Some Ambiguous Words- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a Young Man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
One thousand and one nights- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis One thousand and one nights 50 x 100 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from the Royal Society of P...
Oil, Canvas
$5,522
May that be the reflection I see- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis May that be the reflection I see 50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Loc...
Oil, Wood Panel
Baker- Miller Pink- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Baker- Miller Pink 50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.0...
Oil, Canvas
Yellow mood- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Yellow mood 40 x 40 cm framed (included in price) 43,5 x 43,5 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fr...
Oil, Canvas
Chroma-Q- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Chroma-Q 41 x 29 cm framed (included in price) 44 x 32 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) from ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hidden in dots 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting of a man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Hidden in dots 30 x 30 cm framed (included in price) 33,5 x 33,5 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.0...
Oil, Wood Panel
$6,844
Portrait of Love- 21st Century Contemporary Four Panel Painting of a love couple
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Portrait of Love Four panels of 40x40 cm all together framed in one piece of 94x94 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Lock...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,015
Moonage daydream-21st Century Contemporary painting of together sleeping friends
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
$7,943
Singularity- 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait Painting of a man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Singularity 65 x 95 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (born in Ukraine 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters ...
Oil, Canvas
Etcetera - 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a Bare Chest Man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Etcetera 100 x 80 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (born in Ukraine 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters UK.
Oil, Canvas
$8,178
L'Antagoniste- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a Bare Chest Man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis l'Antagoniste 80 x 70 cm Oilpaint on wood (OSB board) Tania Rivilis (born in Ukraine 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' from the Royal Society of Portra...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
I've changed my name so often-21st Century Contemporary Figure painting of a Boy
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 24.02 in D 0.79 in
Still not solitary- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a Boy with a dog
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Cat cuddle- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Boy with a cat
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 15.75 in W 11.82 in
Tenderness - 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Oil Portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen. We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
Oil
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H 24.81 in W 18.51 in
Give Me Fire To Light The Darkness, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Paint Portrait
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen. We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
Oil
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H 15.75 in W 11.82 in
Rebel's Blessing - 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Oil Portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The German artist Tania Rivilis lives and works in Aachen. We will exhibit her expressive and colorful works for the first time during the exhibition "Storytellers" from 20 Septembe...
Oil
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H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Body Chess- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Boy with roses
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 15.75 in W 14.97 in D 1.58 in
Warm me up- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Warm me up 40 x 38 cm framed (included in price) 44 x 42 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fro...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 39.38 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Each stand guard over the solitude of the other- 21st Ct Contemporary painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 39.38 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Reflection came 21st- century Contemporary Paintings of a young man and his baby
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 15.36 in W 11.42 in D 0.79 in
Don't loose your head - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Donna- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait painting on wood panel
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
I am a cage in search of a bird- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
In the Primal Sympathy- 21st Century Contemporary Figure painting of two boys
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Title of the painting: In the primal Sympathy Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 7.88 in W 7.88 in
Portrait Etude I- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Boy
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Title of the painting: Portrait Etude I Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Laurent- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a young man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Title of the painting: Laurent Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in
An Occasional Dream- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Boy
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Title of the painting: An Occasional Dream Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 19.69 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Poët from St Moritz- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a man smoking
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
In her expressionistic style Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) shows the charm of this young poët in Switserland.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 34.65 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
I have nothing to offer except my own confusion- 21st Century Figure Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
In her expressionistic style Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) shows a couple dressing or undressing each other.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 23.63 in W 15.75 in
Self Acceptance - 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Portrait
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis has lived with her husband in Germany since 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 24.81 in W 17.72 in D 0.79 in
Unspoken- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boycouple
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.38 in
Red Velvet- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Red Velvet 50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fro...
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H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.38 in
Shrouded in expectations- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Shrouded in expectations 40 x 40 cm framed (included in price) 43,5 x 43,5 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price...
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H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 1.19 in
Conversations- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting of a man
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Conversations 20 x 20 cm framed (included in price) 23 x 23 cm Oilpaint on wood panel Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) ...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
How shall I hold on to my soul- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a couple
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) Tania Rivilis began painting at the age of 27, after moving to Germany from Russia in 2012.
Oil, Wood Panel
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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