandson of typesetter an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tilo I, Large Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Catalonian painter Eduardo Arranz-Bravo is an artist sparking revolutionary abstraction in the contemporary art scene. Drawing influence from the Surrealist workings of late greats l...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Carnival Figures Colorful
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed verso, dated 1999
Title: Carnival Figures
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 26.5 x 37 inches
canvas: ...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,037 Sale Price
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Large French Surrealist Fantasy Figures Painting Very Unusual and Decorative
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French surrealist artist, late 20th/ early 21st century
acrylic and pen painting on board, unframed
board: 29.5 x 41.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pen
$2,367 Sale Price
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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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,698 Sale Price
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Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figures, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet, French signed and dated 1972
Title: Floating Figures
Medium: signed verso, oil painting on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 32 x 45.75 inches
Provenance: ...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,643 Sale Price
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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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,541 Sale Price
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Floating Castle - Contemporary Surreal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical surreal landscape with a floating castle in an idyllic, dream-like setting with bright blue sky and green grass by Melissa Barkley (Ameri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
$460 Sale Price
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Surrealist Painting" In The Wake of New Life"
Located in San Diego, CA
This abstract oil painting by Daniel Kettelhut evokes a fluid, dreamlike landscape where organic forms drift through a cool, atmospheric field. Soft washes of blue and gray establish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Painting "Midsummer Symphony"
Located in San Diego, CA
Midsummer Symphony unfolds as a vibrant orchestration of color, movement, and layered sensation. Warm yellows and glowing golds dominate the surface, creating a sunlit atmosphere tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting "Murmurs in the Midsummer Shade"
Located in San Diego, CA
"Murmurs in the Midsummer Shade" unfolds as a lush, atmospheric painting that blurs the boundary between organic growth and dreamlike presence. Earthy yellows and mossy greens form a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Family with Horse Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
oil painting on board
painting: 22.5 x 22.5 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from a private collection of this artists w...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,652 Sale Price
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Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant, playful composition by Marilyn Collins (American, 20h Century). Several striped, spherical objects ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
The Oil Painting "Suspension of Disbelief"
Located in San Diego, CA
Suspension of Disbelief is one of the paintings from Daniel Kettlehut’s Karma and Rebirth series, exploring how perception and meaning are shaped by prior conditions. Rooted in the B...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Abstract work "Whispers of The Forgotten"
Located in San Diego, CA
Whispers of the Forgotten is one of the paintings from Daniel Kettlehut’s Karma and Rebirth series, which explores the idea that all things exist in a constant state of change and ar...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Patches
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"PATCHES"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2012
40 X 30 INCHES
Patches symbolize the destruction and erosion of Cuba.
A ruined country stitched together by patches that blend the society like an old rag pant.
The main buffoonery image depicts the old system, no more speech to play when you only have a broken instrument.
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
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Red in the Sky
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grop #2
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plaques of Egypt
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Plagues of Egypt
by Kate Orr (British 20th century)
signed lower corner, circa 1990's
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 31 x 25 inches
Superbly painted, Modern British oil ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,321 Sale Price
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Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,026 Sale Price
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Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Israeli Surrealist "Bubbles and Birds" Signed Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Israeli modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a g...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Waves of Fish No.2, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Waves of Fish No.2, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, Kate Orr, 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Signed and titled by the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,431 Sale Price
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Light Sleep, Surrealist Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Light Sleep, Surrealist Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, Kate Orr, late 20th Century
Inscribed into the paint by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$765 Sale Price
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"Nightgale" Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape style of Yves Tanguy and Dali
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nightgale" Birds Fly in a Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape
Surreal landscape by Kennard M. Harris (American, b-1930). A table is set with a broken glass and surreal objects, becoming a landscape; roiling clouds lurk nearby as a flock of Nightingales fly in the distance.
Kennard Studied art at the Art Center School in Los Angeles
Signed with his Monogam lower left
The Hammer Galleries ink stamp on paper backing and title "Nightgale #62,
a label 14. Nightgale on board. Possibly indication of a number of paintings exhibited at the Hammer Galleries.
