Surrealist Figurative 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
Hungry (pet dog, pug snout, cooking lady, animal art, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Hungry" is a captivating painting by Rudolf Kosow that beautifully illustrates a moment of connection between a gargantuan, doleful-eyed bulldog and a diminutive woman. The dog’s fa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Big Oak, Tree and House, Surrealist Landscape w/ Mountain, Magic Realist Artist
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
Tree and House
Oil on board
Signed lower right
30 x 26 inches
38 x 34 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unrea...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Woman with Dog - Surrealist Figurative Feminine Abstract Framed Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian-governed academic setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
$1,250 Sale Price
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Runaway (Dalmatian dog surrealist oil painting man
s best friend animal)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A colossal Dalmatian rests its head on a stark white surface, its weary gaze conveying quiet resignation. In front of it, a lone figure stands, gripping a “STOP POLICE” sign...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,240 Sale Price
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Hipster (surrealist oil painting bull Fire red sky man brown animal)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A young, bare-chested figure stands frozen beneath the colossal head of a bull, its monumental form tilting into the scene like a surreal omen. The contrast between the human body—fr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walk in Paradise Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Figurative Surrealism Original Painting
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Figurative Sur...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,600 Sale Price
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Nonplussed
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, acrylic paints on cotton canvas.
Joseph Gilgun is an English actor and producer known for several roles, including that of Vinnie O'Neill in the Sky Max series Brassic, which he also co-created, Marcus in Hollyoaks, Eli Dingle in the ITV soap opera...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Guernica / Subliminal, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Guernica / Subliminal" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the abstracted forms of a watery landscape with plants growing.
Gregory was bo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robert White "The Articulated Form" 2017 Oil, Symbolist Study of AI
Identity
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "THE ARTICULATED FORM"
⚜ Oil on canvas ⚜ Hand signed on verso ⚜ Frameless display
MECHANICS OF HUMANITY
In “The Articulated Form,” Robert Kenneth White presen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Destiny (surrealist oil painting giant horse cowboy rider man brown equine)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A quiet sense of inevitability permeates this surreal encounter between horse and rider, suspended against a vast sky streaked with rose-brown clouds. The figure—a small, contemplati...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Surreal Abstract Expressionist Painting of a Macabre Group of Clowns
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal abstract expressionist painting of a group of clowns in the style of Belgian painter James Ensor. Combining the macabre with the playful, the work features distorted clowns a...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Love
Located in London, London
Collectors will appreciate:
A sophisticated color dialogue between fiery red and restrained neutrals
Symbolic depth, inviting interpretations of desire, attachment, guardianship, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$5,692 Sale Price
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The Sound of the Changing Season - Surreal Rural Scene, Hyper-realistic
Located in Chicago, IL
A violinist, playing a melancholy tune, helps conjure up the change of season from fall to winter on Halloween, as represented by the black cat. The cat is holding the Tempest in the Teapot kettle. The raven, who is bursting forth from the steam of this tempest, represents the cold, dark and harsh winter to come.
Juxtaposing and altering unrelated natural objects with the machinations of man to create a scene of an impossible surreal world, the viewer enters the mind of artist Christopher Klein...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Voodoo, Vodou Ceremony - Bawon Samdi -Father of the Spirits
Located in Miami, FL
This large, breathtaking oil on canvas is one of the finest examples of the artist's work. Casimir is an overlooked and undervalued postwar master.
The painting showcases a highly co...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,120 Sale Price
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Epiphany 1987, paper, mixed technique, 24x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Epiphany
1987, paper, mixed technique, 24x29 cm
"Epiphany" is a surreal figurative artwork created in 1987. Through its composition, the artwork invites viewers to contemplate the ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$455 Sale Price
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WPA Magic Realism Oil Painting National Gallery MOMA Thornberg Female 1930
s
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by WPA era artist Cleo Sara Thornberg whose work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery, The MOMA, and The National Gallery.
