Surrealist Still-life 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
"Seed of Icarus, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Seed of Icarus" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue background dotted with grapes hanging from stems and one red grape with a halo of yellow a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dark Tonal Surrealist Mask Still Life with a Fish
Located in Houston, TX
Dark surrealist painting of masks and fish. The painting is signed by the artist and dated. The painting is framed is in a black frame.
Dimens...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Object Lesson" - Surrealist Painting, still life, floral, globe - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Object Lesson" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta based artist Guy Robinson attended the Atlanta College Of Art on a Ford Foundation grant and has worked extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and have a place in important collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA,GA). Robinson has over thirty-five years experience teaching drawing and painting for Emory...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Pieta" (2021) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Pieta" (2021) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts two young athletic male figures atop a red cloth in vast desert du...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Aquarius, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Aquarius, the Water Bearer that floods the desert to bear fruit. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist Composition, Untitled, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1937
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983)
Untitled, 1937
Oil on canvas
21 7/10 × 19 7/10 in l 55 × 50 cm
23 2/3 x 21 2/3 l 60 x 55 cm (Frame included)
Signed and dated lower left
Exhibition histor...
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1930s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring" - Surrealist still life, botanical, egg, rainbow, paint brushes
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Spring" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and red.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Hecate
s Moon" (2025) Original Surrealist Lakeshore Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Hecate's Moon" is an original oil painting on cradled wooden panel. This piece is framed at 23.5" by 29.5".
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical R...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Sacred Grove #6" - Surrealist Painting, still life, vegetables - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Sacred Grove #6" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta b...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Another Vanitas 3" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life has a flowers, a skull, a book and a seashell.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Just Another Bunch of Flowers at Breakfast" - surrealist still life, flowers
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life features flowers, toast, an apple and patterned textile.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Pa...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Small Study in White 3" - surrealist still life, lace, skull, patterns, shell
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features the colors of the rainbow as they appear in white objects.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta based artist Guy Robinson attended the Atlanta College Of Art on a Ford Foundation grant and has worked extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and have a place in important collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA,GA). Robinson has over thirty-five years experience teaching drawing and painting for Emory...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Woman, Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism Original Painting
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Surrealism,
Title: Sti...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, 1950s Abstract Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a colorful studio interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite, Canvas
Melrose Animal House - Abstract Architectural Monochromatic Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, early 1950s Abstract, Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a subdued, tonal int...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Industrial Scene Acid Glove, Drafsman
s Pencil and Piping - Fortune Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Surrealist ad where a gloved human hand rises in pictorial height to the size of a chemical plant. Tension is created as Drafsman's Pencil is about to t...
Category
1960s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Revisiting the Boogieman" - Surrealist Painting, still life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Revisiting the Boogieman" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Version XIV" (2025) Original Surrealist Oil Painting on Cradled Board
Located in Denver, CO
3rd Version's (Ben Patterson) "Version XIV" is a 2025 oil painting on cradled panel measuring 12 x 9 x 1.5 inches. The work is unframed but ready to hang.
Artist Statement:
US bas...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ronde, Figurative Surrealist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ronde, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner,
titled verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,113 Sale Price
20% Off
A Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a bright and vivid studio still life scene ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Nudist Woman, Surrealist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudist Women, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner,
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 32 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,638 Sale Price
63% Off
A Lively, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, "Still Life w. Lemon"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, "Still life with Lemon" by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a painterly studio still life...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Colorful Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a bright and cheerful studio still life sce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST STILL LIFE COMPOSITION
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roger Bonafe (French b. 1932) signed and dated 81
oil pastel on thick art paper, inscribed verso
Size 22.5 x 30 inches
Bonafe was born in the town of ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
French Surrealist Trompe L
oeil Apples OIl Painting
By Lucien Mathelin
Located in Surfside, FL
size uncludes frame.
Lucien Mathelin, born in 1905 in Binche, A province of Hainaut, in Wallonia, Belgium, and died in 1981 in Paris. French painter. His work was influenced by surrealism andtinged with irony.
