Surrealist Art
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
Time Shelters Memories: Doors (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Time Shelters Memories: Doors, 1975
Ink on paper, 23 × 29 inches. Measuring 29 × 35 inches in acid free matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibited: Woodmere ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealistic Garden (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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
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Gouda - 11-08-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Gouda - 11-08-18 Last week I was walking in the direction of Museum Gouda to visit the exhibition 'From Gauguin to Toorop' when I saw this canal adjacent to the museum, opposite t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Pencil
Our Historical Heritage Elijah
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Our Historical Heritage Elijah
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali
EDITION NUMBER: 175/400
MEASUREMENTS: 19.87" x 26"
YEAR: 1975
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Theories
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
In Theories, the viewer is confronted with an enigmatic scene where time and space seem to dissolve. Two sculptures float suspended in a dark, earthy-toned environment, divided by a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Divine Comedy : The Dwellers of Prato - Etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
The dwellers of Prato (1960)
Heliogravure reworked with drypoint
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives Vellum paper
Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
References...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Obra Inèdita Recent V
By Joan Miró
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist.
Miró’s works, which were at the int...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miro, The Awakening, from Miro 1959–1960, 1961 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Le reveil (The Awakening), from the album Miro 1959–1960 (Miro 1959–1960), origi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Sorcière au Balai - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized by Dalì in 1968/69.
Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 49/150, hand colored.
Hand s...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Femme à la guitare
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femme à la guitare
Etching from 1967.
The edition of 122/145 on Japan paper.
Enhanced with watercolor..
Dimensions of work: 38 x 28.5 cm.
Hand signed....
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - The War
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The War - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
Embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Surrealist "Babies DJ" Portrait inspired in Old Masters. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
Babies DJ.
Funny and touching image composed by Spanish artist Pablo de Pinini as a reinterpretation of past masterpieces, in which contemporary or futuristic elements burst in in u...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
$2,113 Sale Price
20% Off
Linea Electa - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Vinea Electa is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964, It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
Signed an...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Appareil et Main - Lithograph after Salvador Dalì - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Appareil et Main is an artwork realized after a painting by the Surrealist Catalan artist Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904-1989).
This is a color lithograph on wove paper, properly e...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Orifice, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Orifice, Portfolio: Dessins Erotiques, Year: 1971, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 23/125, Image Size: ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012) - Coloured lithograph on paper - 1950
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on paper, edited in 1950.
Limited edition of 200 copies, numbered as 156/200 in lower right corner.
Signed in pencil by artist in lower left corner.
Paper size: ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Go With The Flow" Fantasy and Surreal Oil on Canvas by acclaimed British artist
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Fille au Flambeau - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized in 1968.
Table from the Series "Les Amours de Cassandre", published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 56/95 on japanese paper, hand colored.
Hand signed...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali "Bust"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Bust
Series: Faust
Date: 1969
Medium: drypoint
Framed Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.5"
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: 49/145
Literature: Albert Fie...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Ecce Virgo Concipiet - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Ecce Virgo Concipiet is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964, It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
S...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tertia Die Resurrexit - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Tertia Die Resurrexit is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964, It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Struggle of man, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This image represents the struggle of an angelic soul with the World . Combination of a free expressive painting of an angelic soul drowning in a sharp geometric field. Ready to han...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Cubist Portrait
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Cubist Portrait
Lithograph from 1939.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and secure ...
Category
1930s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$912 Sale Price
20% Off
Anatomie de Mon Univers
By André Masson
Located in Wilton, CT
Reprint of Andre Masson's book from 1939. Printed on heavy wove paper. 30 plates of black and white drawings.
Category
1930s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$408 Sale Price
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"Your New Home, " Abstract Surrealist Landscape Oil Pastel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Your New Home" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features abstract, surreal, and biomorphic obj...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"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, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Blue Column
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
The Blue Column transports us to a space where time appears to stand still. The composition divides the canvas into two parts: at the top, a narrow strip reveals the head of a classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Horse Head
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Horse Head
The majestic profile of a horse, inspired by a Madrid sculpture, takes center stage in this work. A warm circle, almost like a luminous medallion, frames the powerful pres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali
Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers, Published 1971
Medium: Copper Etching on Arches Paper
Edition: 108/150
Artwork Size: 25 x 20 in
Framed Size: 33 x 28 in
T...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Afro Lady -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
About Artist
Oluw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dali Vertical La Sirene lithograph certificate painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
edition of 195 copies + several E.A.
ej 149/195
certificate
DALÍ, Salvador (Figueras, Gerona, 1904-1989).
