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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Sax Berlin
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
"Peace To America" Large Contemporary Oil, Gold & Silver Leaf Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Perhaps this stunning painting by Sax Berlin is more pertinent than when it was first conceptualised. Sax Berlin, top of his game. Sax lived and painted in America for many years in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
One Robe One Bowl: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin offers this exquisite portrayal of a classical maiden which he calls "endearing" ............. who are we to dispute that, she's also very beautiful.
Artist Biography:
Sa...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pursuit of Peace. JFK. Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a master of many styles and this Van Goghesque portrait of JFK is both subtle and eye-catching. Shocking events are taking place in the world so it's fitting that Berli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"SAMO Free Speech" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Hitting the streets of downtown Manhattan in the late 1970’s the SAMO tag was the mark of artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Al Diaz & Shannon Dawson. This short lived¬†collaboration saw ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Westside Watchdawg : The Golden Hearted". Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The New York subway network has seen dark and dangerous times over the last few decades.Now we can ride the subway thoughtlessly, the trains are clean, the stations are brightly lit ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Our Time Is Here" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Right here, right now in the words of the song. This piece from Berlin has an immediacy to it that draws the eye and the emotion. Berlin evokes huge emotional responses to his art, e...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Mary And The Grain Of Mustard Seed, Oil and Gold and Silver Leaf Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An almost gospel theme from Sax Berlin; harking to the parable of the mustard seed that we find in the gospel of Luke. Sax has combined this powerful imagery with the equally powerfu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Poet: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Oil Painting. Gold and Silver Leaf
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A beautiful representation of an ancient Grecian lyric poet, only Sax Berlin knows which one! This is a quite spectacular piece; it's richly created and could, one believes, be a wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bobb13: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A vibrant painting that reaches into the depths of music's ability to provide social commentary on the state of the world. Berlin has an innate abilityto channel the vibe and produce...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Skulls (Mortality)
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What better time than now to introduce Sax Berlin's Mortality series. Since people started creating art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons a...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Apostles Of The Archipelago Beyond Atlantis. Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Apostles Of The Archipelago Beyond Atlantis. A masterful offering from Sax Berlin, beautiful women gazing out over the mythical landscape that was (we assume) the lost city state...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Classical Harlequin". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Classical Harlequin - in this Harlequin painting Berlin shows his character barefaced and out of costume. The Harlequin is quiet and reflective in the foreground, however in the back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Golden Mind : Life's Celebration. Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
We are excited to bring this incredible painting to public attention. Berlin is renowned for his use of colour, pigments and texture but this piece is truly exceptional. Sumptuous in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble, Copper, Gold Leaf
Silver Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Wise Up We All From Africa. Large Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Painted in Sax Berlin's iconic Sharp Edge style, Wise Up displays motif's from Africa, see the display of flags at the bottom of the canvas for example, and instantly recognisable sy...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tathagata: Contemporary Mixed Media Buddha Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Tathagata - a Pali or Sanscrit word used primarily by Siddartha Gautama Buddha to refer to himself. However it also the term for one who has reached enlightenment through Buddhist pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Lil' Angel Of Greenwich Village. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Guitarist: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Maestro Sax Berlin took more years to complete his Guitarist than Picasso his and this painting is a juxtaposed image of the old, blind beggar. The Berlin Guitarist is vibrant in cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Saffron Effulgence". Contemporary Buddha oil painting with gold leaf
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has an affinity with Buddhism and his stunning representations of Buddha are a product of his knowledge and his empathy for the subject. Saffron Effulgence is a rich yet t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Lady". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece from Berlin's studio dates back to 2003 but has only now been released. She's an a la mode young woman from the halcyon days of the Belle Epoque; confident and bewitching ...
Category
Early 2000s Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
Red Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Liberty Now! " Large Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece is stoked with imagery and icons. Immediately recognisable in this painting are the Statue of Liberty, and the Guardian Angels, but there are other, more subtle images thr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Black Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
The Jazz Singer. Contemporary Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has two passions, his art and music, particularly jazz. As someone who was fortunate enough to experience the great jazz clubs of New York his paintings of jazz musicians ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Jazz Kats, Mo Better Blues" Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin returns to his love of jazz music. His players reflect the idiosyncratic rhythms of jazz music; a coming together of chaos & virtuosity that enthrals the listener. Deep with d...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Pierrot Enchanted. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's 1991 Pierrot series.
