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Julian Schnabel is famous because he has been an integral member of the American Neo-Expressionists. His application of paint on massive canvases, use of unconventional materials such as broken plates and representation of human figures are hallmarks of his most famous paintings and prints. Also a filmmaker, Schnabel won the Grand Jury Prize for Before Night Falls (2000) at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Director Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). Shop a diverse assortment of Julian Schnabel art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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Happier You Are.. Happier You'll Be, Contemporary Ink Drawing by Julian Schnabel
By Julian Schnabel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Julian Schnabel, American (1951 - ) - Happier You Are... Happier You'll Be, Year: 2009, Medium: Archival pigment inks on 365 gsm fine art paper, Edition: AP, Size: 46 x 30 in. (1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Otono Floral (Sexual Spring-like Winter)
By Julian Schnabel
Located in New York, NY
Otono Floral, 1995
Hand-painted, 15-color screenprint with poured resin
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 signed in pencil and stamped on verso
"Sexual Spring-like Win...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
I’d Rather Have a Live Woman than a Frozen Leopard by Julian Schnabel
By Julian Schnabel
Located in Long Island City, NY
I’d Rather Have a Live Woman than a Frozen Leopard by Julian Schnabel, American (1951)
Date: 1990
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 16/60
Size: 35.5 x 28.5 in. (9...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Invierno Primaveral
By Julian Schnabel
Located in New York, NY
"Sexual Spring-like Winter" is a large painterly work, created with layers of pink and resin by the art and film world's favorite enfant terrible, Julian Schnabel. The artist and dir...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled
By Julian Schnabel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A work by Julian Schnabel. This large scale, Untitled, abstract, oil, resin, gesso, fabric and leather on seamed dropcloth is executed in a dark palette of rust, gray and black with ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Leather, Gesso, Fabric, Resin, Oil
$250,000
Large Julian Schnabel Diptych Painting, 88″H
By Julian Schnabel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Julian Schnabel (b. 1951)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 1985
Country of origin; materials: American; oil on map and paper collage
Dimensions (...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil, Mixed Media