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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King David from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 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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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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Pomme Dragon (Eve's Apple)
Salvador Dali
Print - 67 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 21.5 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 Bus Stop 1
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 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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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 (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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L'Immortalité - L'Alchimie des Philosophes
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch
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Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha The Impossible Dream
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.87 x 56.19 x 2.54 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.1 x 1 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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La désintégration de la persistance de la mémoire
Salvador Dali
Print - 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 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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Le Songe d’un Alchmiste ou l’Arbre de Vie
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch
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Banlieue de la Ville Paranoïaque Critique
Salvador Dali
Print - 57 x 76 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
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Chevalier Surrealiste
Salvador Dali
Print - 74.93 x 54.61 x 2.54 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.5 x 1 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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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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L'Unicorne Laser Désintègre les Cornes de Rhinocéros Cosmique
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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Path to Wisdom from the Retrospective Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.2 x 43.2 cm Print - 22.5 x 17 inch
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The Rock from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 inch
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Picasso: A Ticket to Glory
Salvador Dali
Print - 67.5 x 51.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.6 x 20.3 x 0 inch
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Le Creuset Philosophal - L'Alchimie des Philosophes
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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L'Ouroboros - L'Alchimie des Philosophes
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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Pudentiane, from 'Les Amours Jaunes'
Salvador Dali
Print - 37.5 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.8 x 11.2 x 0 inch
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Bonne Fortune et Fortune - from 'Les Amours Jaunes'
Salvador Dali
Print - 37.5 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 14.8 x 11 x 0.1 inch
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Adam et Eve from the Homage a Albrecht Durer Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 74.9 x 55.9 cm Print - 29.5 x 22 inch
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Sleeping, Sweet Home series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 3 Plate 16
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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Affiche pour l'Exposition Sculptures (Mourlot 668)
Joan Miró
Print - 77.2 x 54 x 0.3 cm Print - 30.375 x 21.25 x 0.1 inch
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Tancred's Choice from Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Je n’ai jamais appris à écrire ou les incipit
Joan Miró
Print - 22.5 x 27.5 x 0.01 cm Print - 8.9 x 10.8 x 0 inch
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A Place in Seville from the Carmen
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Panorama: the Siege of Jerusalem from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Hommage aux Prix Nobel (Tribute to the Nobel Prize)
Joan Miró
Print - 75.6 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 29.75 x 22 x 0.2 inch
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