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Prince - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque
Prince - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque

Prince - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque

By Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...

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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Old friend- XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque
Old friend- XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque

Old friend- XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Grotesque

By Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...

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1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Mieus - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cat, Grotesque
Mieus - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cat, Grotesque

Mieus - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cat, Grotesque

By Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Bird with moon - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Animal, Grotesque
Bird with moon - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Animal, Grotesque

Bird with moon - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Animal, Grotesque

By Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Demonic Procession Scene
Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Demonic Procession Scene

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Demonic Procession Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Demonic Procession Scene Late 18th / Early 19th Century English School circa 1780–1800 ink drawing with watercolour wash on artist pape...

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Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Fantasy Figures Satirical Scene
Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Fantasy Figures Satirical Scene

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Fantasy Figures Satirical Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

1780's-1800 Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Grotesque Figures Devils Musicians Satirical Scene Late 18th / Early 19th Century English School circa 1780–1800 ink drawing with wat...

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Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century

The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions. They represen...

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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Grotesque Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th century
Grotesque Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th century

Grotesque Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Grotesque Portrait is an Original Drawing in China Ink realized in the Early 20th Century. The artwork is in good condition. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Gahan Wilson's Grotesque Monsters, Demons Eating Human Flesh
Gahan Wilson's Grotesque Monsters, Demons Eating Human Flesh

Gahan Wilson's Grotesque Monsters, Demons Eating Human Flesh

By Gahan Wilson

Located in Miami, FL

Cover Illustration for "Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse" edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones pen, ink and watercolor on paper signed lower left. Unframed. Image siz...

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1990s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Huge Pop Art Sculpture Painting Bright Vibrant Colors Israeli Dudu Gerstein
Huge Pop Art Sculpture Painting Bright Vibrant Colors Israeli Dudu Gerstein

Huge Pop Art Sculpture Painting Bright Vibrant Colors Israeli Dudu Gerstein

By David Gerstein

Located in Surfside, FL

Gerstein aspired to do the same in painting: "I tried to express in painting what Levin wrote: relationships between men and women, within families…a sort of grotesque style of paint...

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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Metal

18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Tempera on Paper Paintings
18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Tempera on Paper Paintings

18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Tempera on Paper Paintings

Located in IT

Each painting, with a blue grey background, is decorated with elements reminiscent of the grotesques, characteristic of neoclassicism, grisaille paintings, or with the use of the col...

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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

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Paper

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Vase – Uffizi Florence, Delange, 1869
Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Vase – Uffizi Florence, Delange, 1869

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Vase – Uffizi Florence, Delange, 1869

Located in Langweer, NL

The central body of the vase features a detailed grotesque painting of symmetrical figures and arabesques, rendered with jewel-like color.

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Prints

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Paper

17th Century by Pietro Della Vecchia The Alchemists Oil on canvas
17th Century by Pietro Della Vecchia The Alchemists Oil on canvas

17th Century by Pietro Della Vecchia The Alchemists Oil on canvas

By Pietro Della Vecchia 1

Located in Milano, Lombardia

He was a very prolific and versatile painter who worked in many genres and created portraits, genre scenes and grotesques. It is indeed a grotesque subject that is represented in thi...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano
Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano

Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano

Located in Encinitas, CA

Important, unique Italian commode with incredibly fine original perfectly preserved painting and structure. High level artistic commission shows the details of the beautiful Grotes...

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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Gold Leaf

Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century
Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century

Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century

Located in Bruxelles, BE

This bronze harpy represents a sculptural translation of the grotesques so admired in Renaissance painting—fantastical hybrids that embody the period’s fascination with the marvelous...

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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Industrial Blacksmith Anvil Stand Now Folk Art Painted Iron End Table or Stool
Industrial Blacksmith Anvil Stand Now Folk Art Painted Iron End Table or Stool

Industrial Blacksmith Anvil Stand Now Folk Art Painted Iron End Table or Stool

Located in Forney, TX

Overall in great shape with outstanding presence SHIPPING / DELIVERY quote for Contiguous US Pickup / Local delivery available around Dallas, Texas Additional keywords: Americana ...

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20th Century American Folk Art Side Tables

Materials

Iron, Steel

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Grotesque 3

Zachari LoganGrotesque 3, 2018

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H 13 in W 19 in

Grotesque 3

By Zachari Logan

Located in New York, NY

This piece is framed 17 x 20 1/2 inches. Zachari Logan is a Canadian artist working mainly in drawing and installation practices. Through large-scale drawing and installation practi...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Sibyl , oil painting, figurative, mythological, bright, Venus, goddess

Sibyl , oil painting, figurative, mythological, bright, Venus, goddess

Located in London, GB

She is intrigued by the contrast of how women were portrayed in ancient myths, sometimes as beauty icons, and sometimes as grotesque monsters. In her paintings, the goddesses are dep...

