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"Wedding Party on the River" men on the river drinking, wedding, party, boat
Located in Edgartown, MA
Since summer 2004, I have lived in southern Italy, in the region of Puglia, the province of Bari, in a town called Altamura. A two-week restoration project of the Jesce Masseria brou...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Cel Phone
Located in Burlingame, CA
“Mary Robertson’s joyous and meditative paintings are are colorful simulations of contentment and sacred play.” Wayne Thiebaud.
Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration.
But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design.
Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration.
Signed lower right
Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on board
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female fi...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Girl with a Basket of Fruit
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, late 18th century, circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)
Young Girl with a Basket of Fruit
Oil on canvas, preparatory work,
Unsigned
39 x 31 cm
Provenance:
Pri...
Category
1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My Wife Myrtle on a Palette with Brushes, Art Deco, Rosscraft Cards
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Lawrence G. Low (American, 1912 - 1992)
Signed: L. G. Low (Lower, Center, Right)
" My Wife Myrtle on a Palette with Brushes ", 1939
Oil on Canvas
26" x 20 1/8"
Housed in a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
We play roles Zahra Zeinali Contemporary painting Iranian artist circus clown
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Sunday Stroll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
THE SUNDAY STROLL - ADAPTED TO TODAY'S TIMES
Carl Spitzweg, the painter of "The Sunday stroll," was a German genre painter representing the Biedermeier ...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Expressive and detail portrait of a weaver and his baskets, heading to market by California impressionist nna Oley...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Stupendous Beauty 1 Oil/ Canvas Nigerian Artist 2023 Portrait Art Realism
Located in Houston, TX
Description: This painting "Stupendous Beauty 1 " conveys the confidence and the very impressive beauty of a black woman that is painted in bold colors in the style of Realism. It is oil on canvas. Stupendous Beauty 1 is a unique work of art, not a print or other type of copy.
Joshua Salami...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Invasive #1. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Naturalistic Pastoral Figurative Farm Painting of a Man Sowing Seeds in a Field
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic painting of a pastoral farm life scene. The work features a central figure dressed in a hat with a basket slung across his hip as he is throwing seeds into a field. Poss...
Category
20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Invasive #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Big invasion #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
“Portrait of a young Indiana Jones” Original Oil Painting 16”x20”
Located in Boca Raton, FL
“Portrait of a young Indiana Jones” Original Oil Painting measuring 16”x20” is framed in a hand finished gold leaf frame. Harrison Ford embodied the character of Indiana Jones and this relaxed cool toned rendition of him is from the first film “Indiana Jones and the temple of doom”
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Big invasion #1. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Liliane Danino, Queen of the desert, turquoise, Woman of virtue
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Liliane Danino, Queen of the desert, Natural pigment and fabric on canvas, mixed media, idealized portrait, woman of virtue, Israeli artist, Israeli art
Category
2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment
"Last Chukka" oil of Polo groom with his obedient Polo horse in Wellington, FL
Located in Charleston, US
Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting, "Last Chukka" of a Polo groom with polo horse in Wellington, FL in the US depicts the life of Palm Beach Polo Season. McEwen is renown ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,560 Sale Price
26% Off
"Pom Pom" girl with bright blue eyes wearing a turtleneck and tall blue hat
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
Fred Calleri was born in Maryland and has slowly moved westward towards his current home in Santa Barbara, California. On his way, he earned an Illustration and Graphic Design degree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Oil - Wildflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Invading #1 and #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Equestrian Show Jumping Portrait by Leonid Gervits
Located in New York, NY
Leonid Gervits (Russian/American)
Untitled (Show Jumping), 2000
Oil on canvas
28 x 22 in.
