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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Sax Berlin
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
The Four Musea: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne each of the nine Muses occupies a creative niche. The Four Muses; Calliope, Clio, Erato and Euterpe represent Epic Poetry, History, Lyric Choral Poetr...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Guitarist." Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A piece of classical beauty painted in Sax Berlin's New York Studio in 1999. She's a study in muted tones, delicately rendered. Gentle, soft and mystical, The Guitarist is an enigmat...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"That Kat Miles" Neo Expressionist Contemporary Portrait of Miles Davis
Located in Brecon, Powys
Jazz aficionado Sax Berlin offers his homage to Miles Davis. This piece is a street art version of portraiture, bold & incisive. There's a raw feel to this painting that has the musi...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

Fools Of Clear Light. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Complex and encompassing this is from Sax Berlin's Fools series created in the 1990's. This series is perhaps the most intricate of Sax's oeuvre; it's almost impossible to find all t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Impulse Is Divine: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This title encapsulates the whole ethos of Sax Berlin; the impulse to create courses through him in vibrant immediacy resulting in paintings that are timeless. In this work his creat...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Black Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
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

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Longing, Contemporary Mixed Media Painting With Silver & Gold Leaf
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's Silver Series this is a piece that portrays heart rending pathos. In this piece Sax has created beauty, emotion & tranquillity. A deeply moving, touching work.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Sign Eekwal: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Washington's Wisdom: No Kings. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Sharp Edge 21st Century NYC Style Renaissance Neo Expressionism A painting imbued with symbolism and cultural references, No Kings - Wisdom of Washington pays Berlin's ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"Stop The Hatred". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is such a pertinent piece from Sax Berlin. Nobody else painting today melds generations  and genres in this way; 60's colours, 70's glam, 80's street, 90's hip- hop and 21st cen...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"To Whom The Gods Love Destiny Comes Late" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Just when you think an artist has reached the zenith of creativity and beauty a piece arrives that is simply breathtaking. It truly is Sax Berlin's destiny to create these stunning w...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper, Gold Leaf

Reinstate Liberty. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece simply screams New York City and is presented in Berlin’s inimitable Twenty First Century Sharp Edge NYC Style. This painting has such a vibrant, pulsating feel, it’s ful...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Guardian Angels, New York's Finest. Contemporary Figurative Painting
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

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Manhattan Overture". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin in this piece channels the imagery of the streets of New York City. Is it a commentary on today's society or a nostalgic view of the past? This painting offers a fabulous oppo...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

BASQUIAT : Caught in the Crossfire: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Basquiat: Caught in the Crossfire is a very heartfelt and personal tribute to Basquiat and a large statement piece and with this painting Sax takes up the mantle and upgrades the con...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

X AE A-12:. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Elon Musk is perhaps the most recognisable man on Earth. Known for his plans to take ordinary people into space and the Tesla electric car Musk is in the vanguard of advancing human ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Golden Buddha: Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas
Located in Brecon, Powys
A work of True quality by this master artist Sax BERLIN. Quote from Sax "….gaze into the face…with this piece the Buddha reveals himself to himself." Sax Berlin is creating the Gre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Cry For Freedom, The Promise Of America, Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Delivering beautiful paintings is what Sax Berlin does and this striking piece is both beautiful and has a narrative. Neo-Expressionism and abstract in its construct Berlin delivers ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

ZiZi de Montparnasse: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An enigmatic portrait in oils from Berlin, stylised and elongated this person is a mysterious figure. ZiZi was a writer and poet who was a friend of the artist. It is certainly a re...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Musical Emanations Contemporary figurative oil & goldleaf painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A glorious painting from Sax Berlin's studio. Richly clothed & adorned, the Muse sits in peaceful meditation, her guitar held to her breast. Muse of music, bringing joy & peace to t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

NO KINGS NO WAR: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a caring, compassionate man and his egalitarian outlook is translated into his art. This piece is large and impactful and shows this ascending star of the art world at ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Pizzicato:: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An ephemeral painting by Berlin, a hauntingly beautiful musician with a ghostly violin in her hands. ........"this piece is an amalgam because it takes the cone the cube and the sphe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"No King" (Dedicated To George Washington) Contemporary Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin wanted to pay tribute to the great American President George Washington. This piece reflects the colourful glory of Washington refusing to become King of his country and estab...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil

Little Angel Of NoLita, Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's "Sharp Edge 21st Century New York City Style Series" Berlin has loved Manhattan & New York City for decades. This love is passionately brought to life in the dynam...
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Marble

SoHo 4 a.m. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Silver Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
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

Cambell's Warhol Soup. Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Where once Warhol led the charge Sax Berlin has assumed the mantle and is in the vanguard of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism. This is a witty take on the famous Campbell Soup sc...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Z" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Z: Sax's object is purity of form and modulation of colour.  What kind of words could accompany this portrait. A study of the humanitarian in humanity.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

That Kat Coltrane, Neo Expressionist Portrait of John Coltrane 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 m...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harlequin's Golden Collar: Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The latest rendition of Sax Berlin's interpretation of Harlequin. A beautiful piece evocative of medieval wall art where Harlequin wears his traditional hat, often shown in the modern world to have belonged to jesters but is really an allusion to the diamond pattern associated with Harlequin. There may also be a hidden reference to Picasso here; in Guernica Picasso...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Surrealist Evolution. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Human Rights" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the studio of England's greatest exponent of Neo-Expressionism, Sax Berlin. Human Rights is a heartfelt piece by Berlin, showing his concern for all people suffering abuse with ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Jazz Man. Contemporary Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Music is a real love for Sax Berlin, second only to his art. These twin passions have given rise to a series of works that concentrate on jazz music. Jazz Man puts one right at the h...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

Saphos Queen Of Lesbos. Contemporary Figurative Mixed MediaPainting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Lyric poet Sappho was born on the Greek island of Lesbos sometime in the 600's BC, although little is certain about her life and much of her poetry is lost to us her reputation, orig...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf

"Homeless" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sociological Expressionism. From Grosz and Dix to Berlin, this movement gives voices and images to the conscience of the people trying to process the contemporary trauma of the hopel...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ecstasy: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting from the Atlantic studio of Sax Berlin captures the essence of ecstasy. It’s imbued with a special sense of immediacy and fluid movement. The painting draws one in and ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Pursuit of Peace. JFK. Figurative Oil Painting
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

"Peace To America" Large Contemporary Oil, Gold & Silver Leaf Painting
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

One Robe One Bowl: Contemporary figurative oil painting 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

"SAMO Free Speech" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting 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 ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Bobb13: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"Westside Watchdawg : The Golden Hearted". Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
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

Mary And The Grain Of Mustard Seed, Oil and Gold and Silver Leaf Painting
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
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

"Our Time Is Here" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Apostles Of The Archipelago Beyond Atlantis. Contemporary Oil Painting
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

Skulls (Mortality)
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Golden Mind : Life's Celebration. Contemporary Oil Painting
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

Wise Up We All From Africa. Large Neo Expressionist Painting
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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Silver Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
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

Tathagata: Contemporary Mixed Media Buddha Painting 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
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Classical Harlequin". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Guitarist: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Saffron Effulgence". Contemporary Buddha oil painting with gold leaf
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

"Shooting Star." Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Trust your intuition, embrace your journey and follow the path that resonates with your deepest desires are all spiritual beliefs associated with shooting stars. This painting from M...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Lady". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
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

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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