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Medium: Oil Pastel
Coorsware, 25x32" framed oil pastel
Located in Loveland, CO
Coorsware by Roy Wilce Original Oil Pastel on Paper image 14x21", framed 25x31" (behind glass) Colorful still life of fruit, teacup, vintage tableware Shipping price includes the c...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Sand Bar, 27x33" framed prisma color
Located in Loveland, CO
Sand Bar by Roy Wilce Prismacolor on Paper, cool tones depict a serene lake with large rocks in the foreground. image 17x25", framed 25h x 33w (behind glass) Shipping price includes...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Have You Seen This Person
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a very active and textured painting in a vertical composition. There are multiples collages on a blue background. The main focus is a person in red holding a a black star, along with other figures and lit up homes. Paint also drips down that canvas. At the bottom of the painting is a grey Saturn. To see more images of this piece, please message us. Casey McGlynn grew up in rural Ontario, where he would sit in front of the television and draw on old grocery bags and scrap paper tirelessly, creating self-taught surrealist pop art. McGlynn attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, however, he was not enrolled in the visual arts. McGlynn’s work contains reoccurring symbols such as animals from his upbringing, birds from his studio window sill and numbers that derive from when he memorized math tables in his early years. McGlynn’s work is as much about revealing the truth and expressing emotions as it is about documenting actual fact. His paintings reach into a wealth of historical influence and skill. Creating symphonic glyphs on rudimentary, raw quilt-like patterns, the works simultaneously evoke rural Southern quilts...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, India Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pink Rose, framed oil pastel, 32x26"
Located in Loveland, CO
Pink Rose (see our listing Delph Blue for a companion piece) Oil Pastel on Paper by Roy Wilce image 15x7" framed 32x26" (floating on linen, frame is wood wi...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

"3dlh". Street Art, graffiti, bright colors, Gestural Abstraction
Located in MADRID, ES
Street Art, graffiti, bright colors, Gestural Abstraction
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2010s Abstract Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Misunderstanding in the tall grass Timothy Archer 21st Cent. Contemporary paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Canvas

