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Medium: Gold Leaf
"The Constellation Cancer" (2015) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera/Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "The Constellation Cancer" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2015, this piece depicts a young woman looking forward at the viewer mysteriously...
Category
2010s Realist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lacking Compassion Men are a Burden On The Earth: Contemporary Mixed Media
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil and gold leaf on arches paper with a crackled varnish finish.
Matted 18" x 14"
Image 14" x 10"
Signed and dated upper right
Category
1990s Outsider Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Angelica, Abstract Figure, Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a blue gown against a sunburst background with delicate details. This piece captures the essence of fashio...
Category
2010s Abstract Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Heal Heart Heal. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Heal Heart Heal"
Original Oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted
Signed and dated Image 5" x 7"
Category
1990s Modern Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
In the Bathroom
Located in Burlingame, CA
Portrait of a young woman in the bathroom, painted with oil and gold leaf on paper. The artwork is is 14 x 11 inches. And it is newly and professionally framed with all museum materi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"My Princess Forever Heart" Colorful Pink Acrylic & Gold Leaf Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured acrylics in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic displ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Evening in Paris" Abstract Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Musical Emanations Contemporary figurative oil & goldleaf painting by Sax Berlin
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 Gold Leaf 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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Guardian Angel, Sista". Contemporary Painting. New York City
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Guardian Angel Sista was created by Berlin as part of his Neo-expressionism series. He uses sgraffito to evoke the feel of the New York subway and it frames the iconic Guardian Angel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Pommier de Normandie 3 (Normandy Apple Tree III)
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique piece. It is a oil painting on 22 carat gold leaf gilded on a canvas.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. They have been painting with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
"The Light Within, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Aixa Oliveras' (US based) "The Light Within" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a model's hands curling around the petals of red and pink...
Category
2010s Realist Gold Leaf 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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cry For Freedom, The Promise Of America, Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cambell's Warhol Soup. Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Self Portrait (Selfie) - graphic, pop-art, acrylic painting on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Utilizing a pop-inspired aesthetic with bold colour blocks and a simplified portraiture design, Mitic riffs on the ubiquitous selfie culture, comical filters, and more deeply, survei...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"My Free Heart" Colorful Abstract Acrylic & Gold Leaf Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured acrylics in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic displ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Clothed In Light, Abraham and Sarah
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This majestic double portrait "Abraham and Sarah" is part of a series of paintings by breaking British artist, Sax Berlin. Inspired by the Bible and also by a commission to paint “Is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bring Forth Miracles
Located in Denver, CO
Aixa Oliveras' "Bring Forth Miracles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model in a black dress with upturned hands as Orchids a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"The Down Crown Crew". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A small format work on paper from Berlin. This piece is bright and immediate, beautifully reflecting the vibrancy of downtown culture.
Acrylic and gold leaf on paper
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
I Bloom, and Now Feel
Located in Denver, CO
Aixa Oliveras' "I Bloom, and Now Feel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model wearing lace as she caresses orchids that grow f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Sunset
Located in Zofingen, AG
I want to return from a walk at sunset.
A wonderful day is behind us,
Ahead is tea and a delicious dinner in a comfortable chair...
This artwork from the series "Life in the Avatar" ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Infanta - oil and gold leaf Contemporary Art
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta' is a contemporary portrait of a young woman created in oil and gold leaf on wood panel. from Russian American Elena Zolotnitsky who is Inspired by the concepts of beauty, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Angel Of Peace: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In these testing times it's become easy to turn inwards rather than looking outwards into the world. In a painting that is archetypical of Sax Berlin Angel of Peace is a reflection ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Sojourn
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"To Whom The Gods Love Destiny Comes Late" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Nectar
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Reach" (2019) By Marc Scheff, Mixed Media Layered Resin Painting
By Marc Scheff
Located in Denver, CO
Marc Scheff's "Reach" is a multi-layered resin painting that is made using oil, acrylic, gold leaf caran d'ache, pencil, layered resin depicting...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Four Lilies" (2024) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Floral Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Four Lilies" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf with coral cabochons. Created in 2024, this piece features the aforementioned lilies in full bloom, sprout...
Category
2010s Realist Gold Leaf 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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"American Dream" (2017) By Marc Scheff, Mixed Media Layered Resin Painting
By Marc Scheff
Located in Denver, CO
Marc Scheff's "American Dream" is a multi-layered resin painting that is made using art resin, acrylic, pan pastel, pencil, and gold leaf.
Abo...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Lands Five Ornaments. Contemporary Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A Lands Five Ornaments, Health, Wealth, Fertility, Joy and Safety
Oil, gold leaf on arches paper with a crackled varnish finish
Image 5" x 7"
Mounted 10" x 12"
signed and dated low...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"The Feathers are Blue" (2019) By Marc Scheff Mixed Media Layered Resin Painting
By Marc Scheff
Located in Denver, CO
Marc Scheff's "The Feathers are Blue" is a multi-layered resin painting that is made using acrylic, pan pastel, pencil, gold leaf, layered resin, moleskine sketchbook,
About the art...
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2010s Other Art Style Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jack Reilly, Young Eros and the Girl (Tribite to Bouguereau), 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil, acrylic polymers, grout, gold leaf, on shaped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Hummingbird XV
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ties that Bind (Two) - Cantaloupe, Fruit, Still Life, Unique, Gold Leaf
Located in Denton, TX
Ties that Bind (Two) by Pam Burnley-Schol is an oil painting of a cut cantaloupe melon tied together by string, on top of gold leaf.
