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Style: Symbolist
Antique French Symbolist Oil Painting Christ in Garden of Gethsemane & Disciples
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
French Symbolist artist
late 19th Century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: a few ...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Symbolist Renewal, Springtime after Wa: Blossoming Trees near a Ruined Abbey
Located in Norwich, GB
This scene, depicting delicate foliage and blossoms as well as a lone sculpture -in the grounds of a ruined Abbey or castle, was painted in the first spring after World War I. It is ...
Category
1910s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna
Located in Holywell, GB
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting Luna
An intriguing painting displaying imaginative symbolism and referencing the Pre-Raphaelite movement. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Symbolist Oil Painting Sirens and Dolphin beside Rocks Coastal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Adolphe Lalyre (French, 1848-1933)
Title: Sirens and dolphin beside rocks
Medium: signed oil on canvas, framed.
canvas size: 21.5 x 31 inches plus the frame
Co...
Category
19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique French Oil Painting Sirens and Cupid Dancing along the Seashore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Adolphe Lalyre (French, 1848-1933) signed
Title: Sirens and Cupid dancing along the seashore
Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 22.75 x 28 inches
Pr...
Category
19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Bretagne Breton Symbolist Oil Painting Circa 1910 Liturgical Costume
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Follower of Edgard Maxence.
French ( b.1871 - d.1954 ).
Meditation, Circa 1910.
Oil On Canvas.
Image size 34.4 inches x 22.2 inches ( 87.5cm x 56.5cm ).
Frame size 44.1 inches x 31.9...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Queen
by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 30 inches
framed: 45 x 33 inches
condition: overall v...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head , Acrylic on canvas
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head, Symbolist painting, colored painting, Israeli art, Israeli art
Category
1980s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"We Lost the North", Wood Crack, Compass, Money, Flower, Symbolism Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named « We lost the North », this symbolist oil painting on canvas represents a great fracture symbolized by a crack in the wood in its middle. Fracture between the world of the finance and the nature. The trap is to always quantify with money and not to take into account the insects and the plants, our planet. Hence the compass on the side of nature, because according to the French expression, "we have lost the North", which means that we do not know where we are going.
Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs, who himself inherited 19th century masters’ skills from his own professor, Andrée Bars learned the profession of painting in its purest tradition. She still applies these ancient masters...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Sketch of Artists Nude Model Posing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 17.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Leaving the Garden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GREG CLARK
"LEAVING THE GARDEN"
MIXED MEDIA ON COPPER, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, DATED 1992
32 X 48 INCHES
GREGORY CLARK IS AN ARTIST FROM SAN DIEGO CALIFO...
Category
1990s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,981 Sale Price
25% Off
Large 1930's German Oil Male Nude Standing before Sunrise in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
“The Holy Hour”
German School, circa 1930's
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
The painting is a copy after the earlier work: THE HOLY HOUR; DIE HEILIGE STUNDE. by LUDWIG FAHRENKROG (1867-1952).
painting: 51cm x 81cm
provenance: private collection, Germany
Fine quality Symbolist oil painting from the 1930...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Flowers - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned and Framed
Located in Paris, IDF
Rafael CHWOLES (Rafaelis CHWOLESAS said, 1913-2002)
Bouquet of Flowers, 1979
Original Oil on panel
Signed on the upper right corner
Signed, dated and titled on the back
On panel 14...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Allégorie du printemps entourée de ses deux suivantes sur fond de paysage italia
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on its original canvas, arched in the upper part
Trace of signature at the bottom center
Provenance:
- France, Private collection
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nudes in Landscape, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudes in Landscape
German School, second half 20th century
indistinctly signed lower right
oil painting on board, framed
framed size: 33 x 41 inches
Superb large scale German oil p...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
21st century Tuscan figurative painting of mythological theme oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is entitled Arion of Metimna, a poet and cantor of 6th-century B.C. Greece. C., a figure straddling the historical and the mythical. In particular, depicted here is the ...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE TOWER - original large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Tower" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu
Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 31.5x23.6in / 80x60cm. Shipped stretched, from Florida.
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This painting, a study of an elaborate spiral staircase, demonstrates the artist’s skill in merging architectural elegance with a dynamic sense of movement and mystery. The subject itself—a wrought iron spiral staircase—becomes more than a functional object; it transforms into a metaphor for transcendence, curiosity, and the infinite.
