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Art Subject: Portrait
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusudan Zviadadze - Venus
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Rusudan Zviadadze is a Georgian artist born in 1969 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is a painter with a unique artistic mentality and style who was introd...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait - Oil Painting by Anastasia Kurakina - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original contemporary artwork, realized in 2010s by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Good conditions Not signed
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Martin Luther King By Béni
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Martin Luther King - Dimensions: 130x89cm Technique: Oil paint. Silver leaf Year: 2021 Price: €6,900 Born in Tehran, Behnaz Fallah known as Beni, seeks to bring a colorful perspe...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Un Ultimo Ritocco - Oil on Wooden Panel by C. Benghi - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Un ultimo ritocco is a wonderful original oil painting on wooden panel, realized by the contemporary Italian artist Claudio Benghi. Title, tecnique, dimensions and signature are han...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Donna che si Specchia - Painting by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Donna che si specchia is an original painting realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2020. Beautiful unique piece oil on can...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Venus Queen of Indian Cinema, Acrylic on Canvas Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - The Venus Queen of Indian Cinema Acrylic on Canvas, 36 inches (Diameter) , 2022 FRAMED DOOR DELIVERED WITHIN INDIA ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY Dilip is one of the most promising young artists with his works very nominally Priced. Oinam Dilip was born in 1982 in Bishenpur, Dileep received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Delhi College of Art. In the early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms of art, which were inspired by the metro cities...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Esse lugar é repleto de mistérios, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ramonn Vieitez is a self-taught Brazilian artist who primarily utilizes painting as a field of creative possibility exploring themes such as identity, memory, and nature, compulsivel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady in Blue, 14x11" oil on board
Located in Loveland, CO
Lady in Blue by Lu Haskew Oil 14x11" image size Portrait Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price includes ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Girl - Original Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a girl is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative work of a female fi...
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

Puzzled
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kamal Mitra , Puzzled , 36 x 48 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. About the Artist : Born in Kolkata 1964. QUALIFICATION : 1989-Gra...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Mixed Media

Mature Lady - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Nature
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
She’s endowed with breathtaking beauty, hailing from a lovely upbringing her modest and composed nature makes her a depict to converse with. Her confident demeanor commands respect a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Portrait of Nathalie" by Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan), oil on cardboard
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Portrait of Nathalie" Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan) Oil on cardboard, signed 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 (16 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches Emin Abbasov is classica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Woman's Profile - Original Mixed Media Painting by Alkis Matheos - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman's Face is an original painting artwork in mixed media on paper realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos . Very good conditions. Signed by the artist's stamp on the r...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Portrait Post Impressionist Oil of Henrietta Phipps artists daughter
By Henry Lamb
Located in ludlow, GB
Mid Century Portrait in Oils of artists daughter the renowned horticulturist Henrietta Phipps. Large oil painting of his beloved first daughter and a toned plain background that per...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Neville Stephen BULWER-LYTTON, Portrait , Oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Neville Stephen BULWER-LYTTON (1879-1951) Portrait Oil on canvas Annotation on reverse 80 x 60 cm without frame Grandson of the famous British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-18...
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Woman - Oil on Plywood by Domenico Cantatore - 1920 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful and early portrait of woman by well known italian master of the 20th century. Good conditions, it includes a contemporary gilded wooden frame. Certificate of authenticit...
Category

1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

"The Roots" -- Oil Painting by Alexander Stolin
Located in New Orleans, LA
ALEXANDER STOLIN, born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine (under the former Soviet Socialist Republic), where he received intensive training and a master of fine arts degree in his homeland’s traditional art academies. He immigrated to San Francisco in 1992, met his future wife in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, then married and settled in New Orleans. He maintains a home and studio in Madisonville, Louisiana, and is a significant but understated figure in the New Orleans art community. As art critic D. Eric Bookhardt suggested in 2002, “Stolin is more accomplished than he is famous.” His art, often exhibited in thematic series that incorporate a variety of media, ranges from intimate portraits to large-scale murals (one measuring twelve feet by seventy-two feet). He has worked on a progressively larger scale, most recently designing and painting projects for the Louisiana film industry. Stolin’s technically proficient and complexly layered art reflects a unique fusion of the academic training he received in Kiev and his evolving response to the very different culture, lifestyle, and subject matter he has discovered in New Orleans, Madisonville, and the Gulf South.   Stolin’s Face to Face series of portraits, completed from 2000 to 2002, featured New Orleans artists including Douglas Bourgeois...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Looking Back
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Self Portrait - Oil on Masonite by Paulo Ghiglia - 1937
By Paulo Ghiglia
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on top left side P. Ghiglia 937. Good conditions.
Category

