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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Sax Berlin
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
The Buddha Of Peace. Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This work was inspired by Berlin's many visits to the Peace Pagoda during his sojourn to Nepal over the Winter. Sax prepares his canvasses and waits for the right conjunction of crea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Guardian Bro": Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Matador
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angel Of Liberty. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angel Of Liberty from Sax Berlin's "Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressionist New York City Style" Series
It probably only happens once in a lifetime with right alignment of the stars! To work with an artist at the very zenith of his power in the contemporary art world. Sax Berlin has travelled every continent to study to learn how to paint in a myriad complexity of styles. He has served an apprenticeship of decades, always creating the most wonderful paintings in every unique style. Now he has come full circle and his Sharp Edge 21st Century New York City Style reflects the cutting edge of contemporary art.
Now painting in a studio in Spain his work has evolved. Spanish art has always been at the forefront of creativity and style. Due in part to the influences of light, colour and landscape that imbue the country, from stark arid plains to verdant mountains.
Berlin is inspired by the colours and light to a new vibrancy. His paintings are elemental, "slash and burn" in an amalgam of New York City Street Style and ancient Spanish...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Stay Solid: Nightingale". Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
STAY SOLID: dedicated to all the nurses and medical research teams world-wide.
A gritty painting to join the collection of works in Sax Berlin's Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Harlequin. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
There's no mistaking this character, Arlecchino the medieval Comedie Del'Arte actor. In this thoughtful piece from Master Artist Sax Berlin we can see an interpretation of the Harleq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
In The Pierrots Tent. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Take a moment to forget all about the outside world and be lured into the mysterious world of Sax Berlin. Here one finds echoes of Degas, Daumier, Leonardo, Rembrandt, and Picasso m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Petrushka", Hand Ground Pigments on Canvas
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A stock character of Russian marionette theatre since the 18th Century, set in St. Petersburg this is a burlesque tale of unrequited love. Charlatan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
"Basquiat" Contemporary Homage to Basquiat and Street Art by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Portrait of Basquiat - troubled enfant terrible of the street art scene in downtown Manhattan in the 1970's & 80's. Wearing his trademark Armani suits Basquiat worked in fast, furiou...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Grand Expression" Large Black & White Abstract Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Black and white abstract painting from the studio of Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Living Mannequin, The Saturday Evening Post cover, March 5, 1932
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed lower right: JC Leyendecker
Living Mannequin sold at the U.S. War Bond at the United States Treasury-Saturday E...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classic Blue. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Using his unique approach of layering diverse techniques Berlin creates the opportunity of "seeing into portraits". He offers a "portal into the creation of [an] enigma". The stunnin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Study for 'Who, Me Work?' Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Center Left
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Who, Me Work?' January 23, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Mind Of The Poet. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A High Classical piece from Berlin. Referencing back to the poets of ancient civilisations; some real, some mythical, this work reflects outwardly the innermost thoughts and feelings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
That Kat Bird. Neo Expressionist Portrait of Charlie Parker by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Wherever one travels to in the world it's inevitable that one sees the heritage of wild-style graffiti. Graffiti writers are the most influential artists of their time; reaching so many people and influencing some of those people to make works of art using those influences. Sax Berlin was himself on the streets of New York city and experienced first hand this vibrant culture. Graffiti has connected with movements in music, and dance. In this
neo-expressionist piece Berlin combines his love of street culture and music. This work is an interpretation of street art & the jazz of Charlie Parker...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
21st Century Wild Man. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
With his Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo-Expressionist New York City Style series Berlin gifts us the fruits of complete abandonment in paint. He offers these works that map the evolutio...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Peeling Apples, Thanksgiving Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1925
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Middle Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 28, 1925
Literature:
The Saturday Evening Post, November 28, 1925, cover illustra...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflection In Sun Ray Motley: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Reflection In Sun Ray Motley" from Sax Berlin forms part of his latest collection of works on the Harlequin theme. Although the character dates back to 11th Century passion plays t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Easter Edition
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Mounted to Archival Board
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 17.625” x 14.375;" Framed 23.063” x 20.125"
Custom Gilt Framing: Thanhardt Burger (formerly Newcomb Mac...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
The Candidate, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1917
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 18, 1920
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Leyendecker addressed the theme of American patriotism in several ways. His famous Fourth of July covers asserted the import of American independence through stock characters: George Washington, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, colonial Freedom Fighters, and modern-day soldiers. In addition, his World War I and World War II covers depicted soldiers proudly defending their country. Leyendecker also profiled U.S. presidents and historical figures - George Washington, Robert E. Lee, William Howard Taft...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucky Bag Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Hand Painted Fine Print
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Guardian Sista. Acrylic Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
New York City has immersed Berlin in the whole vibe of the street culture that existed in the city at that time. Guardian Sista pays tribute to the women who were an integral part of...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Reflection In Sun Ray Motley. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Reflection In Sun Ray Motley" from Sax Berlin forms part of his latest collection of works on the Harlequin theme. Although the character dates back to 11th Century passion plays t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Policeman and School Children, SEP Cover, Oct. 3, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration: Saturday Evening Post, October 3, 1931
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yard Work, Saturday Evening Post Cover, Nov. 6, 1937
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration: Saturday Evening Post, November 6, 1937
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for 'Trimming the Pie'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Medium: Oil and Charcoal on Canvas
This piece is a preparatory study for J.C. Leyendecker’s final painting, Trimming the Pie (19...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil
