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Art Subject: Head
Dauntless 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Blue Pattern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Seated Young Man" by Wilson - Young Man over Dark Background - Intimate Nude
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Seated Young Man" 2014
Oil Paint, Wood Panel, Wire
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in 1966, has carved...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wire
Studio per la Coperta Study Blanket Oil Painting on Canvas Classic In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Studio per la Coperta Study Blanket Oil Painting on Canvas Classic In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, father, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Falling II, 2011
Located in Atlanta, GA
Harry Holland is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest figurative artists. Using classical techniques to realise his contemporary figurative paintin...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charming 19th Century Oil on Canvas Triptych of Cherubs 'An Allegory to Spring'
Located in LA, CA
Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) A very fine and charming triptych group of three oil on canvas laid on board titled "An Allegory to Spring" each panel depicting different pla...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Timeless -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Women, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Awofadeju Solom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Women in red " cm. 35 x 52 oil 1977
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Italian Painter,Women,Red ,1977
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressiv...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,837 Sale Price
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WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
Located in New York, NY
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
"Constant Driving Will Win the War," 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1918 lower right.
In 1905, Gerrit Beneker began his art career as an illustrator. He married Flora Judd, his high school sweetheart from Grand Rapids and they moved to Brooklyn, NY. Gerrit's early passion was to create an art that would inspire and provide honor to the workingman. As such, he had no interest in painting portraits of pretty women, which were so often seen on the magazine covers of the day. Rather he wanted to seek out workingmen on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of NYC, and paint them in their environments. He completed over 150 magazine covers, numerous ads including many for Ivory Soap...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Aenigma Machina
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
A Fine Austrian Oil on Canvas "Portrait of a Young Girl in a Sailor's Suit"
By Hans Zatzka
Located in LA, CA
Hans Zatzka, Austrian (1859-1945) A Fine Oil on Canvas "Portrait of Haunz Javorasky Als Knabe Dressed as a Sailor" within a carved gildwood frame. The charming portrait depicts a sea...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Brick Layers
House Beautiful cover proposal, c. 1939
...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Untitled Abstracted Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Untitled Abstracted Portrait by David Fludd (American b. 1965).
This moody and dynamic portrait is an excellent example of Fludd's work in the 1990s, which often featured distorted ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
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Erwartungsvoll (oil painting woman portrait hair neck flesh tones vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,640 Sale Price
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Universal - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Universal bank is an original modern artwrok realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The artwork depi...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Blinking Butterfly_Anja Van Herle_Acrylic/Swarovski Crystals on Panel_Figurative
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
ANJA VAN HERLE
"Blinking Butterfly"
Acrylic & Swarovski Crystal on Panel
12 x 12 inches.
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
"Whispering Shadows" Mixed media portrait of black woman with teal flowers, bird
By Janice Frame
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and these self discoveries take us in surprising directions. We must gain strength from what we learn from each other as well as listen to that persistent, ever present, intuitive self. The connection of one’s own rich heritage and person growth will travel into the inevitable and critical connection between African Americans and Africa. These connections are rich and very important. They Exist! My work, I hope, will serve as a creative connection between the African diaspora and western culture. It is this connection that cause my creative forces to react."
Janice Frame...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Photographic Paper
Teofimo Lopez , The Champ, egg tempera, World Champion, Finalist PSA
Located in Houston, TX
"The Champ" is an egg tempera painting of Teofimo Lopez who is also known as The Takeover after winning four belts in his last fight. He is ranked # 1 in his weight class. The painting by E. Melinda Morrison...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
$2,210 Sale Price
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The Musician. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Detailed in this painting are themes dear to Sax Berlin’s heart; music, poetry, and culture, both ancient and modern. There’s a subtle aura of myth and mysticism surrounding this pie...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Opened Eyes - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
" Opened eyes " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Lonely Girl
Located in San Francisco, CA
No background setting is needed in this painting by Fichtl to reference solitude's impact on the young woman. Loneliness is etched into her features. The choice of a dark coat—is it ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Peace Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
A Sculptor in his Studio, F Vogler, signed
Located in London, GB
The 'Sculptor in His Studio' oil on panel painting, signed by F Vogler, captures the intense, intimate atmosphere of an artist at work. The scene is set in a small, sunlit studio. T...