1930s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait of Paolo" by Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan), oil on cardboard
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Portrait of Paolo" Emin Abbasov (b. 1950, Azerbaijan) Oil on cardboard, signed 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 (16 3/4 x 14 3/4 frame) inches Emin Abbasov is classically...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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

Wachten Waiting Oil on Panel Painting Clowns Contemporary Figurative In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kenne Grégoire (b. 1951, Teteringen, Netherlands) is a Dutch painter renowned for his masterful blending of realism and surrealism. Educated at the Rijk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Erik Estrada - Black and White Celebrity Portrait Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Fun realistic celebrity 'autograph' black and white portrait painting by David Lyle. Oil and sharpie marker on panel. Size: 10 x 8 inches. Offered unframed. This is a realistic oil painting of actor Erik Estrada, best known for his role in the 1970-80s TV series "CHiPs." The painting resembles the vintage autographed press photographs of yesteryear. A fun piece for avid collectors of classic television...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Permanent Marker

Caricature Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary caricature-style portrait of a man by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 1976 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Image ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Jewish Folk Art Painting "Blessed is the Healer of the Sick" Rabbi at Prayer
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed A.H. Okun Genre: Judaica Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 11" x 14" Dimensions w/Frame: 15" x 19 3/4"
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taxi, oil painting , Figurative Art, Austin Texas artist, Women in Art
Located in Houston, TX
Karen Offutt approaches Taxi 15x 12 , (framed 21 x 18) oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Karen is best known for her figurative pa...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Side By Side -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men Love, Acrylic
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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 Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Solace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Acrylic, Blue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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 Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Tripelconcert" Realist Painting of Two Women with a Flute & Saddlebill Stork
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic realist painting by modern Dutch artist Poen de Wijs. The work features a woman playing the flute in front of a woman with her hair pulled up set against an abstract bac...
Category

1990s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Jackson Pollock, " Red Grooms, New York School Pop Art Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937) Jackson Pollock, 1986 Pastel on paperboard 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York Charles Rog...
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Pastel

J.H. - Mixed Media by Maurizio Savini - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
J.H. is an original Contemporary Arwork realized by the Italian artist Maurizio Savini (b. Rome, 1962) in 2015. Original Encaustic of chewing gum on board. Hand-signed by the artist on the back of the artwork. The Certificate of Authenticity is provided by the artist. Total dimensions: 43.2 x 39 cm. Mint conditions. Maurizio Savini is an Italian sculptor known for making art out of chewing gum. He studied architecture at the University of Rome. In 1989, he attended Gianni Dessì's atelier and in 1992 he held his first personal exhibition in Dusseldorf. Subsequently he participated in numerous group exhibitions, exhibiting abroad - in London, Paris, Taipei, Havana, Lyon and Edinburgh - and in Italy. He has been commissioned as stage designer by Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Salzburg Easter Festival, and held several dozen exhibitions. He was awarded a Cité internationale des arts scholarship by the city of Paris in 2005. The following year he planed two solo exhibitions in Rome: "Low fidelity" for Volume! Foundation and “Tabula Casa”, for the Museum of Contemporary Art. Among the most recent solo exhibitions are: "The Song of the Earth" with Pietro Ruffo...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

We Belong Together - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couples, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cuban Contemporary Art by Carlos Sablon - La Jardinière
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the C...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Dark Spirit" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Dark Spirit" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a man on a dark abstracted background. Through her portrait and figure paintin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Left Unsaid" (2023) by Lisa Fricker, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Left Unsaid" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a woman on an abstracted background. Through her portrait and figure paintings...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Panel