Campo
By Brooke Stroud
Located in Houston, TX
Brooke Stroud Campo, 2018-2020 Acrylic paint, oil pastel, and aerosol paint on panel 16 x 20 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Night Flight Over Sedona Red Rocks", Alexander Volkov, Oil on Canvas, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Night Flight Over Sedona Redrocks" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. The painting captures a photorealistic view of the red rocks in Arizona during a sunset. The lig...
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2010s Photorealist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Wandering in Woods
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel on paper Christine Pultz is a French animal painter born in 1953 who lives & works in Pontault-Combault, France. Through her passion for painting animals, especially feline portraits, Christine Pultz feels that her focus on each hair, each claw, each reflection in the eyes of the animals she paints shows her desire to make them immortal. She adds: « I know that today, polar bears, tigers, lynxes, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Motorcycle Mama
Located in Bozeman, MT
This painting has bears, turtles, giraffes and so on playing in the upper half of the composition. Below these animals are various figures and motorcycles, which one can assume is the 'Motorcycle Mama.' This piece has many different colors, however they are all slightly muted. To see more images, please send us a message. Casey McGlynn grew up in rural Ontario, where he would sit in front of the television and draw on old grocery bags and scrap paper tirelessly, creating self-taught surrealist pop art. McGlynn attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, however, he was not enrolled in the visual arts. McGlynn’s work contains reoccurring symbols such as animals from his upbringing, birds from his studio window sill and numbers that derive from when he memorized math tables in his early years. McGlynn’s work is as much about revealing the truth and expressing emotions as it is about documenting actual fact. His paintings reach into a wealth of historical influence and skill. Creating symphonic glyphs on rudimentary, raw quilt-like patterns, the works simultaneously evoke rural Southern quilts...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, India Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Abstracted Series Untitled Grey-Yellow" Acrylic on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Olympio creates abstract compositions that reflect his internal rhythms, resulting in bold, expressive paintings. Working intuitively, the artist defines his work as his own personal language—an unspoken expression of his soul. Each piece is both everything and nothing; as simple as a heartbeat, as complex as a hurricane. Born in Lomé, Togo, the self-taught West-African artist spent time in Paris before moving to the United States. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Work by Olympio has been widely exhibited around the world at museums including: the Latino Art...
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2010s Abstract Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Mimosa - Painting Sand Green Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Mimosa" is a painting by Maestro Edele Bessy - MABILLOT GRANDJEAN GENEVIEVE The painting is unframed. Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represented by the vast creative power of her talent.” Dear art lovers, if you like the art of maestro Bessy, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks. Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work. Maestro Edele Bessy was born on August 7, 1946. Self-taught painter since 1982. At first she mainly worked in miniature on ivory, which she then abandoned in favor of oil painting. New beings appear unconsciously on his canvases taking on the dimension of a wandering crowd, mostly women whose eyes arise and challenge us with ever so much acuity. Maestro Bessy paints in a very personal, constantly evolving style. Maestro MABILLOT GRANDJEAN GENEVIEVE - ADELE BESSY Awards : Prix de Peinture du Salon de Beauchamp 2023 Médaille du Conseil Départemental de Bourg la Reine 2023 Prix de peinture Salon des Amis des Arts de Chaville 2022 Prix de peinture Salon des beaux-arts de Boulogne-Billancourt 2022 2ème Prix de Peinture Salon de Chablis 2022 Prix de la ville Salon du SPAM Pontoise 2021 Grand Prix de Peinture de SEMEAC 2021 Prix du Jury indépendant Etampes 2021 Prix du conseiller Départemental Salon de Croissy sur seine 2019 Médaille de la ville de St Maurice 2019 Prix du Jury Gagny 2019 1er Prix de peinture Salon des Artistes indépendants Normands 2018 Prix du Jury Salon de Champagne sur Oise 2018 2ème Prix de Peinture Salon de Bois Colombe 2018 Diplôme d'Honneur et Médaille de la ville de Livry-Gargan2017 Prix Univers des Arts Salon de Thionville 2017 Prix de peinture Salon du Plessis Bouchard 2017 Médaille d'Or Salon de Taverny 2017 Prix de Peinture Salon de Sannois 2016 Médaille d’Or Salon de Bondy 2016 Prix de la peinture à l’Huile Ste Maure de Touraine 2016 2ème Prix de Peinture Pont des Arts Vire Normandie 2016 Médaille d’Argent Salon de Cormeilles en Parisis 2016 Prix de Peinture Salon de Guyancourt 2015 Prix du Public Coye la Forêt 2015 Grand Prix du Salon de Roissy en France 2015 L’école de la Loire Prix de Composition Fantastique 2015 L’école de la Loire Grand Prix du Conseil Général 2015 Prix du Public Salon de Plaisir 2014 Prix du Jury Salon de Coye la Forêt 2014 Prix du Bateau Atelier Salon de Bennecourt 2014 Prix du Jury Salon d’Etampes 2014 1er Prix de Peinture de la Municipalité de Taverny 2014 1er Médaille d’Or Salon de Vittel 2014 Prix de la Municipalité de Viarmes 2013 Prix du Public Salon de Gouvieux 2013 Prix de Peinture Salon de Magny en Vexin 2013 Prix de Peinture Salon de Pontoise 2013 1er Prix de Peinture Salon Formes et Couleurs Vélizy Villacoublay 2013 Médaille de la Ville Mantes la Ville 2013 Prix du Jury Salon de Bernay 2012 Prix de Peinture Salon de Montmagny 2012 Prix de Peinture Salon de Rouen 2012 Grand Prix de Peinture de St Aubin...
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2010s Symbolist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Oil Pastel

Black Unicorn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist constructs his spirit animal through mixed media. 48" x 60" Spray Paint, Oil, Construction Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Marker
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Untitled #202 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #202 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Treads of Light - Contemporary Expressionist Sky Scape Painting on Silk, 2024
Located in London, GB
Threads of Light is a unique contemporary expressionist painting of a cloud-strewn sky in acrylic on pink silk satin by British contemporary artist Rose Fulbright. The artwork is si...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Cotton, Silk, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

The hungry is the amalgam Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting mythology oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

"Special Pink Spot" Mixed Media on Canvas With Oil Pastel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Zeal Harris is known for creating seductive, caricaturesque, political, urban-vernacular, story paintings, with a blunt mix of high-brow/low-brow elements. Her micro-narratives offer...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

Country Celebration - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil Piece of Manor House
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

