Surrealist 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
Contact
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painting depicts contact, ambiguous as to whether it could be adverse contact or intimate contact between the focal characters.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Oil
$900 Sale Price
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Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
Porthole to Another Dimension
The legend said, that down by the river, beneath the purple hills, where the black iris...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Owner (black Lab dog, sleeping lady, vintage dress, animal, surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Owner," Rudolf Kosow captures a tender moment of connection that is as powerful as it is subtle. The main subject of the painting is a large black Lab, soulful dog, its fur textu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Large Vibrant Surrealist Flowers Oil Painting
By Milia Laufer
Located in Surfside, FL
Milia Laufer, born Romania. From 1951 lived and worked in Safed. Together with her husband opened one of the earliest galleries in Israel, in Tiberias. Worked in watercolors and oils...
Category
1950s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Stray Cat", Surreal, Tree, Night Sky, Blue, Purple, Orange, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Stray Cat” is a 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch original oil painting on gallery-wrapped canvas. The artwork depicts a glowing cat stretched across a tree branch, bathed in the q...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,280 Sale Price
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"Bake-kujira" (2025) Original Surrealist Marine Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Bake-Kujira" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas.
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical Realism" series. The Bake-kujira, also known a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Surrealist Photo Collage Assemblage Art Butterfly Mouth Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Surfside, FL
Ivan Chermayeff (1932-2017):
Butterfly Mouth
Mixed media collage, 2002, hand signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
Bears label from David Findlay Jr. Ga...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Hopeful (black labrador, dog pet, woman, vintage, animal, surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this moving piece by Rudolf Kosow, the canvas captures a tender and intimate moment between species. The focus is a deeply expressive black dog, portrayed with a level of detail t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Reflection woman in yellow gown mirror peacock and children images
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This image is a depiction of Oshun an orisha in the religion of Santeria . She is often pictured dressed in yellow and white with peacocks small children and waterfalls ABOUT Stephen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Arctic Nocturne", Surreal, Polar Bear, Flute, Blue, Green, White, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Arctic Nocturne” is an 8 x 10 x 0.7 inch oil on canvas painted in 2025. This surreal, dreamlike work features a polar bear sitting on drifting ice beneath a star-fil...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cloud Fishing - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Boy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Cloud Fishing" is a metaphorical exploration of the ephemeral and the unknown. Through my work, I aim to capture the essence of chasing something elusive and intangible – like fishin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,080 Sale Price
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The Muse: Time in Time (Model: Natalia Gubanova)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item does not include frame.
Throughout his evolution as a painter, Antonio Torres has dedicated him...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Water
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Water, 122 x 152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic inks on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Water;
Once upon a time there was water. It fell from the sky in clear blue droplets. It made pools and puddles on the ground. The water tasted sweet and pure, it was good to drink, to make soup, to swim in or to wash in. It made the plants and trees grow big and luscious, it was the lifeblood of everything..
Everybody loved water and no one ever questioned where it came from or that one day the rain might stop and there would be no water.
The water women went about their usual business, they made soup, they grew cabbages, they argued and laughed together. The well was always full, there was food aplenty, life thrived. It is sometimes said that ignorance is bliss, and the women did live in bliss although they did not know it. They did not know that one day the rain would stop. It was only when the rain stopped that they knew they had lived in bliss.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Surrealist Flying Fantasy Figure, Cleveland Woman Artist
By Mary Spain
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mary Spain (American, 1934–1983)
Flying Figure, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
17.5. x 21.5. inches
22 x 26 inches, framed
Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spain’s work exhib...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Surrealist Painting, "Pentimento"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. It is oil on canvas and its dimensions are 30"x40". It is unframed. A c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Body of Mind -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Men Oil, Modern Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Lawrence...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Island. Tan Horse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting features a horse standing against a stylized coastal landscape. Geometric shapes define the sky, clouds, and buildings, while background elements ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Porcupine
s Quiet Path", Surreal, Blue, Violet, Amber, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Porcupine’s Quiet Path” is an 8 × 8 × 0.7 inch oil on canvas painted in 2025.
