Contemporary Portrait Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Silent Mood
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
János Huszti
Silent Mood
Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum and precision. He depicts historical times, special characters and places from the past, using...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600
Rossana By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Modality 8. Abstraction Acrylic Painting on Board, Colorful, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract oil on high impact styrene board painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork is colorful. It can be exhibited vertically or horizontally.
MONIKA ROSS...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Apollo Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Mythology Portrait Painting Colorful
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Apollo Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
LA MAQUINA - Portrait Painting of Conway the Machine, Rapper, Gold, Black
By Omari Booker
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting is a portrait of the rapper, Conway The Machine. Rendered on Gold found fabric, Conway is centered in the composition, meeting the vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Justine
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A signed oil painting representing the portrait of a woman. Contemporary painting.
Height 20" x 24" Length
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lake of Purity, Oil on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Oinam Dilip - Lake of Purity - 42 x 42 inches (unframed size)
Oil on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in rolled form.
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, Oil
Untitled, Figurative Art , man contemporary Mixed Media 24" x 36" by Michele
Located in Carmel, CA
Michele's paintings are about the timeline of human life, and its effect on art. For the last 15 years, Michele has been deconstructing the subject matter. In as much as she enjoy ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,000 Sale Price
33% Off
African Tribal Portrait of a man 'Sadhu, Varanesi', red & orange, traditional
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sadhu, Varanesi' a highly detailed portrait painting of a tribal African black man with jewellery, red and orange.
Ignacio Trelis is a Spanish contemporary painter and gallery own...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Back To Reality By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$12,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Ghost Painting
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Ghost Painting
2021
mixed media on canvas
21 x 30 inches
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented street artist wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Midnight Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Fashion Model Portrait Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Midnight Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2021
Medium: Origin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
White Canvas Wrapped Portrait of a Woman with Bright Blue Handkerchief
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a framed painting of a woman with bright blue handkerchief...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Canvas Wrapped Portrait with Bright Blue Bow Tie
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a painting of a child with bright blue bow tie. The artist Matthew Reeves, owner of Reeve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Coco Power - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Themba Sibeko, a self-taught artist, blends the worlds of science and art to create a unique and thought-provoking body of work. With a background in analytical chemistry, Themba has...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Arizona" - Surreal figurative narrative oil on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Transformed faces II, Ink & Mixed Media on paper, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Abesh Bivore Mitra - Transformed faces II - 15 x 11 inches (unframed size)
Ink & Mixed Media on thick imported hard paper.
Style : Abesh Bivore Mitra is a Kolkata based artist. Abesh’s works are based on issues and project related to Urbanisation, Transformed Landscape, Public Sphere and Migration. Sometimes it depends on curatorial perspectives like ‘Democracy’,' Art against Terrorism’ and ‘Black & white’. He simultaneously has exhibited his woks in Institutional spaces and Gallery Spaces in India and abroad. As per his art practice he uses different mediums like Paintings, Installation – Photo Documentation - Graphics and Book Art which means he is combining together conventional and non conventional art practice medium as well as his own visual language.
About the Artist and his work :
Born:1965
Education:
1994 : He did his BFA from Kala Bhavan,Visva Bharati University, Santniketan.
1996 : MFA from M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat.
Solo Shows :
2003 : Curated solo exhibition in three parts -1) Migration 2) Urbanisation 3) Transformation under the mother project: of "Public Sphere" at Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan.
2001-02 : ‘Le Paysage transforme’-The Transformed Landscape – Solo Exhibition & Slide show-conference on past / present works organised by Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts du Mans, Le Mans, France.
2002 : Le Paysage Transformé (The Transformed Landscape) – Solo Exhibition at Galerie les Comptoirs...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
"Rainy Summer Night in NYC" model sitting in downtown artist's studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Rainy Summer Night in NYC" is a contemporary oil painting of a model sitting in an artist's studio in downtown Manhattan.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madame. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madame. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creatin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,189 Sale Price
20% Off
Body Lotion - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Osman Salifu
Body Lotion, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
100.3 x 88.9 cm
39 1/2 x 35 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alexander the Great Icon VI /// Contemporary Pop Art Classics Greek Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Alexander the Great Icon VI"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2023
Me...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Couple, Acrylic on Canvas, Green, Pink, Yellow, Brown colours "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shipra Bhattacharya
Untitled - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on canvas
Style : Shipra, is a leading contemporary mid career artist of India. Shipra Bhattacharya’s work has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alexander the Great Icon V /// Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Historical Figure
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Alexander the Great Icon V"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
The Alley By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Sweet Nectar
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
One in the Hand
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully painted using a "tricks the eye" technique. The artist uses small brushes with oil and acrylic paint to create the witty, charming and unique works of art via his optical illusion way of painting. As with Stephen's other series' including urban scenes and "chalk board" paintings that draw from mid century ideas and film—Stephen's signature humor and unique perspective span the lot. This is a traditionally painted work of art with the "look" of chalk on board, but it is created entirely of oil paint and acrylic paint on panel. A delightful and highly collectable work of original art.
