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Medium: Plaster
Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). A shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid". Noche Crist imbued her cutouts with more...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic
"Crimson Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Surrealist Composition - Precious Stones Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed surrealist composition evoking tribal, abstracted carved stone-like shapes fitting together like a three dimensional sphere shaped puzzle, floating in a sky blue space by Clayton Anderson (American b. 1943). Textured plaster border around the edge of the piece. Signed "Clayton Anderson" along the upper left edge and on verso. Presented in a deep maple box frame.
Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked with Ben Kimihira, Walter...
Category
1970s Surrealist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Oil, Wood Panel
'Women Riding', Italian Modernism, Horses, Avant-Garde Equestrian oil, Morandi
By Luciano Spazzali
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Spazzali' for Luciano Spazzali (Italian, 1911-1997) and dated 1958.
A complex and lyrical equestrian work by this notable Italian Modernist and exponent of Magi...
Category
1950s Modern Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Plaster, Oil
LUCIDITY - Mixed Media Portrait of a Woman w/ Textured Pattern Overlay - Framed
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Acknowledging the beauty that lies beneath, she struggles to break through past shallow entanglement. Clarity within reach, her gasping consciousness shutters beneath the weight of h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Ink, Watercolor
"Crimson Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Offering - Symbolic Landscape Painting, Waterfall, Anselm Kiefer Inspired Art
Located in New York, NY
This captivating painting features a dynamic interplay between nature and man-made objects, with cascading waterfalls forming a serene backdrop for symbolic objects in the foreground...
Category
2010s Surrealist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood Panel, Pigment
The Sanctuary
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is titled "The Sanctuary" and signed.
Painting is casein paint and plaster on board.
Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the Katzen...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Casein, Wood Panel
"Ultrablue Garden 06" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Noche Crist "La Ronde des Serpento"
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "La Ronde...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Mirror
Eris at Play - Trompe-l'oeil Figurative Painting Made With Plaster on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Gregory Kitterle's Eris at Play is a large 80 x 45 inch vertical figurative painting on canvas.
The work has very sober colors: white, black, beige, and some deep blue. It is painted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Plaster
The Kiss
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind shaped painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Titled "The Kiss" and signed on reverse.
Painting is casein paint and plaster on board.
Catalogue of an exhibition in...
Category
1980s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Casein, Wood Panel
"Violet Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
"Aubrey"
Located in Astoria, NY
Kayo Lennar (French/American, b. 1923), "Aubrey", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2010, painted raised relief, depicting woman holding cat, signed, titled, and dated to verso, ebonized frame....
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil
Peace Doves in Vineyard, Springtime Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical portrayal of five white doves surrounded by flowers and clusters of grapes in a dreamy, colorful vineyard garden setting by Mohammad Hourian (Iranian/American, 1955-2014)...
Category
Early 2000s Symbolist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Board, Other Medium, Plaster
"Tiffany Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Decomposing Leaves
Located in Columbia, MO
Joel D. Sager (b. 1980) is a contemporary American painter of landscapes, still-life and portraiture. Often drawing on such standard subject matter with economy and singularity— a so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil, Plaster
Pelligrine Asseolate, Modern Fresco on Board by Mario Toppi, 1959
By Mario Toppi
Located in Long Island City, NY
This piece was created by Italian artist Mario Toppi in 1959. Toppi worked primarily in fresco, creating works that pay material homage to Italy's long artistic history, yet remain m...
Category
1950s Modern Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Paint, Board
Femme Fatale
Located in Washington, DC
An original work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Titled "Femme Fatale" and signed on reverse. Wonderful work made with cut wood, paint and plaster. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 ...
Category
20th Century Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic, Pencil
Girl with Cat
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is made with casein on plaster on wood. Catalogue of a postumous ret...
Category
1960s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Casein
"Ultrablue Garden 03" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
CAUL BEARER - Mixed Media Portrait w/. Textured Floral Overlay - Framed in Black
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
A gift yet come to fruition, the boys destined from the start for greatness or infamy. Laid out before him, a life full of visions longing for a chance to be conjured and revealed.
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Ink, Watercolor
Carpathian Ancestor
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...
Category
1960s Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Casein, Plaster
Mario Toppi, "Trio, " Fresco on Board, circa 1960
By Mario Toppi
Located in Long Island City, NY
This piece was created by Italian artist Mario Toppi circa 1960. Toppi worked primarily in fresco, creating works that pay material homage to Italy's long artistic history, yet remai...
Category
1960s Modern Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Paint, Board
"Ultrablue Garden 05" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
INTO THE WILD - Impasto Painting - A.I. Woman in Wooden Frame
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Disappearing back into the shadows, she leans into the nature of a new existence, wild and free but still so alone..