Hand ground pigments on canvas. signed
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WE WILL NOT BE SiLENCED (The Golden Voice). Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlins response to the tragic loss of a young woman's life in London 2021 is this vibrant, passionate painting. Once again women have held vigils and peaceful protests to draw atte...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Liberty, Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This eyecatching painting was an immediate reaction to 9/11. Berlin spent many years in New York and visits to this day, the city has aspecial place in his heart. The response visibl...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Save Our World Now ! :Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Climate change, conflict and conflagration are todays global reality and has sparked the creation of this Neo-Expressionist painting from Berlin. Sir David Attenborough, in June 2023...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post. December 25, 1926
Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visu...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ecstasy: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting from Sax Berlin's studio overlooking the wild Atlantic Ocean captures the essence of ecstasy. It's imbued with the hot sense of the urgency and frenetic energy of New Y...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Womens' Wisdom. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has such mastery over his craft. This piece is exceptional, there's beautiful imagery, sumptuous colour, and the Wise Women. Berlin has mixed beauty, strength and mythos i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Warning Code Red ! Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Primary, rich red defines this painting, yet the face is so magnetic. Berlin is hugely conscious of the environment and these highly immediate works are his way of trying to draw att...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"White Gold Mortality". Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A stark and powerful painting, it immediately attracts attention. Berlin has revisited the skull motif in this piece of Neo-Expressionist art to sublime effect. The painting is a mas...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Most Young Kings Get Their Head Cut Off
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a stunning, subtle painting from Sax Berlin that evokes the phrase used by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Berlin's interpretation of the quotation draws on his own personal knowledge ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Mark Jenkin in La La Land : Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A term familiar to most of us as a state of mind, Berlin has crafted his own idiosyncratic, ultra contemporary piece of Neo-Expresionism to reflect on this delusional condition. He h...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
The Pipers At The Dawn of Peace. Large Contemporary Tryptch Abstract Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Three Pipers. Large Contemporary Triptych
A riotous explosion of colour leaps from this large contemporary canvas. A swirling vibrant cloud of colours are in synchronicity with ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Have We Evolved ? ( Don't, don't hang back with the brutes ! )
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Have we evolved since 9/11? Are we embarking on the dark march to whatever it is we’re globally approaching? It’s not easy to pose such an emotive philosophical question on canvas; but using the literary reference from Tennessee Williams’ heroine Blanche DuBois...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
"Heroin Kills" Large Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heroin Kills is a cry from the soul from Berlin. A contemporary of Basquiat in the New York art scene of the 1980's Berlin was very much on the frontline when it came to witnessing t...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Flame In The Desert" Large Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has created this enigmatic, metaphysical imagining of the legendary Desert Flame in this stunning contemporary art work. Desert Flame possesses the ability to create illus...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
New York City Guardian Angel. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Figurative Oil
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bold and strong, these terms are synonymous with both the Guardian Angels and Sax Berlin’s Sharp Edge New York City style of Neo-Expressionist painting. The primary palette has been ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
LaLa Land. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A term familiar to most of us as a state of mind, Berlin has crafted his own idiosyncratic, ultra contemporary piece of Neo-Expresionism to reflect on this delusional condition. He h...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1911
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
First Long Suit, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 18, 1937
One of the most prolific and sought-after artists of the Golden Age of Illustration, J.C. Leyendecker captivates the public with his striking, fashionable depictions of handsome men, glamorous women, and adorable children. Painted in 1937 First Long Suit not only encapsulates the high-fashion, glamorous fantasy world that Leyendecker strove to achieve over the course of his vastly successful career, it also poignantly captures a bittersweet moment that every parent experiences--watching our children grow up right before our eyes.
Born in Montabaur, Germany, Leyendecker came to Chicago with his Catholic family at age eight. He apprenticed to a printer, J. Manz and Co., and then studied with John Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute. In 1896, he won the Century magazine...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for 'King of the Beach' Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a preparatory study for King of the Beach, the cover illustration for the September 3, 1932 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Playing Hooky, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Signed Lower Center
The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 13, 1914
LITERATURE:
L.S. Cutler and J.G. Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker, American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. ...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kellogg's Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Little boy eating bowl of Kelloggs
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Dog, The Saturday Evening Post cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, July 29, 1922
This commission for The Saturday Evening Post is a brill...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kuppenheimer Famous Fifties Featuring John Barrymore
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Inscribed on back #174
House of Kuppeneheimer 1927 fashion advertisement, catalog cover.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amoco Gas Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Amoco Gas Advertisement
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Easter Baby, Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study Easter Sunday Baby
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Amoco Studies
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
Amoco Oil Advertisements
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Space X. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a naive and quirky painting that combines humour with street culture and the Twenty First Century Sharp Edge NYC Style for which Berlin is renowned. Berlin's little character is absolutely endearing, he apppears to be ready to leave the canvas to embark on all kinds of adventures courtesy of Elon...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"The Postman Always Drinks Twice", Preliminary Study for Life Magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Preliminary study for Life magazine, Circa 1941. Features a study of the work titled; "The Postman Always Drinks...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Guardian Angels, New York's Finest. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic and hand ground oils on canvas, From the artist's Hard Edge Series
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
The Down Crown Crew. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Stoked with street art and graffiti images this frieze painting from Berlin is epic, it showcases the very best of Renaissance Neo-Expressionism. It's full of flashing imagery, pulsi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Inspiration. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Inspiration offers a beautiful portrait, one is aware of the nods to previous portrayals of iconic faces yet this painting is totally unique. This piece is classic Neo-Expressionism,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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