Lucien Mathelin was born in a family of artists and has benefited from artistic training since childhood. He made his first oil on canvas at the age of 15 in 1920. In 1924, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne which he became a member. He did not study plastic arts, but traveled to Morocco (1925-1926) and Greece (1933-1934), where he enriched his palette. In 1937, Mathelin worked for a while for Raoul Dufy to realize the gigantic painting...
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20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life oil on canvas painting sfumato
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Navarro Vives (1931-2023) - Still life - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 92x60 cm.
Frame measures 117x75 cm.
Josep Navarro Vives (Castelsarrasin,...
Category
1990s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cobalt Pot 2 - original still life surrealism painting - contemporary art
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ingredients" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Surrealist Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Ingredients" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a young woman, dressed in Russian-inspired clothing and resting curiously during the night beside a plume of mushrooms, among a surreal field of spirits. Behind her, flying away is the spirit of a woman and a cat, and in front float two clay faces among the peonies.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Red Shoes" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Surrealist Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Red Shoes" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a young woman wearing a Russian dress, posed impossibly among a strange arrangement of objects at varying perspectives. Among these are living things like a spirit resting on the bed, and a small humanoid figure wearing a mask.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Giving Butterflies - original still life surrealism painting - contemporary art
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Butterfly Giver - original still life surrealism painting - contemporary art
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Driftwood
Fish, Mid-20th Century Magical Realism, Surrealist Cleveland Artist
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
Driftwood and Fish
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
9.25 x 23.5 inches
14 x 28.25 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explore...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"SATURDAY AFTERNOON", painting, surrealist dream, giant insect, sci-fi paranoia
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SATURDAY AFTERNOON is a new oil on linen surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 18x18" and is a unique artwork. Note the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"SORCERER
S BISCUIT", painting, surrealist dream, wolf, queen, duality, magic
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SORCERER'S BISCUIT is a new oil on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 16x20" and is a unique artwork. Note the artist's vocabulary present here – the young girl in early 20th century clothes holding the chewed biscuit; on poles either side of her what looks like a wolf in top hat, and a queen with crown. The wolf and queen are dimensional though appear as garish silhouettes – setting up a duality, a dream, a magic spell...
Tony Geiger has said his paintings take you to a certain place, but you have to find your own way back. The world he creates encompasses both classical surrealism and more contemporary concerns. Conflict is usually present. These mischievous juxtapositions make statements on the human condition – either politically, physically or spiritually. Geiger wants the viewer to be challenged and amused by this mixture of the macabre and the playful.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, New York and a longtime NYC resident, Tony Geiger still considers himself a transplanted Californian. He has exhibited paintings at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, the Barbican Centre in London, England, Miami Projects at Art Basel, Ceres Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, and he was accepted into The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Tony Geiger lives in Carroll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sweetman" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Surrealist Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Sweetman" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a young man, wearing goggles, tie-shorts and a seemingly impossible harness made of pies. Finely holding two lollipops out to the viewer, his presence is both inquisitive and lighthearted. He stands in a ribbon swirl of taffy, while a cat stares upwards at him with joy.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Pastel, Cardboard
"Coffee for Two" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Painting, Surreal Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Coffee for Two" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of a woman sitting and holding two cups of coffee up to the small faces on her knees.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Wisdom" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Surrealist Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Wisdom" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of three women performing a ritual.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surrealist Still Life with a Guitar
Located in San Francisco, CA
When you enter visually into the sumptuous scene captured in this painting, the unknown artist is playing with you. They are teasing you to slightly suspend your careful awareness of...
Category
1940s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hemerocallis II" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Pink Day Lily
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Hemerocallis I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a pink day lily.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian artist based in Q...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still life with peppers - Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZBIGNIEW WOZNIAK (b. 1952)
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, at the Department of Glass and Ceramics. He is involved in painting, graphics and artistic glass design. He...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Let
s Try This Water Together" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Let's Try This Water Together" (2024) is a surrealist portrait of three small creatures in a dark forest.
