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Russian Icon Painted on Wood with Russian Religious Scenes
Russian Icon Painted on Wood with Russian Religious Scenes

Russian Icon Painted on Wood with Russian Religious Scenes

Located in Marbella, ES

Russian Icon Painted on Wood with Russian Religious Scenes

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Antique 19th Century Russian Paintings

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Wood

19th Century Russian Religious Icon of St. Nicholas
19th Century Russian Religious Icon of St. Nicholas

19th Century Russian Religious Icon of St. Nicholas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A traditional Russian icon of St. Nicholas portrayed in a frontal, half-length view, dressed in

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Antique 19th Century Russian Paintings

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Wood

Russian 19th Century Polychromed & Gilt Religious Orthodox Christian Icon Panel
Russian 19th Century Polychromed & Gilt Religious Orthodox Christian Icon Panel

Russian 19th Century Polychromed & Gilt Religious Orthodox Christian Icon Panel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A very fine and Rare Russian mid-19th century Baroque style polychromed and gilded Religious

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Antique 19th Century Russian Baroque Paintings

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Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957
Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957

Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting

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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, The Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, The Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, The Painters, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, The Painters, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, The Painters, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, Nozdriov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, Nozdriov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, Nozdriov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, Meal at the Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, Meal at the Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, Meal at the Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Marc Chagall, The Inn House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, The Inn House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, The Inn House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, The Road Sign, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, The Road Sign, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, The Road Sign, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, Morning Tea, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, Morning Tea, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, Morning Tea, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Marc Chagall, The Farmyard, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
Marc Chagall, The Farmyard, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

Marc Chagall, The Farmyard, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as Pablo Picasso

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956

Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956

Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law, 1962
Marc Chagall, The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law, 1962

Marc Chagall, The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law, 1962

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

, transforming ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon

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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Poseidon, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Poseidon, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Poseidon, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Odysseus Reveals Himself, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Odysseus Reveals Himself, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Odysseus Reveals Himself, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Sirens, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, The Sirens, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, The Sirens, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Tityus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Tityus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Tityus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting

Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Sisyphus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Sisyphus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Sisyphus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Circe, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Circe, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Circe, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Polyphemus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Polyphemus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Polyphemus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern innovations of artists such as

Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Proteus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Proteus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Proteus, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

Marc Chagall, Frontispiece, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting, medieval religious art, and the modern

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Sun Over the City, from XXe siecle, 1973
Marc Chagall, Sun Over the City, from XXe siecle, 1973

Marc Chagall, Sun Over the City, from XXe siecle, 1973

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting

Category

1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

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Antique Russian Orthodox Icon, Painting on Board, 18th-19th Century
Antique Russian Orthodox Icon, Painting on Board, 18th-19th Century

Antique Russian Orthodox Icon, Painting on Board, 18th-19th Century

Located in Big Flats, NY

An antique Russian Orthodox Icon offers various Biblical scenes of the life of Jesus Christ painted

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Antique 19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items

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Wood

Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints
Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints

Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints

Located in Houston, TX

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Russian Orthodox Religious Polychrome Icon 19th Century
Russian Orthodox Religious Polychrome Icon 19th Century

Russian Orthodox Religious Polychrome Icon 19th Century

Located in Nottingham, GB

In good condition From a private collection Free international shipping Russian Orthodox Religious

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Wood, Paint

Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints
Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints

Russian Icon with 3 Religious Scenes and 10 Saints

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Antique Russian Orthodox Icon Painting on Board, Three Saints, 18th-19th Century
Antique Russian Orthodox Icon Painting on Board, Three Saints, 18th-19th Century

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Wooden Icon, Russian Religious Art, 20th Century.

Wooden Icon, Russian Religious Art, 20th Century.

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Wooden Icon, Russian Religious Art, 20th Century.

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

20th century wooden icon, Russian religious art. H: 31cm, W: 24cm, D: 3cm Please contact us

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Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957
Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957

Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

ordinary scenes into lyrical meditations on memory and emotion. Influenced by Russian icon painting

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Antique Russian Religious Icon on Board
Antique Russian Religious Icon on Board

Antique Russian Religious Icon on Board

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H 12.1 in W 10.25 in D 1 in

Antique Russian Religious Icon on Board

Located in Gallatin, TN

Handpainted icon. Measures 12-1/8" x 10-1/4".

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19th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Russian icon religious painting for your home. A Russian icon religious painting — often made from metal, enamel and gold — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Russian icon religious painting — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each Russian icon religious painting bearing Baroque or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made Russian icon religious painting has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ivan Khlebnikov and Pavel Ovchinnikov are consistently popular.

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Prices for a Russian icon religious painting start at $450 and top out at $25,000 with the average selling for $7,000.

A Close Look at Expressionist Art

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

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Finding the Right Figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

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