During its early years, Dalí d...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper
Blue Bird
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Blue Bird' c.1990 is a dye sublimation print on aluminium by Ukrainian/American artist Anatole Krasnyansky. It is hand signed and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Other Medium
Etudes de Sphinx (Sphinx and Cat)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907 - 1996) was an independent and visionary artist whose work defied categorization within Surrealism, despite her association with its key figures i...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Ink
"Pollock Easter Egg"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The Pollock Easter Egg.
This series is dedicated to Ukrainian Easter eggs – pysankas. The Ukrainian pysanka is a symbol that unites all corners of our country. And its role is p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Leonora Carrington, The Transparent Hen
Located in Miami, FL
Leonora Carrington
The Transparent Hen, 1969
Watercolor and ink on paper
11 x 4 in
Provenance:
Private Collection, Dr. Salomon Grimberg (Gift from the artist).
Private Collection, T...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Changes in order
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting belongs to the series “Who's Next?” In August 2025, it was presented at the duo exhibition “Dialogue Between Heaven and Roots” in Lutsk (Ukraine) at the Art Gallery of ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Beaujolais - Abstract Muted Tone Architectural Still Life Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Formes (Forms)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Formes (Forms)
Lithograph from 1983.
Dimensions of sheet: 61 x 39 cm
Dimensions in frame: 73 x 53 cm
Publisher: George Brazilier, New York.
Printer: ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marvel. VI gold leaf abstract framed painting, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
Gold leaf is brilliant for modern painting. Brings to life elegant details that appear as an icon. Painting is 12X16.5†acrylic with a dash of gold leaf with a twist on heav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Le Pêcheur (The Angler) - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized in 1968.
Table from the Series "Les Amours de Cassandre", published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 56/95 on japanese paper, hand colored.
Hand signed...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Two Nudes) — Erotic Surrealism
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hans Bellmer, Untitled (Two Nudes), engraving and drypoint, 1971, edition 99. Signed and numbered '94/99' in pencil. A fine impression, on Arches cream wove paper; the full sheet wit...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving, Drypoint
$560 Sale Price
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Lovers - Thétis and Pelée - Original etching handsigned and numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre-Yves Tremois
Thésis and Pelée
Original etching, 1970
Handsigned by the artist
Numbered / XXIV copies (total edition of 90 + XXIV)
Size 57 x 45 cm (c. 22,4 x 17,7 in)
Very goo...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1967 folio Derriere le miroir, L'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, etin-celles (...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Gad (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1973
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gad is an etching on paper from Salvador Dalí's "Twelve Tribes of Israel." The image size is 14.5 x 19.62 inches and the framed dimensions are 27.75 x 34.25 inches. From the English ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Homecoming (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Homecoming, 1971.
Ink on paper, 4 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Small toning stain left margin.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hills and Valleys, Surrealist Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Hills and Valleys, Portfolio: Dessins Erotiques, Year: 1971, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 23/125, Im...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
A Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Painting, "Seated Nude with Mirror"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Scene "Seated Nude with Mirror" by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on Masonite, dating fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Island. Ghost House, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A geometric outline of a woman's skull and a house contrast against a pale blue sky. The painting features vibrant and varied tones, with blocks of color outlin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le Miroir, 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1971 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 193-194, octobre-novembre 1971, published by ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Untitled, from Joan Miro, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1956 publication Joan Miro. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by M...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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DALI...DALI...DALI...
Located in London, GB
Softcover book
Containing a signed and dated drawing by Salvador Dalí
First edition and in the French language
8 3/4 x 12 inches
Published by Draeger Éditeur, 1974
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Pen
Mat
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pierre Alechinsky (1927) - Mat
Lithograph with etching from 1975.
The edition of 29/50.
Dimensions of work: 158 x 116 cm.
Hand signed.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Etching
$15,974
New Mexican Walls, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was inspired by the Pueblos in New Mexico. Those walls were painted in the style of impossible art which tricks the mind to create a very thought provoking and intrigui...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Walk along Lupie street 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: Portrait Surrealism,
T...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Paris le 14 Juillet Bastille Day vintage travel poster, linen-backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "Le 14 Juillet à Paris" Poster by Gromaire, Linen-Backed, 1956, Excellent Condition. First edition lithograph poster, an after of a 1956 painting by Marcel Gromaire, spons...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Pear and Nude Back
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Pear and Nude Back - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 272/390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
"Invisibility Hat" Figurative Photography 16" x 16" in Ed 1/24 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Invisibility Hat" Figurative Photography 16" x 16" in Ed 1/24 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Comes with COA issued by the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Le Domaine d
Arnheim - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1962 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Leonor Fini. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $1,426.
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