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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Sax Berlin
Artist: Ron Blumberg
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
"Homeless" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
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
"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
Ecstasy: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
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 ...
Category
2010s Neo-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
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
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
"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
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
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 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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
"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
"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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
"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
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
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 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
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
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
Untitled
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
So many influences can be seen in this painting, however it is unmistakenly from Sax Berlin's hand. It's a classic work of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism of which Berlin is at ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Spike Gold Tooth : Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Twenty First Century Sharp Edge NYC Style this painting showcases an iconic symbol of popular culture;the gold tooth or teeth. In this piece Berlin has comb...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
The Renaissance of Neo Expressionisation of Klee: Contemporary Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A tour de force of a neo-expressionist painting. This work is symbolic and contemporary, offering a bold, almost tribal visual. Klee was a revolutionary artist who used many techniqu...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Bob Vylan. Spartan Warrior : Footprint Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin has his finger firmly on the pulse of modernity. In this piece he acknowledges the London based punk/grime/rap band Bob Vylan. The social commentary of their lyrics are beau...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"The God of Colour " Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Exhilarating flashes of neon colour swirl around the golden mouthed icon image. A painting of movement and meditation from the unique and unmistakable palette of master artist Sax B...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Angel of Manhattan". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A large, monochrome painting that maximises Berlin's skill. In this piece, which appears deceptively simple Berlin has channeled his raw energy into a painting that has massive impa...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"No King: One Route". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp edged and sassy from Sax Berlin.
A bang on trend, urban street painting with an undercurrent of the darkness of the city.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Wild is the Wind. ( Kerry O )". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of his Women Who Dance With Wolves inspired series, Berlin offers Wild is the Wind (Kerry O). Every woman has, deep within her psyche, a wild nature. This nature cannot be taugh...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Triple Halo Lil' Angel of SoHo
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Truly an exceptional, statement piece from Berlin. His Lil’ Angel is perhaps the most eyecatching and iconic of his works depicting the Guardian Angels. The Guardian Angels loomed la...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
City Street: Fifth Avenue
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered oil painting from the earliest period, c.1932, of American artist Ron Blumberg.
After completing his fine art studies art at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris Ron Blumberg left for New York in 1932, where he worked for eight years as a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
Virtually every painting from this early New York period has been sold, making this the rarest period of work in Ron Blumberg’s career.
City Street: Fifth Avenue, is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1932, with an image dimension of 39 x 39 inches, good original condition with two very small restorations, set in a beautiful custom white gold frame.
Please contact the gallery for information, availability and pricing
Ron Blumberg
Born: 1908 Reading, Pennsylvania
Education:
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY, 1930
Academie de La Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France, 1930-1931
Museum Exhibitions
Delgado Museum, New Orleans, LA 1933
Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX 1936
Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX 1936, 1936
Denver Museum of Fine Arts, Denver, CO 1957
Tucson Museum, Tucson, AZ 1955
San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA 1962
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1958
H. d Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1967
Erma Frye Museum, Seattle, WA 1969
Gallery Exhibitions
ACA Gallery, New York, NY 1937
Arr USA, New York, NY 1939
MacBeth Gallery, New York, NY 1932
Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1951
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1958,1959
Cushing Gallery, Dallas, TX 1972
Jean Dichter Gallery, Denver, CO 1955
Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, CA 1987
Trigg Ison Fine Art...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blood. Neo Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Faced Harlequin, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Fully costumed Harlequin sits before the hot swirling background looking reflective after his performance. With his ceruse coated face he is the archetypal image of our perception of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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