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Highway 1, California
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
size. This iconic photograph of Highway 1 weaving down the Big Sur coastline is an original silver
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Expressionist Abstract Painting with Red and Dark Earth Tones
By Gregory Hawthorne
Located in Houston, TX
Mixed Media. Artist and entrepreneur, Gregory Hawthorne founded a gallery in Big Sur in 1995. His
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled Landscape
By Henry Miller
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. $5,000 Modernism, Naive, Outsider, Big Sur, California Art ...
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Monterey Cypress Trees at the Cove - Seascape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
saturated and textured oil seascapes and landscapes of Carmel, Big Sur, and surrounding Coastal areas.
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Tidal Surge" California Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
for her deeply saturated and textured oil seascapes and landscapes of Carmel, Big Sur, and surrounding
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Reflections on the River - Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
oil seascapes and landscapes of Carmel, Big Sur and surrounding Coastal areas.
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Red, Purple, and Charcoal Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Gregory Hawthorne
Located in Houston, TX
Hawthorne founded a gallery in Big Sur in 1995. OVer 30 years ago, Gregory, his wife Susan, and friends
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Cypress Cove" Pt. Lobos, Carmel
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel, Big Sur, and surrounding Coastal areas.
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Lily Serenade, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lisa Elley
Located in Yardley, PA
breathtaking landscapes of Big Sur, California. Here, a valley adorned with vibrant lilies gracefully merges
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

James Hunolt "Mother Child" Abstract Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are featuring one of our favorite Californian Modernist sculptures by Big Surs's local artist
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Loet Vanderveen bronze ballerina on horse 1974
Located in Palm Springs, CA
moved to California and established a studio-home on the coast at Big Sur. He currently lives there.
Category

Vintage 1970s American Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Bronze Deer Sculpture Signed Loet
Located in New York, NY
California's remote Big Sur coastline. This environment was incredibly conducive to Loet's creativity. His
Category

20th Century Animal Sculptures

Le Dragon Voiture Trptic, 1968
By Daniel Albert Harris
Located in Soquel, CA
fantasy structure in Big Sur, California called "Crazy Crescent" which has since been condemned by city
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Moon Lighting
By Zev Daniel Harris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
fantasy structure in Big Sur, California called "Crazy Crescent" which has since been condemned by city
Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Loet Vanderveen Giraffe Family Bronze Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Metropolitan Museum. When Loet migrated to the west he discovered Big Sur on California's spectacular central
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Loet Vanderveen Running Chetahs Bronze Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
the Metropolitan Museum. When Loet migrated to the west he discovered Big Sur on California's
Category

Late 20th Century Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

North Point, Point Lobos
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, of Big Sur, California. Dimensions 35in x 42in Frame Dimensions 40.5 x 47.5in Framed in a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"El Pacifico" Pink Sunset Over the Ocean
By Roger Budney
Located in Soquel, CA
along the coast and down through Big Sur. Although he has worked in various media, he now prefers
Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronze Imperial Bull Loet Vanderveen
By Loet Vanderveen
Located in Atlanta, GA
discovered Big Sur on California's spectacular central coast. He built a home and studio perched 1,500 feet
Category

20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Drexel Declaration Desk by Kipp Stewart
By Kipp Stewart, Drexel
Located in San Diego, CA
movements of his adopted home state of California. There, in 1972, Stewart designed the Ventana Big Sur, a
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Kipp Stewart for Drexel Declaration Walnut Side Table
By Kipp Stewart, Drexel
Located in San Diego, CA
. There, in 1972, Stewart designed the Ventana Big Sur, a luxury resort near Montecito for which he
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Jack Kerouac Street Sign Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
, Mexico City Blues, The Subterraneans, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody, The Sea Is My Brother, and Big
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
previously been living with Henry Miller in Big Sur, when she heard about Lin and decided to visit Ajijic
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Set of Three Oil On Canvas Equestrian Paintings
Located in Manhasset, NY
to a large cattle ranch, Saddle Back Ranch, near Big Sur, California. Mrs. Lathrop Brown later
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
been living with Henry Miller in Big Sur, when she heard about Lin and decided to visit Ajijic: “After
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Sunflowers Still Life
By Stan Fullerton
Located in Soquel, CA
inspiration for the title character of Lee Mellon in Brautigan's 1964 novel, "A Confederate General from Big
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New Synthesis #34
By Jack Roth
Located in Austin, TX
, Roth moved to Big Sur, California and married his first wife, Colleen Bleier, with whom he had two
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1950 s Modernist Watercolor Painting Israeli Bezalel School Bauhaus Style
Located in Surfside, FL
sister, Eve. “There was a group of artists in Big Sur, all of them poor,” according to Bezalel Schatz’s
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Acrylic on canvas of Chrysler Building by NY artist Sandra Rubel
By Sandra Rubel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
is now more likely to stop while painting her silk yardage on the mountaintops of Big Sur and unpack
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Big Sur 1
By Markus Burke
Located in New York, NY
interact with their surroundings. The series "Big Sur" is part of my work on America. I traveled through
Materials