English Town - Mid - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Pastel Town by Innes
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Sketch 2
Located in Bozeman, MT
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Board

Ukrainian Contemporary Art by Anton Pedos - The Cost
Located in Paris, IDF
24 pieces 100 x 100 each. Total composition 3x8 m, canvas, oil.
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2010s Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

The border trainer Timothy Archer Contemporary art drawing painting blue pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper pasted on canvas Hand-signed and dated by the artist lower left News from Eéa “At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa In the middle of ...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Forest - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Pastel Landscape by William Innes
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

'A Best Friend' by Carl Haag, Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein, German
Located in Knokke, BE
Carl Haag Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein German Painter 'A Best Friend' Signature: Signed middle right Medium: Mixed media Dimensions: Image size ...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

Singing a Song to a Leopard
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a very active and textured painting. There are figures outline in red while guitars fall in line with them. There are various animals (bears, birds, cats) littered across the canvas. Each subject matter is contained by its own box of color, as if claiming its real estate on the canvas. The background colors are mostly blue. To view more images, pelase send us a message. Casey McGlynn grew up in rural Ontario, where he would sit in front of the television and draw on old grocery bags and scrap paper tirelessly, creating self-taught surrealist pop art. McGlynn attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, however, he was not enrolled in the visual arts. McGlynn’s work contains reoccurring symbols such as animals from his upbringing, birds from his studio window sill and numbers that derive from when he memorized math tables in his early years. McGlynn’s work is as much about revealing the truth and expressing emotions as it is about documenting actual fact. His paintings reach into a wealth of historical influence and skill. Creating symphonic glyphs on rudimentary, raw quilt-like patterns, the works simultaneously evoke rural Southern quilts...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, India Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Acrobatic shadows
Located in Miami, FL
Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Study 5, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Study 5, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil, acrylic, and oild pastel on paper Dimensions: 24 x 18 in Rebekah Andrade (Canadian, b. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

By the Sea - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil Pastel Landscape by Innes
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

News from Eéa Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting mythology blue green oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist “ News from Eéa ” “At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa In the middle of the water, an isl...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Playful Objects, Photography by Rebekah Andrade, 2025
Located in Orange, CA
Playful Objects, 2025 This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the process ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Playful Objects #3, Photography by Rebekah Andrade, 2025
Located in Orange, CA
Playful Objects #3, 2025 This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the proce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Playful Study #2, Photography by Rebekah Andrade, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Playful Study #2, 2024 This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the process...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Drawing Class, Photography by Rebekah Andrade, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Drawing Class, 2024 This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the process vi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Found Objects, Photography by Rebekah Andrade, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Found Objects, 2024 This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the process vi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Coyote’s Travels: The Fool and Death, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Coyote’s Travels: The Fool and Death, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024 Additional information: Medium: Oil pastel, conte crayon and graphite on paper Dimension: 36 × 51 1/...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Crayon, Oil Pastel, Paper, Graphite

Coyote’s Travels: The Chariot, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024
Located in Orange, CA
Coyote’s Travels: The Chariot, Oil Pastel Painting by Daniel Duford, 2024 Additional information: Medium: Oil pastel, conte crayon and graphite on paper Dimension: 40 × 51 1/2 in (1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Crayon, Oil Pastel, Paper, Graphite

Lounging Couple Pastel Figurative Scene
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan 12.5" x 15.5" Pastel on Paper
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20th Century Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel

Apple Blossom Tree and Dandelions - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Oil
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Chinese Silk Textile, " Silk Flowery Embroidery created in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Woven silk and embroidered textiles have been popular in China and sought after the world over for thousands of years. Embroidered textiles are called xiuhua (or zhahua) ("making dec...
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19th Century Other Art Style Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Study 2, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Study 2, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil, acrylic, and oil pastel on paper Dimensions: 24 x 18 in Rebekah Andrade (Canadian, b. 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