In INTO THE WILD, Matthew Dutton creates a new work out of conte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Ink, Watercolor
FLORAL VEIL - Impasto Painting - A.I. Woman in Wooden Frame
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"Hidden away behind a floral veil, a shield so thin that her own breathe can make it falter, yet shielded enough to regain her bountiful confidence."
In F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Ink, Watercolor
GIRL AFRAID - Impasto Painting - A.I. Woman in Wooden Frame
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Her cautious approach shields her inner desires. Longing for acceptance, she pushes her apprehension aside to seize the moment.
In GIRL AFRAID, Matthew Dutton creates a new work ou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Ink, Watercolor
"Ultrablue Garden 04" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
AVERROËS, 2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
VOYAGE HOME
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original mixed media painting on plastered canvas. Artwork size 25.25 x 25 inches. Frame size approx 30.75 x 30.25 inches.
The artwork is in ex...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Mixed Media
Medial Woman at the County Fair
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Experimenting with burlap and plaster on wood with beads was a catalyst inviting in the liminal space between worlds, governed by the Medial Woman. The flavor for the three pieces in...
Category
2010s Folk Art Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Wax, Encaustic, Acrylic, Maga...
Painting & sculpture on old barn door: 'The Riddle of the Horse'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
DEUTEROS II, 2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
Collage made of Eggshells: 'Skully 2'
Located in New York, NY
I have worked on eggshells since I was a child, learning the traditional Ukrainian craft of pysanky from my mother. This artistic and cultic use of eggs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Mixed Media, Wood
One Thousand, 2015
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Mixed Media, Oil
Twins
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
SKYLAR FEIN x MRSA (collaboration)
SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Shepherd
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
SKYLAR FEIN x MRSA (collaboration)
SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
ADROGUE II, 2013-2016
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Paper, Oil
Point nine recurring
By Edward Povey
Located in Atlanta, GA
1972-73 Eastbourne College for Art and Design: Fine Art Foundation Course: studies drawing.
Works through the South Coast Period of paintings. Studio: South Coast of England.
1974-81 University of Wales: studied painting under Welsh artist Selwyn Jones. Public and private commissions: twenty-five multistory murals in Wales and England: documented by the BBC and British National Newspapers. Studios: Bethesda and Bangor City, Wales. Studies composition and portraiture. Shows at the Royal Exchange, London; Bangor City Museum, Wales.
1981-82 Commission: The Trial of Saint Deiniol: 19-panel, 18 x 21 ft. painting. Studio: Shropshire, England
1982-86 The New York Times send photographer Dith Pran (on whom the movie The Killing Fields was based) to photograph Povey in New York with The Trial of Saint Deiniol painting at Art Expo New York 1986. Povey is advised by George Bush Senior’s former campaign manager Zena Temkin on shaping his public persona. The BBC film Edward Povey with former President of the Royal Academy of Art in London - Sir Hugh Casson KCVO, RA, RDI in which Sir Hugh interviews Povey about his art career. Public and private commissions for collections in the United States, London, Wales, Belgium, West Indies. Studies symbolism and trains in color with Jan de Maere in Brussels and works through the Tapestry Period of paintings Studio: Grenada, West Indies.
1987-91 Studies psychology and narrative in art whilst he builds the extensive Childhood, Illusion and Desire Period of paintings. Studio: Guisborough, England courtesy of the town mayor. Shows in Belgium, London, New York.
1992-93 Public commission: Hall of Illusion mural: 20 X 40 ft. interior oil painting in the Chamber Concert Hall of the University of Wales. The commission is followed by BBC Television, S4C Television; BBC Radio Four and regional and national newspapers. Studios: Guisborough, England; Bangor City, Wales. Designs the Hall of Illusion mural on the island of Grenada, West Indies.
1994-96 Deepens his studies in the relationship between art and the psyche. Researches new ways to evolve concepts with models using theaters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Plaster, Paper
Sun by Julia Policastro
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sun" (2023) by artist Julia Policastro is a sculptural oil painting on canvas with a bright orange sun as its focal point. From the sun's center, the rays radiate outward in an oran...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Foam Board
The Sun Bathers, figurative, landscape, women, sunshine, yellow rays, green hill
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"The Sun Bathers" (2023) by artist Julia Policastro is a sculptural oil painting on canvas with a router-cut and hand-painted wooden frame. With echoing suns piercing through clouds ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Foam Board, Wood
The Great Sun Hall, geometric, architecture, sunshine, yellow rays, arches
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"The Great Sun Hall" (2023) by artist Julia Policastro is a sculptural oil painting on canvas with a central sunburst, shining through the center of a hall of nested architectural ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Foam Board
Sun Cloud Mirror, golden yellow
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sun Cloud Mirror" (2023) by artist Julia Policastro is a sculptural oil painting on canvas with a central gold mirror. It measures 20" diameter by 3" deep. The painting features a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Plaster, Foam Board
"Dear, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting
Located in Houston, TX
This precious work that is dedicated to Long’s first wife, Connie, who passed away from cancer, is an acrylic painting on canvas encapsulated in a custom, hand-made, plaster frame - characteristic of many classic Long works...