Category
Early 20th Century Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Muse
Located in London, GB
John Opie RA (1761-1807, English)
c. 1802
Oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions 36 x 32 inches
Framed dimensions 46.5 x 43.25 inches
Original gilded period frame.
John Opie was a Corni...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Francesco Salvatore Fontebasso (Venice, Italy, 1707 - 1769)
Title: Allegory of Vanity
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 74.5 x 98 cm - with frame 95 x 119 cm
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood
Expertise by Professor Egidio Martini
Publications:
G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plastic Figure 8" Oil Painting
By Jason Walker
Located in Denver, CO
Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Plastic Figure 8" is an oil painting that depicts a lone yellow plastic cowboy figure firing his gun into the darkness.
Gr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Life Unraveled 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“A Life Unraveled” is an introspective exploration of the human experience, where the very fabric of our existence is laid bare. This evocative title captures the essence of a life i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marilyn Superstar
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork.
Hand painted metallic leaf pigment paint and enamel screen print on linen, unframed dimensions 48 x 37,5 inches, 2015, from the series "Marilyn Superstar...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Dusk" - Mermaid oil on canvas contemporary realist painting by Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a mermaid resting on the beach. Her expression gives the composition an ominous air. Is a storm coming? Ackrill excels at toeing the line between surrealism and cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anthony Ackrill"Dusk" - Mermaid oil on canvas contemporary realist painting by Anthony Ackrill, 2021
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Beneath The Sky, Among The Stalks 2 -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Farm
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Carnival Circus Big Top Ferris Wheel WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left corner
Oil on masonite
Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25
This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Coney Island in Brooklyn New York City. Done in a mid century modern style with great vibrant colors and loose, adept, brushwork.
George Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist.
Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider.
George Schwacha was president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Center of New Jersey. He belongs to the American Watercolor Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club. His paintings have been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts.
His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland.
Seymour Zayon, Bertram Hartman, Hugh Campbell, Frank Herbst, Joseph Newman, Theodore Valenkamph, Robert John McClelland, Nicolai S (Nicola) Cikovsky, Ben Benn, George Howell Gay, Robert Brackman, Vernon Wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Sometimes I Talk To My Shadow 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,480 Sale Price
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Portrait #52, #50 and #51, Triptych. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just works of art; they embody a tangible testimony of the deep need for social inclusion at a national level. In an Italy undergoing co...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
The Cornish Fisherman Signed Antique Oil Painting Portrait Old Sailor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Looking out to Sea'
The Cornish Fisherman
Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century)
Oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 10...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Testament of Solidarity - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Early 19th Century Study of Titian's "Lucretia and her Husband Lucius"
Located in Soquel, CA
Copy after Titian's Renaissance Painting "Lucretia and Her Husband Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus"
Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this copy after Titian's Renaissance mas...
Category
19th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen
Aika - Hyperrealistic Oil Portrait of a Young Woman in Traditional Attire, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Kazuya Ushioda's "Aika" (2024) is a masterful hyperrealistic oil painting on panel, capturing the delicate grace of a young woman adorned in a richly patterned blue kimono. With exce...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gaze 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Oluw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Meditation" Dutch Woman Sewing Interior Genre Home scene Fruit Flowers on Table
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Bernard de Hoog was born in Amsterdam in 1866. He studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen at the Quellinus School in Amsterdam. Mainly a genre and portrait painter, he occupies a distinguished place among the masters of Dutch modernism. He was associated with The Hague School, primarily a movement of realism, a reaction against Romanticism. He lived and worked in Laren, Haarlem, Bussum, and The Hague enjoying much commercial success. His paintings were readily exported to the United State, Canada, and England.
De Hoog advocated the simple country life and produced many endearing interior scenes inspired by compassion for the impoverished existence of the Dutch peasantry. Set within a quiet domestic interior space, our painting catches a meditative moment of a woman in the midst of her sewing. A large window illuminates this intimate interior. de Hoog’s delicate brushwork captures the sunlight reflected in the woman’s red dress...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Esosa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,280 Sale Price
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"Progress Regress, " Oil on Canvas Portrait, Signed
By Renee McGinnis
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Progress Regress" is an original oil painting on canvas by Renee McGinnis. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts a boy scrunching up his face, revealing that his teeth say "Progress Regress", the title of the painting. This boy is laying on a pillow in front of a stormy sky.
