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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Return of Ulysses from Homage a Homere
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch
$4,500
Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel bleu
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 53.5 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.1 inch
$5,813
Flordali - Les Fruits : Poire Don Quichotte
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,339
Un peu de l'âme des bandits
René Magritte
Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$925
L’enfant de la Liane
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 115 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,135
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2915
Max Ernst
Print - 25 x 32.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 12.8 inch
$11,270
Don quichotte, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$6,952
Neptune, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$7,687
The Mythology Argus Color
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.15 x 76.2 x 2.54 cm Print - 22.5 x 30 x 1 inch
$85,000
Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.8 x 66.04 x 2.54 cm Print - 20 x 26 x 1 inch
$29,500
Autumn from Four Seasons
Salvador Dali
Print - 53.5 x 67.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.1 x 26.6 x 0 inch
$6,738
Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch
$9,799
La Bataille de l'Argonne
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,530
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.7 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Print - 29 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$9,500
Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 x 5.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 x 2 inch
$4,500
Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent
Salvador Dali
Print - 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.6 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$8,399
Athene from the series "Mythologie"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$6,952
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pomme dragon
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$8,067
One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires (after Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$11,719
One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires (after Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$11,719
Cocoon of Comfort, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,447
King David, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.8 x 0.2 inch
$4,500
Le Roi Marc from Tristan et Iseult, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.1 x 33 x 5.1 cm Print - 17.75 x 13 x 2 inch
$4,000
Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.1 x 33 x 5.1 cm Print - 17.75 x 13 x 2 inch
$4,000
The Golden Helmet of Mandrino from Historia de Don Quichote de la Mancha
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch
$3,500
Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses
Salvador Dali
Print - 67.9 x 50.2 x 0.5 cm Print - 26.75 x 19.75 x 0.2 inch
$3,000
Le Legacy from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.9 x 56.2 cm Print - 29.88 x 22.13 inch
$3,000
Flordali - Les Fruits : Fruits troués
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,339
La Belle Captive
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,530 $1,224
Inner Light, Romanticization series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$712
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2913
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$8,898
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2912
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$8,898
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2911
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$8,898
Alice in Wonderland
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 112 x 145.5 x 5 cm Painting - 44.1 x 57.3 x 2 inch
$8,898
Modern Borrowed Scenery Shibuya 4
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 112 x 145.5 x 5 cm Painting - 44.1 x 57.3 x 2 inch
$8,898
La chambre bleue
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,135
Tristan und Isolde (Set of 21 Prints, framed)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 32.3 x 2 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.7 x 0.8 inch
$23,489
Les Archéologues IV
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 40.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.9 x 11.9 x 0 inch
$8,186
Dinner with bestie, Romanticization series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$712
Blooming love, Romanticization series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$712
résonance imaginaire
Clémence Dupuch
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,254
Invisible Place
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 162 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$17,795