Nadezda is a painter, sculpt...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Lazareto" (2024) By Nadezda, Original Surrealist Oil Interior Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Red Shoes" (2024) is a surrealist painting of an abandoned hospital interior, with an explorer peering through a doorway, out from the hall. Just behind the debris and rot rest the spirits of the room, out of view from the explorer.
Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, photographer, and concept artist. Her artwork is focused on narratives carefully gathered from the hidden chambers of her imagination as well as live theater-inspired work with actors, dancers, and models. Like a quilt stitched of poetic realities, Nadezda’s mysterious world defies the mundane. With a non-linear creative process flowing between different media, the artist explores various vantage points in her creations. This dynamic approach inspires her mind’s eye to focus on the worlds within and evoke an uninterrupted, creative transmission which is then channeled through her paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, writing and film.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
September 2024 Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2024 Siren’s Heart // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
February 2022 Secret Hallway // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2021 The Great Scale of Little Things // Galleria D’Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, Italy
February 2021 A Place To Dream // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA, USA
July 2019 Pins & Petals // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
August 2018 Lukomorye // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2018 Nightmares & Lullabies // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
June 2017 Fly-By-Night // Haven Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024 Miradas Femeninas // group exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
FAIRS:
April 2020 Art Market San Francisco // SFADA x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA, USA
February 2020 LA Art Show // Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2019 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
October 2018 Moniker Art Fair // Spoke Art, London, UK
July 2017 Art Market Hamptons // Haven Gallery at Bridgehampton Museum of Art, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
June 2024 Portrait Show XII: Myth // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
March, 2024 BAA Teachers Show 2024 // BAA Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
January, 2024 AKSK // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
September 2023 Reverie // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
August 2023 Mass // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
October 2023 Bacchus // Modern Eden, San Francisco, USA
September 2023 Harvest // Modern Eden, San Francisco,
March 2023 Secret Longings // Corey Helford Gallery x Beautiful Bizarre, Los Angeles, CA
December 2022 Yule // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2022 Halcyon Days // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2022 Danse Macabre // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
September 2022 Totem // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
August 2022 Mighty // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2022 X Annual Portrait Exhibition // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
April 2022 100 Trees // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
October 2021 Lore // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Moleskine Project X // Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
June 2021 Portrait Show IX // Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
November 2020 Art Collector Starter Kit VII // Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2020 Midnight Garden // Beautiful Bizarre x Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
July 2020 The Art of Quarantine // SHOH Gallery, Berkley, CA
May 2020 Unjust Contentment // Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
March 2020 Contemporary Figuration // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Paintguide x Thinkspace Projects // Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
November 2019 Annual Holiday Miniatures Show // Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
November 2019 Esprit De Corps // Modern Eden x Haven Gallery, CA and NY
June 2019 Moleskine Project VIII // Spoke Art SF, CA
June 2019 Muse, SHOH Gallery // Berkley CA
June 2019 Small Works, Beinart Gallery // Australia
May 2019 Gaia Reborn // Beautiful Bizarre at Museum of Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
March 2019 Femme, Spoke Art + Juxtapoz, NY
January 2019 Music Box // Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
December 2018 Solstice Blue...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Untitled" Macena Barton, American, Surrealist Still Life, Sea Scape, Autumnal
Located in New York, NY
Macena Barton
Untitled
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, California
Macena Alberta Barton was an American painter. Barton born in Uni...
Category
1930s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Óleo sobre tabla - Tarde de café
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
El estado de la obra es bueno
Medidas obra: 33 cm altura x 41 cm ancho
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Garden of Inspiration" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Ripe Yellow Pear
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Garden of Inspiration" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a perfectly ripe yellow pear.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian artist base...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
FRENCH SURREALIST SIGNED OIL PAINTING - STILL LIFE BY WINDOW SILL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School:
French School, second half 20th century
Title:
Surrealist Still Life study.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size:
frame: 23.25 x 17.25 inches, painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,037 Sale Price
20% Off
The Vegetable Garden Huge Still Life Signed Large French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist to the lower left hand corner,
oil painting, unframed
size: 31.5 x 41.5 inches
Stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,458 Sale Price
20% Off
"Hemerocallis I" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Pink Day Lily
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Hemerocallis I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a pink day lily.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian artist based in Q...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Hemerocallis III" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Pink
White Day Lily
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Hemerocallis III" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a pink and white day lily.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian artis...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars
Mod Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl, Victorian Party
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Calogero (Italian, 1922-2001)
23 x 30. framed. 21.5 x 15 canvas.
