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Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Carnival Figures Colorful
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed verso, dated 1999 Title: Carnival Figures Medium: signed oil painting on
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Carnival Figures', New York Exhibited Oil, Mid-century Woman Artist, Theater
By Dorothy Ebenstein
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
showing a group of figures at a masked ball engaged in dynamic inter-relationship. Ebenstein has
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Carnival is Over", Igor Samsonov, Oil on Canvas, Surrealist, Figures, 48x54
By Igor Samsonov
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Carnival is Over: Afternoon" by Igor Samsonov is an Oil on Canvas painting measuring 47.5x54.5
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Carnival is Over", Igor Samsonov, Oil on Canvas, Surrealist, Figures, 45X59
By Igor Samsonov
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Carnival is Over: Night, King Lear" by Igor Samsonov is an Oil on Canvas painting measuring
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Les Gilles - 19th Century Watercolor, Figures at Carnival, Belgium by H Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
costume at the Carnival of Binche, Belgium. Signed and titled lower left. This painting is not currently
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Les Gilles de Binche - 19th Century Watercolor, Figures Belgian Carnival H Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by Henri Duhem depicting The Gilles at the Carnival of Binche
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Carnival - Etching by Bernard Schultze - 1964
By Bernard Schultze
Located in Roma, IT
Carnival is a beautiful etching, realized in 1964 by the German painter and engraver Bernard
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Carnival Faire / 1994 important figurative painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dazzling figurative painting, Carnival Faire, from artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 1994. The work
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Carnival Suburbian / 2008 framed figurative painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—from the movement that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Gouache

PONCHARTRAIN Louisiana New Orleans Beach AMUSEMENT PARK Ferris Wheel CARNIVAL
By Laurence Edwardson
Located in New York, NY
landscape, figures and portraits. His work includes many Louisiana landscapes, portraits and religious
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Street Fair” William Glackens, Ashcan School, Street Scene, Carnival, Boxing
By William Glackens
Located in New York, NY
Glackens became an Impressionist painter who modified the style by retaining delineation of figures. But
Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival character, original signed Drawing
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) A Carnival character and a Zouave 19.5 x 12.5 cm Pen and ink on paper
Category

1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Tulip Mania (Circular Color Photograph of Figures & Flowers)
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
Circular color photograph of figures in a white landscape with red and white tulips Archival
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

London People - contemporary cubist abstract geometric form acrylic paint
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
architecture and contemporary figures, including a woman on the phone as a focal point to the piece. Rendering
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

London People - original surrealism figurative cubism painting modern acrylic
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
architecture and contemporary figures, including a woman on the phone as a focal point to the piece. Rendering
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paris Metro - Parisian contemporary cubist abstract geometric form acrylic paint
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
architecture and contemporary figures, featuring typography and illustrative line work which evokes the style
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mujer con Cafe - original female form acrylic painting figurative modern cubist
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
applied to suggest the effects of light and dark on the figures forms. The figure is depicted in geometric
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Maria and Coffee - abstract cubist figure human portrait Spanish acrylic art
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
applied to suggest the effects of light and dark on the figures forms. The figure is depicted in geometric
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Rose - abstract cubist figure human portrait Spanish acrylic art original
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
applied to suggest the effects of light and dark on the figures forms. The figure is depicted in geometric
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Fluor - original portraiture woman colour still life painting cubism modern
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
to suggest the effects of light and dark on the figures forms. The figure is depicted amongst an
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

1894 original poster by Jules Chéret Théâtre de l'Opéra Carnaval - 2e Bal Masqué
By Jules Chéret
Located in PARIS, FR
poster immerses viewers in a carnival of colors and masked elegance. Chéret's signature use of bold hues
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Je T'Aime - cubism female figurative nude portrait artwork contemporary modern
By Borja Guijarro
Located in London, Chelsea
applied to suggest the effects of light and dark on the figures forms. The figure is depicted in geometric
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bad Boys
Located in New York, NY
collage of painted elements, photos of body-painted figures, and more into her pieces. Her most recent
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color

Afterglow
Located in New York, NY
collage of painted elements, photos of body-painted figures, and more into her pieces. Her most recent
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color

Afterglow
Afterglow
H 35.5 in W 46.5 in
Repair
Located in New York, NY
collage of painted elements, photos of body-painted figures, and more into her pieces. Her most recent
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color

Repair
Repair
H 44.5 in W 41 in
Begin Again
Located in New York, NY
collage of painted elements, photos of body-painted figures, and more into her pieces. Her most recent
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color

Starry Night - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
accompanied by a set of poems by the renowned Poet Fernando Arrabal. In this lithograph, the laughing figures
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) A couple, 1909, drawing signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
of Jules Chéret's art, full of delicacy and fantasy. We are in the world of Carnival, which was
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Chalk

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) La Confidence, 1909, drawing signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
the world of Carnival, particularly dear to Jules Chéret, with this male character from the tradition
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Iranian Cinderellas Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Contemporary outsider art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

I can not forget you Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Contemporary outsider art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Nostalgia Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Contemporary Iranian outsider paint
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Contemporary Iranian outsider painting
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while thundering. A
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Happy Valentine Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Iranian outsider painting love
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

The separation of the beloved Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century oustider Iranian art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The haunted horse Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century painting Iranian outsider art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Lovers Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Iranian painting outsider art
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mysticism Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century painting outsider Iranian art colourful
By Mohammad Ariyaei
Located in Paris, FR
Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Der Neger (The Negro)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
: Works from the Collection. 2011. Max Beckmann imagines the world as a carnival in this portfolio. On the
Category

1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Evergreen
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Evergreen
Evergreen
H 76 in W 76 in D 1.5 in
Up, Up and Away
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Up, Up and Away
Up, Up and Away
H 50 in W 38 in D 1.5 in
Keith Haring Luna Luna 1986
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
between 1980 and 1985, integrating his now-iconic exuberant, cartoonish outlined figures into everyday
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset, Paper

Untitled (After Ophelia)
Located in London, GB
references, Brice depicts strangely familiar scenes in new and often unsettling ways. Where figures might
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lee Wells 'End of the World Party #11'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
carnival of colors and the transient vibrancy of life’s final festivities, they epitomize grace at the
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sunny
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Sunny
H 24 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Control Top
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Control Top
H 36 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
Blue Vinyl
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Blue Vinyl
H 22 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Squeeze
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Squeeze
H 84 in W 76 in D 1.5 in
Two Ballerinas - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
figures. Signed "Jassen Marek" in the bottom right corner. Presented in a new light grey mat with
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board, Pen

untitled
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

untitled
untitled
H 20 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
Such Young Love. The Anticipation of a Kiss. Last of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Nisbet was an English oil and watercolor artist, who painted figures, landscape, fantasy and romantic
Category

Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Island of Broken Toys (diptych)
Located in Burlingame, CA
they take up. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Control Top no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
they take up. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Control Top no. 2
H 24 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Amusement Park (diptych)
Located in Burlingame, CA
the space they take up. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Assassinat - Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
. This etching is Representing, a man being tortured laid down on a long table by other cruel figures all
Category

1880s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Family Tree
Located in Burlingame, CA
. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found images and objects
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Family Tree
Family Tree
H 16 in W 15 in D 1.25 in
My Little Valentine
Located in Burlingame, CA
they take up. Originally prompted by folk carnivals celebrating the arrival of spring, I employ found
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

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