Contemporary Figurative Paintings

A contemporary take on The Temptation of St. Anthony, a subject often depicted in a surreal style bordering on the bizarre by masters from the Renaissance to Mid-Century Modernism, by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Temptation of St. Anthony" on verso. Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 2007 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Canvas size: 67"H x 54"W. Notable versions of The Temptation of St. Anthony include: Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold - Sienese, 15th-century The Temptation of St Anthony - a widely-circulated engraving by Martin Schongauer The Temptation of Saint Anthony...

"Top Hat", is a unique stained glass shadowbox handmade by TF Dutchman, contains an acrylic and paint marker painting on canvas set in a stained glass box...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...

Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...

A Vast Sky by Michael Sanders [2021] Original Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:91.8 cm x W:91.4 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:91.8 cm x W:91.4 cm x D:3.6cm Sold Unframed Plea...

Painting of Figures at the Empire State Building in New York City at Night by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series. This original illustrates An...

Contemplation by Nicola Mosley [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Light and airy landscape painting of delicate pink clouds on a ...

'Reading Figure No. 1, 2014' by John Goodman. The artwork is 40 x 30 inches. Artist signed, dated in ink verso. Condition is excellent, as new. Goodman’s signature restrained palet...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

Image dimensions: 35 x 45 cm. Quanto sono alto! (How Tall I am!) is a beautiful original tempera painting on paper, realized around 1970's by the Italian versatile artist and comic ...

Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...

Oil painting on canvas composed of two pieces : the main part and the predella in the lower part Hand-signed by the artist

In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully...

Libiamo in Matera is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Sabrina Pugliese (b. 1990). Original oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed on the lower right cor...

"I Can Always Hear You But..." (FRAMED) Painting 30" x 42" in by Booboo Stewart Artwork full name: "I Can Always Hear You But Sometimes it’s Hard to Listen" Artwork size: 30" x 42" ...

Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova, 100x40 cm., realized in 2020. Excellent condition.

Original oil painting 'Summer Day', on canvas 50 x 70 cm, 2023

This beautiful acrylic on canvas painting from Contempop Gallery by Magdalena is part of her pool series paintings. It is 38X46 cm, signed by the artist and comes with a certificate ...

Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...

Kerry Smith Nat King Cole - Unforgettable Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1647 *Black frame with a mirror-glos...

This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...

Kerry Smith David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1643 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss...

Even without the punch line, Gahan Wilson's highly stylized paintings are marvelous to behold. He is one of a few artists with a unique style instantly re...

“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016 presidential election. Little did I know. I had gone to the Woman's March in Washing...

Table for one, 120x80cm

Inspired by the quote "Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations." - Faith Baldwin In her recent series, "The Painted Word," Vera Barnett has turned to the written word for...

America Martin "Blue Monkey" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 18 in. ; 25.5 x 19.5 in. Framed ______________ Exploring the identity of both her namesake and c...

Vanitas Oil Painting on Linen Canvas Still Life In Stock Born in Den Helder, The Netherlands in 1976. Victor Muller is a young artist with a considerable and amazing oeuvre. He crea...

Nirvana literally means cool or to extinguish, it is a state of mindfullness where suffering has been extinguished and one achieves ultimate freedom. In this fabulous piece we can se...

'Grey Stroke Pose' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in an white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...

'Catwoman' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2007. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...

'Sombrero Figurine' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture. Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...

An oil painting featuring a typical western USA mountains. The oil painting is based on a photographic base using photo graphic paper laid on the canvas. Ayline Olukman is a multim...

Francisco Jose Jimenez paints abstracted nude paintings using a range of materials, such as fabric, concrete, pieces of plastic etc. His portraits tell stori...

We are privy to a private moment in Bruno Surdo's painting titled "Connected Souls". Her eyes are closed, her lips slightly parted - thoroughly in the moment with her lover. The perfect skin tones are accentuated by the floral backdrop. This intimate portrait is painted with a black trimmed edge therefore not requiring framing however, please contact the gallery for framing options. Bruno Surdo Connected Souls oil on canvas 24h x 36w in 60.96h x 91.44w cm BRS124 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...

"La Familia" (The Family) is an original oil painting on jute by Ernesto Gutierrez. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts a family of people walking through a de...

In the age of social media, we are vying for attention 24/7. Bruno Surdo explores this idea in this large scale painting entitled "A Selfie, A Pink Unicorn, Paparazzi? What Does It ...

Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...

Sisters of Mercy - obviously women of great strength of character as painted by Master Artist Sax Berlin in 2006. These divine women have the unique gift of consecrated life and brin...

Gee Gee Collins was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She studied painting at the College of Charleston and received a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from the University of Georgi...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...

Acrylic on beaverboard

Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...

GREG MILLER "True (2 Panels)" Acrylic, Collage 40 x 66 in. Overall Signed verso by artist Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Mi...

Installation of 5 landscape paintings is a unique installation of five works by contemporary Franco-Japanese artist Lumi Mizutani. The artworks are signed and come with a certificat...

Michael Azgour is an artist and educator whose work addresses the impact of digital imagery on contemporary culture. His paintings combine evocative, expressive representation with g...

With the subject covering his face, we, the viewer, are perplexed by the mystery of the moment. The warm light from the background in this painting titled, "Seer" suggest a fire. I...

Kerry Smith Kurt Cobain Journals #11 Mixed Media on torn canvas Year: 2022 Size: 27x18in Framed: 32x24in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1619 -----------------------...

Christmas (La Navidad) acrylic paint on canvas by Elena Narkevich. Dimension not framed: 195 H x 162 W cm x 2 cm D In inches: 76.77 H, 63.78 W, x 1.18 D Elena Narkevich work is well...

Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work

From the Apathy Series, Andrew Smenos' recent body of work, comes "THIS WON'T HELP" – a fire extinguisher melting in the heat of disaster... At 30x20", t...

Jolynn Reigeluth The Devil You Know Acrylic, India Ink, linocut and cut paper on wood panel Year: 2022 Size: 36x24x2.5 in Framed Size: 36x24x2.5 in Ready to hang Signed COA provided ...

"Martí Bofarull’s work fits in with renovation of the urban landscape that has characterized Catalan painting of the last twenty years. Among our artists who have remained loyal to f...

Dynamic fauvist portrait painting titled "Chicken Yard" by California abstract expressionist artist Kristin Cohen (Ameican, b. 1963). Kristin Cohen studied at Humbolt State Universit...

Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer ge...

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...