Photographic Paper

"Big Sur Rocks" Seascape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature landscape of Big Sur cliffs by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). Signed "MURRAY" in
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Big Sur Highway 1
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful pen and ink drawing of Highway 1 along Big Sur, California. Signed "MJD '72" lower right
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Big Sur Coastline Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliant landscape of the California coast in beautiful Big Sur by Kathleen Murray (American, b
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diminutive Big Sur Coastal Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature landscape of the Big Sur coast by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). "#11 Big Sur
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Seascape "Big Sur Looking South"
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature landscape of Big Sur cliffs by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). Signed "MURRAY" in
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Nude Landscape, Big Sur California
Located in Carmel, CA
20x24". Taken in Big Sur California - check out my other listings...
Category

2010s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Big Sur
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of white water surging near cliffs in Big Sur, California. Painted en plein air
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Big Sur Cove Carmel Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape of Big Sur cove in Carmel by Kathleen Murray (American, b.1958), circa 2015
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Highway 1, Big Sur
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed in 1993, this iconic work by Henry Gilpin perfectly captures the dramatic coastline of Big
Category

Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Big Sur Mountains in Spring
By Joseph Forenza
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur Mountains in Spring, an impressionist oil painting by Joseph Forenza (American, 20th
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Big Sur Sofa by MICHAEL HILAL
By Michael Hilal
Located in Antwerpen, BE
The Big Sur sofa by MICHAEL HILAL, which he describes “a love letter to California”. The varied
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Sectional Sofas

Materials

Fabric

Purple Cliffs in Big Sur - Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature landscape of Big Sur cliffs by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). Signed "MURRAY" in
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

McWay Cove -- Big Sur, Carmel Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape of McWay Cove in Big Sur Carmel by Kathleen Murray (American, b.1958), circa
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Big Sur Rocky Coast Landscape
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor of Big Sur rocky coast by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Mid Century Big Sur Cove Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century seascape of a cove of Big Sur, California, showcasing the stunning natural
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Sur Coast Seascape
By Virginia Shackles
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant seascape of the Big Sur coastline by California artist Virginia Frances Shackles (American
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Sur Coast - Art Deco Landscape
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold landscape of the Highway 1 along Big Sur by California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 1903
Category

1970s Art Deco Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Burlap

Pacific Waves, Big Sur Coastal Seascape by Olive
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Waves, Big Sur Coastal Seascape Classic vintage California coast seascape by an unknown
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Big Sur Cliffs, Small-Scale California Seascape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous small scale seascape of Big Sur coast by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, b
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Big Sur, California
By John Maxon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: John Maxon (American, born 1947) Title:Big Sur, California Year: 1991 Medium: Color
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Below Big Sur 1967
By John LaPierre
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional impasto abstract painting of the Big Sur Coastlands in the style of Wayne Theibaud by
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Northern California Big Sur Coast Seascape
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous oil painting of a seascape with the ocean water calmly surrounding the rocks along the Big
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Criss X, Nude Woman Standing. Big Sur, California
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed Silver Gelatin photograph by the artist. From film photography. Taken Big Sur
Category

2010s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Big Sur Big Green" Oil Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Big Sur Big Green" is an gouache painting that depicts a inlet of water
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Abstracted Landscape, Big Sur Coast Cliffs
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstracted Landscape, Big Sur Coast Cliffs Colorful mid-century landscape of
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Garrapata State Park, Big Sur, California Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Landscape of waves crashing against rocks and cliffs in Big Sur by Ken Lucas (American, 20th
Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Sur Coast Seascape
By Clyde Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful California seascape of the Big Sur Coast by Clyde Eugene Scott (American, 1884-1959
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

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Big Sur For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact big sur you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Impressionist examples as well as a Abstract version. You’re likely to find the perfect big sur among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right big sur is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, black and beige. There have been many interesting big sur examples over the years, but those made by Kathleen Murray, Kenneth Lucas, Cara Weston, Les Anderson and Chip Hooper are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Big Sur?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a big sur in our inventory may begin at $175 and can go as high as $34,051, while the average can fetch as much as $1,350.