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Road Trip
Road Trip

Juliane HundertmarkRoad Trip, 2022

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H 55 in W 66 in D 1 in

Road Trip

Located in Wareham, GB

Road Trip by Juliane Hundertmark is a very good example of the artists grotesque, mixed media, political paintings. This picture was painted for Art Miami in 2018 and then reworked i...

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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Alberto Sartoris Grotesque Figure Italian Modern Painting
Alberto Sartoris Grotesque Figure Italian Modern Painting

Alberto Sartoris Grotesque Figure Italian Modern Painting

Located in New Windsor, NY

Signed Sartoris lower right. Alberto Sartoris, Italy (1901-?). Oil paint and mixed media on canvas. Circa 1950. Sartoris has rendered two grotesque figures that appear to be in harle...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

19th C Four Faced Grotesque Reversible Ambiguous Watercolour Portrait Curio
19th C Four Faced Grotesque Reversible Ambiguous Watercolour Portrait Curio

19th C Four Faced Grotesque Reversible Ambiguous Watercolour Portrait Curio

Located in Lowestoft, GB

An unusual grotesque reversible profile picture of two well weathered gentleman. Watercolour and ink on paper, housed is a later Regency style reeded frame. Circa 1860, Englis...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings

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Paper

Academic Study with grotesques and Mascaron face. Signed and dated 1865.
Academic Study with grotesques and Mascaron face. Signed and dated 1865.

Academic Study with grotesques and Mascaron face. Signed and dated 1865.

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic Study with grotesques and Mascaron face. Signed Mossello Lorenzo and dated 1865-1866. Classes of Bobbio. Charcoal on paper. Dimensions : 75cm x 54cm This drawing, created ...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Grotesque with Fighting Centaurs - Pencil and Watercolor by F. von Stuck
Grotesque with Fighting Centaurs - Pencil and Watercolor by F. von Stuck

Grotesque with Fighting Centaurs - Pencil and Watercolor by F. von Stuck

By Franz von Stuck

Located in Roma, IT

Grotesque with Fighting Centaurs includes two original drawings in watercolor and pencil on cardboards in one bamboo frame, realized by Franz Von Stuck probably as a sketch for the d...

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Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Academic Study of a Bas-Relief with Mascaron: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds.
Academic Study of a Bas-Relief with Mascaron: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds.

Academic Study of a Bas-Relief with Mascaron: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds.

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic Study of a Bas-Relief with Mascaron: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds Dated 1865-66. Signed Mossello Lorenzo, Class of Professor Bobbio • Technique: Charcoal on slightly ton...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864
Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864 Charcoal on paper. 75cm x 45cm This drawing, created in 1864, is an academic study of a plaster cast of an...

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Mid-19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

19th Century, Couple of Oil on Canvas Italian Neoclassical Style Paintings
19th Century, Couple of Oil on Canvas Italian Neoclassical Style Paintings

19th Century, Couple of Oil on Canvas Italian Neoclassical Style Paintings

Located in IT

This type of decoration, called grotesque, is widely diffused in the 18th century, inspired by Renaissance decorations and, before that, Pompeian paintings. the grotesques were wides...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

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Canvas

17th Century Orpheus and Eurydice Mithological Painting Pietro Della Vecchia Oil
17th Century Orpheus and Eurydice Mithological Painting Pietro Della Vecchia Oil

17th Century Orpheus and Eurydice Mithological Painting Pietro Della Vecchia Oil

By Pietro della Vecchia

Located in Milan, IT

Known for the skill with which he reproduced the style of the Venetian masters of the sixteenth century, he is also known for his grotesque genre painting, as well as for his activit...

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Antique 17th Century Italian Paintings

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Canvas

Alice and Her Rabbit

AlloisAlice and Her Rabbit

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H 16 in W 12 in

Alice and Her Rabbit

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Allois' work deals with dislocation and estrangement, at times employing decidedly cute characters in innocently grotesque or strange situations. Allois’ paintings portray characters...

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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas
Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas

Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas

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H 33 in W 28 in D 2 in

Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

He was primarily self-taught and developed a figurative style in which he used unnatural, almost grotesque proportions. The painting is made in water color Mexico, 1991.    