The staircase is richly ornate, with swirling ironwork patterns and intricate details that capture the eye. The artist emphasizes the craftsmanship, elevating the staircase into a work of art itself. The ornamental designs echo Baroque or Rococo influences, known for their flamboyance and decorative excess. The spiral is inherently dynamic, drawing the viewer’s gaze upward in a continuous loop. This quality imbues the staircase with motion and energy, almost as if it is alive, spiraling into another dimension.
The artist employs a dramatic perspective, positioning the viewer at the base of the staircase, looking upward. This composition evokes a sense of aspiration or awe, as if the staircase ascends to an unknown destination. The light filtering through the structure accentuates the curvature and creates a contrast between the solid metal of the staircase and the soft, ephemeral glow of the environment. This interplay of light and shadow enhances the mood, making the staircase seem both tangible and ethereal.
The cool metallic grays and silvers of the staircase reflect its materiality, suggesting durability and permanence. At the same time, the reflective surfaces give it a shimmering, almost celestial quality. The background is suffused with warm, earthy tones—yellows, browns, and muted greens—that contrast with the cold metal of the staircase. This contrast creates a sense of tension between the man-made structure and the organic or natural environment surrounding it.
Symbolism. Spiral staircases are often symbolic of a journey, both physical and spiritual. They represent the process of ascent, growth, and transformation. This staircase seems to lead into a vortex of light, suggesting a path to enlightenment or transcendence. The spiral is a recurring motif in art and nature, often representing infinity, cycles, and continuity. The staircase's design hints at a journey without end, encouraging reflection on the passage of time and the eternal nature of life. The destination of the staircase is deliberately obscured, leaving the viewer to wonder where it leads. This creates a sense of mystery, drawing the viewer into an imaginative exploration of the unknown.
The swirling patterns in the ironwork mirror the overall spiral shape of the staircase, creating a sense of harmony and cohesion. These designs also add a decorative richness to the piece, tying it to the tradition of Romanticism or Gothic Revival, where even utilitarian objects were imbued with beauty and meaning.
The background is loosely rendered, with soft, swirling brushstrokes that echo the spiral of the staircase. This abstraction contrasts with the detailed depiction of the staircase, making the environment feel less defined and more dreamlike. The staircase appears to float in a liminal space, further emphasizing its symbolic and otherworldly qualities.
The viewer’s vantage point and the sheer scale of the staircase evoke a feeling of awe. It could symbolize humanity’s ambitions to reach higher realms—intellectually, spiritually, or artistically. The absence of people in the painting draws attention to the object itself, suggesting introspection or solitude. The staircase might represent a solitary journey, one that each individual must take alone. The intricate design and upward motion of the staircase, combined with the lack of a specific time or place, imbue the piece with a sense of timelessness. It could exist in any era, representing universal human themes.
In comparison to the artist’s other works, this painting shifts focus from mythological and figurative themes to an architectural subject. Yet, it retains the artist’s characteristic use of ornamentation, bold perspectives, and symbolic depth. Like the Minotaur or Zeus paintings...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
The Mischievous Boy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an extremely rare, early oil painting by English artist Ernest Procter.
Ernest Procter was classically trained and extensively exhibited throughout his lifetime. Procter ...
Category
1920s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Eve and the apple" by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 65x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert NYEL (1930-2016) French Symbolist Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Robert NYEL (1930-2016)
“Ombrelles Dans La Champagne”
A symbolist painting of women descending a hillside carrying red parasols mimicking a display of amanita toadstools. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality, the imagination, and dreams.
Robert Niel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Danse Macabre
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, generally depicting the constant struggle of good vs. evil. This is consistently reflected by images of beautiful women interacting with skeletons, gargoyles and demons.
La Danse Macabre...
Category
1910s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Oysters and Lemons", White Fabric Enamel Carafe Symbolism Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled 'Oysters and Lemons', this symbolic oil painting employs a palette of golden tones. It features a weathered white enamel carafe, a wicker basket filled with yellow lemons—one lemon has its peel curling, symbolizing the passage of time—and oysters ready to be eaten, all set upon a semi-transparent fabric.
Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Creator Serpent - Aboriginal Dot Painting in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Serpent - Aboriginal Dot Painting in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold dot painting with a snake by Aboriginal Australian artist Geoffrey "Pirup" Woods (Abor...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Blue Bottle by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head 40, Acrylic on canvas
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head, Symbolist painting, colored painting, Israeli art, Israeli art
Category
1980s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Chasm" - Minimalist Abstract in Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
"Chasm" - Minimalist Abstract in Acrylic
Minimalist abstract done in watercolor, acrylic and metallic paint (gold and light gray/blue). Titled, signed and dated on verso: "Chasm, d...
Category
1980s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Gold
$1,072 Sale Price
35% Off
Mother’s Melody
By Puzant Godjamanian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This is a painting by Puzant Godjamanian (1909-1993), a deeply meaningful composition depicting a mother singing her baby to sleep. The piece convey...
Category
1980s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Reverie During The Ball", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Rogelio Egusquiza
Located in Madrid, ES
ROGELIO DE EGUSQUIZA
Spanish, 1845 - 1915
A REVERIE DURING THE BALL
signed and dated "Rogelio Egusquiza, 1879" (lower right)
oil on canvas
21-3/4 X 3...
Category
1870s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Glow by the River, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative pastel painting by Victor Jernbergh, dated 1917, captures the serene and enchanting scene of a river at dusk. The central composition is dominated by a lone pine tree ...
Category
1910s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Bruges (Brügge), 1894 by Symbolist Painter Olof Sager-Nelson.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Olof Sager-Nelson, executed during his time in Bruges in 1894, is a splendid example of symbolism. It depicts a serene canal in Bruges, surrounded by sunlit houses w...
Category
1890s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$33,429 Sale Price
20% Off
Dedale
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, gener...
Category
1920s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Garden guardian
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"The 'Garden Guardian' serves as the keeper of our...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,241 Sale Price
20% Off
"Jubilance" Figurative Painting 14" x 14" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Jubilance" Figurative Painting 14" x 14" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Clouds At Sunset, Oil On Canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Augustin REY
Milan 1864 - Breteuil-sur-Iton 1934
Clouds at sunset
circa 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
33 x 55 cm
42 x 65 cm framed
Adolphe Augustin Rey de Villette, known...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Call of Spring", Symboliste New Life Old Roots Clear Original Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
“The Call of Spring”, is an original oil painting on linen by Andrée Bars.
Set in a soft forest bathed in golden ochre, misty beige, and earthy browns, this dreamlike composition c...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Threads of Life", Symbolist Reverie Tapestry of Being Original Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
“The Threads of Life” is an original oil painting on linen by Andrée Bars.
With poetic sensitivity, this artwork offers a powerful visual metaphor for human existence. Seated at the...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ô de la nuit", Night Blue Forest Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This large artwork figures a bamboo forest in the night.
The artist impasto technique is light, with textured painting and a few small reliefs.
This artwork is not framed.
Françoi...
Category
Late 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"No Straight Answers, " Oil on Canvas - Abstract Figurative Painting, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
This oil on canvas painting is inspired by the Hindu Goddess Kaamdhenu, the mother of all cows and Bhatt’s recurring symbol of desire. The bovine figure cradles two humanistic figu...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zuni Moon - 1970's Minimalist Geometric Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Minimalist geometric abstract by Santa Cruz, California artist Arn Ghigliazza (American, b.1937), 1971. Presented in a painted slat-wood frame. Titled "Zuni Moon", signed and dated 1...
Category
1970s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,720 Sale Price
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"Desert Dream" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Desert Dream" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Denise Jones Adler, Concealed, 2022, Mixed media, 24 x 24 inches, Mystical
Located in Darien, CT
Denise Jones Adler's work is both personal and archetypical and seeks to memorialize a moment in time, the fragile nature of life, and the emotional impact of the past on the present. Her portraits and dreamscapes pinpoint an unsettled view of the world, layered with a subtle sense of amusement and innate feminism.
Adler is influenced by the Feminist Art Movement as well as Expressionism and the Dada movement. The collages of Hannah Hoch...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera
Located in Soquel, CA
Olive Harvest in Southern Italy on Cold Coastal Morning Italian Riviera
Olive Harvesters are bundled up against the cold and dust on a harvest morning, somewhere on the southern It...
