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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Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Deux Femmes à la Fenêtre
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$173
Hommage à la mode
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 51 x 27 x 22 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 10.6 x 8.7 inch
$32,457
Man with Butterfly
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 55.5 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 21.9 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
$34,260
Les Merveilleux Nuages
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 92 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,312
Miss Guided
Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,468
Flux de l'aimant
Joan Miró
Print - 48.5 x 58 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
Price upon request
Place Fürstenberg
Salvador Dali
Print - 51 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 20.1 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Les danseuses nues
Salvador Dali
Print - 32 x 29 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
I'm Happy when the Sky is Blue
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Dali Martien Muni d'un Double Microscope
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.5 x 69.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.2 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch
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Mounted on the Seventh Terrace
Salvador Dali
Print - 30 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Bus Stop 1
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Le Chien Aboyant à la Lune
Joan Miró
Print - 35.7 x 53.8 x 0.2 cm Print - 14.1 x 21.2 x 0.1 inch
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch
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Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12 x 0 inch
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Subia las Escaleras Como si Las Bajara
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.9 x 12.4 x 0 inch
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Portrait of Autumn (The Joys of Bacchus)
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.5 x 52.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.9 x 20.7 x 0 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Opening Ceremony
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Let him kiss me... from Song of Songs of King Solomon
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Bus Stop
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Shibuya Sky
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Sans titre (d'après Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
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Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 1 Plate 15
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch
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Journal d'un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 13
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0 inch
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Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 8
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0 inch
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Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 15
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch
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Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 1 Plate 13
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch
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Flora Dalinae Self-Portrait
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 56.5 x 1.5 cm Print - 30 x 22.2 x 0.6 inch
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Le chef-d'œuvre ou Mystère de l'horizon
René Magritte
Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
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C'est là que l'amour se plut à livrer Bataille...
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
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Helmeted Rider with Butterflies
Salvador Dali
Print - 81 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.9 x 24 x 0 inch
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The Music from the series The Arts
Salvador Dali
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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The Mystical Rose Madonna
Salvador Dali
Print - 48.9 x 47.6 x 2 cm Print - 19.3 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
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Mucho Hay que Existencializar
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
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The Dove-like Eyes on the Bride
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.2 x 15 x 0 inch
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The Beloved Feeds between the Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0 inch
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Dali Illustrates Casanova
Salvador Dali
Print - 47 x 32.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 18.5 x 12.7 x 0.1 inch
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Le Combat avec le Morhoult
Salvador Dali
Print - 44.2 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Portrait de Jean de la Fontaine
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
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