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Medium: Pastel
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Hard Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, ink, acrylic, pastel & watercolor on paper, Unstretched
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Ballerina in the dressing room / - The Naturalness of Artificiality -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina in the dressing room, 1924. Pastel on painting cardboard, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (frame), signed lower left "Stohner" and dated "[19]24". Behind glass in gold stucco frame of the time.
- Painting cardboard slightly warped, in the lower area minimally stained, frame with age patina and traces of abrasion.
- The Naturalness of Artificiality -
We see a ballerina putting on her right ballet shoe while the left one is still lying on the floor in front of her. It is precisely the casualness of the scene that gives it its intimacy: the blonde young woman is completely absorbed in the activity of getting ready for the dance, oblivious to us, while we are positioned right in front of her in the dressing room, inaccessible to the audience, watching her dress. Even though she does not yet perform a dance step, there is a graceful elegance in the action shown that seems quite natural in contrast to the rehearsed art form of dance. The young woman is not presenting herself to an audience in a perfectly formed movement, but is performing an everyday action, unaware that she is being watched. Concentrated, almost devotional, she pulls the ballet slipper over the verses, not noticing that one of the straps of the tutu has slipped off her shoulder, reinforcing the erotic moment of the scene.
Inspired by Edgar Degas, Karl Stohner has painted the scene in strong pastel tones. The dominant blues and turquoises give the scene a magical, mysterious quality and, like the pink of the stockings and ballet slippers, are borrowed from Degas's dancers. Degas's colors, however, are cooler tempered, which is particularly evident in the light impasto applied incarnate. This is where the vividness of Auguste Renoir comes into play, making the dancer seem entirely flesh and blood. Karl Stohner, who has studied the pastels of Degas and Renoir intensively, combines the two artists here to create his own pictorial language.
He has laid out the background in broad layers of strokes, ranging in color from white to turquoise to dark blue. The result is a dynamic, pattern-like structure that contrasts with the woman's calm, inward-looking posture. The fund anticipates the dynamics of the choreography of the dance for which the ballerina is preparing. At the same time, the broad pastel line in the background is an adequate means of painting to depict the soft, flowing elegance of the dancer.
About the artist
Against the wishes of his wealthy parents, Karl Stohner decided to become a painter. His talent was discovered by the director of the Mannheim Art Gallery, Fritz Wichert, who supported him from then on, including financing study trips to Paris. There he discovered the art of Degas, Cézanne and Renoir, which inspired his work.
GERMAN VERSION
Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina im Ankleideraum, 1924. Pastell auf Malkarton, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (Rahmen), unten links mit „Stohner“ signiert und auf „[19]24“ datiert. Hinter Glas im Goldstuckrahmen der Zeit.
- Malkarton leicht verzogen, im unteren Bereich minimal fleckig, Rahmen mit Alterspatina und Abriebspuren
- Die Natürlichkeit der Kunstform -
Wir sehen eine Ballerina, die sich den rechten Ballettschuh anzieht, während der linke noch vor ihr auf dem Boden liegt. Gerade aus der Beiläufigkeit der Szenerie speist sich ihre Intimität: Die blonde...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1960
Signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Hard Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, ink, acrylic, pastel on velvet
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Hard Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, ink, acrylic, pastel & watercolor on paper, Unstretched
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Nude With Pointillist Field
Located in Paris, IDF
Chalk pastel on paper
Christian Frederiksen is a Georgian artist born in 1989 who lives and works in Calgary, Canada. He loves to experiment with new ways of creating imagery by col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Figure in Green Miasma
Located in Paris, IDF
Chalk pastel on paper
Christian Frederiksen is a Georgian artist born in 1989 who lives and works in Calgary, Canada. He loves to experiment with new ways of creating imagery by col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Early 20th century colorful seaside landscape pastel figures bench trees signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Couple on Bench at the Beach" is an original pastel drawing on paperboard by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. This drawing depicts two figures sitting on a bench in front of a body of water. The artist used mostly pastel colors for this piece.
6 7/8" x 9 7/8" art
18 1/2" x 21 3/8" frame
Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...
Category
1910s Impressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
Le Lever - Impressionist Figures in Interior Pastel by Jean Louis Forain
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figurative pastel on board circa 1895 by sought after French impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain. The piece depicts a man asleep in a bed while a woman stands at the foot of the bed getting dressed. The room is dimly lit by the bedside lamp.