Initialed and dated lower left: LG 00
Leonid Gervits was born April 12, 1946 in a middle cl...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floral Dress
Located in Columbia, MO
JERRY BERNECHE
Floral Dress
Oil on panel
32 x 26 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lines of Sight
By Chad Little
Located in Park City, UT
Capturing the unrehearsed compositions and offhand smiles between family and friends. A visual language that communicates more than the spoken word. Candid and sometimes intimate. Th...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$21,240
Limited Edition enhanced silk Screen Print on Paper, Queen on Queen . 6 of 20
Located in New York, NY
Born in Central Jersey, Alysha Grace Marko is an NYC-based painter and the owner of AMRM Gallery. Growing up, Alysha was always involved in art: singing, dancing, and theatre. Moving...
Category
2010s Futurist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Screen
"Young Master" acrylic portrait of a man with blue and green skin in a pink hat
Located in Edgartown, MA
In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Story of a Lover Boy" Acrylic painting of Black man with a white hat
By Affen Segun
Located in Edgartown, MA
Affen Segun was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria. A native of Bayelsa State, he discovered his love for art at a young age, and later got enrolled in a roadside art shop to start to ho...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Olajumoke (Child of Wealth that Everyone Cherishes)
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.
About Artist
Olu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Gary Zack, "Big Pink Bow", Woman Portrait with Pink Hat Oil Painting 30x30
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This neutral piece "Big Pink Bow" is a 30x30 oil painting on canvas by artist Gary Zack featuring a woman with blonde hair wearing a large brimmed pink hat with a large pink bow...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meadow Journey
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Meadow Journey" by Desmond Akindoju is an enchanting masterpiece that beckons viewers into a realm where innocence meets introspection. The focal poi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
After Samuel Woodforde RA (1763-1817) - Late 19th Century Oil, Wood-Nymph
Located in Corsham, GB
After Samuel Woodforde RA (1763-1817), Portrait of a Wood-Nymph, oil on board. Unsigned.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baby, Portrait Artwork, Kid, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Artwork
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2016
Subject: Baby
SIZE: 19.5" x 14.5" x 3/4''inch
Unframed, Stretched o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - 2008 Oil, Happy Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait of Louis Hamilton, the Formula 1 driver, lifting the Australian Grand Prix trophy above his head, smiling.
The painting has been signed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$289 Sale Price
20% Off
Barbara Doyle (b.1917) - Contemporary Oil, Swiss Miss
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful contemporary oil portrait showing a woman in traditional Swiss attire including a fanned black headdress. The artist has signed to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$354 Sale Price
20% Off
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Foot 02
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abike
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Abike" takes its name from the Yoruba language, where it symbolizes a woman who is born to be cared for. This profound concept emphasizes the intrinsic value of women and underscores the responsibility that society has to protect and nurture them. However, despite this cultural ideal, the artwork brings attention to the alarming prevalence of domestic violence against women.
Through "Abike," Olamilekan Bello...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Between The Line
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Art has always been a medium for expressing emotions, ideas, and perspectives. It is a form of communication that transcends language, time, and cultural barriers. And one artwork that exemplifies the beauty and power of art is "Between The Line" by Sena Tues...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Look See
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sena Tues is a talented artist who creates thought-provoking artworks that capture the essence of modern life. One of her latest works, "Look See", features ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Endless Possibility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The will to succeed is important, but it is more important to prepare. It's hard to get to the top of success, but harder to remain there. It may take time, but the result is always ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Jewel and Chain I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Hello, chained beauty!
Let’s revisit the echoes of our past.
And dent ourselves in the history untold.
Golden chains, silver strands, and a black hat,
History of our captivity worn with pride.
Adorning ourselves in shackles of chains
O blessed trinket of slaves!
Our new, gracefully obsessed gaze
The arrow dug deep into the flesh.
While the scream of pain echoes through the air.
Our tune of pain is sweet music to their ears.
Once a tool of oppression, an object of shame to our ancestors’ grief,
Now full regalia of finery, a fashion that masks our misery,
In our freedom, we recreate our beauty, once painted in black dirt with a touch of blood stain.
