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Art Subject: Coat
Not so bad (cowboy hat western country vintage hat man oil painting light brown)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Not So Bad is a haunting contemporary surrealistic oil painting that evokes the aesthetic and ethos of Americana, tinged with an unsettling air of mystery and nostalgi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Experiment - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenity
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Serenity is an original painting by Bright Toh. Bright created Serenity Acrylic on a 27.5W by 35.4H inches primed canvas.
The artwork "Serenity" is a bright and colorful depiction of a lion head and rose flower, created entirely by a human hand. The combination of these two natural elements results in a stunning and harmonious image that exudes a sense of calm and tranquility.
The lion head is the central focus of the artwork, rendered in vibrant hues of orange and yellow that evoke a sense of warmth and vitality. The lion's mane, which surrounds its powerful features, is depicted in a range of shades, from soft pastel pinks and purples to fiery reds and oranges. The overall effect is one of movement and fluidity as if the lion's mane is a living thing in and of itself.
Intertwined with the lion's mane is a delicate rose flower, rendered in shades of pink and red that complement the warm tones of the lion's fur. The rose seems to emerge from the lion's mane as if it is a natural extension of the animal's power and beauty. The combination of these two elements creates a powerful visual metaphor, suggesting that beauty and strength can coexist in perfect harmony.
Despite the boldness of its colors and imagery, "Serenity" also conveys a sense of calm and tranquility. The lion's expression is serene, and the rose is depicted in a way that suggests a sense of peace and stillness. The artwork invites the viewer to slow down and take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the natural world, and to find solace in its quiet strength.
Overall, "Serenity" is a powerful and evocative work of art that combines elements of nature in a way that is both visually stunning and emotionally resonant. Its vibrant colors and bold imagery capture the viewer's attention, while its underlying sense of peace and harmony invites reflection and contemplation. It is a testament to the beauty and power of the natural world and a reminder of the importance of finding serenity in our busy and often chaotic lives.
Bright Toh artworks portray the exquisite synergy that exists between the evolving African man, wildlife, and their common environment, through the possession of totems as a liaison to his ancestries, which is a core aspect of his identity and cultural heritage.
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Born on the 6th of august 1994 in Buea, Bright Toh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Buea. Notwithstanding his Engineering academic background, Toh is a self-taught visual artist.
Bright Toh is a visual artist with artistry portraying the exquisite synergy that exists between the evolving African man, wildlife, and their common environment, through the possession of totems as a liaison to his ancestries, which is a core aspect of his identity and cultural heritage.
He is a 2022 ‘Last Picture Show’ Lagos Edition (Collective exhibition) Participant. He also won the UNHCR global Youth With Refugee Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,840 Sale Price
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Massavo the Makokean
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
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Unbridled (Mrs. Clinton)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000 Sale Price
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20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Elderly Lady Walking with Sticks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
oil on board, unframed
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miracle (yellow banana couple surrealist oil painting comical vintage figurative
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
keywords;...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Blue Boa
Located in Houston, TX
Gouache painting of elegant woman with bright blue boa, 1990s. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with ...
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cornish 20th Century artist Frank Dobson 'Newlyn Girl', oil painting
By Frank Dobson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Frank Dobson RA (British, 1886 – 1963)
Newlyn girl
Oil on panel
9.3/4 x 13.3/4 in. (24.7 x 35.5 cm.)
Provenance: From the collection of Janet Beat
Bonhams London
Frank Dobson (1886...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surrealist Figurative painting, "Therapy"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Kathleen Kane Murrell. Its dimensions are 24" x 36" x 2" It is oil on canvas. It is unframed. A certificate o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Oleg Timchenko - Untitled Clown
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Oleg Timchenko is a Georgian artist born in 1957 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He was graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waiting for Godot - The Message, Mixed media painting by Donald Bradford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Bradford
Title: Waiting for Godot, The Message 1
Year: 1986
Medium: Mixed media on panel, signed verso
Size: 19.5 x 15.5 in. (49.53 x 39.37 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Birth of the Lamb. Cardboard, oil, 65x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Birth of the Lamb. Cardboard, oil, 65x60 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,531 Sale Price
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Woman in Yellow Jacket, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003)
Title: Woman in Yellow Jacket
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: ...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Feeling Good -21st Century Portrait Painting of a young guy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen
Feeling Good
Oil on wood panel
122 x 70 cm
(Framed 130 x 78 cm, frame is included)
Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary portrait "Gas - Disel"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I sought to capture a moment of bold independence amidst the stark expanse of the American roadside. The crisp realism contrasts with a punchy assertiveness expressed through the assertive stance of the figure in the leather jacket. Set against the backdrop of a vintage gas...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
HAUTE COUTUREIN AUTUMN
Located in Three Oaks, MI
The artist's work delves into the fascinating realm of distorted reality, invoking a sense of happiness and well-being from a bygone era that exists only in the imagination. Through ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Bataille de Fibonacci
Located in Paris, FR
Jerome Romain lives in Montpelier, France
Classic Painting for Contemporary History
He defines his painting as " The world as a representation " His oil on canvas paintings are born ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Art Critic" portrait of a man in the suit in front of the cactuses
Located in Edgartown, MA
Since summer 2004, I have lived in southern Italy, in the region of Puglia, the province of Bari, in a town called Altamura. A two-week restoration project of the Jesce Masseria brou...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Red Auto"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I didn't paint because I ran out of canvas. I was in a state of "I should have hung myself back during COVID." Got a new canvas, started painting, and suddenly felt happier. So, pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Beth Dacey, "Little Blue Coat", 12x12 Vintage Woman Oil Painting on Canvas
By Beth Dacey
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Beth Dacey's "Little Blue Coat" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas of a woman with short dark hair laughing. This vintage inspired piece is unique as it crops the face of the woman to...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Not Enough (dessert donut bite woman fur coat surréaliste brown oil painting )
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting the portrait of a partially eaten donut in mid-air and a woman from a different sera in a fur coat observing the strange phenomena.