Myron Stephens, 'One in the Hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Women & Fishes , Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Yellow, Blue Colours "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shipra Bhattacharya
Untitled - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on canvas
Style : Shipra, is a leading contemporary mid career artist of India. Shipra Bhattacharya’s work has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dance Hall By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled 623 - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Telengana Men & Women, Gossip, Acrylic on Canvas, Red by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Laxman Aeley
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Laxman Aeley - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas.
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Laxman Aeley's paintings are a reflection...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Female Face Icon X /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Portrait Painting Canvas
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Female Face Icon X"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2023
Medium: Orig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Female Face Icon VIII (Bambi) /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Painting Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Female Face Icon VIII (Bambi)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Head No. 6 Tami, 2018 - oil on wood panel
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Head No. 6 Tami, 2018' by artist John Goodman. 16 x 13 inch panel. The painting is signed and dated, and in excellent / new condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in California.
Good...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tavern By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Indian Women, Acrylic on canvas, Red, Green, Brown by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shipra Bhattacharya - Untitled - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in a roll form.
Style : Shipra , is a leading contemporary mid career artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human Form, Multi-faceted, Acrylic on paper, Violet, Blue, Red colors "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Arghya Priya Majumdar - Untitled - 11 x 15 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on imported paper
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : In his work he combines real and unreal huma...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Couple, Indian Mythology, Acrylic on canvas, Red, Yellow, Green, Brown"In Stock"
By Sukanta Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sukanta Das - Untitled - 36 x 36 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : Juxtaposing the mundane with the exotic, Das’ work is usually f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Charcoal
Ballerina By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Karlie Kloss Icon III /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Model Fashion Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Karlie Kloss Icon III"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Caffe By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,680 Sale Price
20% Off
The colors of the soul - 15. 2017. Oil on canvas, 30x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The colors of the soul - 15. 2017. Oil on canvas, 30x30 cm
Fantasy painting woman face
Kristine Kvitka (1983)
Kristine Kvitka is a Latvian artist, born in Riga in 1983, currently li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$735 Sale Price
34% Off
Forgotten Names and Places
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Al Diaz
Forgotten Names and Places, 2019
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 40 in
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Man On A Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Characters Of The Circus By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$21,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Kek Okker - Contemporary figurative painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative 'pin-up' portrait painting with abstract mosaic style background by Hungarian artist Dénes Wächter. Offered unframed.
Dénes Wächter creates unique post-pop art paintings ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Can Pray With One Hand - Painting, Bitument and roof paint on canvas
Located in London, GB
Brett Charles Seiler
I Can Pray With One Hand, 2020
Bitument and roof paint on canvas
105 x 58 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Silvana By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$16,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Cosmic Groove- Vivid and colorful cool toned pop art painting of Jimi Hendrix
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTWORK - This painting is a depiction of the late musician, "Jimi Hendrix", an icon, blessing the Universe with the sanity of his music, losing his mind in the moment.
Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Sofas By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Cara Delevingne Icon XIV /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Cara Delevingne Icon XIV"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Mediu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Death Of The Mannequin By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,960 Sale Price
20% Off
The Blue Scarf. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Artist works with a palette knife. The colors are Prussian blue, cinnabar, white, black. Painting is varnished
Image 19.5 x 29.5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nina Ponema Puno (Young Girl from Puno), " Oil on Canvas signed by A. Velazquez
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nina Ponema - Puno (Young Girl from Puno)" is an original oil painting on canvas by Abelardo Marquez. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a young g...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adonis The Beautiful. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Adonis The Beautiful. Oil and silver leaf on canvas. The effect of the silver leaf is mesmerizing, constantly changing with the light. The additional images show the painting at a sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Silver
Lunar State
Located in Dallas, TX
'I want to share with you an exciting new piece of art that I have developed using a silver acrylic sheet, inspired by the moon. This artwork explores the theme of celestial bodies a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pigment, Mirror
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Marfa Cowboy
By Mike Piggott
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Made to Order / oil pianting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Beautiful French woman wearing a cloche' hat, in indigo and cream. 'Made to Order' painted with oil on prepared paper. The artwork is is 14 x 13 inches a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'The Blue Princess' Contemporary figurative painting of a black woman, blue
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The figure has a dreamlike quality, giving the piece a tranquil and serene feel. The beautiful detailing is so colourful and Vibrant.
'The Blue Princess' by Ignacio Trelis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Union - A Group of Uniformed Soldiers Standing in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
Located in Chicago, IL
A group of uniformed soldiers gather in a grassy field. We see cannons yet must bring our own decisions about what is about to transpire. Painted in the loose style of Winslow Homer, "Union" by William Blake captures a scene in a Civil War Reenactment as the Union Army's Artist Reporter. Portraying Homer as an Artist-reporter, Blake has to be more than merely good draftsmen. He has to be an astute observer, have an instinct for story and drama, the ability to sketch quickly and accurately, and no small amount of daring, as he faces battles first hand. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
Union, 2022
oil on linen
24h x 36w in
60.96h x 91.44w cm
WIL034
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hopeful 2 - Painting, Fabric on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Jeffery’s journey into the realm of collage was sparked by an enlightening visit to his tailor. Upon seeing the remnants of fabric destined for waste, he envisioned their potential a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric
Contemporary portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nemo Jantzen, America Martin, Jack Graves III, and Timothy Archer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $88 and tops out at $430,743, while the average work sells for $4,000.