Now adorned in pure gold with a touch of pearls.
The hat twirls with elegance and class.
Yet, echoes our oppression in clear glass.
No doubt!
Our makeup is like war paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Personaje 3
Located in MADRID, ES
Surrealistic human figure. Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,168 Sale Price
20% Off
"Matilda" Contemporary Black Canvas Wrapped Portrait with Vibrant Blue Collar
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work features a vintage portrait with a painted vibrant blue collar with black canvas str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Jury Oil on Panel Painting Contemporary Hats Dinner Table Dessert Men 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Film Still #5 (Clint Eastwood, portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This restrained profile, rendered in subdued purples and dusty violets, evokes the stoic silence of the lone gunman archetype. With face partly turned away and hidden beneath a wide-...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Timothy Phillips, "Racetrack Hopeful (Jockey Portrait), " Oil on Board, 1975
By Timothy Phillips
Located in Long Island City, NY
This oil painting on board was created by Canadian artist Timothy Phillips (b. 1929). Phillips worked closely with masters Salvador Dali and Marcel Duchamp, sharing with Duchamp a lo...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Teatro. 2018, oil on canvas, 60x70 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Atoms and Pearls, #2237. Horst P. Horst homage color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper, Acrylic
Enigma
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Riddles in being.
Mystery in attitude
Beauty is yet unspoken of enough
An embodiment of grace.
Just the way you are. nothing needs to change.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,500 Sale Price
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Cowboy /// Contemporary Pop Portrait Painting Funny Man Sheriff Dan May American
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Cowboy"
*Signed by May upper right
Circa: 2020
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Board
Framing: Framed in a contemporary black moulding
F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board, Panel
Egg girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gary Zack, "Classic Deep Rose", Woman Portrait with Pink Hat Oil Painting 36x36
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This neutral piece "Classic Deep Rose" is a 36x36 oil painting on canvas by artist Gary Zack featuring a woman wearing a large brimmed dark pink hat with a pink flower and a matching...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gary Zack, "Classic Pastels", Woman Portrait with Pink Hat Oil Painting 36x36
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This neutral piece "Classic Pastels" is a 36x36 oil painting on canvas by artist Gary Zack featuring a woman wearing a large brimmed pink hat and black strapless dress. The hat cove...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Walking Along the Beach, Bauer, German School, 19th Century, Signed P. Bauer
Located in Knokke, BE
Walking Along the Beach
German School
19th Century
Signature: Signed bottom right P. Bauer
Dimensions: Image size 31 x 24 cm, frame size 42 x 32 cm
Medium: Aquarelle
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"A Young Women in the Landscape - Fall River, Mass.", 1964 by Sergio Fergola
By Sergio Fergola
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sergio Fergola, Italian (1936 - 1994)
Title: A Young Women in the Landscape - Fall River, Mass.
Year: 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 26 in. (91.44 x 66.04...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fiesta de Loco
Located in Austin, TX
"Fiesta de Loco"
Artist: Gustav Likan
Medium: Mixed media
Size: 10" x 13"
Framed
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Salud Johnny - Inspirational Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake’s oil painting asks us to perceive the powerful layers of history that shape both art and memory. In Blake’s painting is a man, but what Blake painted is an idea. Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory.
Artist, William Blake channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. 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. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
Salud Johnny, 2023
oil on linen
76h x 36w in
193.04h x 91.44w cm
WIL049
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 at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Little Fisherman" Maine Artist Delbert Coombs. Dated 1897
By Delbert Coombs
Located in San Antonio, TX
Delbert Coombs (1850 - 1938) Maine Artist Image Size: 12 x 9 Frame Size: 15 x 12 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated: 1897 "The Little Fisherman"
Biography
Delbert Coombs (1850 - 1938)
Delbert Dana Coombs was born in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on July 26, 1850. Although primarily self-taught, Coombs took painting lessons from Scott Leighton...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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