Surrealist Animal 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
Investigation (bat fox bat oil painting surrealism figurative animal vintage)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Investigation I", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
keywords; surrealism, animals, bat, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, giant bat...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Incident II (horse leg hoof equestrian man surrealistic animal tennis brown art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A surreal vertical oil painting titled Incident by Rudolf Kosow depicts an immense, detailed black horse's hoof dominating the majority of the composition, set against a muted, textured background. At the bottom right, a small man...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is my best work that I have done in 30 years of my work. I am a dreamer, a futurologist. This work tells us what awaits us in the future. How the human body mutates and will ada...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
"Paradise"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
One of my best works in this series is "Art from Money." A painting with a philosophical meaning:
The painting reflects the philosophy of human impact on the planet.
The paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Salvador Dalí USA"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting was painted on money. This is a new world art direction. It has appeared in 40 countries. My paintings are in the collections of world museums. This is a great investmen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Three of Cups, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three interconnected cups represent the beginning of friendship, meaningful social events, and a renewal of communication. Energetic wavy lines and a glowing li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Five of Cups, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Five cups sit at the center of the painting, with the larger one in the middle and four smaller ones around it. Glowing beams and wavy lines radiate from them, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Painting, Birds of Prey with Fish J. James Akston
Located in Surfside, FL
J. James Akston
Surrealism, Bird with Fish, marine scene
Acrylic on Board
Frame: 9.75 X 8
Image: 4.5 X 3.25
Joseph James Akston was a Polish American sculptor, painter, known for surrealist abstract painting and Aubusson (for Les Ateliers Pinton Frères, tapisserie, Aubusson) tapestry artist. Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1898 he died in Palm Beach Florida in 1983. During the 1960s and '70s the entrepreneur-artist James Joseph Akston adopted a unique Surreal Expressionist style in order to present his private primordial universe and lampoon its denizens, a ribald cast of animal creatures with human foibles. A successful industrialist, he began his career with General Motors foreign operations and then started his own business.
Intermittently he studied painting, first with Jerry Farnsworth in North Truro (Mass.) and then with Jose Clemente Orozco in Mexico. In the early 1960s Akston became publisher-editor of a group of art publications which included The Magazine Arts. Initially an abstract expressionist, Akston had one-man exhibitions at the New York Convention Center and the Corcoran Museum in Washington. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is $12,575 USD for Spheres Aux Triangles Aubusson Tapestry, sold at Bonhams New York in 2019.
He was a Graduate of Georgetown University. He sat on the board of the Norton Museum.
Exhibitions
1976 Hokin Gallery
1966 Gallery 63 NYC
1960 Gallery 63 Rome , Italy
Select Public Collections
National Museum, Wshington DC
Boca Museum of Art
Whitney Museum of Art, NYC
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Museum of African Art Washington DC (Now part of Smithsonian Museum)
Bibliography: 1962 Art...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Wrong Place Wrong Time (surreal painting monkey iceberg scale animal chimpanzee
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Wrong Place, Wrong Time is a haunting surrealist composition that juxtaposes disparate elements to create an unsettling yet mesmerizing scene. A colossal chimpanzee, i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Surrealist Figurative Painting, "The Journey of Self-Discovery"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 36.5"x48.5"x1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
Charlene Mos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mentor (surrealist oil painting wood horse équine relic monochrome grey )
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A fragmented horse form hovers in a quiet, pale expanse, its body held together by delicate cords that feel both protective and restraining. Textured surfaces—reminiscent of aged woo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,160 Sale Price
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Runner (surrealist oil painting wood rocking horse équine relic gold medallion)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Runner, Rudolf Kosow transforms a vintage wooden rocking horse into a striking example of contemporary object portraiture, where childh...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Take Care of You- original abstract wildlife interior oil painting- modern art
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sovereigns of the Sea: Pulpo Reina Urraca I, Emperatriz de Toda Españ
Located in East Hampton, NY
"a"
(English translation: "Octopus Queen Urraca I, Empress of All Spain")
24"×18" acrylic on canvas
©2021 Georgia Griffin
Queen Urraca I was the first woman ever to reign in a weste...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bull, the Dog
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Bull dog in a suit
Animals dressed up
fantasy, surreal
Comes ROLLED in a tube
Needs framing
Artist Y.m.Lo is known for his Wheat Pasted Animals in proper ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$360 Sale Price
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Escapee (porcelain bambi vintage art lady brown earth tones surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Escapee", a huge ceramic figure of a bambi runs away from its owner in the middle of a strange and threatening landscape. This painting depicts a completely absurd situation that...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patiently Waiting 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Black Woman, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fate Challenge II (lady climber art forbidden apple snake brown earth tones
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Fate challenge II“ a mountaineer is eagerly climbing a steep rocky promontory, hoping to get the sweetest fruit, an apple, and take a bite out of it. Although, she is completely ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flock of Seagulls - British 60
s Surrealist art oil painting birds in flight
By Stuart Maxwell Armfield
Located in Hagley, England
A superb, detailed and meticulous egg tempera oil on panel from around 1960 by Stuart Maxwell Armfield. The painting depicts a flock of seagulls in a bold, strong and surreal colouri...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Case II
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
Rudolf Kos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,304 Sale Price
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Surreal Figurative Painting, "D
or"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original Oil on Canvas painting by Charlene Mosley. A cirtificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
Charlene Mosley’s current work discusses the importance of the ba...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Collage, Assemblage Cardstock Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013),
Mixed media collage
6 x 4 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
titled: "Many frivolous titles come to mind"
A man on horseback, man and horse.
