Our story was a ghostly one
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
2010s Contemporary Angela Fraleigh Art
Linen, 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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Our story was a ghostly one
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Linen, Oil
A Word For What Binds
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Stars Splinter, Pointed and Wild
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
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
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
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
Wait For Me There
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
In an Absent Dream
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Rooted in Constellations
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
A Pang of Vivid Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): "Angela Fraleigh 2021"
Linen, 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
From Sunset to Sunrise
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Linen, Oil
Tumbling into Light
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (on verso): Angela Fraleigh 2021
Canvas, Oil, Panel
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
Silent Sparks
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
$27,554Sale Price|20% Off
H 41 in W 41 in D 1.75 in
Painting of New York City Street after Rain with Figures, Cars by British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a Contemporary New York City Scene after the Rain, with Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work to continue h...
Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Paint, Linen, Canvas
$2,250Sale Price|71% Off
H 86.62 in W 70.87 in D 1.46 in
Large Horse Oil Painting. Contemporary Equestrian Oil Painting 220 x 180 cm
By Rubins J. Spaans
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of two paintings by John Vanderbank, A young gentleman riding a schooled horse, 1729 / Man on horseback, 1728. A unique oil p...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Raw Linen, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil
$10,296
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
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 ...
Linen, Oil
$957Sale Price|55% Off
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 1.38 in
French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛ This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938. Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
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
$838Sale Price|61% Off
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 1.38 in
French School Raging Bull V Oil painting Impressionist th century Original AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 5 NSWE Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch ⭐Sustainability⭐:...
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Mixed Media
$1,700
H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 10 (Small Figure Painting of Two Muscular Nude Males)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 10 (modern figurative oil painting of two nude men from upper thigh to chest) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent con...
Linen, Oil
$838Sale Price|55% Off
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 1.38 in
French Portrait PS221 L'endormie Immobile perle de bleux Post Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait PS 221 L'endormie Immobile perle de bleux (Large) Scene: a poetic closeup portrait of a woman is lying in her bed. Symbol of feminism inspired by Louise Alix work, the co...
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
$12,871
H 39.38 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Sweet dreams in the Moonlight -21st century interior painting with figures
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Sweet Dreams in the Moonlight' 100 x 80 cm Oil on linen Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings...
Linen, Oil
$13,230
H 41.34 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Melody of Silence- 21st century Contemporary Interior painting with Young Woman
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Melody of Silence' 105 x 70 cm Oil on linen Painted after life, the artist always works with a real scenery. Her realistic but impressionistic paintings look amazin...
Linen, Oil
$1,700
H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (Square Figure Painting of Nude Men, Waist to Knees)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (modern figurative oil painting of two nude men from waist to knees) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent condition...
Linen, Oil
$2,775
H 40 in W 30 in
I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Shine
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Resin, Oil, Board