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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Tête de chèvre de profil
Pablo Picasso
Design - 31 x 51 x 3 cm Design - 12.2 x 20.1 x 1.2 inch
$27,620
Conversations Amongst Blooms, Gardens of Resilience series: Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$1,571
Parted
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$952
Destruction, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
Three of Swords, tarot neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,369
Rayon néon 16
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,619
Pichet Gravé Gris (Ceramic Pitcher)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 27.9 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm Design - 11 x 10 x 7 inch
$39,500
The shawl, floral neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,369
Blue, pink, green, orange happy Horses Rose, Orange, Bleu, Vert 2006 Quatre Chevaux Joyeux
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$821
Free and Blooming - Wings of Freedom
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 200 x 148 x 0.1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 58.3 x 0 inch
$2,976
Composition à la femme (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2980
Pablo Picasso
Print - 32 x 50 cm Print - 12.6 x 19.7 inch
$20,834
Woman's Head, Crowned with Flowers (Ramie 237)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 22.9 x 14 x 15.2 cm Design - 9 x 5.5 x 6 inch
$60,000
Le Retour du Fils Prodigue I
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 41.5 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.3 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$7,976
DH cycloland
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 155 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,167
Starry Whisper – A Luminous Exploration of the Night Sky
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$298
Eras priz
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,024
DH Galacta
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,143
DH greenland
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,071
Lying in the grass, Tales of Existence Series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,667
Peaceful Slumber
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,726
Yellow Fields
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,250
Yellow Meadow, Silence Serie
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,250
Summer expanses
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,488
Dualité harmonieuse perso 1
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,024
DH yellow one
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,905
DH duo 10
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,071
Le Buste du peintre mort est couronné par l'académie : la veuve se moque
Pablo Picasso
Print - 20.5 x 26.7 x 1 cm Print - 8.1 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
$31,549
Sisters' Embrace, Happiness
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,197
Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,197
Generations of Love, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,691
Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Flight of Hope, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Dreams by the window
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,691
I'm sowing seeds
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,214
Red-haired girl
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,607
Sisters in Bloom, original painting by Ukrainian artist Tetiana Pchelnykova
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,369
Conversation in the garden, Gardens of Resilience series: Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,607
My kitten , Gardens of Resilience series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$1,131
Paradise's Guardian: A Journey of Protection and Maternal Strength
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Tigered
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$595
Ridley Goes Fashion
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 59.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$595
Inner
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$595
The Sons of Archon - Plate 8
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 29.3 x 43.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 17.2 x 0 inch
$5,714
The Great Flood, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
The Star, tarot painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Dream - figurative neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Mavka the spirit of broken love
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,369
Relief en bronze X
Max Ernst
Sculpture - 37 x 31.7 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 12.5 x 0.1 inch
$9,524
DH et l'enfant bleu
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,143
Fish Subject (Sujet poisson)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 14 x 23 x 10 cm Design - 5.5 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch
$14,048
Moody
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,786
Golden Bull, Myths series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,250
Enchanted Ride, Myths series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Bonding in Open Fields, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Guided by Love, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Harmony Amidst Chaos, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Solitude in the Garden, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
DH 2023
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,786
DH rose color one
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
DH Men Cliché
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,262
Journey Home: A Mother's Tale
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,726
Peter Doig Zermatt D1-6 Holy Mountain
Peter Doig
Print - 114 x 80 cm Print - 44.9 x 31.5 inch
$7,738
DH père & fils
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 130 x 103 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 40.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,262
Poison fish
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$2,262
Haine aime
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$1,071
Rayon néon 10
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$2,619
Carpet on the wall, Neon ornamental painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 85 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Saint proto
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,024
DH duo blu rockwell
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,191
DH duo big strada
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,381
DH duo 112
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,071
First date."Moments" series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$476
Bouquet d’artichauts
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 100 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 2 inch
$2,601
Portrait de Geoffroy
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,042
