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top banana, colorful food theme oil painting
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet
Category

Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

A Song for Goya, colorful musical theme painting
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet
Category

2010s American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

High Wire, bright color oil painting circus theme, vertical composition
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet
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Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist
By Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Stone, Slate

"Mid Summer Journey on Sledge" Impressionist South African Painting
By John Koenakeefe Mohl
Located in Houston, TX
accompanied a German artist to South West Africa (now Namibia) where he studied painting at the Windhoek
Category

1960s Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

African Boy II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

African Boy II
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African Boy III
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

African Boy III
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African Boy I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

African Boy I
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African Boy IV
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Africa and the West."[3] Over his life, he worked in both painting and printmaking. In 1959, Smith won
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1970s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Lonely Romantic strong red colors humorous theme flowers tattoos
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
dimensions 44/33 Framed work Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It was established in
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Vintage 1970s Tanzanian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
dimensions 44/33 Framed work Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It was established in
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Vintage 1970s Tanzanian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Abstract Oil on Rice Paper Painting titled "Terrain Africa lll" Andrew Lui
By Andrew Lui
Located in Montreal, QC
. Africa lll”; Hand painting is executed in a palette primarily of greens and yellows with touches of pink
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Early 2000s Canadian Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage Bouad Moroccan Rug, Tribal Enchantment Meets Cozy Cubist Style
By Boujad Tribe, Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Dallas, TX
that echo themes of fertility and the powerful masculine presence. Within the checkerboard pattern
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...

Materials

Wool

Devil: No Horns, Burning in Hell, African American Harlem Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
In a 1971 interview with Ebony Magazine, Alvin Hollinsworth commented on his African Jesus Christ
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Expressionist African American Woman Portrait German Brazilian Harry Elsas
Located in Surfside, FL
structure before painting a picture. In 1945, he was working with Lasar Segall (Lithuanian Jewish and
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
metallic sky. In the foreground the is a what appears to be an African figure in a long blue ground with
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1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

CANVAS 202, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
african-like figures with fashioned clothes with dots. Whole concept of the painting strongly inspired by
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

David Correa 2004 “African Symphony” and “Voyage to Gion”
Located in Palm Springs, CA
2004. African themed and. Inscribed on the back stretcher “Sinfonia Africana” and “Viaje A Gion
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Early 2000s Mexican Paintings

Materials

Paint

Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted
Category

1940s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beach Buddies, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
. Practically speaking, this painting is a continuation on a theme of beach paintings. This time I used image
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist - Original 60's oil/spray paint on paper S. African art
By Denis Bowen
Located in London, GB
inches by 20 inches. Denis Bowen (1921-2006) was a South African artist, gallery director and promoter
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Spray Paint

Make Africa Great Again - Wood Panel Yellow Green White Blue Purple Orange Red
By Eric Liot
Located in Sofia, BG
"Make Africa Great Again" is a wood decorated colored Panel. It is created by the French artist
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Plexiglass

Salum Mussa, African Tingatinga School Composition, Oil on Board, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Salum Mussa, Tanzania, 1970s Oil painting on board Work signed by the artist Work dimensions 61/61
Category

Vintage 1970s Tanzanian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

Duel, Original Elephant Painting, Safari Animal Art, Landscape Wildlife Painting
By Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
Duel is an original oil painting by Sophie Harden. This wonderful painting of two fighting bull
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Casademont Lake original acrylic painting
By Francesc Casademont Mercader
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
and mountain image. Nature, urbanism and life are his favorite themes. Casademont defines himself as
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Otto Pilny Orientalist Oil on Canvas "The Slave Market" a North African Scene
By Otto Pilny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
bathed in clear bright light and depth, this painting depicts an event of historical North African
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Early 20th Century Swiss Islamic Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Canvas

