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
$22,650
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
$930
La forêt intérieure
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Nobility of Time
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch
$43,870
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
$715
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
$18,500
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
$39,340
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
$1,788
Blooming Horizon
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 45 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$811
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
$823
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
$954
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
$97,754
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
$100,139
DH zeta land
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$954
Visage Brun-Bleu
Pablo Picasso
Sculpture - 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 12 x 15 x 1 inch
$40,000
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
$2,205
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
$9,537
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
$34,000
Bouledogue Français
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$651
Farewell to winter. Hello spring!
Elena Shichko
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$834
Happy Pink Horse 2001 Le cheval rose joyeux
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 20 x 20 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$942
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
$12,517
C'est à quelle heure
Nicole Pfund
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$3,457
Bavière Pervers
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,199
The rural life in Haiti
Makenol Profil
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,510
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
$3,576
Cat chin-holder (everybody needs one)
Jacques Tange
Painting - 28 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$930
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
$1,788
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
$1,609
Jeune fille au cornet
Frédéric Menguy
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,457
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
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
$1,838
The Old Man and the Sea - Portrait
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,788 $1,609
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
$1,788 $1,609
The Old Man and the Sea - Dolphins
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,788 $1,609
The Old Man and the Sea - Apotheosis
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,788 $1,609
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
$1,788 $1,609
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
$1,788 $1,609
Les Valeurs Personnelles
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,669 $1,335
The World of Currier & Ives
Salvador Dali
Print - 83 x 63 x 1 cm Print - 32.7 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,180
Modern Borrowed Scenery Commute
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 41 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,907
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
$3,500
La Parade (série Femmes et Chevaux)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31.5 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.4 inch
$954
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
$2,250
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
$1,073
Pylades Loved Ermione
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
$2,146
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
$2,384
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
$2,250
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
$1,431
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
$4,602
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
$4,602
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
$4,602
L’Hirondelle (The Swallow)
Salvador Dali
Print - 71.1 x 91.4 x 2.54 cm Print - 28 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,500
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
$1,073
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
$1,431