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of radical change in the American social climate, the influence of which can be seen clearly in his work.
Long’s paintings and sculptures incorporate a high level of skill and sophisticated knowledge of art history, along with complex philosophical and social issues. Long describes the philosophy behind his work as "a quest to help people diagnose their inner self," believing his art to be "the vehicle to help facilitate the process."
“As artists we have the obligation to provide the world with art which communicates as truth. I believe that art has the power to heal our souls of their afflictions. I try to create art which helps to diagnose the prevalent conditions within our societies, hopefully providing an insightfulness which will help us all become brothers and sisters united in equality and compassion”
- Bert L. Long, Jr.
The late Peter Marzio, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said of Bert Long during the major retrospective of Long’s work at the museum:
“Bert Long does not avert his gaze from that which is painful, but as [his artworks] testify, he also brings a spirit of joy and redemption to his art. We can all learn from this great artist.”
Over Long’s 33-year career as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, he had several solo exhibitions at respected museums and was awarded many significant awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1987 and the prestigious international Prix de Rome fellowship in 1990. Other notable awards of Long’s include the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts Artist of the Year Award in 2009, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant in 1997, the Houston Art League Texas Artist of the Year in 1990, the NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1987 and the Bemis Foundation Residency in 1998. His work can be seen in over 100 private and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Instituto de Bachillerato in Spain.
With a recent solo exhibition at the Houston Museum of African American Culture and an exhibition overseas which is pending featuring his work, plus interest from several national museums, Bert L. Long Jr. continues to be recognized as an important African American artist throughout Texas, nationally and internationally.
Bert L. Long, Jr.
"Dear"
1989
Acrylic on Canvas with Painted Plaster Frame...
Category
1980s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
"Madness, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting
Located in Houston, TX
This work features an acrylic painting on canvas suspended between two wooden planks. The treatment of the painting appears visceral and rambunctious - congested with abstract and sy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic, Mirror
"Rivers of Blood, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting on Wood
Located in Houston, TX
This work consists of an acrylic painting on canvas laid in a handmade frame of plaster and pine. The imagery of the painting, as implied by the title and crucifix near the center of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mirror, Plaster, Acrylic, Wood
"Passion, " Acrylic Paint, Wood Elements, Icepick and Painted Plaster Heart
Located in Houston, TX
This three-dimensional work incorporates an acrylic painting on canvas laid in a handmade red frame, adorned with scorched wooden planks, a stylized plaster heart, and an ice pick. The painting is a monochromatic depiction of icebergs protruding from the surface of water. While the imagery of the painting speaks to the visible outcome of artistic production, the frame and its adornments implore the viewer to consider the requisite materials necessary for creative actualization.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of radical change in the American social climate, the influence of which can be seen clearly in his work.
Long’s paintings and sculptures incorporate a high level of skill and sophisticated knowledge of art history, along with complex philosophical and social issues. Long describes the philosophy behind his work as "a quest to help people diagnose their inner self," believing his art to be "the vehicle to help facilitate the process."
“As artists we have the obligation to provide the world with art which communicates as truth. I believe that art has the power to heal our souls of their afflictions. I try to create art which helps to diagnose the prevalent conditions within our societies, hopefully providing an insightfulness which will help us all become brothers and sisters united in equality and compassion”
- Bert L. Long, Jr.
The late Peter Marzio, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said of Bert Long during the major retrospective of Long’s work at the museum:
“Bert Long does not avert his gaze from that which is painful, but as [his artworks] testify, he also brings a spirit of joy and redemption to his art. We can all learn from this great artist.”
Over Long’s 33-year career as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, he had several solo exhibitions at respected museums and was awarded many significant awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1987 and the prestigious international Prix de Rome fellowship in 1990. Other notable awards of Long’s include the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts Artist of the Year Award in 2009, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant in 1997, the Houston Art League Texas Artist of the Year in 1990, the NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1987 and the Bemis Foundation Residency in 1998. His work can be seen in over 100 private and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Instituto de Bachillerato in Spain.
With a recent solo exhibition at the Houston Museum of African American Culture and an exhibition overseas which is pending featuring his work, plus interest from several national museums, Bert L. Long Jr. continues to be recognized as an important African American artist throughout Texas, nationally and internationally.
Bert L. Long, Jr.
"Passion"
2012
Acrylic Paint, Wood Elements...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plaster Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic, Wood
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