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Ugly Roadies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Ugly Roadies, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ugly Roadies, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Matthew Dibble

Located in Yardley, PA

“My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I’m ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

By Daniel San Souci

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1987 Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper Dimensions: 9.50" x 15.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration from The Ugly Duckling, retold by Lilian Moore, illustrated by Sa...

Category

1980s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Good the Bad and Ugly (oil painting monochrome man cowboy western hat)

The Good the Bad and Ugly (oil painting monochrome man cowboy western hat)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...

Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hongda - Jokers Are Not Ugly

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hongda - Jokers Are Not Ugly

By Hongda 1

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on sailcloth Hongda is a Chinese artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He is graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramic University in 2007. He deconstructs and resha...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Sailcloth, Oil

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The Ugly - Eli Wallach
The Ugly - Eli Wallach

Daniel TavaresThe Ugly - Eli Wallach, 2016

Unavailable

H 31.5 in W 27.56 in

The Ugly - Eli Wallach

Located in New Rochelle, NY

This painting is inspired by Eli Wallach character on the move "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Michael Hampshire Ugly Duckling ORIGINAL Illustration Painting Framed Artwork
Michael Hampshire Ugly Duckling ORIGINAL Illustration Painting Framed Artwork

Michael Hampshire Ugly Duckling ORIGINAL Illustration Painting Framed Artwork

By Michael Hampshire

Located in Bloomington, MN

Michael Hampshire Original Drawing for "The Ugly Duckling" This piece was used in the publication of "The Ugly Duckling" retold by Andrea Leach Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale her...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Michael Hampshire UGLY DUCKLING ORIGINAL Hans Andersen ILLUSTRATION PAINTING ART
Michael Hampshire UGLY DUCKLING ORIGINAL Hans Andersen ILLUSTRATION PAINTING ART

Michael Hampshire UGLY DUCKLING ORIGINAL Hans Andersen ILLUSTRATION PAINTING ART

By Michael Hampshire

Located in Bloomington, MN

Michael Hampshire Original Drawing for "The Ugly Duckling" This piece was used in the publication of "The Ugly Duckling" retold by Andrea Leach Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale her...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Untitled 775 (Ugly)

Untitled 775 (Ugly)

By Lordy Rodriguez

Located in San Francisco, CA

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

Neck Face is Ugly
Neck Face is Ugly

Neck FaceNeck Face is Ugly, 2004

Unavailable

H 11 in W 8.5 in

Neck Face is Ugly

By Neck Face

Located in New York, NY

Well-known graffiti artist Neck Face was born in California, and spent a significant portion of his life living in Mexico. During his career as a street-artist, he swiftly moved in t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

India Ink

Validating Beauty is Getting Ugly, 2017, Adam Mars, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Text

Validating Beauty is Getting Ugly, 2017, Adam Mars, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Text

By Adam Mars

Located in Los Angeles, CA

With cultural awareness and acerbic wit, Mars’ slogansfunction as synopses of daily life. As the proliferation of images and data has re-mapped our reality, Mars uses humor to reflec...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Ugly Devil / Small Watercolor with Text on Paper by Jeffrey Hargrave

Ugly Devil / Small Watercolor with Text on Paper by Jeffrey Hargrave

By Jeffrey Hargrave

Located in New York, NY

Jeffrey Hargrave is a North Carolina born, African-American artist based in New York. Hargrave deals with representations of African-Americans, often putting them in the context of a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Ugly boy. I saw him-he was thick in parts and sort of too short...

Ugly boy. I saw him-he was thick in parts and sort of too short...

By Rina Banerjee

Located in San Francisco, CA

Full title: "Ugly boy. I saw him-he was thick in parts and sort of too short, with skin, light in color, yellowish tone, but spotted like dirty mushrooms, he snored at school and gro...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Acrylic, Ink, Paper

Verde La Sombra
Verde La Sombra

Verde La Sombra

By Gustavo Ramos Rivera

Located in Santa Fe, NM

His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Pai...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Risa De Soles
Risa De Soles

Gustavo Ramos RiveraRisa De Soles, 2003

Unavailable

H 30 in W 24 in

Risa De Soles

By Gustavo Ramos Rivera

Located in Santa Fe, NM

His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Pai...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Alba En Cerro Gordo
Alba En Cerro Gordo

Alba En Cerro Gordo

By Gustavo Ramos Rivera

Located in Santa Fe, NM

His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Pai...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Luc En La Cima
Luc En La Cima

Luc En La Cima

By Gustavo Ramos Rivera

Located in Santa Fe, NM

His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Pai...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pair of "Ugly People" Decker Paintings
Pair of "Ugly People" Decker Paintings

Pair of "Ugly People" Decker Paintings

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H 32 in W 20 in D 2 in

Pair of "Ugly People" Decker Paintings

By Judy Decker

Located in Philadelphia, PA

So ugly they are beautiful! 1960s portraits of a girl with a cart and a man/boy holding his hand up to his face! How could I leave them!

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Ugly girl with an unnamed bird., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Ugly girl with an unnamed bird., Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ugly girl with an unnamed bird., Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Igor Shulman

Located in Yardley, PA

And then beautiful pictures about ugly people are born. The picture is painted in oil colors on canvas of high quality.

Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Twin Two
Twin Two

Twin Two

By Valerie Etitinwo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

With each piece, she strives to push her creativity and expression to new levels of intrigue and "ugliness." This vibrant abstract painting on canvas measures 54 inches in height an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

New and Groovy
New and Groovy

New and Groovy

By Valerie Etitinwo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

With each piece, she strives to push her creativity and expression to new levels of intrigue and "ugliness." This vibrant abstract painting on canvas measures 54 inches high by 56 i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paris, Bl. Montparnasse
Paris, Bl. Montparnasse

Paris, Bl. Montparnasse

By Constantine Kluge

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The childhood years spent in the Orient had contributed to his love of painting. His professor of Chinese had taught him, from the age of ten, a respect for the handling of the br...

Category

1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Madmen and Magic and medicine too could not rid of her this ugliness...

Madmen and Magic and medicine too could not rid of her this ugliness...

By Rina Banerjee

Located in San Francisco, CA

Title: Madmen and Magic and medicine too could not rid of her this ugliness, her illness, her form, her figure, her inheritance and in wildest dream she was she, not like her others ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Acrylic, Ink, Paper

Gustavo Ramos Rivera Print Suite
Gustavo Ramos Rivera Print Suite

Gustavo Ramos Rivera Print Suite

By Gustavo Ramos Rivera

Located in Santa Fe, NM

His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Pai...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Category

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Find the exact ugly painting you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Pop Art version. Finding the perfect ugly painting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right ugly painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, brown and pink. There have been many interesting ugly painting examples over the years, but those made by Rina Banerjee, Michael Hampshire, Elena Burykina, Joaquin Goldstein Cabieses and Jeffrey Hargrave are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, ink and paper.

How Much is a Ugly Painting?

The average selling price for an ugly painting we offer is $2,000, while they’re typically $600 on the low end and $5,700 for the highest priced.