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Last Hit (surreal painting golf player vintage blue Grey golf course)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Last Hit presents a striking surrealist vision, blending elements of vintage Americana with an eerie sense of absence. The golfer, depicted in muted monochrome tones w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,120 Sale Price
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Surrealist Painting, "After the Rains"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on panel surrealist painting by San Diego artist, Kelley Sutphin. Its dimensions are 14.4"x26.4"x1.5". It is framed. A certificate of authenticit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
“A Quick Lunch” Contemporary Trompe L
oeil Papercut Green Fish Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surreal landscape painting by Texas based artist Wood Fancher Anthony. The work features trompe l'oeil, or "trick of the eye," cut paper figures of native Texas fish and...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
“The Waiting Game” Contemporary Trompe L
oeil Papercut Fish Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surreal landscape painting by Texas based artist Wood Fancher Anthony. The work features trompe l'oeil, or "trick of the eye," cut paper figures of native Texas fish and...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Genuine Saint, Pop Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Michael Knigin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Genuine Saint
Michael Knigin, American (1942–2011)
Date: 1987
Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated
Size: 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm)
Frame Size: 62 x 74 inches
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Presidential office
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This picture is included in the series of artworks "Pathos of the Bureaucracy".
100x100cm / oil on canvas/ 2018
The picture is ready to hang (edges ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spirit of 76
By Martha Hamlin Visser
t Hooft
Located in Buffalo, NY
A whimsical gouache painting by American female surrealist Martha Visser't Hooft depicting a butterfly in a patriotic color scheme.
Martha Visser't Hooft was born in Buffalo in 19...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
$1,100 Sale Price
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Spirit Animal, oil soaked bird angel ecology
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Please note;
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GOLD FRAME.
In this painting, inspired in response to ecological disaster,Audrey Anastasi has shifted her focus away from naturalis...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BALLOONS
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this artwork, I aimed to blend surrealism with pop art to evoke curiosity and wonder. The vivid scene features a whimsical, multi-limbed camel tethered to a vibrant ballo...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Surrealist Ocean Painting, "Jellyfish Dreams"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on panel surrealist painting by San Diego artist, Kelley Sutphin. Its dimensions are 16"x20"x.75. It is unframed. A...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Rebel (pitbull dog ear surrealism scale animal armed men nostalgia vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, pitbull, humour, uncanny, animals, purple, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magic Realistic Painting, "My Gypsy Life"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on canvas by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. It is a triptych in three vertical canvases. Its dimensions are 48" x 90" x 1.5". It is unf...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Investigation II
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Investigation II", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things. ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
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Colorful Oil Painting, "Tell Your Secrets to The Bees"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind oil on canvas figurative painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. It is unframed. Its dimensions are 12" x 10.5"x 1.7". It is framed. A certificate of a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magic Realistic Painting, "Calme and Luxe"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original mixed media work on wood by Southern California artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Figurative Painting, "Spirit Is An Animal"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original surrealist oil painting by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley.
Its dimensions are 10x10. It comes complete with a Certi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Surreal Trompe L
Oeil Dog Landscape Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Bulgarian modernist landscape oil painting by Alexander Titorenkov. Oil on canvas, circa 1993. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Ima...