Casademont LANDSCAPE COAST original acrylic canvas painting
By Francesc Casademont Mercader
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" LANDSCAPE COAST" original acrylic canvas painting Francesc Casademont Mercader, Catalan painter
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sanctuary, Modernist Judaica Scene Oil Painting
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Surfside, FL
considerable critical praise. Rosen's themes were as varied as his evolving painting style, and one of his
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CASADEMONT Pyrenees landscape - original acrylic canvas painting-
By Francesc Casademont Mercader
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
and mountain image. Nature, urbanism and life are his favorite themes. Casademont defines himself as
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Speak', American Realist Painting, 19th Century
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
blanket. The theme of this painting highlights the cheerful glee of children regardless of their station
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1880s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Artemis, colorful African woman feminist bright yellow
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Her practice is rooted in painting other women, the human face, and figure through direct observation
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Portrait of a Rabbi Israeli judaica Oil Painting
By Nicky Imber
Located in Surfside, FL
sculptures on Jewish themes. Grand nephew of Naftali Herz Imber, author of the Israeli national anthem
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hat in the Ring, Fashion themed pastel on archival paper with shoes, mirror
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet
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2010s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Deaf Dialogue - Acrylic Painting Blue Green Red Yellow
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and France. He has
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Léon Adolphe Belly, Woodland View With Pond, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This 19th-century oil painting by French artist Léon Adolphe Belly (1827-1877) depicts a woodland
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19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Abstract Modernist Mixed Media Colorful Collage Painting
By Terence La Noue
Located in Surfside, FL
themes and symbols from la Noue’s wide travels, recalling African masks, Mexican weaving, and motifs
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media

Wedding (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Framed Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
, there are fakes, and paintings by her son that are mistaken for (or presented as) hers. I won't touch
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1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s portrait, gouache on paper painting by Belgian artist Max Moreau (1902 - 1992). A finely
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

My Wandering Eyes, Contemporary Figurative Landscape Surreal Painting, Acrylic
By Jaylen Pigford
Located in Austin, TX
A contemporary portrait painting by Jaylen Pigford measuring 48 inches tall by 36 inches wide. This
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Acrylic

Fucking Lockdown - Acrylic Painting Colors Blue Red Black Grey
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and France. He has
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Imperceptible change #4 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
. Painting, drawing, engraving and embroidery give me the freedom to approach my subjects from an ambivalent
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
large body of work, retaining fifty paintings. After trips to North Africa, Spain, and the Balearic
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Genealogical spaces #6 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
2 oil paintings on canvas composing a diptyc Signed lower right by the artist Unique work 1
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Selective memory #3- Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
ultimately limited? These are the issues at the heart of my work as an artist. Painting, drawing, engraving
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Parallel events #1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
, and ultimately limited? These are the issues at the heart of my work as an artist. Painting, drawing
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Allan Rohan Crite Portrait of an African American Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Allan Rohan Crite: 1910-2007. Well listed and important African American artist. He was born in Ne
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1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"Harvest" Abstract Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Harvest" Abstract Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab "FIELDS OF HEAVEN" Khatab's recent
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Abundance" Abstract Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abundance" Abstract Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab "FIELDS OF HEAVEN" Khatab's recent
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Tlaloc and the Tiger oil painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibited: 2018 The Arts Club of Chicago, "A Home for Surrealism – Fantastic Painting in Mid-Century Chicago
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

The Predators - French Large Painting Blue White Orange Green Purple
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and France. He has
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Help - Acrylic Large Painting Green Black Brown Blue Beige Red
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and France. He has
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Confidences on the Sofa - Acrylic Painting Black Brown Blue Beige
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
. This requires him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

You Are The Time - Acrylic Painting Blue Green Red Yellow
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
him to maintain contact with his family and painting, many travel between Africa and France. He has
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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African Themed Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of african themed paintings available for sale. A selection of these works in the contemporary, Impressionist and Pop Art styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the african themed paintings on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Henri Duhem, Reginald K. Gee, Simon Richard Halimi, E2 - Kleinveld & Julien and after Jean-Michel Basquiat took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are African Themed Paintings?

Prices for pieces in our collection of african themed paintings start at $2 and top out at $648,500 with the average selling for $2,650.
Questions About African Themed Paintings
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    There is much debate about what the main theme of Western painting is. Some art historians state that the theme is the representation of the human form. However, others argue that it is more about how artists perceive the world and choose to present it. Early Western art typically had religious or mythological themes. You'll find a large collection of Western paintings on 1stDibs.