keywords; fut coat...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beth Dacey, "Little Yellow Coat", 12x12 Vintage Woman Oil Painting on Canvas
By Beth Dacey
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Beth Dacey's "Little Yellow Coat" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas of a woman leaning while wearing a yellow coat. This vintage inspired piece is unique as it crops the face of the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rebel (pitbull dog ear surrealism scale animal armed men nostalgia vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, pitbull, humour, uncanny, animals, purple, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Together"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The memory of the festive Coca-Cola commercial came to mind, where a truck adorned with holiday lights rushes along the night road.
There's no festive truck...
Only the night and the...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Goodbye "Study for girl Tempera painting cm. 42 x 60
By Evsey Reshin
Located in Torino, IT
Goodbye, Girl, 1969,Realisme,Russian art
Nice example of realisme Russian painting 1969
EVSEY RESHIN (Bukhara, 1916 – Moscow, 1978)
Evsey Reshin is an exponent of the Schoo...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
$2,105 Sale Price
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Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Dependency
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & jewellery on canvas
Aziz Anzabi is a British artist with Iranian origins born in 1970 who lives & works in London, UK. He exhibits many artworks in the U.S, the Netherlands, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" (2012), Original American Realist Female Portrait, Oil Painting
By Brian Busch
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Busch's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with short hair and a red jacket.
This is a secondary market work with one pre...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Current, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Current" is an oil painting that depicts a lone figure in a golden field with clouds holding a floral fabric agai...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Little Valentine
Located in Burlingame, CA
'My Little Valentine' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious themes including ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Filling Station
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Distinguished Lady, 16x12" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Distinguished Lady by Lu Haskew
Oil 16x12" image size
Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price inc...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blackjack. Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic on canvas, deep box canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1945 Portrait of Bessy Lyon by Hayes Lyon, Mid-Century American Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1945 oil portrait by renowned American artist Hayes Lyon beautifully depicts Bessy Lyon, the artist’s wife, in a warm and intimate composition. Rendered with soft ye...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,550 Sale Price
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Enter the Man and the Woman
Located in Bozeman, MT
Tracy Stuckey received his BFA in painting from Florida State University and his MFA from the University of New Mexico. He has exhibited his work extensively throughout the United States, with numerous solo and group exhibitions, including shows curated by gallery owner Linda Durham and artist Joel Peter Witkin. He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, most recently the Professional Development Grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. In 2009 he was an artist-in-residence at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah. Also a professor, Stuckey has taught at West Virginia University, and most recently, Colorado State University. Tracy and his wife, artist Erika Osborne, live in Fort Collins, Colorado.