Category
1990s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baddie (coyote, man, wild animal, americana, surrealist painting, nature, field)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This surrealistic painting on canvas titled "Baddie" by Rudolf Kosow is an enthralling visual narrative that masterfully weaves together three essential elements: man, animal, and na...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Game (bob cat, female tennis player, ball, vintage, animal, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this captivating painting by Rudolf Kosow, the canvas comes alive with a surreal and dynamic encounter. At first glance, we see a massive bob cat head, rendered in repose with a t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Portrait, "Réveille Mon Amour"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind surrealist oil painting on canvas by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 16"x 16" x1.5". It is unframed. A ce...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trojan Cat surreal dreamlike image of small boy inside a large black cat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Luck Memory (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Luck Memory (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 21x17in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1897
*Framed - read...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Together I (purple surrealism eyes black animal head comical mystery figurative
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
We love Rudolf's latest series and particularly this exquisitely comical and enigmatic painting. The artist says "Banal, everyday things meet in the middle of nowhere and present the...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Desert Desert - Surreal Rural Scene, Hyper-realistic Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
As a Mexican musician sings and plays the guitar dressed for the day of the dead. He is being unknowingly stalked by a mythical beast. Little does he know that he is singing about ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Weather forecast 2004, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Weather forecast
2004, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Ivars Poikans 1952. Riga
Ivars Poikāns works in painting, graphics, book illustration, cinema art.
Bor...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,708 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Trove" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "The Trove" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a tropical bird perched on a pile of buoys and miscellaneous seafaring...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Precognitive Dream" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Precognitive Dream" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts squid and birds attached to a glass bottle filled with birdho...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Eight of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by the Eight of Pentacles tarot card, the vibrant green hues of the artwork symbolize growth, fertility, and abundance, including aspects related to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Beast Oil painting French-Moroccan Israeli Bezalel School Painter
Located in Surfside, FL
A beast metamorphosing into a fish.
Genre: Surrealism
Subject: Animals
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Israel
Dimensions: 23.5" x 28.5"
Dimensions w/Frame: 24.75" x 30"
Simon ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boss (paw, feline, cougar, wild cat, man, animal, americana, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this evocative piece by Rudolf Kosow, we are confronted with the signature elements of surrealism that define his work. The canvas is dominated by the vastness of a feline's paw, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Five of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As a part of artist Rachel Srinivasan's Rodeo Series, the painting explores the symbolism of the five pentacles tarot card. The prominent green hues carry meanings of wealth, abundance, growth, and a connection to nature. The white bison adds a layer of mysticism, representing the power of the supernatural. Galloping horses adorn the edges, adding an intriguing touch to the composition.
About the Artist
For Rachel Srinivasan, an idea is worth putting on a canvas only if it still feels exciting after a few days. Rachel enjoys mulling the idea over in her mind for some time before creating an artwork. She hopes viewers will engage with her work and wonder about the subject matter, shapes and colors. "My current work is all about creating a connection between the person on the canvas with the viewer," she explains. She prefers large paintings and sometimes even makes her own canvases. She currently lives in Arizona and enjoys baking rhubarb pies, reading, running and going to art museums.
Words that describe this painting: tarot, wealth, abundance, magic, mystical, cards, oracle, white bison, buffalo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Six of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting reinterprets the Six of Pentacles tarot card, delving into the concept of gaining material wealth and enjoying one's work. The green hues symboli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moody (black dog, hat man, green vintage suit, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Moody," the painter Rudolf Kosow presents a composition that captivates with its emotional depth and surreal creativity. The subject, a soulful canine with eyes that gleam with a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Restful Fairy" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Matteo Di Ventra's (US based) "Restful Fairy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a surreal nude figure with butterfly wings
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$337 Sale Price
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"Lady in Black" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Lady in Black" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black cat with green eyes wearing a black veil and blue pearl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Birds of Prey
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 Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Leopard, Panther, Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Rhino, Peaceable Kingdom
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by famed Chilean naive painter Gustavo Novoa features a group portrait of eight African animals looking at the viewer in sync. In my opinion, Novoa's early work in th...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Surrealist animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist animal 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 animal 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, green, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nathan Neven, Rudolf Kosow, Linda Ridd Herzog, and Isabel Rock. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil 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 animal paintings, so small editions measuring 2.76 inches across are also available. Prices for animal 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 $190 and tops out at $50,000, while the average work sells for $2,313.
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