24 x 24 x 2 in.
Oil Paint and distressed 23k gol...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Madonna With Child and St. John 17th century Italian Lombard School
Located in Milano, IT
Italian religious painting of the Lombard School Madonna and Child with St. John ca. 1650 with a good balanced and harmonious composition in the center of which is the Child with hi...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jack Reilly, Last Survivors of the Next Millenium, 2018
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil, acrylic polymers, grout, gold leaf, on shaped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Giana (Fibonacci Revisited)" (2019) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "Giana (Fibonacci Revisted)" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2019, this piece depicts a young woman, looking inquisitively over her shoulder...
Category
2010s Realist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jack Reilly, Jupiter (as Artemis) Seduces Castillo, Mixed Media, 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A turn towards figurative work by artist Jack Reilly from his Eros, Love and Myth series, depicting love in a time of hate. The work is stretched canvas ov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"White Gold Lilies for the Dove of Peace" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A masterwork from a master artist,White Gold Lilies for the Dove of Peace is an immaculate piece, pure colours balanced with earthy hues imbue the work with shades of sumptuous richness seldom found outside the great collections. Nuance and symbolism combine within the elements of this painting to create an artistic journey through antiquity; Japanese wood block design, the language of flowers, even the colours themselves combine so masterfully to complete the piece.
In this large ground breaking painting Berlin has used bright vermillion & turquoise powered tones, volcanic glass and rock garnered from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius create texture and the use of the finest hand ground pigments and pure white gold leaf escalate this seminal piece to a higher plane.
This magnificent painting offers the pinnacle of modern fine art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Heaven's Gate, Jazz Bardo. Mixed Media Contemporary Neo-Classicism
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bardol Thodol literally means liberation through hearing and comes from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bardo is the transitional state between death & rebirth. Lovers of jazz and music in general will be all too aware of how one can be transported to this suspended state when listening to music. This state is expressed beautifully in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and here we quote directly from it
"remember the clear light, the pure clear white light...............Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature".
Jazz Bardo, Heavens Gate...
Category
2010s Pop Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Copper, Gold Leaf
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Spring Herald" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 19” x 25” Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece upon its purchase or delivery.
Evgeniya Golik (also kn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Jack Reilly, Two Perfect Souls in a Perfect Place and Time, Mixed Media, 2018
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A touching moment by artist Jack Reilly from his Eros, Love and Myth series, depicting love against hate. The work is stretched canvas over sculpted stretcher bars, oil, acrylic poly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Learning To Love The Face Of an Old Loaf
Located in Brecon, Powys
"To know how to grow old is one of the masterworks of life" M Barnard
Oil and gold leaf on board, varnished.
signed and dated lower right.
Matted
Category
1990s Modern Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lights In The Night - Mixed Media & Gold Leaf on canvas - Andrea Stella
Located in Carmel, CA
Andrea Stella (1950-2019).
The child of Greek immigrants raised in Italy, Andrea was destined to create.
His first concentration in the art world was antique woodworking, which lead...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Utopian Dreams
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A painting by Jack Reilly on shaped canvas.
Category
2010s Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
The Di-Gold Experience 195 by Marco Grassi
By Marco Grassi
Located in Woodmere, OH
Oil on Aluminum Dibond, Gold Leaf, and Resin
Category
2010s Pop Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Impressionist Portrait Painting, "Savior of the World"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil and 23k gold leaf painting by San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. Its dimensions are 22"x26". It is framed. A certificate...
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2010s Realist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sex: Every Best Friend Gets a Next Best Friend
By Andrew Brandou
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and gold leaf on wood panel
Signed and dated, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Critics have put Andrew Brandou into several categories, including pop-surrealism and “underground” art. Brandou received his training in illustration and animation; he worked with a greeting card company, and animation studios where he helped in the production of popular cartoons like Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, and Rugrats. Though he draws inspiration from fellow illustrators – Richard Scarry...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Boy and his Dog Oil and Mixed Media Cuban Hyperrealism Framed
Located in Houston, TX
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A Boy and His Dog shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to the world...
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2010s Surrealist Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,080 Sale Price
40% Off
Rock 120-6
By Marco Grassi
Located in Woodmere, OH
Oil on Aluminum Dibond, Gold Leaf, and Resin
Category
2010s Pop Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$15,000
Ties that Bind (One) - Oil Painting on Gold Leaf, Watermelon, Fruit, Still Life
Located in Denton, TX
Ties that Bind (One) by Pam Burnley-Schol is a detailed oil painting of a cut watermelon, wrapped in string, on a gold leaf background.
24 x 24 x 2 in.
Oil and distressed 23k gold l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Stars and Stripes" Contemporary Minimal American Flag 23k Gold Leaf Flag Pop
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Stars and Stripes," 26 x 50 Inches, is an elegant painting of the American flag in oil and 23 karat gold leaf, in the spirit of Pop art and reminiscent of American Folk Art. Also...
Category
2010s Pop Art Gold Leaf Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gold Leaf figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Gold Leaf figurative paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of red, pink, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Sax Berlin, Lumi Mizutani, Chelsea Davine, and Hiromi Sengoku. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Gold Leaf figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 0.75 inches across are also available Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $13 and tops out at $254,827, while the average work can sell for $3,410.
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