Category
1980s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,202 Sale Price
35% Off
Casiopee - Painting Green Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black Sand
Located in Sofia, BG
"Casiopee" 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.”
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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...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Muse Du Lac - Symbolist Figure in Landscape Oil Painting by Alphonse Osbert
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated symbolist figure in landscape oil on board by French painter Alphonse Osbert. The piece depicts a blonde woman in a full length purple...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
French early 20th Century oil painting of a summer sprite by Gaston Bussiere
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gaston Bussiere (French, 1862 – 1928)
The sprite of summer
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Gaston Bussiere’ (lower left)
25.1/2 x 21.1/4 in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
In a carved gilt frame with gilded...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1925 Viennese Oil Painting Interior Still Life with Porcelain Vase, Tapestry Rug
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 21.2 X 25.5
Unframed 17 X 21
Signed and dated 1920.
Nina Karasek (Joële)
born 1883 Kuttenberg, Czech Lands, Austro-Hungarian Empire, died in 1952 (I have also seen the date recorded as 1933) Vienna, Austria. Nina Karasek was an Austrian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1883. Her work was featured in exhibitions at the Es Baluard, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art and the Bildraum Bodensee.
Little is known of Nina Karasek's life. She was born in 1883 in Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) in Bohemia, studied art at the Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen (Art School for Women and Girls) in Vienna, Austria, under Adalbert Seligmann and Tina Blau. She studied at the Frauenakademie in Vienna and Munich. In the 1920's she worked first as a landscape painter and an illustrator, later turning toward symbolism, painting mystical subjects after her interest in spiritualism. Her conventional works were shown at various exhibitions. At the age of 44, while she was copying a work by Rembrandt in an Italian museum, she fell into an altered state of consciousness. Rembrandt appeared to her, took possession of her arm, and immediately her hand started to draw something quite different from what she had intended. From then on, for the rest of her life Nina Karasek was in “supernatural” contact with a series of great masters like Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer, Goya, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Gustav Klimt and others. Under their guidance and inspiration, she drew and painted works "in the style" of the masters. But very soon her works became stylistically more and more unrestricted and Symbolist, showing an enormous range of creative expression, ranging from symbolic and allegorical motifs to bewildering images with a fantastic arsenal of figures and private characters, signs, and symbols, and to frantic, gestural sketches and abstract compositions. From then on, she often signed her works with her esoteric “primordial name” Joële. (Nina Karasik-Joel)
Almost everything we know about her life was from what she noted on the reverse of her drawings: sometimes diary-like notes of her horrible living conditions during World War II, but often strangely impenetrable explanations of the depicted motifs – often as fascinating and mysterious as the drawings themselves. In her works and notes, an exciting private cosmology and mythology unfolds, a drama of hidden powers and principles that flow through macrocosm as well as microcosm. Shortly after their discovery, Nina Karasek's Spiritualist, mediumistic works have found their way into galleries and major international collections.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Medium’s Medium: Spiritualist Art Practices From the Turn of the Century and Beyond. The Gallery of Everything, London, (she showed with Madge Gill, Augustin Lesage, Fleury-Joseph Crépin...
Category
1920s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patricia Fabricant, Orange Jellyfish, 2003, Oil On Canvas, 24 x 24, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Fabricant is a painter curator, and award-winning book designer, born in New York City. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and studied painting in Florence Italy. Her abstract and figurative paintings have been exhibited widely at such galleries as ODETTA, M David & Co, Front Room, SFA Projects, Equity Gallery, Morgan Lehman, the Painting Center, and 490 Atlantic. Her curatorial practice includes three editions of the benefit group show, Among Friends, Studio Mates at Front Room Gallery, and With the Grain, at Equity Gallery. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Patricia Fabricant has a deep and abiding interest in process-driven work, from mandalas and yantras to Aboriginal song-line paintings, Islamic tiles...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patricia Fabricant, Teal Jellyfish, 2003, Oil On Canvas, 24 x 24, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Patricia Fabricant is a painter curator, and award-winning book designer, born in New York City. She received her BA from Wesleyan University and studied painting in Florence Italy. Her abstract and figurative paintings have been exhibited widely at such galleries as ODETTA, M David & Co, Front Room, SFA Projects, Equity Gallery, Morgan Lehman, the Painting Center, and 490 Atlantic. Her curatorial practice includes three editions of the benefit group show, Among Friends, Studio Mates at Front Room Gallery, and With the Grain, at Equity Gallery. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Patricia Fabricant has a deep and abiding interest in process-driven work, from mandalas and yantras to Aboriginal song-line paintings, Islamic tiles...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Each Has Its Destiny", Snails in Nature Symboliste Oil Painting
By Andrée Bars
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Each Has Its Destiny," this charming symbolist oil painting on canvas by Andrée Bars offers a serene and contemplative view of nature's delicate balance. The composition features three snails navigating their way across a barbed wire fence, set against a backdrop of a lush meadow under a clear blue sky.