Hand signed
Little girl at a party with flowers
Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires.
He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco.
In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy.
He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001.
Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950.
Associated American Artists - New York 1952.
James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953.
Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960.
Antologica, Tokyo 1965.
Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969.
Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970.
Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971.
Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972.
Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974.
Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975.
Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977.
Galleria Robert Philip, Parigi 1978.
Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma 1979. Centro L'Esagono, Lecce; Graziani Gallery, New York 1981.
Chiesa di S. Silvestro, Tuscania; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Sessa Aurunca 1982.
Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1983.
Galleria l'Angolo, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Centro Il Faro, Taranto 1987.
Galleria L'Esagono, Lecce 1988.Galerie Molière, Parigi; Nihon Garo, Nagoya, Giappone; Minako H. Gallery, Tokyo; Galleria del Viale Jonio, Catania 1989.
Art Expo, New York; Axis Gallery, San Francisco; Galerie Axe, Parigi; Galerie Molière, Parigi 1990.
Antologica, Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia; Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma; Sinagrarte 91, Sinagra, Messina; La Magia di Taormina, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina; Galleria Buonarroti, Siracusa 1991.
Galleria Arte Oggi, Reggio Calabria; Galleria del Corso, Latina; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Galleria Art Gallery, Gela 1992.
Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania 1993.
Europ'Art 94, Ginevra; Galleria Antarte, Messina 1994.
Galleria Agorà, Palermo 1995.
Comune di Aci Castello, Palazzo Russo, Aci Castello, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari 1996.
Art Gallery, Gela; Chiesa di San Leonardo, Tuscania 1997.
Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1998.
Galleria Perlini Arte, Reggio Calabria; Galleria Il Castello, Rovigo; Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania; Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1999.
Gallery Robert Philippe: Jean Calogero, Alexandre Grig, Linda le Kinff, Jacques Lefort...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horeb by Angelo Donadoni - Mixed media 53x72 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Angelo Donadoni was born in post-war northern Italy in 1945. His father did not recognize him. Her mother was a prostitute. At 13, he was placed in a reformatory. Then, very quickly,...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,016 Sale Price
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"Megalith" (2024) By David Cheifetz, Oil on Aluminum Panel Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Megalith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts apples, vases, and cups wrapped in tinfoil resting on an abstract colorful background. This piece comes...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Good Things, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Dwelling in a space of absolute simplicity, free from endless mental chatter, seems quite appealing. A tiny robot with a die is captivated by what exists befo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Beautiful Tree, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "The Beautiful Tree" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grouping of lush patterned trees in situ with a vanity and mirr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,920 Sale Price
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Wreath: ROME / olympian gold - oil painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Wreath: ROME from artist Stephenie Peek who makes her home in California, is beautifully rendered with a sense of depth, intellect, timelessness and beauty. Inspired by a time the artist spent in Italy and found herself strongly drawn to the history and mystery of antique Roman laurels. Here, the golden wreath appears to float above the clouds in a surrealist, Magritte-like sky. The clear blue has an ethereal quality with glimmering gold. The painting's edges are painted white, so framing is not required. If framing is desired, we can provide it for an additional cost. Signed, dated and titled verso by artist:
Artist's statement—
The genesis of this oil painting, “Wreath,” is the classic laurel wreath fashioned in gold and awarded to victors, both athletic and poetic, in ancient Greece and Rome.
From my studio at the American Academy in Rome, I looked out over the city and imagined these memorials to those who have crossed finish lines, so to speak, who have won their races.
Suspended in silence, this wreath speaks for me not only of wordly success with its ephemeral nature, but also of a kind of lasting victory that art can remind us of. "Ars longa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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