In an Absent Dream
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
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.
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In an Absent Dream
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Canvas, Charcoal, 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...
Canvas, Ink, Oil, Synthetic Resin
A Word For What Binds
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
$18,000
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...
Oil, Acrylic
The Stars Rise, the Moon Bends Her Arc
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Linen, Oil
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
Tumbling into Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Wait For Me There
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
A late frost drifted back
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on back
Linen, Oil
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...
Oil, Acrylic
Our story was a ghostly one
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Linen, Oil
Stars Splinter, Pointed and Wild
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Linen, Oil
Silent Sparks
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
A Pang of Vivid Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): "Angela Fraleigh 2021"
Linen, Oil
Shaking to Sound the Silent Skies
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Linen, Oil
Rooted in Constellations
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Oil, Linen
From Sunset to Sunrise
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Linen, Oil
Marilyn Chanel Diamond. (Palm White)
By Russell Young
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Unique. Artwork size: 160x122 cm. Frame size 167x130x5 cm. Signed, titled and dated on the back. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide Russell Young, born in 1959 in Yorkshire, is a British-American artist best known for his large scale silk screen paintings...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Linen, Ink, Screen
Figure 1
By Matthew Durante
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 1 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a blue-toned nude female model superimposed over a pink and purple background.
Acrylic, Panel, Pencil, Oil
$13,039
H 41.34 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Waiting for a Miracle- 21st century Contemporary Figure painting
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina – Waiting for a Miracle Oil on linen, 105 x 70 cm In Waiting for a Miracle, Ksenya Istomina captures a moment of quiet contemplation and anticipation. A young woman ...
Linen, Oil
$2,218
H 27.56 in W 39.77 in D 0.79 in
Large Colourful Female Nude Painting, Oil on Canvas, Modern Style
By Isabelle Pardoe
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, large oil on canvas female nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist. Isabell Pardoe trained at the Slade scho...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Figure 2
By Matthew Durante
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 2 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a pink-toned nude male model kneeling on a blue surface.
Acrylic, Panel, Pencil, Oil
$2,265
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 1.5 in
Out of skin. Semi-nude female portrait, warm gold, cosmic, symbolic figurative
By Julia Mordvinova Gilje
Located in Oslo, NO
Out of Skin moves between figurative realism and symbolic imagery. A luminous female figure emerges from soft fields of light, while fine constellation-like lines echo her form. The ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$15,000
H 25.75 in W 25.75 in
1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
Feu de Joie 1970 hand signed and dated. Measurements: 25.75 X 25.75 Framed. Image is 23.75 X 23.75 Emilcar Similien, known as Simil was born in 1944 in St. Marc. He finished elementary school in St. Marc and high school in Port-au-Prince. From 1965 until 1971 he studied at the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, where he took courses in painting, sculpture, and art history. Simil uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker. Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures. He is of the generation of Haitian artists that include Bernard Sejourne, Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Henri Calixte, Paul Dieuseul, Laurent Casimir, Frantz Zephirin, Denis Smith, Philton Latortue, Philome Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Fernand Pierre, Dieudonne L Cedor. Since 1971 he has taught art history and aesthetics at the Academy of Beaux-Arts. He is also an honorary teacher at the private school Juan Vasquez. In 1974, he traveled to the United States to meet American artists and visit major museums. Simil was influenced by Art nouveau and his favorite artist, Gustav Klimt. These influences are most obvious in his paintings of women. Like Bernard Sejourne, Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. But instead of concentrating on pose, he uses his images of women only as vehicles for displaying pattern, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. Only recognizable as females by their contours, their features are not distinguished. There is a playfulness of line that is very different from Sejourne's emphasis on monumentality. Emilcar Similien uses his images of women only as means for displaying patterns, color, and the sparkle of gold jewelry on black skin. He paints with acrylics on Masonite of any size. His surfaces are smooth and polished. Simil delights in beauty, elegance, and grace. He has been exhibiting since 1969 namely in Haiti, USA, Denmark. As Art Critic, Gerald Alexis states in his book Peintres Haitiens "well trained by masters who taught him to excel in his forms, Similien’s works also contain discrete messages” . EXHIBITIONS 1969- Academie des Beaux Arts 1970- Haitian-American Institute 1971- Salon Dante Alighieri, Amb. d'Italie, Port-au-Prince 1972- Christ, Saut-d'Eau 1973- Anderson and Hopkins Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1974- Galerie Mehu, Petion-Ville 1974- Musee d'Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince 1976- Galerie Monnin, One Man Show, Port-au-Prince 1977- Martello Museum, Key West, Florida 1978- Galleriet, Copenhagen, Denmark 1978-1979 - Haitian Art - Brooklyn Museum, New York, Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, Kunst aus Haiti, Berlin, Germany, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana 1978- Brooklyn College, New York 1978- Musee d'Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince 1979 - Haiti, Musee d'Art (Third Generation Artists) 1979- Kunst aus Haiti, West Berlin, Germany 1980- Curacao Museum, Willemstad, Curacao 1981- Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction, New York, NY 1982- Galerie Monnin Third Generation Artists 1982- Exhibit Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco 1982- Centre de Arte Cultural, Italy 1982- International Art Expo, New York, NY 1983- Musee International d'Art Naif, Nice, France 1983- Galerie Bukowskis, Zurich, Switzerland 1984- Exhibit Metropolitan Museum of Art 1985- Galerie Bukowskis, Zurich, Switzerland 1985- Cafe de la Paix Exposition, Paris, France 1986- Three Man Show, Port-au-Prince 1988- Galerie 93, Paris, France 1989- IFA Galerie und Kontaktstelle, Bonn, Germany 1990- Exposition du Palais du Rhin, Strasbourg, France 1992- La Rencontre Des Deux Mondes Vue Par Les Peintres D'Haiti - Martinique, Seville, Rome, Paris, Nantes, Angouleme, Laval, Toulouse, Japan, Montreal, United States, Mexico Haitian art is a complex tradition, reflecting African roots with strong Indigenous, American and European aesthetic and religious influences. Many artists cluster in "schools" of painting, such as the Cap-Haïtien school, which features depictions of daily life in the city, the Jacmel School, which reflects the steep mountains and bays of that coastal town, or the Saint-Soleil School. Centre d’Art, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was founded in 1944 by American watercolorist DeWitt Peters and several prominent Haitians from the intellectual and cultural circles including: Maurice Borno, Andrée Malebranche, Albert Mangonès, Lucien Price, and Georges Remponeau. Popular artists of this movement include: André Pierre, Hector Hippolyte, Castera Bazile...
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
$650
H 14 in W 12 in D 1 in
The Other Side - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
By Emmanuel Daniel
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,500
H 35.5 in W 23.5 in
"In the Room Where You Sleep" by Daire Lynch, Original Oil Painting, Nude Female
By Daire Lynch
Located in Denver, CO
"In the Room Where You Sleep" by Daire Lynch (Ireland based) is an original oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas that depicts a red haired nude model in ...
Gold Leaf
$4,543
H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
Jacques II by Guillaume Chansarel - Contemporary Painting, Paris Street at Night
By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques II is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions are 65 × ...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
"Woman" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sam Millington
Located in Brecon, Powys
Samantha Millington’s unique style of figurative art pops and zings from the canvas while also nodding in the direction of cubism and goddess figures from pre-history. Both thoughtfu...
Oil, Acrylic
$4,248
H 25.6 in W 36.23 in
Paris rooftops 4th II by Guillaume Chansarel - cityscape, old book pages
By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Located in Paris, FR
Paris rooftops 4th II is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with Ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimension...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Shine
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Resin, Oil, Board