36" x 48" art
42" x 54" frame
Renee McGinnis grew up on a farm in central Illinois and attended Illinois Wesleyan University, earning a BFA in 1984. She continued with graduate work in sociology and anthropology at the University of Chicago.
Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago and has also been shown in Germany, Australia, New York City, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Md.
Her curatorial debut occurred when she launched “The Chicago Solution Show 2003" with the late Ed Paschke as juror, then again in 2005 with Art Institute of Chicago Curator of contemporary Collections- James Rondeau.
Awards include: * Honorable Mention, Artists of The Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, juror: James Yood 2000
* Best of Show, juror Ed Paschke, Animal Images 2002
*Best of Show, 13th Annual Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL 2000
*1st Place, International Platform Assoc. Wash. D.C. 1999
*Honorable Mention, jurors: Tom Blackman, Gelsy Verna, Jay Dandy. Hyde Park Art Center...
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soldier's Pride, House of Kuppenheimer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: n/a
Soldier's Pride was created as a component of Kuppenheimer's six-piece easel-backed World War I advertisement placards for in-store display. These pieces were expertly printed on a coated cardboard substrate so the black background would dramatically display the clothing item. Kuppenheimer & Hart Schaffner Marx...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resilient Beauty
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting is a stunning portrait of a black African woman with an intricate afro hairstyle that dominates the canvas. The use of vibrant oil colors on Ankara fabric gives the painting a rich texture and a sense of depth as if the woman is emerging from the fabric itself. The woman's gaze is direct and unwavering, conveying a sense of strength and resilience in the face of adversity. The Ankara fabric, a traditional African textile, adds a cultural dimension to the painting, highlighting the importance of heritage and identity.
The combination of traditional fabric and contemporary art techniques makes the painting a unique and powerful piece that celebrates the beauty and strength of black African women. The painting invites the audience to appreciate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of Africa and to recognize the beauty and power of African women.
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Bakare Babatunde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
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Bondage-Medusa, male figure, classical architecture details mythical realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mythical realism, grey tones, semi- nude male, homo-erotic figure
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Isidoro Bianchi (Baroque master) - Early 17th century figure painting - Putto
Located in Varmo, IT
Isidoro Bianchi (Campione 1581 - Campione 1662) - Putto plays with a veil.
69 x 87 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, unframed (not signed).
- Inscription on the back: "Gavnø / Nr. 1...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bathing Beauty
Located in Missouri, MO
"Bathing Beauty" c. 1915
Carl Rudolph Krafft (American, 1884-1938)
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
38 x 40.25 inches
Born in Reading, Ohio, Carl Krafft became a prolific regionalist...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Acrylic of a Nude Female Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Acrylic of a Nude Female Figure
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Acrylic on unframed paper
Size: 25.75 i...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Napoléon Bonaparte By Béni
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Napoléon Bonaparte –
Dimensions: 146x97cm
Technique : Peinture à l'huile
Année:2021
Prix : 7 900 €
Born in Tehran, Behnaz Fallah known as Beni, seeks to bring a colorful perspe...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Beautiful Day in the Center of Rome - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of an Italian Fencer, " John Frederick Kensett, Hudson River School
Located in New York, NY
John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872)
Portrait of an Italian Fencer, circa 1845-47
Watercolor on wove paper
13 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Signed with initials and inscribed lower right "J.F.K. Rome"
From October 1845 through the spring of 1847, Kensett lived in Rome. He attended classes where he sketched from live models, and he sketched in the countryside outside Rome and around Florence, Perugia, and Venice, places he visited with his artist friends. He fulfilled commissions for paintings from Americans in Italy, and by 1847 his career was well established.
Son of an English immigrant engraver, John Kensett lacked enthusiasm for that medium and became one of the most accomplished painters of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. His reputation is for Luminism, careful depiction of light, weather, and atmosphere as they affect color and texture of natural forms. He was particularly influenced by the painting of Asher Durand in that he focused on realism and detail rather than the highly dramatic views associated with Thomas Cole. Going to the western United States in the mid 1850s and the 1860s, he was the first of the Hudson River School painters to explore and paint the West.