Audrey Hepburn VI, Orange Black, Orange Color, Acrylic, Canvas "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - Audrey Hepburn VI Acrylic on Canvas, 36 inches (Diameter) , 2021 FRAMED DOOR DELIVERED WITHIN INDIA ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED INTERNATIONALLY Dilip is one of the most promising young artists with his works very nominally Priced. Oinam Dilip was born in 1982 in Bishenpur, Dileep received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Delhi College of Art. In the early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms of art, which were inspired by the metro cities...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nap Time, original figurative marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
One would expect him to nearly collapse, ready for nap time, from jumping the waves in the strong sun plus beachball in tow, but instead he is relishing the day, begging for more! This figurative marine landscape offers a turquoise blue ocean and an array of other summer shades of blue in both sea and sky with impressionist impasto paint application thereby creating the levels of motion and excitement that the artist is portraying. Well known and established for his dynamic portait and figurative works, noted artist Joseph Sundwall...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Man with Blue Eyes
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic portrait oil painting on canvas of a man in a suite and tie by Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned and unframed without glass. Image size: 24"H x 18"W. M...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Pop Art Style Portrait of Al Capone
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic portrait of Al Capone by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 60x60. It is unframed...
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Innocent (Diptych) - Painting, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Joseph Kojo Hoggar Innocent (Diptych), 2023 Mixed media on denim 101.6 x 165.1 cm 40 x 65 in
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Page 207 (Van Dyck Series)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- For decades, Wes Hempel has been committed to re-envisioning the depiction of masculinity in contemporary art. By setting psychologically acute portraits of modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history...
Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Boy with Sculpture Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Realist figurative oil painting depicting a young boy holding a small figural statue by R. Habig. Signed "R. Habig" lower left. Unfram...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'John and Mimi with Tim', John Lennon, England, Manchester College of Art
By Stephen Bower
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and fresh portrait of the musician and composer standing in front of Mendips, the house where he was mostly raised by his mother's sister Mimi, with his aunt standing behind him holding her large ginger and white cat, Timmy, that he grew up with. Signed lower left, 'S. Bower'; additionally inscribed with dedication verso 'To Mrs. Smith - Best Wishes, S. Bower', titled 'John Lennon with his Aunt Mimi and Tim at Mendips' and dated October 1982. This listed English plein-air painter, attended Manchester College of Art from 1970 to 1974 and currently lives in Totnes, Devon. He describes himself as "a colorist who is inspired by flower gardens, especially English cottage gardens in early summer. I have spent successive summers painting in Monet’s garden at Giverny, Northern France." Exhibitions: Nothern Young Contemporaries, Liverpool – 1974 Marlborough Gallery, London (Buddy Holly...
Category

1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Osiris, Oil on canvas, figurative pop art portrait with yellow background
Located in Dallas, TX
"Osiris" is a fun and beautiful oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements and her signature pristine...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Being one with Nature I, Charcoal on Paper Black & White painting "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Debabrata Basu - Being one with Nature I - 26 x 20 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Fabriano Paper Style : Debabrata derives his style and theme by introspecting within himself. T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Italian Contemporary Art by Matteo Nannini - ?
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 F...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ben (Water in the Hole) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issue by ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ogo Enyi (Water in the Hole) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issue by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lonely With Thoughts 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issue by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sisyphus - or Life Sized Painting, Modern Mythology, Framed, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
One of the key lessons we can glean from the myth of Sisyphus is the importance of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity. Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of ceas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

April Gold
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Unsigned Cover of 'April Gold' written by Grace Livingston Hill
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Restful Moments" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Restful Moments" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a partially nude woman napping with a black cat nestled on top of her. About the Artist: Su...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Modernist Portrait of a Child by NY Artist Syril Frank
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1960s Oil on canvas 35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Color Fade Mother and Child with Summer Snowflakes)
Located in Denver, CO
Daisy Patton's series "Forgetting is So Long" uses found photographs to create archival prints on wood panels. Patton sources photographs from around the world, dating from the 1800s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate. Max Turner 1925 - 2019 Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author. Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II. There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California. Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author: Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events. Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class. During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas. Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it. Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios. Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90. Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin. In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces". In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression. Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018. Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after. When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
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