"Mortmain" by Arthur Train, Book Illustration, 1918
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Story Teller, The Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, December 1, 1934
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Study for the Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 1, 1934
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Doctor Looking into Childs Mouth, Study for SEP Cover, 1930
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Study for the November 22, 1930 cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sick Man, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, 1917
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
March 10, 1917 Preliminary Study for The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Thanksgiving, The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Panel
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Nirvana, Contemporary Oil Painting With Gild Leaf
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Nirvana literally means cool or to extinguish, it is a state of mindfullness where suffering has been extinguished and one achieves ultimate freedom. In this fabulous piece we can se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Little Angel Of NoLita
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin has loved Manhattan & New York City for decades. This love is passionately brought to life in the dynamic & vibrant series of Guradian Angels that he's created to protect the areas that he loves so much with his own Guardian Angels in the Sharp Edge style.The first of these Angels has been created to protect SoHo, the now historic cast iron district in Lower Manhattan south of Houston Street north of Little Italy. During the dark hours when people are sleeping and the district has emptied this first, primary coloured Angel watches...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
Guardian Angel. All Seeing
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Equality
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" Neo Expressionism from the studio of Sax Berlin. Reflecting on his time living and painting on the streets of New York City in the 1980's and a contemporary of Basquiat and Haring...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Before The Flood
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All Seeing Guardian
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressionist painting of New York City's finest, The Guardian Angels. Berlin encapsulates the ethos of the Guardian Angels in this piece; they are truly ...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
To the Dove of Peace I Offer This Elegance
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very occasionally a painting invites deep study; nothing exists within it without reason, each form has purpose, every shade has nuance, every line has meaning. Berlin has presented...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble, Copper, Gold Leaf
Wise Up We All From Africa
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
Acrylic, Canvas
Lady Day
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Homage to Billie Holliday. Created in his idiosyncratic New York City style Berlin, himself a keen jazz musician, pays tribute to one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, the legendary Billie Holliday. Nicknamed Lady Day...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Night
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
hand ground pigments on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue Caesar. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed front and verso
Oil and acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Pierrot, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pierrot, named here not as the archetypal white faced pantomime character who loses his love to Harlequin, but as a more proud personage redolent of Darius, the great Persian king, m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Loving Kindness
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Loving Kindness : 24ct gold leaf and original pigments.
The exceptionally talented Sax Berlin produces another masterpiece for Buddha collection. Sensational piece.
"Buddha said…....
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Black Narcissus" Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Dollar Angel" Contemporary Expressionist Street Art.
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What an amazing departure this represents for Berlin! 21st Century Neo-Expressionism a style that draws on many experiences that have directed Berlin to adopt a free flowing, vibranc...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Open Debate, Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's Fools series of the 1990's. This intricate masterpiece is of museum quality. Berlin's Fools are seen clustered en masse in a complex portrayal of debate. This work ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman In Blue; contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Just released form the artists studio a 1997 Gouache.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Woman Of Wisdom For Peaceful Solutions: Contemporary mixed media painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is an ephemeral piece from Berlin, in it he portrays the nebulous form of woman and allows his audience to interpret the power of woman. Almost meditational this painting is wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Study for 'Flowers for the President'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 23.50" x 27.25", Framed 29.50" x 33.00"
The present work is a study for Flowers for the President c...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Soldiers' Charge, Carter's Monthly Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1898
Medium: Ink and Gouache on Paper Affixed to Board
Dimensions: 16.50" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Carter's Monthly, March 1898, cover illustration.
Decades lat...
Category
1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Board
Study for 'Christmas Peek, ' Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas Laid Down on Board
Study for the December 23rd, 1939 issue The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board, Pencil
Study for 'Happy Landing' Amoco Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
During his over four decades as the preeminent illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Joseph Christian Leyendecker's clever illustrations were eagerly anticipated by enthusiastic readership across the country, and none more so than his holiday designs. One of Leyendecker's most celebrated creations was his groundbreaking idea of the New Year's Baby. Originally portrayed as a fleshy sweet-faced child complete with tiny angel wings, the New Year's Baby gradually morphed into a worldly tot acutely aware of the social and political issues facing the nation at the time. In fact, Leyendecker's final Post cover illustration was the 1943 New Year's Baby.
Following the success of these Post covers, the artist was hired to create advertisements for the American Oil Company (AMOCO). Throughout the 1940s and through the final years of his life, Leyendecker produced ads incorporating his famed New Year's Baby into AMOCO advertisements, as in the present work, Happy Landing...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Oil, Canvas
The Courtship, Success Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00"
Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, Ne...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 28.00" x 21.00"
Signature: Unsigned
Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, June 14, 1923, illustrated as Kuppenheimer Clothing Company advertisementLaurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 91, illustrated in color p. 92
Notes: The Kuppenheimer Clothing Company used this painting as an advertisment for its men's clothing. The advertisement printed...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tipping The Porter, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 30.00" x 24.12", Framed 39.00" x 34.00"
Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 18, 1937
Exhibitions:
It's a Man's Worl...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 10, 1934
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 22.70" x 19.70", Framed 29.00" x 22.00"
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 10, 1934
Leyendecker, Joseph Christian:One of the most successful commercial illustrators of his time, best known for his advertisements for the "Arrow Collar Man." He created 321 covers for the Saturday Evening Post.. American painter, illustrator, 1874-1951
Exhibitions:
JC Leyendecker...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.
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