African Faces

African Wood Mask

African Carved Furniture

Olaniyi TimothyBe Still - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Acrylic, Young Girl, 2023

$2,550

Be Still - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Acrylic, Young Girl

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Matt KinneyJungle (Jaguar), 2021

$1,200

Jungle (Jaguar)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Matt KinneyAnim, 2020

$1,200

Anim

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Matt KinneyTaurus (Bull), 2021

$1,200

Taurus (Bull)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Matt KinneySavanna 2 (Elephant), 2019/2020

$1,200

Savanna 2 (Elephant)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Matt KinneyPanthera V (Panther), 2022

$7,100

Panthera V (Panther)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Matt KinneyHunted (Moose), 2020

$1,000

Hunted (Moose)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Matt KinneySumatran 1 (Tiger), 2022

$5,350

Sumatran 1 (Tiger)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Matt KinneySavanna (Zebras), 2021

$5,350

Savanna (Zebras)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Matt KinneySpirit (Jaguar), 2022

$5,350

Spirit (Jaguar)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Matt KinneySumatran 2 (Tiger), 2022

$5,350

Sumatran 2 (Tiger)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Matt KinneyApproach (Horse), 2022

$5,350

Approach (Horse)

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Olaniyi TimothyEnigmate Radiance (A portrait of Grace and Virtue) - 21st Century, Contemporary, 2023

$1,550

Enigmate Radiance (A portrait of Grace and Virtue) - 21st Century, Contemporary

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Olaniyi TimothySerene Portrait Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Realist, 21st Century, 2023

$1,250

Serene Portrait Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Realist, 21st Century

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Olaniyi TimothyEyes That See: Realist Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Unframed, 2023

$2,400

Eyes That See: Realist Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Unframed

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Olaniyi TimothyEmbracing the Past: Realist Acrylic Painting, Unframed, 21st Century, 2023

$1,650

Embracing the Past: Realist Acrylic Painting, Unframed, 21st Century

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Olaniyi TimothyMy Way 1 Acrylic Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Unframed, 2023

$1,250

My Way 1 Acrylic Painting, Realist Style, 21st Century, Unframed

By Olaniyi Timothy

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, he utilizes impasto realism in his portraiture, capturing the depth and resilience of African skin in the face of adversity. This serves as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Tiffany Dae"Sea and Stars", Oil painting, 2020

$600

"Sea and Stars", Oil painting

By Tiffany Dae

Located in Denver, CO

Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Sea and Stars" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts an African American face and a Caucasian face transposed over the border where an ocean mee...

Category

2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Matt KinneyFigure A7, 1999/2002

$1,250

Figure A7

By Matt Kinney

Located in Hudson, NY

Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Rangarirai Makunde'Famine' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Rangarirai Makunde, 2003

$18,900

'Famine' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Rangarirai Makunde

By Rangarirai Makunde

Located in Milwaukee, WI

As Makunde was trained in the Shona stone carving tradition, the sculpture reflects the visual heritage of African sculpture: the figure's face is round and mask-like, with squared, ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Mende Mask, " Carved Wooden Mask created in Sierra Leone c. 1930, circa 1930

$10,125

"Mende Mask, " Carved Wooden Mask created in Sierra Leone c. 1930

Located in Milwaukee, WI

This mask was hand-carved by an unknown artist from the Mende tribe in Sierra Leone, Africa. It depicts a face with its eyes downcast, hair in rows, and two birds on the top. 16" x...

Category

1930s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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Find a variety of African faces available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique African faces was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and metal. African faces have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. African faces are generally popular furniture pieces, but Modern and Mid-Century Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made African faces over the years, but those made by Janice Frame, Pierre Sernet and Jean-Michel Voge are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are African Faces?

Prices for African faces can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, African faces begin at $95 and can go as high as $8,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,345.