Magic Realism
The turn of phrase of magic realism was invented by German photographer, art historian and art critic Franz Roh in 1925 when he wished to describe modern realist paintings that portrayed fantastical or dream-like topics as their subjects of attention. The term originates from Roh's book Nach Expressionismus: Magischer Realismus which translates as “After Expressionism: Magic Realism".
In 20th century European culture, Magic Realism partook in a reactionary movement against modern or avant-garde art, known as the return to order. This movement in the arts was largely founded around a philosophy that came as a result of the legacy of the First World War. Magic realist artists included Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio and others in Italy, and Alexander Kanoldt and Adolf Ziegler in neighboring Germany. Magic Realism is closely related to the dreamlike depictions of Surrealism and Neo-Romanticism in France. The term is also used to describe the work of certain painters from across the pond in America in the 1940s and 1950s including Paul Cadmus, Philip Evergood and Ivan Albright. It has also been known to describe the practices of literature, such as the writing of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez.
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Constellation III (Por Alberti, por l'Espana)
Joan Miró
Print - 90 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€19,000
Le Chef-d'Oeuvre ou les Mystères de l'Horizon
René Magritte
Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€780
La forêt intérieure
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Nobility of Time
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch
€36,800
Still Light By The Light of The Moon - Nature Morte au Clair De Luna Tapestry
Salvador Dali
Design - 137.16 x 90.43 x 2.53 cm Design - 54 x 35.6 x 1 inch
€16,839
This is us, Vacation on the Happy Island series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€600
Un Acteur de Talent - Original Frottage
Max Ernst
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 11 x 0 inch
€33,000
Composition en Trois Couleurs
Pablo Picasso
Print - 44.5 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.5 x 13.2 x 0 inch
€1,500
Blooming Horizon
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 45 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€680
Comme ce ciel
Clémence Dupuch
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€690
Que Font Ces Gens
Salvador Dali
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
€82,000
Daydream
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€800
Calligrammes, by Guillaume Apollinaire and Giorgio De Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 33.3 x 25 x 10 cm Print - 13.1 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
€84,000
DH zeta land
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€800
Visage Brun-Bleu
Pablo Picasso
Sculpture - 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 12 x 15 x 1 inch
€36,408
Fantasy Art II (una jóven con el pelo floral)
Vesna Udicki Vucetic
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Relief en bronze VIII
Max Ernst
Sculpture - 34.2 x 39.2 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 13.5 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
€8,000
Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Ramie 190)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 32 x 22 x 16 cm Design - 12.6 x 8.7 x 6.3 inch
€30,947
Jeune fille aux papillons
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch
€730
Farewell to winter. Hello spring!
Elena Shichko
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€700
Happy Pink Horse 2001 Le cheval rose joyeux
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 20 x 20 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€790
A Delicate Balance
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
€1,820
Landscape
Giorgio de Chirico
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 19 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€10,500
C'est à quelle heure
Nicole Pfund
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€2,900
Bavière Pervers
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
The rural life in Haiti
Makenol Profil
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,193
Transcoder - The Secret about Curves
Chien Hua Huang
Photography - 40 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,000
Cat chin-holder (everybody needs one)
Jacques Tange
Painting - 28 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
€780
We Used to Believe in Story
Yi Zhang
Painting - 15 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Look at yourself
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 17 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,350
Jeune fille au cornet
Frédéric Menguy
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Il signor Dudron
Giorgio de Chirico
Painting - 17 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
Price upon request
La Parade (série Femmes et Chevaux)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31.5 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.4 inch
€800
Les Caprices Pinces Princiers (Frank Hunter Authenticated)
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 74.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,673
The Old Man and the Sea - Portrait
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - The Fall
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - Dolphins
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - Apotheosis
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - The Rod
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - The Struggle
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The World of Currier & Ives
Salvador Dali
Print - 83 x 63 x 1 cm Print - 32.7 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
€990
The Heart of Madness from Historia de Don Quichote de la Mancha
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch
€3,186
Modern Borrowed Scenery Commute
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 41 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
The Immaculate Conception
Salvador Dali
Print - 74.9 x 54.6 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,048
On voit cette reine ... - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€900
Les Valeurs Personnelles
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,400
Pylades Loved Ermione
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
€1,800
La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos)
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
€2,000
El Arcabuz Produce Monsters
Salvador Dali
Print - 23.5 x 17.2 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
L’Hirondelle (The Swallow)
Salvador Dali
Print - 71.1 x 91.4 x 2.54 cm Print - 28 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,186
Mais ô belle Dionée... - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€900
The Twelves Apostles / Knights Of The Round Table - James the Lesser / Vicar of Britain
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€1,200
The Twelves Apostles / Knights Of The Round Table - Andrew / Vision of Camelot
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€1,200
The Path to Wisdom (The Banker)
Salvador Dali
Print - 74.6 x 54.6 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.375 x 21.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,048
The Death of Clorinda from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.7 x 16.7 x 0 inch
€3,860
Miserable Flat from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.7 x 16.7 x 0 inch
€3,860
The Prison from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€3,860