This utterl...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Qualia
By Yoko Tanaka
Located in Chicago, IL
With an illustrator’s eye for graphic impact and a wry sense of humor, artist Yoko Tanaka uses only a paint brush and her imagination to conjure whimsical landscapes and playful enco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,800
Vertumnus, Oil Painting by William Skilling, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Skilling, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Title: Vertumnus
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 42 in. x 36 in. (106...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Pearl Necklace Story II - Surrealist Figurative Feminine Framed Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian-governed academic setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fire and Ice, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Fire and Ice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts several nude women with horns with the fleshy tones of one figure's face fading into blue in this c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ice case (ice cream surrealist oil painting grey monochrome vintage crime)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A group of men come across something inexplicable, something that looks amazingly like a scoop of ice cream with a chocolate topping, in the middle of the forest and desperately try ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Protectress (pug, lady archer, bow, arrow, neutrals, surrealism, oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
IN PROTECTRESS, a massive pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with a sorrowful, almost pleading expression. The warm tones of its fur—soft beiges and browns—co...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,240 Sale Price
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"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947)
Two Seas and a Moon
30 x 22 1/2 inches
Oil on Canvas, c. 1943
Signed u...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealistic View (Diptych), huge original painting
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Both canvases are hand signed on front on by Ferjo. Total canvases image size 70 x 100. Each canvas is 50 x 70 inches. Canvases are not stretched...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,000 Sale Price
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MusCATteer - Surreal Rural Scene, Hyper-realistic Original Oil Painting, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Juxtaposing and altering unrelated natural objects with the machinations of man to create a scene of an impossible surreal world, the viewer enters the mind of artist Christopher Klein...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
General and Nude - Oil on Canvas painting by Vasily Kafanov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vasily Kafanov, Russian (1952 - )
Title: General and Nude
Year: 1990
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 50 x 70 in. (127 x 177.8 cm)
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Game Creator
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Game Creator, Yulianna Verba presents a symbolic and emotionally rich narrative exploring self-awareness, feminine power, and spiritual awakening. This striking mixed media work—c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
"Les deux moitiés" two figures floating through deep green and blue water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Les deux moitiés" is a contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted them. Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gloomy (pet english bulldog dog surrealism animal men neutral tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Please note, the whites areas in the painting are trully white as opposed to bluey as shown in the pictures.
Painting is signed at the front.
COA provided
keywords; surrealism, humo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,096 Sale Price
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Dizzy (lady woman legs high heels black and white flesh tones monochrome city)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Dizzy“, something inexplicable has happened in the middle of a sleepy city; a traffic accident where the fire brigade is trying to rectify and underst...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Collage:
Watching
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sport
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic paints on canvas by Joseph Gilgun
"Playing it safe" - Joseph Gilgun
With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is crea...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$3,324
Surrealist Oil Painting Circus Horse Scene Lionel Kalish Fantasy Scene New York
Located in Surfside, FL
Lionel Kalish (American B.1931)
Hand signed lower right
Oil on canvas
Titled: "The Arrival"
Dimensions: (Frame) H 22" x W 28" (Sight) H 25.5" x W 19.75"
Modernist circus scene depicting nude people...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lubin - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This surreal landscape painting by Henryk was done in 2014.
It will ship from the artists studio in Poland.
More about Henryk Laskowska:
Henryk Laskowski...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Together (oil painting vintage couple figurative nostalgia sleeping beauty flesh
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mental closeness connects two dissimilar beings, despite great differences.
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Château Pichon-Longueville. 1994. Canvas, oil, 80x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Château Pichon-Longueville. 1994. Canvas, oil, 80x40 cm
Vladimirs Pavlovs (1950) Born May 6, 1950 in Riga. In 1981 he graduated from the department of artistic construction of the A...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,707 Sale Price
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A dedication to the heart. 1996. Oil on canvas, 106x80 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Art
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
199...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,656 Sale Price
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Silent call - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This surreal landscape painting by Henryk was done in 2013.
It will ship from the artists studio in Poland.
More about Henryk Laskowska:
Henryk Laskowski...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ShaoHua Nong Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Room"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Room
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2014
Artist: ShaoHua Nong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$650 Sale Price
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Head in Front View - Large Colorful Surrealist Figurative Feminine Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing. This presence exposed Francisco to the world of figurative arts whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor
Cash Cow, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A lone figure stands before a slot machine set against a wide Western horizon. The barren landscape reflects a sense of modern isolation. The man isn’t gambli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Expanse, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Expanse" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an overlook over a city and the land beneath it that stretches out to the horizon.
Gregory w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dialogue - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting by Henryk was done in 2018.
It will ship from the artists studio in Poland.
