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Human Skull in the Forest by Juraj Huliak
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
The image shows a human skull in the forest. The author reflects his difficult period in life . On
Category

Late 20th Century Slovak Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Human Skull in the Forest by Juraj Huliak
Human Skull in the Forest by Juraj Huliak
H 20.28 in W 16.34 in D 1.58 in
3D work on paper: 'The Human Skull, Right Side'
By Valerie Huhn
Located in New York, NY
People have used fingerprints for mark-making since the earliest recorded days of civilization. Yet fingerprints today are far more likely to be used for marking others than for sta...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Work on paper: 'The Human Skull, Left Side'
By Valerie Huhn
Located in New York, NY
Fingerprints were once used as a symbolic action of pride, but in our society they have become a passive action—we are fingerprinted. We can use our fingerprints to unlock the data ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Skull. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons and skulls. This is a
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Party Skull #1, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Zanzinger
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Party Skull #1" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull in
Category

2010s Academic Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School 19th Century Memento Mori Human Skull Still Life Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school memento mori still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size
Category

1870s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Skulls (Mortality)
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons and skulls. This is a
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black IV'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black III'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black VI'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Skull, Portrait, Realism, Oil Painting, Texas Artist, Sawyer Yards
Located in Houston, TX
human experience. My own experience when painting is like what I imagine to be a fugue, a loss of
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Denied Andy Warhol Red Skull Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Red Skull Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with Denied stamp
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Bedside Skull
Located in Denver, CO
Matteo Di Ventra's "Bedside Skull" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Linen

Small Christ 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Painting, Figurative, Skull
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimension of the divine
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Small Skull Blaze "Thirty "
By SKRED
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
ROULLAND T (aka SKRED) Small blaze tags (4mm) white and blue, forming a human skull. Each tag is
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

Skull with Shutters
By Geoffrey Key
Located in Manchester, GB
his ability to capture the essence of the human form and the natural world. His paintings are
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skull with Shutters
Skull with Shutters
H 26.78 in W 22.84 in
Skull and Butterflies - Oil Painting Colors Red Black Brown Beige Grey White
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Skull and butterflies " Oil on canvas (Painting with restored frame 19th century 83x66 cm
Category

2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Small Skull Blaze "Thirty one"
By SKRED
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
ROULLAND T (aka SKRED) Small blaze tags (4mm) white and pink, forming a human skull. Each tag is
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

Skull, Original Signed Contemporary Black and Green Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
matter of this acrylic painting by artist Lindsay Hall, a human skull, to both pop forward and recede
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Skull with Flowers and Bat
By Amy Young
Located in Kansas City, MO
of being human. While ceramics and painting are the most utilized mediums in Young’s work, she also
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Two Skulls with Blue Flowers
By Amy Young
Located in Kansas City, MO
of being human. While ceramics and painting are the most utilized mediums in Young’s work, she also
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

'Omega II' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega II' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Omega I' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega I' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Memento mori, memento vive: Garland with Heron and skull.
Located in Firenze, IT
and irony of human existence. The skull that appears in the wreath framing the heron could belong to
Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

Hercules after Carracci (Triptych) - Flower, Skull, Couple, Blue, Orange, Nude
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
time. It is a hot, imperfect, human geometry. It is a hectic order of strong emotions, of feelings
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fasnacht oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
isolation in life. The final realization of his ideas emerged in his skull paintings, begun in the 1960s. A
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sticker Painting
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Mixed-Media / Stickers / Illustration / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Human Figure / Chess / Comic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Archival Ink, Plastic, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sticker Painting
Sticker Painting
H 48 in W 32 in D 1.88 in
Infanta Soledad- graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Soledad,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an intricately
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Infanta Suculentas, - graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Suculentas,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Pencil

Mortality. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons and skulls. This is a
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Tzompantli Ehrenberg" - Vertical skull drawing in red, black and white.
By Felipe Ehrenberg
Located in Miami, FL
documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Lilies", Oil Painting
By Daniel Sprick
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Lilies" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white and
Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Day of the Dead, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
prevails in her dynamic portrayal of humans with animals and objects of their affection. As a toddler, her
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Quoting Sagan" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Quoting Sagan" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull situated
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Flowers and Tears abstract oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s. Burkhardt truly carries Modernism to a new
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pangs of Drought" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
with a human skull, an antelope skull and porcupine pines on a flowing white fabric. Emma Hirst (b
Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Impressionist Momento Mori Painting, "Where There Is You, There Was Life"
Located in San Diego, CA
. The artist has depicted a hand holding a human skull surrounded by flowers and butterflies. Mosley’s
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Souvenirs from New Mexico and Georgian Icons" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
depicts a still-life of human skulls on a wooden table. Bio/Artist Statement: German-born artist Ulrich
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s. Burkhardt truly
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Sugar Skull
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
rotting flowers and skulls in a style reminiscent of sixteenth and seventeenth century vanitas paintings
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and
Category

1950s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Quellinus Allegory Vanity Paint Oil on canvas old master 17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Youth) Oil painting on canvas - cm. 121 x 84, in the frame cm. 135 x 98 The work is accompanied by an
Category

17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Santa Muerte Study
Located in Denver, CO
model wearing a white veil and a headdress of Santa Muerte human Skulls.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist
Located in Gavere, BE
, seen from a distance, appears to be a human skull. This painting is signed and dated 1927 very
Category

1920s American Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Way Love Grows - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This painting is inspired by the cultural belief about butterflies and the cycle of life from the
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diet - Street Art
Located in OIA, ES
"Diet" is a thought-provoking piece that delves into the complexities of life and the human
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Diet - Street Art
Diet - Street Art
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
Feast in the Garden of Love, 17th century Antwerp, Louis de Caullery
Located in PARIS, FR
the fragility of life which bursts, the skull is the symbol of death, the jester symbol of human
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Dialogue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
bead on his wrist, adorned in a garment that shrouds his body, and holding a red skull. This visually
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dialogue
Dialogue
H 48.8 in W 31.9 in D 1 in
Metus Mortis
By Francien Krieg
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
a human skeleton, a silent companion in the dance of existence, I sought to embrace the inevitable
Category

2010s Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Metus Mortis
Metus Mortis
H 47.25 in W 47.25 in D 1.19 in
Tree of Life, Blue Green Yellow Orange Futuristic Botanical Landscape, Animals
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
goldfish inside. Meanwhile, tiny nanobots and an ornate, dark orange skull are among the many micro details
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Linen, Archival Ink

Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Beverly Fishman "UNTITLED" Abstract Silkscreen Stainless Metal 2008
Located in Detroit, MI
depictions of human heads and skulls and crossbones and include cameos by pop culturalicons like the Teenage
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Damien Hirst Skull Spin Painting (Created at Damien Hirst Spin Workshop), 2009
By Damien Hirst
Located in East Hampton, NY
dollars; and the exuberantly tacky For the Love of God (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds
Category

Early 2000s British Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Acrylic, Wood, Paper

What a Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. And, in the middle of the composition is a crowned human skull sitting above an overturned paying card
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

UNTITLED FIGURES (LINES AND SHAPES AGAINST TEXTURAL BACKGROUND)
By Shoshana Heimann
Located in Surfside, FL
more in two-dimensional woodcuts, paintings and drawings. But she would always come back to her initial
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Oil

Carlos Hernández Guerra, Estelos, Oil on Canvas, 2015
Located in Miami, FL
drawing and painting and heads the center of painting technology from 1964 to 1968. In 1968 he enters the
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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