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1990s Mexican Modern Paintings

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Paint

18th Century Italien Casket Original Painting Venezia Escutcheon
18th Century Italien Casket Original Painting Venezia Escutcheon

18th Century Italien Casket Original Painting Venezia Escutcheon

Located in Epfach, DE

The brilliant polychrome painting with grotesques, swans, garlands and flowers on gray-green background is of a very fine, appealing and special quality.

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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Painted Furniture

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Wood

GROTESQUE - Roman School Neoclassical - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
GROTESQUE - Roman School Neoclassical - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting

GROTESQUE - Roman School Neoclassical - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting

By Carlo De Tommasi

Located in Napoli, IT

Peral grey laquared wooden frame cm. 150 x 100 The painting created by the painter Carlo De Tommasi is in neoclassical style with central medallion and floral vase.The grotesques are...

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2010s Italian School Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Antependium Panel on Canvas, Painted Grotesque, 1700, Italy
Antique Antependium Panel on Canvas, Painted Grotesque, 1700, Italy

Antique Antependium Panel on Canvas, Painted Grotesque, 1700, Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Antique antependium panel on canvas, painted in grotesque with floral motifs on a red background, it came from a church of the eighteenth century in Italy, Measure cm L 206 x H 103....

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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Framed Grotesques Oil Panels
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Framed Grotesques Oil Panels

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Framed Grotesques Oil Panels

Located in Atlanta, GA

A pair of French Louis XVI style framed oil on canvas architectural panels from the 19th century, depicting Pompeian inspired grotesques. Created in France during the 19th century, e...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Grotesque with two hybrid gristly creatures facing each other
Grotesque with two hybrid gristly creatures facing each other

Grotesque with two hybrid gristly creatures facing each other

Located in Fairlawn, OH

', this famous but notoriously rare pattern book by one of Nuremberg's most virtuoso goldsmiths of the Baroque period, offering artists, goldsmiths, builders, jewelers and other craf...

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1610s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Italian Pair of 20th Century Majolica Grotesque Brackets by Francesconi Giulio
Italian Pair of 20th Century Majolica Grotesque Brackets by Francesconi Giulio

Italian Pair of 20th Century Majolica Grotesque Brackets by Francesconi Giulio

Located in Milano, MI

Marked GF on the back side. Grotesque are wall paintings decorations, dating back to Augustan period Roman painting, rediscovered and very popular from the end of the 15th century.

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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Wall Brackets

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Earthenware

After Hieronymous Bosch School - Ecce Homo Oil on Panel
After Hieronymous Bosch School - Ecce Homo Oil on Panel

After Hieronymous Bosch School - Ecce Homo Oil on Panel

By Hieronymus Bosch

Located in New York, NY

Inscribed verso: Ecce Homo, Hieronymous Bosch Atelier Now regarded as one of the most imaginative Old Masters of the Northern Renaissance, Hieronymus Bosch (also called van Aeken) w...

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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

James Snodgrass "Grotesque Girl" Painting
James Snodgrass "Grotesque Girl" Painting

James Snodgrass "Grotesque Girl" Painting

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H 67 in W 49.5 in D 1 in

James Snodgrass "Grotesque Girl" Painting

By James Snodgrass

Located in Palm Springs, CA

An incredible and massive painting by the man who was the whistleblower on the illegal activities of game shows in the 1950's.

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20th Century American Paintings

"Grotesque Collage" E

"Grotesque Collage" E

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H 17 in D 3 in

"Grotesque Collage" E

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His only remaining original works from these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila, Art for the Modern Eye in Los Angeles.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

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Acrylic

Grotesque Watercolor Portrait
Grotesque Watercolor Portrait

Grotesque Watercolor Portrait

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H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in

Grotesque Watercolor Portrait

Located in Seattle, WA

Metal framed with glass face watercolor portrait of a disfigured man.

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Vintage 1980s American Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mirror F

Mirror F

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W 24 in D 2 in

Mirror F

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His only remaining original works from these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila, Art for the Modern Eye in Los Angeles.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

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Acrylic

Mirror O

Mirror O

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H 24 in

Mirror O

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His only remaining original works from these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila, Art for the Modern Eye in Los Angeles.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Mirror D
Mirror D

Mirror D

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H 43 in D 2 in

Mirror D

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His only remaining original works from these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila, Art for the Modern Eye in Los Angeles.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Lovers Stand on The Bed in The City

Lovers Stand on The Bed in The City

Located in New York, NY

These silly, wacky characters, lurid and subhuman, are deformed, absurd, and grotesque figures. Many of the paintings are inspired by feelings and daily life.

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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A grotesque painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $4,087, while the lowest priced sells for $975 and the highest can go for as much as $10,062.