Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor 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
Face and Flowers
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching
Carousel of nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
The work is signed and dated but artist unknown from the gallery
The work is framed. White wooden frame with glass, total size 82x62 cm
Category
1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Monumental Surrealist Pastel, Of Course We Evolve But Does Anything Ever Change?
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist, figurative large scale pastel of a deconstructed head and other elements by Gordon Muir. With original exhibition title label. Presented in fine silvered wood and fabric custom frame, under glass.
A magnificent and truly monumental work of a 'deconstructed' head and three other triptych elements. Influenced by the paintings of Francis Bacon and Salvador Dali the work is intriguing and arresting at the same time. We can see how Muir gained such success later for his sculptural pieces as he is even in this work thinking in three dimensions. On closer inspection the details reveal themselves, the eyeball reminiscent of the shell of a horse chestnut, the furry surface to the tongue all in soft pastel shades. The three upper elements, in monochrome revealing the development of man. A really intriguing and strong painting that would grace any interior and be the talking point of any collection.
It is very unusual to find a pastel of these proportions. The medium itself gives the work a softness creating an intriguing juxtaposition to the subject itself.
Sculptor, born in Hawick, Gordon Muir was educated at art colleges in London, Scotland and the University of New Mexico, after which he spent time working with woodblock artists in Japan. He has more recently concentrated his artistic endeavours on sculpture, much of this in collaboration with the Paul Hogarth...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Royal Dreams - 21st Century, Drawing on Paper, Tree, Crown, Blue, Fantasy
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Royal Dreams, 2013
Black and colored fine liner on paper
16.53 H x 11.69 W in
42 H x 29.7 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where animals...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
House of Dreams - Blue, Red, Drawing, Figurative, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
House of Dreams, 2013
Ink and colored pencil on paper
16.53 H x 11.69 W in
42 H x 29.7 W cm
Signed
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where an...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
Fresh Sketch - Red Ink Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1970
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful fresh sketch in red ink on an ivory-colored paper, with an autograph dedication "Per Pino Fasio amicia Pittore Wifredo Lam Albissola 1970" . Dated and signed in red ink. V...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
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 whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Surrealist Mermaid Orchestra Large Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Blues
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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
A Magisterial Acrylic on Wood Panel Portrait Painting, "Captain C.R.U.N.C.H."
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 25" x 40" x 3" Magisterial Acrylic on Wood Panel Portrait Painting executed by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authent...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
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:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged 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:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*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.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Land-Fell, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Art Venti
Located in Yardley, PA
Our landscape is changing as global warming, Gmo's and endless eternal plastic garbage ruin our earth. My image shows a tragic but still beautiful natural world.
:: Drawing :: Su...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
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 whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
IIsabel 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 tak...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Paint
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Red Green
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:
Isabel Rock , 'Maud' 200 x 107cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper.
*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
In Rock's own words,
Maud
'Maud was a legend in the city. A legend that walked the streets and lived and breathed in the minds of the townsfolk so strongly that no one was sure any more if she was real or not.
The tap...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Oh Dear!
Located in Nashville, TN
Artwork Size: 41 x 29.5 in
"Oh Dear!" is a watercolor-on-paper painting by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco. As in the rest of his portrait series, Francisco continues to challenge and reimagine traditional forms of portraiture.
In this piece, Francisco depicts a fawn's head on a woman's body dressed in a lavish 17th-century violet gown...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Capture of the Hippogriff - Drawing by Fabrizio Clerici - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Capture of the Hippogriff is an enchanting drawing in watercolor and china ink realized by Fabrizio Clerici.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
In excellent conditions.
The artw...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue
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 take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archiva...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled - Early Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Drawing is an exceptional pencil drawing by the artist Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, who signed on the lower right of the paper “Matta”. The artwork is in ver...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Composition - Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a wonderful Pastel drawing on paper realized in the early 1970s by the Surrealist artist Sebastián Matta (Santiago de Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, 2002).
Not signed,...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Waggle Dance
Located in Nashville, TN
Waggle Dance is a watercolor-on-paper painting by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco. In this piece, the artist depicts hundreds of colorful beetles forming an intricate, decorat...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Visions. Magic and Fantasy in Contemporary Art
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Luis-Xiua presents a contemporary artwork that stands out for its unique and vibrant technique, combining the use of colored pencils and ink over a background layer made with natural...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil, Paper
The gods are among us. Surrealist Art with Natural Dyes
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Luis-Xiua presents a work that combines surrealist and fantastic elements through an innovative technique that employs natural dyes from leaves and flowers. This drawing stands out f...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil, Paper
untitled (Woman and Cat)
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Graphite on paper
Category
20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of flowers, 1998
By Dora Maar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of flowers by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by striking p...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mythical Man, male figure w dark skin among birch tree forest earth tones, blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Late 20th Century Gouache and Watercolour on Paper. 'Greek Gods'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century gouache and watercolour on paper of a Roman-Graeco head and two figures by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed bottom right and dated Feb 1986 to the reverse.