Signature:
Signed upper right
Dimensions:
Framed: 22"x26"
Unframed: 15"x19"
Provenance:
Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier
Jean Forain was the son of a painter and decorator and was apprenticed to a visiting card engraver. He studied briefly under Gérôme and Carpeaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly visited the Louvre, where he copied works by the masters. It is said that for a time he made a precarious living by selling small drawings in the style of Grévin. He went on to collaborate on various publications as a draughtsman and columnist, starting in 1876 on La Cravache and then collaborating on the newspapers Le Journal Amusant, Le Figaro and L'Écho de Paris. This introduced him to the diverse worlds of Paris society - the world of the theatre, of shows, and of literature - where he wryly noted the habits and shortcomings particular to each. This led him to follow a route very characteristic of this period, already seen in the work of Steinlen, Caran d'Ache and Toulouse-Lautrec in the journals La Pléiade, La Vogue and La Revue Blanche.
His work draws a picture of the society of the period, not in a strictly imitative fashion but in the form of the 'dessin-charge' or mild caricature. In 1880 he illustrated Parisian Sketches...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
ON THE BOARDWALK
Located in Portland, ME
Sprinchorn, Carl (American 1887-1971). ON THE BOARDWALK. Pastel, not signed or dated. Provenance: The Artist's estate. 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, 597 x 445 mm. In excellent condition, f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Blond Pin up with Perfect Smile Tennis Racket - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Julia (Elsie Julia Miller) Schleicher (Canadian/American, 1916-1988)
she was an important female illustrator
Woman Tennis Player
Pastel and gouache on boa...
Category
1940s Romantic Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
The Drop - Abstract Pastel on Paper Yellow Orange White Brown Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"The drop" is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi.
Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful expr...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Sweet Bryony, Painting, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper
Located in Yardley, PA
Pretty girl with a wreath of red Bryony berries. Signed on the front and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Your purchase will come securely packaged and double wrap...
Category
2010s Impressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Woman in Red Turban” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman in Red Turban” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing and conveying its contents, with particular involvement of methodologies from geography, anthropology, sociology to cultural studies.
Her works have been in the past approached to the works of Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1770), but in Gullotta's paintings the absence of color makes the spaces particularly ethereal, allowing them to be ideally lifted to new places and to new life.
An artist of international caliber who has decided to entrust her return to her homeland to Almach Art Gallery in Milan, while maintaining connections with important galleries, such as Marlborough Fine Art in London and Galerie Koch in Hanover.
The artwork represents the famous Velasca Tower in Milan.
This artwork was exhibited during the Daniela Gullotta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of the Av...
Category
20th Century Post-War Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on toned paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
Portrait - 1970s - François Chapuis - Pastel - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s. Pastel on paper; on the lower right corner, the artist wrote his initials i...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Woman - 1970s - François Chapuis - Pastel - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the first years of the 1970s.
Colored pastels on paper. Signed in pencil by the artist on...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Beautiful cubist style oil and pastel "Tropical" Picasso reminiscent
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A stunning oil and pastel on tar paper by world-renowned Giancarlo Impiglia.
Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, where he established a signature style on the sho...
Category
2010s Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Tar, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - K2
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel on Arches paper
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Man In Green Shirt, " Acrylic & Pastel on Paper signed by Reginald K Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man In Green Shirt" is an acrylic and pastel on paper signed by Reginald K Gee. A male figure is set against a colorful, expressionistic background.
Art: 12 x 9 in
Reginald K. Ge...
Category
1990s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled, Pastel & Ink on Paper, by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ramananda Bandopadhayay - Untitled
Pastel & Ink on Paper, 15 x 11 inches ( unframed size )
( Unframed & Delivered )
A beautiful rendition of the Bengal Maestro adept in making work...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
A fascinating art piece that reveals the talent of portugese artist Diogo Barros Pires.
Pastel and crayon on black paper.
Diogo Barros Pires (b. 1985) is a figurative contemporary ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel
Golden Age of Illustration Beautiful Smiling Woman, Female Illustrator
By Zoë Mozert
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning portrait with a killer smile by Golden Age of Illustration female Illustrator Zoë Mozert. Signed lower right. Framed under glass, silk matted and i...
Category
1930s Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Face of a Young Man, Dry Pastel on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Face of a Young Man, Dry Pastel on Paper
7 x 9.25 inches , 2022 (unframed size )
The framed size of the work is 17 x 20 ( approx. )
The work will be shipped inclusive of framing.
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron art...
Category
2010s Modern Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
With Smiling Teeth, Dry Pastel on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
With Smiling Teeth, Dry Pastel on Paper
7 x 9.25 inches , 2022 (unframed Size )
The framed size of the work is approx . 17 x 20 inches
The work will be shipped inclusive of framing.
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron art...