Kensett was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut, and learned his engraving from his father, Thomas Kensett with whom he worked in New Haven, Connecticut until 1829. He continued working until 1840 as an engraver of labels, banknotes and maps and was employed part of that time by the American Bank Note Company in New York City. There he met Thomas Rossiter, John Casilear, and other artists who urged him to pursue painting. In 1840, he and Rossiter, Asher Durand, and Casilear went to Europe where Kensett stayed for seven years and supported himself by doing engraving but became accomplished in landscape painting.
Having sent canvases of Italian landscapes back to New York, he had a reputation for skillful painting that preceded him. When he returned to New York City in 1847, he was an "instant success" and very sought after by collectors. Two of his Italian landscapes had already been purchased by the American Art Union. By 1849, he was a full member of the National Academy of Design and was generally popular among his peers. His studio was a gathering place with travelers stopping by to see his canvases and to identify "precise locations in the Catskills or Newport or New England in the oil sketches and drawings that covered his walls." (Zellman 170). For the women, he was a popular bachelor, "romantic looking with high forehead and sensitive expression." (Samuels 262)
He was also sought after by many organizations. Among his activities were serving on the committee to oversee the decoration of the United States Capitol in Washington DC, and becoming one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
An inveterate traveler, Kensett spent summers on painting excursions away from New York City. One of these trips was a special painting excursion with fifteen other artists sponsored by the B & O Railroad from Baltimore, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia. Unlike many of the Hudson River painters...
Category
1840s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
David & Goliath - Caravaggio Inspired Monumental Double Self-Portrait, Charcoal
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
By Benvenuto Tisi, known as Il Garofalo, Madonna in Glory with Child
Located in Milan, IT
19th century, by Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo, called Il Garofalo (Canaro or Garofalo, 1476 or 1481 - Ferrara, 1559)
Madonna in Glory with Child
Oil on canvas, 82 x 80 cm
Framed, 92...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art is Not Obscene
Located in Natchez, MS
After having posted images of his own paintings online and receiving warnings for going against "community standards", Conde argues that the female form, the greatest artwork ever c...
Category
2010s Pop Art Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
James Dean
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique work by Russell Young.
Enamel and diamond dust screen print on linen, Black + White, unframed dimensions 62 x 48 inches, 2011, from the series "Diamond Dust".
Da...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Regardless I will be Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Regardless I Will Be Here” is a powerful declaration of resilience, hope, and unwavering determination. This phrase embodies the unshakeable resolve to stand firm in the face of adv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Woven Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"The Woven Beauty" explores the cultural and emotional essence of Aso-Oke, a fabric that transcends fashion to become a symbol of Yoruba identity and pride. Through this portrait, I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by KEJ - Après le Chaos 1
By Kej
Located in Paris, IDF
KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Symbolist School Pupil of Eugène Carrière "The Mother's Kiss" early 20th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Symbolist school, follower of Eugene Carriere, "The Mother's Kiss," unsigned oil on canvas, early 20th century. Fascinating and magnetic painting, extremely decorative.
The first t...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
American School Portrait of a Child
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Child with Red Tulip Flower, Oil on Canvas, circa 1900, illegibly signed "J. Hisnik(?)" and inscribed "N.Y." lower left, ebonized giltwood frame. Image...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Wood - Oil Acrylic Figurative Painting Ivory Blue White Brown Green
Located in Sofia, BG
" The blue wood " is a modern art line painting by Maestro Dimitar Voynov -Junior,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, oil on canvas painting
STYLE: Realistic, Contemporary
E...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy, John Closterman, Large English Portrait Art, Old Master
By John Closterman
Located in Greven, DE
John Clostermann
(Osnabrück 1660 - 1711 London)
Portrait of a boy, maybe Charles Hinde
Oil on canvas, 61 x 74,6 cm
John Closterman (also Klosterman) was a portrait painter of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He primarily portrayed English noblemen and European aristocratic families. His father was already an artist and he trained his son. In 1679 he went to Paris and studied with Francois de Troy. In 1681 he was in London and worked for the artist John Riley, whose studio he took over after his death. In 1696 he was invited to the Spanish court...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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