The snails, each with distinctively colored shells – one brown, one dark, and one golden – symbolize individuality and the unique paths each creature takes in life. The barbed wire, often associated with barriers and challenges, contrasts with the gentle and slow movement of the snails, suggesting a journey filled with obstacles yet approached with patience and determination.
The bamboo stalks and various wildflowers in the background add a touch of whimsy and natural beauty, emphasizing the coexistence of fragility and resilience in the natural world. The delicate rendering of the leaves and flowers, along with the meticulous depiction of the snails, showcases the artist's attention to detail and mastery of texture.
The painting's soft lighting and subtle color palette evoke a sense of calm and introspection, inviting the viewer to reflect on the theme of destiny and the slow but steady progress each individual makes despite life's challenges. "Each Has Its Destiny" is a poignant reminder of perseverance and the unique journey every being undertakes, rendered with elegance and sensitivity.
Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs, who himself inherited 19th century masters’ skills from his own professor, Andrée Bars learned the profession of painting in its purest tradition. She still applies these ancient masters...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Naiad and the Swan - Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Albert Auguste FOURIE (1854-1937)
The Naiad And The Swan
Oil on Wood signed low left
New golden and invory stick frame
Dim wood panel : 35 X 27 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gaston La Touche, L'Après-midi d'un faune, huile sur toile
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette huile sur toile est caractéristique de la production singulière de Gaston La Touche à partir de 1890 et reflète son univers plastique, marqué par certains motifs récurrents, te...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seven Deadly Sins: Study for Lust by Gail Potocki, Framed oil painting on linen
By Gail Potocki
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking image from Gail Potocki's Seven Deadly Sins series, Lust is personified through a figure encircled by caressing tentacles Inspired by Hokusai's 1814 woodblock "The Dream o...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Head of Medusa
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
David Davis, Los Angeles, California.
Toni Lynn Russo, Los Angeles, California; her estate until 2024.
Exhibited:
Münchener Glaspalast Jahres Ausstellung, 1902, no. 1071...
Category
19th Century Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt, where he received his BFA with hon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bellatrix - Painting Blue Grey Brown Orange Yellow White Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Bellatrix" 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.”
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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...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Asceticism" Figurative Painting 16" x 30" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Asceticism" Figurative Painting 16" x 30" inch by Ahmed Saber
Color Pencil and Acrylic on Paper.
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Classical Study
Located in Boston, MA
Gammell Trust #W126. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: "R.H. Ives Gammell, Paris, 1917". Sheet measures 12 1/2 x 10 inches.
This is a very early work and despite the fact that...
Category
1910s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"In Company of Pigeons" Figurative Painting 56" x 64" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"In Company of Pigeons" Figurative Painting 56" x 64" inch by Ahmed Saber
acrylic, ink & silver leaf on wood
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Two Clowns" Mixed Media and Oil Portrait by Ozz Franca
By Ozz Franca
Located in Pasadena, CA
Brazilian artist Ozz Franca reflects on performance, identity, and detachment in this mixed-media composition. Two figures dominate the central space: a Pierrot and a figure whose fa...
Category
1970s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
In the Edge of Poussin and Van Gogh - Green White Brown Grey Purple Blue Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"In the edge of Poussin and Van Gogh" is a still-life painting by the impressionist Alexandr Reznichenko.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contempo...
Category
2010s Symbolist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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