This gentle, dreamlike work follows a small porcupine as it wanders through soft grass ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tangent - Surreal Still Life - Coffee Table Setting, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is John Hrehov’s Tangent, an oil on panel from 2025. In it, a modern red sofa runs straight across the back of the room, set against a grid of tall windows that open on...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
"Maternal Love", Surrealist, Portrait, Pink, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Maternal Love” is a 18 x 13 ¾ x 2 ¼ inch acrylic on canvas with collage in pinks, greens and blues. The nurturing mother gently kisses her near adolescent daughter; inn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Côte d
Azur. Sun, Sea and Sand. Mid-Century Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century oil on canvas of a summer scene on the Côte d'Azur. The work is signed but the artist unknown.
This artwork is a vibrant and eclectic composition that captures the essen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holding Leather Bag (Brown leather bag surréaliste oil painting vintage dark)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe bold original painting on canvas depicting the vivid portrait of a red boxing glove held by an anonymous figure in a coat.
keywords; boxing glove, red glove, Brown coat, ame...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonlight Acrylic on Masonite, Surrealist, Signed, 1963, Framed
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Title: Moonlight
Signed
Date: 1963
Leonardo Nierman Mendelejis (Mexico City, November 1, 1932 – June 7, 2023) was a Mexican artist known primarily for his painting and sculpture....
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
$1,620 Sale Price
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"Yggdrasil" (2025) Original Surrealist Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Yggdrasil" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas.
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical Realism" series. Yggdrasil is the tree of life ce...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Joan Miró Litografia Original VII – 1972 Color Lithograph, Spanish Edition
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Litografia Original VII by Joan Miró, a 1972 color lithograph from Litografo (Volume I, Spanish edition), catalogued as Mourlot 863. Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, with...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
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 colorful interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
The Stone Lovers oil on canvas painting surrealism
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Antoni Pitxot Soler (Figueres, 1934 – 2015)
Title: The Stone Lovers
Date: 1968
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61 × 50 cm — 24.0 × 19.7 in
Signature: Signed and dated lower...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,049 Sale Price
25% Off
Destiny
s Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Silu Niu Animal Original Acrylic On Canvas "Waitting - Blue"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Waitting - Blue
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 39 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Inspiration, Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Artist: Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Personal Equation" Jimmy Ernst, Abstract Surrealism, Black, Red, Blue, White
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy Ernst
Personal Equation, 1950
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 39 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Laurel Gallery, New York
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Collection ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Embrace" (2015) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "The Embrace" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure embracing the bright silhouette...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
9 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The artwork depicts the Nine of Pentacles card, symbolizing rapidly growing success, incoming financial satisfaction, and wealth. White bison figures represen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-Portrait in Paris, Painting by Robert Nicoidski
By Robert-Louis Nicoidski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert-Louis Nicoidski, Swiss (1931 - 2001)
Title: Self-Portrait in Paris
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r..
Size: 57 x 44.5 in. (144.78 x 113.03 cm)
Frame...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Characters in a Surrealist Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Characters in a Surrealist Landscape', oil on canvas, by Lucien Coutaud (1931). A couple entwine with the male character seemingly in grief, the female not returning with a comforting embrace. In the distant landscape a sole character meanders. This painting seems to be a creation of the artist's dreams, perhaps reflecting events in his personal life. It seems there is a relationship problem. In the world of Surrealists, there is a focus on the unconscious mind through Freudian methods of free association, trance-like states or dreams. Some Surrealists practiced psychic 'automatism' which was automatic writing or drawing, turning off the conscious mind and producing streams of words or images directly from the unconscious. In unlocking the unconscious in this way, Surrealism was individually expressed (Ref. 'The Short Story of Art...
Category
1930s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,897 Sale Price
30% Off
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 - 1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934-1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Frame: 16.5" W x 14.75" H
Canvas: 10.5" W x 8.75" H
Jean-Pierre Serrier was born i...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sentada Desnuda, Surreal Painting of a Seated Nude Woman, Mexican Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Guillermo Meza (Mexican, 1917-1997)
Sentada Desnuda, 1941
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
23.5 in. h. x 19.5 in. w.
31 in. h. x 27 in. w., as framed
He was born in México...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Studio Sketch of Ella", Surrealist, Cream, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Ella” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in creams and browns. The painting is from the “Studio Visitors” series. When Ella a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Soulcollector" By Mariska Karto, Original Surrealist Photography
Located in Denver, CO
"Soulcollector" is a striking gothic surrealist painting by acclaimed realist painter Mariska Karto, created with oil paint, photo paper, and an aluminum plate.