More about Henryk Laskowska:
Henryk Laskowski has been worki...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Birth" 1940s Surrealist Abstract Watercolor Painting, Gray Scale Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
"Birth" is a striking semi-abstract watercolor painting created by the talented Colorado artist, Charles Ragland Bunnell, in 1943. The artwork, crafted during Bunnell's Black and Blu...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The brooch (oil painting sleeping beauty surrealism man tennis figurative hair)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A scene in the middle of nowhere: a young man with a tennis racket unexpectedly sees a huge
figure of a young lady who apparently sleeps or simply dreams in front of him.
keywords; ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Left and Leaving, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three friends gather outside an apartment building, their figures softened by hazy brushwork and a softened palette. The painting evokes the echoes of youth and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hallway of Masters (large original painting on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Ferjo. Canvas image size 30 x 40 x 1 inches. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of au...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
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"Dancing Love" contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Dancing Love" is a contemporary painting of ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Knight. 1993. Canvas, oil, 75x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The Knight. 1993. Canvas, oil, 75x42 cm
Vladimirs Pavlovs (1950) Born May 6, 1950 in Riga. In 1981 he graduated from the department of artistic construction of the Academy of Arts.
...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,707 Sale Price
20% Off
Post Soviet Avant Garde RABBI, EXPRESSIONIST BLUE BACKGROUND, Yellow Star
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: 24" x 16"
Yuri Yefimovitch Brusovany was born on November,15th 1949 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). His father was a Jew from Gomel. His mother descended from the prominent family of Samoiloff Actors. This family was well-known all over Russia for a long time. Since 1820 names of the actors from the Samoiloffs' Dynasty never left the theatre posters. It was the largest family tree in the history of Russian scenic art. The central figure in the dynasty was V.V. Samoiloff (1834 - 1877) lived at the same time with Feodor Dostoevsky, Karl Brullov and Leo Tolstoy. V.V. Samoiloff, P.V. Samoiloff and V.A. Michurina-Samoilova were buried at the Alexander Nevsky...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantastic journey. 1993, acrylic on canvas, 90x70, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fantastic journey. 1993, acrylic on canvas, 90x70,5 cm
Painting with cosmic ship in the sky
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, Latvia.
Studied in the Art School of Rozental, the Latvian Academy of Arts and private studios of the famous painters and teachers Abram Bikov and Vitaly Karkunov. Participates in exhibitions since 1987.
Awards:
1991 – One of the main grants at the International Art Project «Golden Brush» at the Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
Solo Shows:
2008- Gallery "Antonia", Riga. exhibition "Dream City"
2002 – Open exhibition “Genesis” Austria, Vienna
2002 - «Painting», Blackhead's House, Riga (printed brochure)
2000 - Personal exhibition in Austria, Vienna “Gallery Atelier T”
2000 – Personal exhibition in Riga, Latvia
2000 - Institute of Practical Psyhogy, Riga (printed brochure)
2001 - Gallery «AtelierT», Vienna, Austria
1998 – Joined exhibition with N.Bessonova «Garant», Vienna, Austria
1998 - Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
1998 - Co-project with N.Bessonova «Birds and Fish», Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
1997 - Gallery «Dzintars», Riga
1997 - Insurance Company «New Re» Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
1997 - Gallery «Rigas Vini», Riga
1997 - Gallery «Goldshidhaus», Gilzenkirken, Germany, with N.Bessonova
1996 – Personal exhibition in “Rigas vini” Gallery, Riga
1996 - Gallery «Sofia», Gilzenkirken, Germany
1991 - Russian Culture Fund, Riga
1991 – Last personal exhibition in Riga
Group Shows:
2007 - Museum der stad Bad Ischl”Genesis2000”
2007 -“Art Innsbruck” International Messe.
