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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Le cri (Edvard Munch) en 2095
Terzo Yan
Sculpture - 41 x 31 x 5 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 12.2 x 2 inch
$45,079
La chanson d'amour du papillon
Yutao Ge
Painting - 60 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,548
Les voyages extraordinaires
Teddy Gardez
Print - 110 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$994
Honfleur et la Capitainerie
Teddy Gardez
Print - 110 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,017
Circle game
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,618
La légende de l’enfant-figue NO.2
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 8.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
The legend of Fig Boys
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
Unstable fantasy
Amber MA
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,734
Port Lligat Au Coucher du Soleil (Port Lligat at Sundown)
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,635
Le Femme a Cheval from La Venus aux Fourrures
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch
$3,500
A La Plage (At the Beach)
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Print - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$4,950
Venus à la Girafe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 91 x 56.6 x 0.1 cm Sculpture - 35.8 x 22.3 x 0 inch
$9,825
Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Frere Orgin, L'Hermite (Brother Orgin, Hermit)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$1,387
Le Jument de Compère Pierre
Salvador Dali
Print - 60 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$1,676
Allegory: "Brave Cecile" from Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,462
Femme au Cochon (Woman with pig)
Salvador Dali
Print - 31.8 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$2,196
Femmes Poules (Hen Woman)
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 x 0 inch
$2,312
The Hell of Cruel Beauties
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,387
Venus à la Girafe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 91 x 56.6 x 0.1 cm Sculpture - 35.8 x 22.3 x 0 inch
$9,825
Le femme cheval from Dalinean Horses
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$3,075
Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$4,566
The Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.8 x 0 inch
$1,503
Triomphe De L'Amour, Set of 2 Surrealist Lithographs
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$12,483
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pamplemousse érotique
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,201
Le Triomphe from "Triumph of Love"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$5,409
Jonah and the whale, from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.5 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.9 x 26 x 0 inch
$3,768
Petites Nus (From Appolinaire) G
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.94 x 2.54 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 1 inch
$7,000
Il y a Des Soldats (There are Some Soldiers)
Salvador Dali
Print - 62 x 44 x 0.2 cm Print - 24.4 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$16,182
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$16,182
Le Nu à la Guitarre (Serenade)
Salvador Dali
Print - 52 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 x 0 inch
$6,773
Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture
Salvador Dali
Design - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Design - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$3,445
Espoir
Clémence Dupuch
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$225
Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.1 x 71.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 inch
$4,500
L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist)
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.5 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.1 x 22.2 x 0 inch
$10,345
Homage to Newton
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 35 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
$21,499
L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.1 x 19.9 x 0 inch
$5,433