In the beginning was the bird Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Study 3, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Study 3, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil, acrylic, and oil pastel on paper Dimensions: 24 x 18 in Rebekah Andrade (Canadian, b. 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Cute with the e
Located in New York, NY
Cute with the e 2022 oil pastel, pen, acrylic, and watercolor on paper 6.5 x 4.5 inches Christina Nicola’s paintings are a direct reflection of herself — a liberated, queer, Black f...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Study 4, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Study 4, Oil on Paper Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil, acrylic, and oil pastel on paper Dimensions: 24 x 18 in Rebekah Andrade (Canadian, b. 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...
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1980s Expressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Cute with the e
Located in New York, NY
Cute with the e 2022 oil pastel, pen, acrylic, and watercolor on paper 6.5 x 4.5 inches Christina Nicola’s paintings are a direct reflection of herself — a liberated, queer, Black f...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Water Park, Oil on Canvas Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Water Park, Oil on Canvas Painting by Rebekah Andrade, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Oil, acrylic, and oil pastel on canvas Dimensions: 54 x 46 in Rebekah Andrade (Canadian,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Why The Long Face
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Why The Long Face is an artistic collaboration by painters Mark Wilson and Paola Zarate where they painted simultaneously, often finishing each other's brushstrokes. The piece challe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Pastel Pencil
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova Medium: Pastel and pencil on paper Size: 13.7" x 19.6"
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21st Century and Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

Cornish Seaside - Mid - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil by William Innes
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Winter White Out
Located in White Plains, NY
'Winter White Out' in 2019 by New York City base, French artist Sandrine Kern. Oil and cold wax on canvas, 54 x 54 in. This abstracted landscape painting features a winter scene in ...
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2010s Abstract Oil Pastel Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Oil Pastel

Myth of Sisyphyus IV Cloudy Sky (It is not despair that urges him to death..)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus IV Cloudy Sky (It is not despair that urges him to death, but love...)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is pa...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Myth of Sisyphus X (A Man Defines Himself by his make-believe)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus X (A Man Defines Himself by his make-believe)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth of Sisyphus." As a multidisciplinary artist, Liddell brings a dynamic approach to her vivid, colorful two-dimensional pieces. This particular piece contrasts boldly between white forms and chains in the foreground and dark blue background. From the artist: "Gender and power are core concepts in my work. I’ve spent two decades in “The Classic City” (Athens, Georgia), surrounded by a dual Greek culture. Fraternities and sororities separate students by gender and play a part in cementing gender roles and power structures for the next generation; ubiquitous Classical architecture (often accompanied by manicured landscape) is a constant reminder of Western ideals. After a career of painting the female figure and exploring themes related to the male gaze and the lingering inequalities that women face, I’ve focused the past five years on the male figure and his domain. My education was dominated by Western art history, where women were seen as muses; I’m reversing this traditional dynamic between the male artist/intellectual and his female subject. I create tiny “plays” with handmade props and puppet plasticine figures to reenact imagined dramas that might happen on any given home game day...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Myth of Sisyphus IX This heart within I can feel, this world I can touch the
Located in Gilroy, CA
Myth of Sisyphus IX (This heart within I can feel, this world I can touch ..the
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Myth of Sisyphus VIII (Starting out from the absurd over the ruins of reason)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus VIII (Starting out from the absurd over the ruins of reason)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Myth of Sisyphus III Black Sky (If it were sufficient to love)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus III Black Sky (If it were sufficient to love)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Myth of Sisyphus VII (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain), 2022
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus VII (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth of Sisyphus." As a multidisciplinary artist, Liddell brings a dynamic approach to her vivid, colorful two-dimensional pieces. This particular piece has a bold contrast between neon green stones and a dark background. From the artist: "Gender and power are core concepts in my work. I’ve spent two decades in “The Classic City” (Athens, Georgia), surrounded by a dual Greek culture. Fraternities and sororities separate students by gender and play a part in cementing gender roles and power structures for the next generation; ubiquitous Classical architecture (often accompanied by manicured landscape) is a constant reminder of Western ideals. After a career of painting the female figure and exploring themes related to the male gaze and the lingering inequalities that women face, I’ve focused the past five years on the male figure and his domain. My education was dominated by Western art history, where women were seen as muses; I’m reversing this traditional dynamic between the male artist/intellectual and his female subject. I create tiny “plays” with handmade props and puppet plasticine figures to reenact imagined dramas that might happen on any given home game day...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

St Georges fighting the dragon -Timothy Archer, 21st Century paint, Figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint, pastel and charcoal on paper Signed and dated by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Oil

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Find a wide variety of authentic Oil Pastel paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Natalia Roman, Howard Tangye, Adrienn Krahl, and Timothy Archer. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Oil Pastel paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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