Image, 24.5"H x 20"W
Frame, 27.5"H x 23"W x 1.5"D
EXHIBITED:
Hammer Galleries, New York, 1962
First: San Diego, Orr's Gallery, Kennard Harris...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars
Variance of a Path (surrealism, hard edge, colorful art, color field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy
Variance of a Path
2017
Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 33x25in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1777
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Tags: surrealism, hard edge, colorful art, contempora...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Surrealist Spray Paint Painting Mixed Media Fleur D’Nuit Mason Rader
Located in Surfside, FL
"Fleur D'Nuit" 1995 by Mason Rader
A graduate of the L. Jefferey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester NY with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from t...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint
"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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000 Sale Price
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Postumi
Located in Genève, GE
Woodworking
Golden wooden frame
76.5 x 86 x 2.5 cm
This painter painted during his incarceration.
This captivating work presents a surreal landscape in vivid, dynamic colors. Flamboy...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soft Fragility
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series "Dissonance of Softness" consists of five paintings: "Soft Silence," "Soft Solitude," "Soft Maturity," "Soft Fragility," and "Soft Indecision." The word "softness" does no...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Water Sea
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:
Call of the Sea, 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:
Call of the Sea:
The sea was calling, calling its sirens song. It threw tempting little waves flirtatiously on the shore. 'Come,' it said, 'come.' The sea glittered with promise, it whispered sweet nothings as it rolled the tiny gem pebbles on the beach. 'Come to me,' it said, 'I will show you the world, the true meaning of life.'
The people felt the pull, the blood pumping in their veins, like a magnet they were drawn towards the sea. Mesmerised, bewitched, they stripped of their clothes, leaving them in molehills on the beach. The breeze caressed bare bottoms, free from the constraints of life. They stepped cautiously at first but as excitement overwhelmed them they broke into a run as they neared the water. The sea tickled their toes and beckoned them in, making sweet promises of delightful pleasures.
*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 rolled. 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Mirage (ex Reader
s Digest Art Collection) Op Art Surreal renowned female artist
Located in New York, NY
Edna Andrade
Mirage (de-accessioned from the Reader's Digest Art Collection), 1988
Original Collage painting on board
Signed, titled & dated on the front; the back bears labels from Marian Locks Gallery & Readers Digest Association with inventory (RDA) number
Original frame included with collection and gallery labels verso
This is a unique work
Exquisite 1980s collage on board painting (framed) titled "Mirage" by renowned female Op artist Edna Andrade...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Screams for Peace
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sometimes I like to let my paintings do the talking for me when we switch on the news at the moment, it's full of horror when the world is crying out for peace
To say that Ta is a v...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1986 "A Remarkable Piece of Apparatus" Surrealist Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Vintage Contemporary Surrealist PAFA Artist Mark McCullen
signed verso
dated 1986
titled "A remarkable piece of Apparatus"
30 x 22" board, 32 x 24" Framed.
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Wings of Fascism - Oil on Canvas - Contemporary Painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting is artwork of Patrick Faure, Creator of Faurism. The painting is unframed, oil on canvas.
About the Artwork:
Wings of Fascism is a perfect example of Faurism, a styl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$16,520 Sale Price
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"TOAST TO THE SEA"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"TOAST TO THE SEA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2008
40 X 30 INCHES
Toast to the sea is a depiction of the beautiful women at Miami beaches, sunny days, drinks, and having a good moment feeling.
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
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,375 Sale Price
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Shoe Fetish! Whimsical Surrealist Abstract Figurative with High Heel Heads
By M. Jane Balanoff
Located in Soquel, CA
Attention all shoe lovers! This whimsical mixed media figurative abstract piece features four surrealist nude figures with red and blue high heels as h...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Plywood, Wood Panel
$1,080 Sale Price
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YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Caprice 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2015
Artist: YiJian Wang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Collection Number 9
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has embarked on a journey through Surrealism. This collection writhes & flows from his "Billion Dollar Hand" creating a complexity of interwoven rhythms. Berlin has been e...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brazilian Flower- Acrylic painting by Frida
Raul - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Brazilian flowers is a beauty painting with frame by the Italian artists Frida & Raul in 2019. It is realized by mixed three-dimensional technique with acrylic, metal mesh, wood, plastic, concrete...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,438 Sale Price
25% Off
"Skyraft, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Skyraft" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts wooden debris floating in an expansive skyscape.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait High Anxiety, Surrealist Oil
Plaster Painting by Gloria Heilman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gloria Heilman, American (1961 - ) - Self Portrait - High Anxiety, Year: 1996, Medium: Oil and Plaster on Canvas, signed, titled and dated on verso, Size: 48 x 48 in. (121.92 x 12...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Oil
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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