2004 - Showcase of Latvian painters dedicated to Latvia joining the EU, museum «Horst Shloss», Germany
2004 - «Hungary by the Latvian Painters», Moscow House, Riga
2003 - «Autumn-2003», Latvian State Art Museum
2003 - Autumn exhibitions of Latvian Painters, Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
2003 - «Abstract Art in Latvian Painting», Latvian State Art Museum
2000-2006 - International Project dedicated to the Book «Genesis», Austria
2002 - «Autumn», Latvian State Art Museum
1999 - Participation in exhibition “Gold of Russian Art” Austria, Vienna, “Gallery Atelier T”
1999 – Participation in projects “Genesis” Austria, Vienna, “Gallery Atelier T”
1997 - «Art Expo» New York, USA
1996 - «Art of the Chosen Ones», Latvian State Art Museum «Arsenal»
1995 - «Surrealism in Works of Latvian Painters», Russian Culture Fund, Riga
1994 - «Christmas Exhibition», Embassy of Poland in Latvia, Riga
1993 - «Art of the Russian Painters», Embassy of Russia in Latvia, Riga
1993 - «Golden Brush», Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
1993 - «Latvian Painters», Gallery «Sofia», Germany
1992 – sept.,Oct. – exhibition in Baad Goseberg, Germany
1992 - «Artmyth», International Art Festival, Manezh, Moscow, Russia
1992 - «Latvian Art», Berlin, Germany
1991 – «Reshaping», exhibition in Moscow
1991 - «Golden Brush», Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
1991 - «Transformation», Youth Palace, Moscow, Russia
1991 - «Latvian Painters», Belver, Germany
1989 - «Artcontact» National Art Project, Culture House of Railroad workers, Riga
1989 - «Artist and Religion», Riga - Moscow
1988 - «Free Art», Rigas Modes, Riga
1987 - First exhibition with painters A.Alekperov and G.Huckivadze in the Culture House of Railroad workers, Riga
Auctions:
2002 - «Doroteum» Vienna, Austria - paintings «Russian Art» and «Portrait of Olga...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,984 Sale Price
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4505 Transformaciones 1, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Andres Vivo
Located in Yardley, PA
Belongs to my uman social behaviour series Inspired by the crude realities that Francisco Goya painted :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Absolut Keck" Vodka Abstract Surrealist Black and White Airbrush Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract surrealist black and white airbrush painting of an Absolut Vodka bottle surrounded by a variety of figures. The piece includes the faces of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Foam Board
Cosmic Consciousness
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cosmic Consciousness marks a powerful threshold in Yulianna Verba’s metaphysical series, inviting the viewer into the liminal moment where the game of life pauses—and pure awareness ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$1,477 Sale Price
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My Imperfection Gaze - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A portrait can tell a story, my artistic pieces highlight the exploration of the complexity of human identity, space and existence. My imagery embodies the unconventional expression ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glitter, Acrylic
Musicians
Surrealist Oil Painting of a Musician, Signed Oil Painting
By Alexei Kvaratskheliya
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Musicians' Surrealist Oil Painting of a Musician, Signed Oil Painting
By Russian artist Alexei Kvarayskhelia, 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner, also labelled on the back
Oil painting on card, framed
Frame size: 16 x 17 inches
Wonderfully stylish and unique oil painting. This surrealist painting of a band...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Strangled Planet
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary oil painting that resembles an early renaissance mural. Old masters throughout Art History come to mind, like Hieronymus Bosch, Jan Van Eyck, or Pieter Bruegel.
Gordon depicts the "Strangled Planet" we live in: war, protests, and unrest abounds. At the same time, exploration, cooperation, and humanity persists. She uses European Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical references around the main contemporary action. This is perhaps a reference to the uncertainty that is inherent in life—hardships as well as victories have always been depicted in grand compositions. The skeletons that climb, cling, and swing on either side of the painting are the reminders of this finite life.
Artist Bio
Kristy Gordon’s work is a frank and intimate reflection of her curiosity about other people, transformations and self-discovery. Her paintings hang in over 500 public and private collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2010, 2013), an Exceptional Merit Award from the Portrait Society of America (2014), and was a finalist for the 2013 Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture.
She has been widely featured in numerous magazines, art publications, radio and television shows, including International Artist, Fine Art Connoisseur, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art and Bravo!’s Star Portraits.
Gordon has seven years of experience teaching and conducting painting workshops throughout North America. She has taught at numerous academies and schools including The Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, The Lake Country Art House, and The Okanagan School of Arts in Penticton and has also substitute taught at the New York Academy of Art. She has lectured at China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, New Century Artists in New York City and the Art of the Portrait in Washington, DC.
She received her MFA degree in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Additionally, she has studied classical drawing and painting at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto and Andreeva Portrait Academy in Santa Fe. She has also studied privately with artists including Yuqi Wang, Odd Nerdrum, Juan Martinez, Jeremy Lipking.
Gordon is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York, Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor and Cube Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
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