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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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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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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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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The Coach and the Flies
Salvador Dali
Print - 47 x 64.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.5 x 25.4 x 0.1 inch
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Sainte-Lucie - Le triomphe de la lumière
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 54.3 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.4 x 0.1 inch
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Réminiscence Archéologique de l’Angélus de Millet
Salvador Dali
Print - 91 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.8 x 26 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 - Plate 19
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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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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Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Isolde and Branguine
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': The Queen with a Silk Tunic
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Plate from 'Tristan et Isolde': Les Chevaliers du Roi Arthur
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Tristan le Fou (Mad Tristan)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Chevalier et la Mort (Knight and Death)
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 x 0 inch
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The Lance of Chivalry (Saint George and the Dragon)
Salvador Dali
Print - 58 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.8 x 16.9 x 0 inch
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The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey
Salvador Dali
Print - 58 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.5 x 0 inch
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Saint George and the Dragon
Salvador Dali
Print - 78 x 58.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 30.7 x 23 x 0.1 inch
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Chevalier à Genou (Kneeling Knight)
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 x 0 inch
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King David from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 inch
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La Pieta Nera (Black Madonna), hand signed lithograph
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Les Animaux malades de la Peste
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch
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L'ange de Port Lligat (The Angel of Port Lligat)
Salvador Dali
Print - 54 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.3 x 29.1 x 0 inch
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Le Détroit de Gadelore
Salvador Dali
Print - 39.5 x 26.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.6 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
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La grande Place des Vosges, du temps de Louis XIII
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 30 x 0.4 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Lawson
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Modern Borrowed Scenery Lawson 2
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Sans titre (1) (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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Winter Olympic Poster II
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Water World and Land World
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Rousseau Forest, Rain and Thunder
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Lake Rousseau and I am on the Earth
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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A Gift from Santa Klaus, a Polar Bear
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
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Old Man and Woman Leaning On The Neck of His Horse
Pablo Picasso
Print - 25 x 33.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 13.3 x 0 inch
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