...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Recycled Foot by The Committee to Save Animal Fat, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Recycled Foot is Brought to You by The Committee to Save Animal Fat. Year: 1987, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titl...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
The Inner Child at the Edge of Extinction, Color Pencil and Ink by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Inner Child at the Edge of Extinction. Year: 1992, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 18 x 40.25 in...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; ill...
Category
1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Harmonic Convergence, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Harmonic Convergence. Year: 1994, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 28 x 28 in. (71.12 x 71.12 cm)
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
The Center of the Gravity, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Center of the Gravity. Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 29 x 29 in. (73.66 x 73.66 cm)
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Brand X Toxic Waste on Easter Island, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Brand X Toxic Waste on Easter Island. Year: 1988, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: 12 x 1...
Category
1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Class Struggle in The Garden City of Nazca, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Class Struggle in The Garden City of Nazca. Year: 1989, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: ...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Color Pencil, Ink
Spiraling Brooms with Musical Lizard (Horse Derivative), Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Spiraling Brooms with Musical Lizard (Horse Derivative). Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size:...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Color Pencil, Ink
The Discovery of Superconductive Trapdoor Economics, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Discovery of Superconductive Trapdoor Economics. Year: 1988, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Ima...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Primordial Pie, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Primordial Pie. Year: 1994, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 27 x 21 in. (68.58 x 53.34 cm)
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Influence of Pyramid Energy on Giant Bacteria, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Influence of Pyramid Energy on Giant Bacteria. Year: 1991, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 24 x 18 i...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Mr. Space Head Lands in The Woods, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Mr. Space Head Lands in The Woods. Year: 1987, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Size: 22.25 x 18 in. ...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Petrified Sludge Supercollider, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Petrified Sludge Supercollider. Year: 1989, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: 12 x 18 inch...
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1980s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
The Royo-Rooter Cake, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Royo-Rooter Cake. Year: 1994, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 28.5 x 21.75 in. (72.39 x 55.25 cm)
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Intermission, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Intermission. Year: 1991, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: 12 x 18 inches, Size: 18 x 23....
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
The Inverse-Parallel Cornucopia-Arachibutyrophobia Syndrome, by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Inverse-Parallel Cornucopia-Arachibutyrophobia Syndrome. Year: 1990, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on ve...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Magic Mud Monolith Ceremony, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Magic Mud Monolith Ceremony. Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: 10.5 x 21 inche...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
The Interplanetary Stadium, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Interplanetary Stadium. Year: 1991, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Image Size: 10.5 x 21 inches...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Pizza Delivery To Underground House, Surrealist Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Pizza Delivery To Underground House. Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 21.5 x 36 in. (54.6...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink
Chain Letters with Elvis Stamps, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Chain Letters with Elvis Stamps. Year: 1993, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 28 x 28 in. (71.12 x 71...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
"The Circus" Original Surreal Watercolor & Ink Drawing by Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
watecolor and gouache on paper, 1960
Unsigned
Beni Kosh estate stamp No. 717 verso, unsigned.
(see photo)
Co...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"The Embrace" Original Surreal Watercolor & Ink Drawing by Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
Category
1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Surrealist Pop Culture Colored Drawing, "Oh, Edward" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 15” x 12” Surrealist Pop Culture Figurative Colored Drawing with White Ink by artist Evgeniya Golik. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or del...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Mod Surrealist 1970's Drawing Watercolor Painting Jungle Fantasy, Unicorn, Lion
Located in Surfside, FL
Jungle fantasy Scene, Ink, Colored ink and color watercolor surreal fantasy scene, birds, giraffes, alligators, snakes, turtles, storks, unicorn and maiden in a tepee, lions and elephants.
Laurence L. Donovan Jr. (1927-2001) was a poet, artist, and English professor at the University of Miami, best known for his poetry, much of which was inspired by Florida’s natural beauty.
Donovan grew up in southern Florida. His parents were Ruth and Laurence Donovan...
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1970s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Frida Khalo's House - 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
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled #29-1999-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Diggity Dog, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Painted in a realist tradition, a hotdog in a bun takes center stage in this modern still life. Artist Dwight Smith enjoys exaggerating the scale of objects t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Surrealist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper. 'The Picnic'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century surrealist watercolour and gouache on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed bottom right.
An intriguing and beautifully...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Female Artist Surrealism Modern Contemporary Drawing Graphite Landscape Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"True North" is a graphite drawing on paper created by Cynthia Torroll. The artist signed this piece on the lower right of center.
Artwork Size: 10 1/4" x 10 1/4"
Frame Size: 17 1/2...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
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