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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Guided by Love, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Journey Home: A Mother's Tale
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
The shawl, floral neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,150
Le petit déjeuner à Bonaberi
Arnold Fokam
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€4,000
Relief en bronze V
Max Ernst
Sculpture - 34.2 x 39.2 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 13.5 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
€8,000
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€2,800
Blue, pink, green, orange happy Horses Rose, Orange, Bleu, Vert 2006 Quatre Chevaux Joyeux
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€690
Free and Blooming - Wings of Freedom
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 200 x 148 x 0.1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 58.3 x 0 inch
€2,500
Le Retour du Fils Prodigue I
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 41.5 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.3 x 12.2 x 0 inch
€6,700
DH cycloland
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 155 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
Eras priz
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,700
DH greenland
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€900
Pichet Gravé Gris (Ceramic Pitcher)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 27.9 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm Design - 11 x 10 x 7 inch
€37,080
Dualité harmonieuse perso 1
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,700
DH yellow one
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,600
Woman's Head, Crowned with Flowers (Ramie 237)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 22.9 x 14 x 15.2 cm Design - 9 x 5.5 x 6 inch
€56,325
The Sons of Archon - Plate 8
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 29.3 x 43.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 17.2 x 0 inch
€4,800 €3,600
Zebra and wasp sharing fruit
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€1,877
Starry Whisper – A Luminous Exploration of the Night Sky
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€250
Lying in the grass, Tales of Existence Series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Peaceful Slumber
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Yellow Fields
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Yellow Meadow, Silence Serie
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Summer expanses
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
Sisters' Embrace, Happiness
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,845
Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,845
Generations of Love, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,420
Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Flight of Hope, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Dreams by the window
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,420
I'm sowing seeds
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,020
Red-haired girl
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,350
Sisters in Bloom, original painting by Ukrainian artist Tetiana Pchelnykova
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,150
Conversations Amongst Blooms, Gardens of Resilience series: Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
€1,320
Conversation in the garden, Gardens of Resilience series: Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,350
My kitten , Gardens of Resilience series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
€950
Paradise's Guardian: A Journey of Protection and Maternal Strength
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,510
Composition à la femme (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2980
Pablo Picasso
Print - 32 x 50 cm Print - 12.6 x 19.7 inch
€17,500
DH et l'enfant bleu
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,800
The Great Flood, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€900
Destruction, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€900
The Star, tarot painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Dream - figurative neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Three of Swords, tarot neon painting
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,150
Mavka the spirit of broken love
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,150
Tigered
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€500
Ridley Goes Fashion
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 59.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€500
Inner
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€500
DH 2023
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
DH rose color one
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€850
DH Men Cliché
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,900
DH père & fils
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 130 x 103 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 40.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
Poison fish
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€1,900
Rayon néon 10
Sébastien Fery-Voignier
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€2,200
Cancer (Zodiac sign)
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 4.4 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.75 inch
€2,065
Miro chasing a shoe
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch
€2,065
Dance of triangular lovers
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 61 x 55.9 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 22 x 0.75 inch
€1,877
A Delicate Balance
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
€1,877
Invitation to a prophet's beheading
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.75 inch
€2,347
"I'm here" said the frog
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 4.4 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.75 inch
€1,877
Emperor - cocks
Serge Lecomte
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 4.4 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.75 inch
€2,065
Le Buste du peintre mort est couronné par l'académie : la veuve se moque
Pablo Picasso
Print - 20.5 x 26.7 x 1 cm Print - 8.1 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
€26,500
Moody
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€1,500
Golden Bull, Myths series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Enchanted Ride, Myths series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€850
Bonding in Open Fields, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Harmony Amidst Chaos, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Solitude in the Garden, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Peter Doig Zermatt D1-6 Holy Mountain
Peter Doig
Print - 114 x 80 cm Print - 44.9 x 31.5 inch
€6,500
