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Grotesque Painting

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

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Mieus - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cat, Animal, Grotesque
By Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski
Located in Warsaw, PL
paintings, graphics, drawings, and sculptures. Our galleries are located in Warsaw and Brussels. The
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

GROTESQUE - Roman School Neoclassical - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carlo De Tommasi
Located in Napoli, IT
central medallion and floral vase.The grotesques are a particular type of wall painting decoration, which
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2010s Italian School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grotesque Nude Figures in Battle - like Hieronymus Bosch
Located in Miami, FL
Erik Thor Sandberg paints a fantastical scene that features nude, grotesque combatants engaged in a
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Early 2000s Surrealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ajaccio (Corse). The other painting, depicting an owl, a swan, a lobster among other animals and deformed
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Gahan Wilson's Grotesque Monsters, Demons Eating Human Flesh
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

Flowers Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Still-life Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Master of the Grotesque Vase (active in Rome and Naples in the first quarter of the 17th century
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Tempera on Paper Paintings
Located in IT
grotesques, characteristic of neoclassicism, grisaille paintings, or with the use of the color of white and
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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
Located in Langweer, NL
theatrical Renaissance character. The central body of the vase features a detailed grotesque painting of
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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
Located in Milano, Lombardia
. It is indeed a grotesque subject that is represented in this painting. Despite the grotesque and
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Fantastic Scenes / - Image dreams -
Located in Berlin, DE
between Rheinhessen and Ireland. She created enigmatic, comically grotesque graphics and paintings and
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

BAD (silkscreen and lithograph print), unique signed by renowned Chicago artist
By Ed Paschke
Located in New York, NY
Photorealism, Paschke’s art plays heavily upon expressionist distortion and abstract form. The often grotesque
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
the natural and supernatural. This bronze harpy represents a sculptural translation of the grotesques
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century
Renaissance Harpy - Italy, 16th century
$5,043
H 5.91 in W 4.73 in D 2.17 in
Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano
Located in Encinitas, CA
beautiful Grotesque (antique Roman paintings style found on the walls of basements of ruins in Rome that
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Gold Leaf

Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano
Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano
$17,000 Sale Price
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H 36.75 in W 44.25 in D 20.5 in
Industrial Blacksmith Anvil Stand Now Folk Art Painted Iron End Table or Stool
Located in Forney, TX
Victorian gothic grotesque devil painting demon satan flaming aesthetic handmade benchmade primitive
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20th Century American Folk Art Side Tables

Materials

Steel, Iron

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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

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Paper, Pastel

Sibyl , oil painting, figurative, mythological, bright, Venus, goddess
Located in London, GB
Sibyl is a painting made in 2023 by Ioana Baltan, and is part from the ‘Feast of the Immortals
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Road Trip
Located in Wareham, GB
Road Trip by Juliane Hundertmark is a very good example of the artists grotesque, mixed media
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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Circa 1900 Directoire style Painted Screen Divider with grotesque painted
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Four leaves . 1900 . Grotesque painting
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Screens and Room Dividers

Alberto Sartoris Grotesque Figure Italian Modern Painting
Located in New Windsor, NY
. Circa 1950. Sartoris has rendered two grotesque figures that appear to be in harlequin costumes. A
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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
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An unusual grotesque reversible profile picture of two well weathered gentleman. Watercolour and
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paper

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
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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
By Franz von Stuck
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque with Fighting Centaurs includes two original drawings in watercolor and pencil on
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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.
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study of a Bas-Relief with Mascaron: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds Dated 1865-66. Signed
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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
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864 Charcoal on paper. 75cm
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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
Located in IT
Renaissance decorations and, before that, Pompeian paintings. the grotesques were widespread also during the
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Orpheus and Eurydice Mithological Painting Pietro Della Vecchia Oil
By Pietro della Vecchia
Located in Milan, IT
of the Venetian masters of the sixteenth century, he is also known for his grotesque genre painting
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Antique 17th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Alice and Her Rabbit
Located in Santa Monica, CA
in innocently grotesque or strange situations. Allois’ paintings portray characters that visually
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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, almost grotesque proportions. The painting is made in water color Mexico, 1991.    
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1990s Mexican Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas
Untitled by Jose Luis Cuevas
H 33 in W 28 in D 2 in
18th Century Italien Casket Original Painting Venezia Escutcheon
Located in Epfach, DE
shield made of silvered copper. The brilliant polychrome painting with grotesques, swans, garlands and
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Painted Furniture

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Wood

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
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Framed Grotesques Oil Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
, depicting Pompeian inspired grotesques. Created in France during the 19th century, each of this pair of oil
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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
Located in Fairlawn, OH
other ornament of grotesque imagery for drawing, painting, carving, engraving and sculpting. Note: An
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1610s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Italian Pair of 20th Century Majolica Grotesque Brackets by Francesconi Giulio
Located in Milano, MI
below. Marked GF on the back side. Grotesque are wall paintings decorations, dating back to Augustan
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Wall Brackets

Materials

Earthenware

After Hieronymous Bosch School - Ecce Homo Oil on Panel
By Hieronymus Bosch
Located in New York, NY
painter, renowned for his fantasy oil painting of demons, machines and grotesque, sometimes nightmarish
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

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
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20th Century American Paintings

"Grotesque Collage" E
Located in Los Angeles, CA
these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila
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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

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Acrylic

"Grotesque Collage" E
H 17 in D 3 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

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Watercolor

Grotesque Watercolor Portrait
Grotesque Watercolor Portrait
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Mirror F
Located in Los Angeles, CA
these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila
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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mirror F
W 24 in D 2 in
Mirror O
Located in Los Angeles, CA
these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila
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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Mirror O
H 24 in
Mirror D
Located in Los Angeles, CA
these two series, the "Mirror Paintings" and the "Grotesque Collages", are now being offered at Voila
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21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

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Acrylic

Mirror D
Mirror D
H 43 in D 2 in
Lovers Stand on The Bed in The City
Located in New York, NY
‘naive’ technique. Alejandro creates whimsical and delightful paintings at first glance, but often there
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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Located in Miami, FL
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Daybeds

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Velvet, Walnut

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20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers

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Grotesque Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact grotesque painting you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as an Old Masters version. Finding the perfect grotesque painting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right grotesque painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, gray and blue. Creating a grotesque painting has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski, Carlo De Tommasi and Zachari Logan are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and acrylic paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Grotesque Painting?

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.