"My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more than just a location; it is a label, a persona and most importantly a cultural identity. The word "Western" is a category; it is used to describe films, literature, music, art, and fashion. In my work I use the cowboy and cowgirl and other stereotypical Western themes coupled with pop cultural depictions of the region to reflect my own interpretations of the contemporary West. I am interested in historian Michael Johnson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Michal Schtibel, Kate Upton, Oil on canvas
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Mihal SCHTIBEL, Kate Upton, Oil on canvas, black & white, figurative painting, celebrity portrait, Israeli art, art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mihal Schtibel, Freja, Oil on canvas
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Mihal SCHTIBEL, Freja, Oil on canvas, black & white, figurative painting, portrait, Israeli art, art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Taking Her Arm in Paris, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by Warren Keating's view from his balcony on St. Germain in Paris of an older couple in love, walking together arm-in-arm. He captu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pollinators - Two Figures in Flower Suits, Surrounded by Butterflies, Bright Sky
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Rose Freymuth Frazier presents "Pollinators" - two figures dressed in flowered suits, their faces obliterated by a swarm of butterflies fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
On Road (surreal dark mauve oil painting man butterflies magic Realism)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s On Road is a hauntingly poetic exploration of light, transition, and the unknown. A solitary figure stands at the edge of a glowing precipice, his gaze lowered towards...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CameraHead
Located in Toronto, ON
36" x 36"
Oil, Acrylic and Spray on Canvas
Hand Signed by Billy Morrison
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$14,500
Joy Joy
Located in New York, NY
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
55.1 x 39.4 in (140 x 100 cm)
Signed by the Artist
2024
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Persian Contemporary Art by Aziz Anzabi - Power of Judgement
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Aziz Anzabi is a British artist with Iranian origins born in 1970 who lives & works in London, UK. He exhibits many artworks in the U.S, the Netherlands, and Iran. Anz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beth Dacey, "Waiting for Train", 40x30 Vintage Train Station Oil Painting
By Beth Dacey
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This interior painting, "Waiting for Train", is a 40x30 oil painting on canvas by artist Beth Dacey depicting multiple figures in an open train hall. Multiple figures are depicted in period specific wear standing staring away from the viewer. While other figures are caught in motion and a moment of time. Beth paints from old photographs, primarily from the 1950's and 1960's. She will crop out facial features of the people which allows the viewer to relate to the painting in their own way.
About the artist:
Beth Dacey has studied painting at the museum schools at the DeCordova, in Lincoln, MA and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. She has a BA and MA from Boston College and, for a number of years, taught writing and literature there. She is a member of the SOWA Artists Guild and the Copley Society...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Backstage
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art By Carole Leprince - Sunset Nord
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics on canvas
Carole Leprince is a French artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Houilles, France. Over the years, her personal photos have been the inspiration for painting...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
L'étoile filante
Located in PARIS, FR
Pascal Marcel (B.1964)
L'étoile filante
Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite , titrée et datée au dos
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Great Divide
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric.
Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Whispers in the Shadows, " Oil on Canvas
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Mountaineer in the winter time - Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting, Realistic
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1983 onward, he became the m...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carolina Herrera
By Alonso Mateo
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Alonso Mateo combines broad chromatic spaces with the narrow figures. This atmosphere at first glance can be an abstract painting or a bedroom wallpaper...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Russian Contemporary Art by Eduard Churkin - Motion 8.2
Located in Paris, IDF
Artificial aging technique, oil & tempera on canvas
Motion 8.2 is based on a feature about the film L'Attentat from Yves Bolsset in 1972
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Balcony Fresh Air - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Akingbade Mayowa
1988 - Current
Balcony Fresh Air, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
127 x 101.6 cm
50 x 40 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Anxiety
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Carole Garland chooses to refrain from painting sentimental peasant paintings inspired by her travels abroad. Here she departs in a major way. Intrigu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,200 Sale Price
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John Fishing, 30x24" oil, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
John Fishing by Lu Haskew
Oil 30x24" image size
Figurative Portrait of a man with fishing pole.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lu considered it a must to work with live models once or twice...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art By Carole Leprince - Bréhec
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics on canvas
Carole Leprince is a French artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Houilles, France. Over the years, her personal photos have been the inspiration for painting...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Contemporary Art by Matteo Nannini - (Un)happy Family
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Matteo Nannini is an Italian artist born in 1979 in Bologna who lives and works in Cento, Ferrara, Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Painter b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - In the Field
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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 Tbilisi State Academy of A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Self Portrait in Fox Hood" oil painting of artist, fur winter coat, sunlit face
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait in Fox Hood" is a realist oil on canvas painting. It depicts a self portrait of Rachel Personett wearing a fox-fur hooded jacket, with a blue sky above. Personett wear...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Woman in Blue” Oil Painting 53" x 27.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman in Blue” Oil Painting 53" x 27.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
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 Gallery, Cairo: Annual exhibitions from 1999 to 2018
Galerie la Sirène, Le Mans 2010
Galerie Ghislaine Eonnet-Dupuy, St Briac 2008 2009
Green art gallery Dubai 2009
Galerie La Medina, Tunis 2001
Italian Cultural Institute, Cairo 1999
Gallery Lézard d'Ailleurs 1998
Influence Gallery 1997
Bruno Delarue Gallery Etretat 1997
Jolymont workshops in Brussels 1996
Gallery Lézard d'Ailleurs St Rémy de Provence 1995
Etienne Causans Gallery 1995
Gallery Art 50 1994
Gallery Art 50 1993
Anne Vignial Gallery 1992
Galerie Escalier Rouge, Ouagadougou 2002
City of Arts, Florence Foundation 1992
Galerie Peinture Fraiche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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