The Power of Surrealism: Get a Free Valuation
Surrealism is currently experiencing a remarkable revival. That’s why we are now seeking surrealist works for an upcoming Live Auction and Online Auction.
“For in this unconscious realm, all our drives operate without being repressed by the hostile surroundings that shape our outward actions…”
Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen: The Idea of Surrealism (1934)
One of the recent trends in the art market is a growing demand for surrealist works from the 1930s and 1940s. This year, the period is being spotlighted through several exhibitions, and the artists’ works are achieving hammer prices that often exceed expectations, with buyers both domestic and international.
We Are Looking ForFor an upcoming Live Auction and subsequent Online Auction, we are looking for works by Scandinavian surrealists such as Rita Kerrn-Larsen, Wilhelm Freddie, Eric Olsson, Erik Ortvad, Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen, Elsa Thoresen, Harry Carlsson, Eugène de Sala, Gustaf Munch-Petersen, as well as prominent Danish artists and contemporaries such as Franciska Clausen, Hans Øllgaard, Ejler Bille, Sonja Ferlov, and Richard Mortensen. |
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In addition, we are seeking artists who, in various ways, work with surreal, dreamlike, or hyperreal elements—such as Sven Dalsgaard, Finn Mickelborg, Jørgen Boberg, Ronald Burns, Arne Haugen Sørensen, Poul Anker Bech, Thor Lindeneg, Nina Saunders, Michael Kvium, Ole Ahlberg, Anette Harboe Flensburg, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Julie Nord, Katrine Ærtebjerg, Esben Weile Kjær, Rose Eken, Louise Hindsgavl, and Maria Rubinke.
Do you have an artwork you'd like appraised?
We offer free and non-binding appraisals—either online or in person at our auction houses in Lyngby and Aarhus.
Submission deadline for the Live Auction: 6 May
Submission deadline for the Online Auction: 21 May
Online Valuation
Reality and Dreams Merge
In 1924, the French writer André Breton pens the Surrealist Manifesto, marking the beginning of one of the 20th century’s most significant art movements—one whose echoes still resonate in contemporary art. Breton declares that artists must explore their own unconscious and express it through their creative work. The driving force behind these experiments is especially the fascination with the inner life and instincts of humans—the liberation of the subconscious.
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Building on these ideas, surrealist artworks are filled with erotic and grotesque figures, undefinable landscapes, and fragmented body parts. Organic forms spread uncontrollably as reality blends seamlessly with the world of dreams. To surrealists, art holds revolutionary potential. It should foster a new consciousness and liberate humanity from the mindset that, in their view, led to the horrors of World War I. These artists therefore oppose both the established art scene and the bourgeois worldview: dreams and desire reside in all people—high and low alike. |
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For further information, please contact:
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Kathrine EriksenKathrine EriksenSpecialist / Modern & Contemporary Art / København |
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Niklas Langeland PedersenNiklas Langeland PedersenSpecialist / Modern & Contemporary Art / København |
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Niels Boe-HauggaardNiels Boe-HauggaardHead of Department / Modern & Contemporary Art / København |