Category
2010s Modern Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
Hecate Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel red blue mythology woman
Located in Paris, FR
Unique work
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Nude, Figurative, Pastel on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanatan Dinda - Untitled - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Pastel on Paper, 2010
shipment without frame
Style : Sanatan Dinda discovers the beautiful amidst the ruins of a dilapidated city; his work becomes lyrical while he puts his signature on the curves and cleavages of sculpted human bodies. Born in the intestines of North Kolkata, the lanes and by lanes of Kumartuli, the squalor and the dirt, the refinement and nuances of a traditional craft of idol-making, the ancient river, the lonely bathing places taught him everything. Poverty all around, Sanatan had enough courage, even in his formative years, to convince himself that eternity could be invented, here and now, in a day. His art, both sculpture and painting, engages in a dialogue between tradition and modernity. Today, his work can be considered to be a prime example of contemporary Bengali visual culture. For last few years, Sanatan has been trying to stress upon traditional clay-sculpting – primarily the local popular sculpture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Alpine Village I" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Cycling. Two men Sports Racing on Bicycles
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This illustration was commissioned for the 1984 Olympic Games by the US postal service.
Signed and dated lower right
Work is framed
framed under acrylic to an overall size of 31.5 ...
Category
1980s American Realist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Woman Face with Braid Dry Pastel on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Woman Face with Braid, Dry Pastel on Paper
10 x 6.3 inches , 2022 ( this is the unframed size )
The work will be shipped inclusive of framing.
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron...
Category
2010s Modern Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Paper
Beautiful cubist style pastel on tar "Bewitched" by famous Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A stunning oil and pastel on tar paper by world-renowned Giancarlo Impiglia.
Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, where he established a signature style on the sho...
Category
2010s Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Tar, Oil
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Image, " Abstract Figurative Acrylic & Pastel on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Image" is an original acrylic and pastel painting on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. It features abstracted, simplified figures and faces in fr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
James doubted she always asked
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Diogo Barros Pires
James doubted she always asked, 2023
100 X 70 cm
Dry pastel on Paper
With a strong emphasis on drawing, both as a medium itself and as an intrinsic part of his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Cityscape, Abstract, Acrylic, Black, White by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Tapas Ghosal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic Dry Pastel & Pigment on Canvas, 2014
It will be delivered in a roll form.
Style : In Hindu philosophy, the 'Antahka...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Pigment
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 13.75 x 9.90 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2009
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 17.5 x 12 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2015
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 19.75 x 15.5 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2016
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 14.75 x 10.5 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2016
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 18 x 12 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2015
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in it...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 13.75 x 9.90 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2009
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 13.75 x 9.75 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2009
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 13.75 x 9.75 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2009
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 12 x 9 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2015
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 12.5 x 9.5 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2019
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 12.5 x 9.5 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2009
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 12 x 9 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Tea Liquor, Charcoal on Paper , 2019
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Tea
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 16.75 x 15.30 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2019 - 2020
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 11.5 x 8.25 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2020
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 11.5 x 8.25 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2008
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 11.5 x 8.25 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2008
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 11.5 x 8.25 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2008
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled, Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Biswas - Untitled - 11.5 x 8.25 Inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel, Charcoal on Paper , 2008
( Unframed All in Delivered Price )
Style : The motive of a child in its most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
"Profil Orange" Painting in Glass Frame 25" x 25" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profil Orange" Painting in Glass Frame 25" x 25" in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Techniques
Bakhoum often paints on canvases that have been prepared with various materials. She gene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
Nude Woman, Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper by Sanatan Dinda "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanatan Dinda - Untitled - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper, 2016
shipment without frame
Style : Sanatan Dinda discovers the beautiful amidst the ruins of a dilapidated city; his work becomes lyrical while he puts his signature on the curves and cleavages of sculpted human bodies. Born in the intestines of North Kolkata, the lanes and by lanes of Kumartuli, the squalor and the dirt, the refinement and nuances of a traditional craft of idol-making, the ancient river, the lonely bathing places taught him everything. Poverty all around, Sanatan had enough courage, even in his formative years, to convince himself that eternity could be invented, here and now, in a day. His art, both sculpture and painting, engages in a dialogue between tradition and modernity. Today, his work can be considered to be a prime example of contemporary Bengali visual culture. For last few years, Sanatan has been trying to stress upon traditional clay-sculpting – primarily the local popular sculpture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Conté, Paper, Pastel
Lady with the Lamp, Dry Pastel on Paper by Prokash Karmakar “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 29 x 20 inches ( unframed size )
Dry Pastel on Paper , 1999
Prakash Karmakar was the most senior artist of Bengal . He was instrumental in the Bengal...
Category
1990s Modern Pastel Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Canvas
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