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Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)
Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

tire caused his car to roll over in which Ottmann suffered a fractured skull and spine. After being

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mortality.  Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Mortality.  Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting

Mortality. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons and skulls. This is a

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Black Hamlet (Momento Mori) Cityscape
Black Hamlet (Momento Mori) Cityscape

Black Hamlet (Momento Mori) Cityscape

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful painting depicts a young black man holding skull and flip phone. Gouache on illustration

Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

"Esca" Original Contemporary Oil Painting by David Abed
"Esca" Original Contemporary Oil Painting by David Abed

"Esca" Original Contemporary Oil Painting by David Abed

Located in Palm Beach, FL

whether it’s twilight or dawn. A gossamer-winged moth alights within the dark recesses of a skull; a woman

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Copper

Crack is Wack .  Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
Crack is Wack .  Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting

Crack is Wack . Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

The Currency 9714. No Way Out
The Currency 9714. No Way Out

The Currency 9714. No Way Out

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

, installation, painting and prints. From diamond encrusted skulls to giant pills, colourful spot paintings to

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Currency 7383. so let’s go
The Currency 7383. so let’s go

The Currency 7383. so let’s go

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

, installation, painting and prints. From diamond encrusted skulls to giant pills, colourful spot paintings to

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Currency 1462. Feed the king
The Currency 1462. Feed the king

The Currency 1462. Feed the king

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

, installation, painting and prints. From diamond encrusted skulls to giant pills, colourful spot paintings to

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Currency 7443. If I walked it in
The Currency 7443. If I walked it in

The Currency 7443. If I walked it in

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

, installation, painting and prints. From diamond encrusted skulls to giant pills, colourful spot paintings to

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vanitas
Vanitas

John McLeodVanitas

$800

H 8 in W 10 in

Vanitas

By John McLeod

Located in Denver, CO

Skull and Tomatoes

Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

How d i failed to see you
How d i failed to see you

Sava HarrisHow d i failed to see you, 2023

$1,896

H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in

How d i failed to see you

Located in Zofingen, AG

to go. I give you a bowl with a skull and tell you that this is my breakfast. You see right through

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Busted Jaw
Busted Jaw

Busted Jaw

Located in Denver, CO

human skull with missing teeth on a black background.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Woman with eyes closed
Woman with eyes closed

Woman with eyes closed

Located in PARIS, FR

a taste for morbid subjects, where skulls with exorbitant eyes are invited into macabre scenes, as

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santa Muerte Study

Santa Muerte Study

Located in Denver, CO

model wearing a white veil and a headdress of Santa Muerte human Skulls.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Warhead
Warhead

Zack ZdraleWarhead, 2021

$1,500

H 8 in W 8.5 in

Warhead

Located in Denver, CO

skull with a plastic soldier figure placed on top of it.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Booglarized, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Booglarized, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Booglarized, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Craig Moran

Located in Yardley, PA

added animal parts such as a tail. Other parts of the image faintly resemble a skull and a beak. The

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

hippo in half, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

hippo in half, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

bizarre ornament.On the background there is an ornament in the form of decorative skulls. :: Painting

Category

2010s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Way Love Grows - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

The Way Love Grows - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

Located in Roma, IT

point of view of what comes from the ground returns to the ground. The roses, diamonds and skull

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board

Macauley NormanBulletin Board, 2021

$2,000

H 24 in W 36 in D 0.75 in

Bulletin Board

By Macauley Norman

Located in Jersey City, NJ

Matisse painting, diagrams of Tai Chi forms, an eagle, a yin yang symbol, a multicolor skull, the

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt

Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt

By Hans Burkhardt

Located in Hudson, NY

pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s

Category

1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diet Street Art Basquiat Style
Diet Street Art Basquiat Style

Diego TirigallDiet Street Art Basquiat Style, 2022

$2,990

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

Diet Street Art Basquiat Style

Located in OIA, ES

central grouping of a vase and skull with a large X on it serves as a reminder of the fragility of life

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Divine Light - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

Divine Light - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

Located in Roma, IT

their loved ones. The skull and cross represents the integration of christian and pre-Columbian cultural

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rise of the Fall
Rise of the Fall

Taher JaouiRise of the Fall, 2023

$32,000

H 67 in W 60 in D 2 in

Rise of the Fall

By Taher Jaoui

Located in Boca Raton, FL

of familiar shapes that are reminiscent of abstracted skulls, to chalkboard-like scribble sections

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Thousand Words - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

A Thousand Words - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020

Located in Roma, IT

. The skull represents a person who took the picture, created the image, or may even be in the photo

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt

The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt

By Hans Burkhardt

Located in Hudson, NY

pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s

Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Broken Vessels
Broken Vessels

Darius YektaiBroken Vessels, 2022

$21,850

H 36 in W 72 in D 2 in

Broken Vessels

By Darius Yektai

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

material plane, where our keepsakes are usually found. Yektai also drops a skull into the mix, reminding us

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil, Found Objects, Ceramic

Vincent Van Gogh, Space Junk.
Vincent Van Gogh, Space Junk.

Diego TirigallVincent Van Gogh, Space Junk., 2022

$2,200

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

Vincent Van Gogh, Space Junk.

Located in OIA, ES

Van Gogh's head as a striking blue skull, one eye transformed into a cartoon-style eyeball, the other

Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Animal Rights
Animal Rights

Sax BerlinAnimal Rights, 2021

$16,619

H 48 in W 36 in

Animal Rights

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

ram skull as representation of the animal kingdom and it's contained within a boxing ring as metaphor

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Skull Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of skull paintings is available on 1stDibs. There are many contemporary, abstract and modern versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Skull paintings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, gray, brown, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Damien Hirst, Mike Ellis, Gary John, Brent Estabrook and Sax Berlin are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. Some skull paintings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 1 inches across, are available.

How Much are Skull Paintings?

Prices for pieces in our collection of skull paintings start at $1 and top out at $375,000 with the average selling for $2,708.

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