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 femme cheval from Dalinean Horses
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€2,660
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
€3,950
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
€1,300
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
€10,800
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pamplemousse érotique
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
€4,500
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
€4,680
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
€3,260
Petites Nus (From Appolinaire) G
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.94 x 2.54 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 1 inch
€6,402
Le Nu à la Guitarre (Serenade)
Salvador Dali
Print - 52 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 x 0 inch
€5,860
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
€14,000
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 17.3 x 0 inch
€14,000
Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.1 x 71.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 inch
€4,116
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
€8,950
Coppie e nudi femminili, 1969, edizione Atelier Mourlot (after Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
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
€4,700
Le Gladiateur (B/W)
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 41.2 x 31 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.2 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
€7,500
Contemplation (d'après Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 34 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.4 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€1,240
L'atelier du vieux peintre
Pablo Picasso
Print - 37.5 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.8 x 22 x 0 inch
€7,000
Sculpteur avec son modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€2,000
Le sculpteur face à son modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 22.5 x 29 x 1 cm Print - 8.9 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
€6,500
Le Modèle et son Peintre
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,900
Le Peintre et Son Modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,950
Deux femmes accroupies
Pablo Picasso
Print - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,800
Les Bleus de Barcelone
Pablo Picasso
Print - 41.5 x 54 x 0.2 cm Print - 16.3 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€9,500
Venus et l'Amour, dans le style du XVIIe siècle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 54.5 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 21.5 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€13,500
Patron et sa suite en visite à l’atelier
Pablo Picasso
Print - 36 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch
€10,500
Peintre et modèle aux cheveux longs
Pablo Picasso
Print - 57.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch
€14,500
Peintre et sa toile avec modèle assis
Pablo Picasso
Print - 39 x 51.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.4 x 20.3 x 0 inch
€18,500
Nude Woman, Femme Nue, Mourlot Frères (after Pablo Picasso)
Pablo Picasso
Print - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modèle
Pablo Picasso
Print - 25 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 12.8 x 0 inch
€8,800
Apocalypse of John the Evangelis
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Print - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
€1,200
Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture
Pablo Picasso
Print - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 7.7 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
€8,800
La Ballade des dames hors du temps, Natasha (1971)
Man Ray
Print - 66 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.9 x 0 inch
€3,000
L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 28.1 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch
€4,700
The Challenge in the Aegean - Plate 3
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 61 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€4,800
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
€4,573
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
€4,573
Deux Femmes à la Fenêtre
Frédéric Menguy
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
€150
Flux de l'aimant
Joan Miró
Print - 48.5 x 58 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
Price upon request
Place Fürstenberg
Salvador Dali
Print - 51 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 20.1 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Les danseuses nues
Salvador Dali
Print - 32 x 29 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Dali Martien Muni d'un Double Microscope
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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Mounted on the Seventh Terrace
Salvador Dali
Print - 30 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
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