Skip to main content

Angela Fraleigh Art

American, b. 1976

Many of Angela Fraleigh’s haunting and carefully staged tableaux feature women drawn from the annals of Baroque and Rococo “boudoir paintings” — titillating scenes meant to fan the ardor of the viewer. But she puts a contemporary twist on this iconography by giving her characters more agency than was typical of earlier eras.

In Fraleigh’s paintings, which can extend to eight feet, group scenes are typically set against a backdrop of lush painterly effects, ranging from pure abstraction to suggestions of flora and fauna. “I want my paintings to be magical and mesmerizing — seductive, while also inspiring the viewer to ask questions about who they are, where they are, what power they have available and how they might use that power,” the artist says.

Adds Ted Holland, a director at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, in New York, which represents Fraleigh’s work: “She examines the roles and depictions of women in art history — as subject, object, artist and muse — and repositions those often-marginalized figures at the center of her own paintings. The mix of figuration and abstraction allows the female figures to exist without the signifiers of time and location, ultimately giving the figures a new power and context.”

But Fraleigh’s practice also has a quieter, more intimate side. She is an exquisite draftsman who has focused on, among other subjects, the animal kingdom and the intricacies of women’s hair, and some of her smaller paintings have a quiet mystery reminiscent of Gerhard Richter’s tender portraits.

Find original Angela Fraleigh art on 1stDibs.

to
17
17
16
Our story was a ghostly one
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Shaking to Sound the Silent Skies
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Wait For Me There
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

From Sunset to Sunrise
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Through the half-drowned stars
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in Houston, TX
Angela Fraleigh Through the half-drowned stars, 2015 oil, ink, and synthetic resin on canvas 66 x 90 x 2 in (167.6 x 228.6 x 5.1 cm) Angela Fraleigh (born 1976, Beaufort, SC) earned...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Oil, Synthetic Resin

Stars Splinter, Pointed and Wild
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Stars Rise, the Moon Bends Her Arc
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Rooted in Constellations
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Word For What Binds
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic

The Circle is Cast, We Are Between the Worlds
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
In Angela Fraleigh’s dynamic paintings, female subjects culled from art history become active protagonists in newly imagined spaces. In their original contexts, these figures were largely painted as docile objects for the male gaze...
Category

2010s Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Turn Your Eyes to the Heavens and Say Three Times: I do not have to be good
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Is it discomfort, or excitement, that you feel when you watch these women languidly roust, or subtly drift asleep? Do you happily play the voyeur, seduced by their beauty and the opu...
Category

2010s Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Silent Sparks
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

In an Absent Dream
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

A Pang of Vivid Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): "Angela Fraleigh 2021"
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

A late frost drifted back
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on back
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Tumbling into Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Related Items
"Hanging Out" 3 sailboats and their crews pass through open ocean
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Raw Linen, Oil

"Star Spangled Stern" a folded sail casts a shadow on the American flag
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Raw Linen, Oil

Label Infanta Maria Theresa, after workshop of Velazquez
By Derrick Guild
Located in London, GB
Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings fragment Old Master works to explore the social fabric beneath. This painting references a portrait by Velazquez of the Infanta Mar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Contemporary Surreal Cartoon Pen & Ink Drawing on Canvas by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Contemporary Surreal Cartoon Pen & Ink Drawing on Canvas entitled 'Green Man' by Contemporary British Artist. A rainbow of colours emerges from the earth, as man reaches forward. Symbolic visionary art from creative drawings, meditations & psychedelic visions in the late 1990's. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 21 x 17 inches Fil Earthstomp is an enigmatic artist and musician from deep in the subculture of England. Born in 1976, he produced mainly drawings in the 1990's, leading to electronic musical compositions and video installations...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Ink, Permanent Marker, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Canvas

5:00 - Contemporary Beach Landscape Peach Pink Clouds Sky Ocean Shore, 2022
By David Konigsberg
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary beach landscape in oil on canvas mounted on panel, figures in the distance can be seen along the shore of a beach, gazing out at the deep, dark navy blue ocean, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Sogno D'Oro - Seated Muscular Male Wearing a Loin Cloth, Original Oil on Canvas
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
A muscular male is seated on a chair, his eyes closed and head tilted toward the sky soaking up the warmth of the sun. "Sogni D'Oro", meaning sweet dreams, is set upon an intricate b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

They after Batoni and Hodges
By Derrick Guild
Located in London, GB
Dimensions variable: medium oval 7.5cm x 9.5cm; large oval 9cm x 11cm. Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings fragment Old Master works to explore the social fabric bene...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Great Battlefield - A Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure, head bowed, stands in a field in contemplation of what has just taken place or what is about to take place. "A Great Battlefield" channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to contemplate the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. A Great Battlefield oil on linen 60h x 35w in 152.40h x 88.90w cm WIL029 Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision. For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Koi Social", (2023) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Koi Fish
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Koi Social" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts koi fish swimming. Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

11:05 - Contemporary Beach Landscape Pink Clouds Blue Sky Ocean, 2022
By David Konigsberg
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in oil on canvas mounted on panel, two figures stand by the shore of a beach, gazing out at the deep blue ocean, while fluffy, pale salmon pink cumulus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Midday nap- 21st century painting of a girl in a red dress on a blue sofa
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Midday Nap' 60 x 80 cm ( Frame is included in price, size framed in a black frame form the pictures is: Oil on linen, framed Painted after life, the artist always ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Watching her Sketchbook -21st century interior and portrait painting of a girl
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Watching her sketchbook'' 75 x 75 cm Oil on linen Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings look...
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Previously Available Items
Shine
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Category

2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art

Materials

Resin, Oil, Board

Angela Fraleigh art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Angela Fraleigh art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, pink, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Angela Fraleigh in oil paint, paint, fabric and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Angela Fraleigh art, so small editions measuring 18 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Gary Komarin, Tracy Stuckey, and David Mellen. Angela Fraleigh art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $10,500 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work can sell for $18,000.

Artists Similar to Angela Fraleigh

Recently Viewed

View All