2023
Artist Hernan Bas is best known for the lively depictions of nineteenth-century-style waifs, mythological creatures and dandies that permeate his Expressionist paintings and prints. Whether they’re cheerful or somber, Bas’s subjects, which are often imbued with humor and homoeroticism, are typically positioned in a richly colored fantastic landscape. He views them as characters in a broader story that he tells throughout his work.
Born in Miami, Florida, Bas had a penchant for drawing and painting as young as four years old. He entered the art magnet program in the Miami public school system, where teachers helped foster his talent and passion for the arts.
Bas entered art school in seventh grade. His post-high school education took shape at the New World School of the Arts of Miami. After graduating in 1996 from New World, Bas enrolled in The Cooper Union — an exclusive arts academy in New York City. He left The Cooper Union after a semester, believing he'd had all the art training he was going to need.
Though he considers himself a painter by trade, Bas enjoys experimenting with other media. He has tried his hand at photography and film, and eventually set up a darkroom in his studio basement.
Bas’s first exhibition took place in 2001 at Miami’s Fredric Snitzer Gallery, and it didn't take long for the art scene to take notice. The artist has since enjoyed a global audience and has had solo and group showings around the world — including New York, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Bas’s art is held in many public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Samuso: Space for Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea. He lives and works between Miami and Detroit.
Find original Hernan Bas prints and photography on 1stDibs.
H 21 in W 17 in
The Renaissance Man
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground etching, drypoint and spitbite aquatint.
Etching
H 42 in W 35 in
Comus In a Drunken Stupor
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground and flatbite etching, spitbite and soapground aquatints, and unique inking.
Etching
H 78.75 in W 59.06 in D 1.97 in
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - Private Diary
By Liu Xiaodong
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Inner Mongolia...
Canvas, Oil
H 31.5 in W 47.5 in
Revised Endpapers for "The Homosexual Neurosis" (Pink)
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color aquatint.
Etching
H 31.5 in W 47.5 in
Revised Endpapers for "The Homosexual Neurosis" (Blue)
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color aquatint. Edition of 35
Etching
H 78.75 in W 59.06 in D 1.97 in
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - My Basquiat
By Liu Xiaodong
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Inner Mongolia...
Canvas, Oil
H 21.19 in W 19.1 in
Terry & Julie, Contemporary Print, Signed, Edition of 200
By Cecily Brown
Located in London, GB
Cecily Brown Terry & Julie, 2025 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle 308gsm fine art paper with hand torn edges 50.3 x 48.5 cm Edition of 200 hand-sgned and numbered by the artist
Digital Pigment
H 78.75 in W 59.06 in D 1.97 in
Contemporary Chinese Art by Liu Xiaodong - A45
By Liu Xiaodong
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Liu Xiaodong is a Chinese artist born in Inner Mongolia in 1968 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Inner Mongolia...
Canvas, Oil
H 48 in W 43.5 in
Outlander, Contemporary Photographic Collage by Justine Kurland
By Justine Kurland
Located in New York, NY
Outlander, Contemporary Photographic Collage by Justine Kurland Justine Kurland “Outlander” 2022 Signed Collage (Unique) 48 x 43.5 inches Contact gallery for price.
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
H 5.91 in W 3.94 in D 1.58 in
Workz of Wonder, 150 - 21st Century Dutch Portrait Painting
By Ellen Valk
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ellen Valk Workz of Wonder, 150 15 x 10 x 4 cm Mixed media From January 2026, the work of Ellen Valk will be on view and for sale in our gallery. Our first encounter with this rem...
Resin, Oil, Acrylic
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