Mariska was born i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Blue Shiver" (2025) Original Surrealist Marine Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Blue Shiver" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas.
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical Realism" series. A group of sharks is known as...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Elements, Surrealism, Chicago Artist, Planets
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Samuel Schwartz (Russian/American, 1896-1977)
Signed: William S Schwartz (Lower, Left)
" Elements ", c. 1928-29 (Date based Upon 8 Pl...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$30,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Platypus Conundrum
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original painting by artist Airom
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Oil
$210 Sale Price
65% Off
"The Second Coming" (2024) by Morgan Cameron, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “The Second Sighting” (2024) is an oil painting on panel that depicts a surreal landscape that has a wolf with piercing eyes standing in the moonlight.
A...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Wisdom Trumps Violence - Surreal Oil Painting with a Leopard, an Owl, and a Man
Located in Chicago, IL
Toying (e.g., rider on toy horse) with violent threats is not wise. The sounds (e.g., horn) of violence (e.g., spear and leopard) will never overtake wisdom (e.g., owl and pearl). This masterfully painted surrealist artwork draws in the viewer with its extraordinary detail. The artwork is framed.
Christopher A. Klein
Wisdom Trumps...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Triumph Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Triumph
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 40" x 32" x 1" (101 x 81 x 3 cm)
Year: 2024
Unframed, Stretched o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Music for the Plants", Surreal, Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Music for the Plants” is a 24 x 20 x 0.7 inch surreal oil painting on gallery-wrapped canvas. The work is filled with vivid colors - bright yellow, orange, green, tu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Painting, Landscape, Pink Clouds, Ocean, Elemental II by Joerg Dressler
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JOERG DRESSLER
"Elemental II"
Acrylic on Panel
14 x 11 inches
_____________________________________
Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschule für Ges...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Dancing Hoki Poki Cats, Oil Painting
By Kat Silver
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three peculiar cat figures awkwardly dance on narrow, elevated platforms inside a mysterious underground sewer system. Artist Kat Silver invites the viewer to i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surreal Floral Painting, Bird, Illusion of Permanence by Joerg Dressler
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JOERG DRESSLER
"Illusion of Permanence"
Acrylic on Panel
24 x 18 inches
_____________________________________
Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Road Less Traveled Hawaii Surrealist Mid Century Figurative Abstract Landscape
Symbolistic and romantic Surrealist 1940s figurative abstract landscape with a figure journeying down a path in an idyllic landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame circa 1940-45. Signed Blasingame lower right corner; from a collection of her work. Unframed. Condition: Excellent; professionally cleaned and UV varnished. Image, 30"H x 20"W.
Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Category
1940s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Bighorn Sheep, 20th Century Oil Painting by Magical Surrealist, Cleveland School
By Paul Riba
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977)
Bighorn Sheep
Oil on paper
Signed lower right
25 x 30.5 inches
30.5 x 36 inches, framed
Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the un...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
L
Obscurité
, Trompe L
oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Yale, Zillman
By Richard Whitten
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'L'Obscurité' by Richard Whitten, 2009.
Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Museum, Yale
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Initialed lower left, 'RCW' for Richard Whitten (American, born 1958) and dated, l...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude young male figure, with his a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Protectors", Surreal, Wolf, Nature, Blue, Grey, Green, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina's “The Protectors” (24 x 20 x 0.7 inches, oil on canvas) is a symbolic painting that explores themes of resilience and guardianship in a modern world of contrasts. A lu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold Earrings - Large Colorful Surrealist Figurative Feminine Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealist paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing. This presence exposed Francisco to the world of figurative arts while...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Acrylic
Mid Century San Francisco Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting--San Francisco Unreal Dreams by Russell Tripp
Dramatic and atmospheric San Francisco surrealist figurative painting by Russell R. Tripp...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Self Chaperone", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media Acrylic Painting, 2020
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Self-Chaperone” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in flesh tones, yellows and greys. The portrait depicts the inner conflict between uninhibi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dessert Landscape (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dessert Landscape, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Sheba Raven Cloak, Hatshepsut - Original Painting of Egyptian Goddess Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixture of imagery he has witnessed in his travels, dreams, and read about in literature. The ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
“Mr. Otter
s Play Time” Contemporary Trompe L
oeil Papercut 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 otter an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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