Danny Heller Paintings
American, b. 1982
Danny Heller paints the reality of the American environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design and social planning have been perpetuated and how they have been forgotten.
Primarily focusing on the nation’s mid-century identity, Heller plays with lighting, dramatic angles, and specific colors to form engaging paintings that capture architectural elements. He uses a realistic style to paint those moments where design and environment come together harmoniously in order to showcase the compelling characteristics of these spaces. In some ways, Heller acts as a documentarian of an endangered architectural culture in America. However, these paintings are a bit more personal, as they tend to focus on locations from the artist's childhood or at least slices of an era recounted to him from his parents’ and grandparents’ times.
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Artist: Danny Heller
Frank Lloyd Wright, Sturges House
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Usonian Ideal
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Oil, Panel
Parker Center
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- I paint the reality of the Southern California environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design and...
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
San Diego Modern Pathway
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
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Early 2000s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eichler Door 3
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Eichler Door Orange and Blue
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Early 2000s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
RM Schindler, Spec House
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Eichler Door #13
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --From the artist statement, "My artwork centers on mid-century American architecture and design, once revered for its groundbreaking i...
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Early 2000s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Humphrey's Cadillac
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Usonia Afternoon
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Central Park Evening
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon At The Glass House
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Richard Neutra, Lovell House
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Usonia House At Twilight
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Usonia Visitors
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Humphrey's Gouache
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RM Schindler, Falk Apartments
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drugs
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
"Drugs" by Danny Heller draws inspiration from a pharmaceutical store on a busy avenue corner in NYC. See second image for the real life referenced location.
My latest series openi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gossips
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, “Birth of the Cool,” celebrates the midcentu...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
The Dinner Table
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- I paint the reality of the Southern California environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design and...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Transamerica Building
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eames Chair and Painting
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, “Birth of the Cool,” celebrates the midcentu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lloyd Wright, Taggart House
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Heller covers monumental and lesser-known works starting with Frank Lloyd Wright and tracing his design principles through his son Lloyd Wright, and students Richard Neutra, Rudolph ...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
LAX Theme Building Loading Dock
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- I paint the reality of the Southern California environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design and...
Category
2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Airport Service, Framed
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- I paint the reality of the Southern California environment: how structures once revered for their groundbreaking ideas in design an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TWA Study, Framed
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses on the cultural centers and glamorous institutions that signaled its strength – and enchantment – in the 1950s and 60s. Covering such bewitching landmarks as Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim, and 5th Avenue stalwart Bergdorf Goodman, this series delves into how high design from this groundbreaking Modern period shaped metropolitan society and reinforced New York as a cultural capital. When viewed individually, each painting showcases an aspect of booming avant garde design, be it the Metropolitan Opera’s Sputnik Chandeliers, the high fashion displayed...
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2010s American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
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Paper, Gouache
Guggenheim + TBird, limited edition print
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses on the cultural centers and glamorous institutions that signaled its strength – and enchantment – in the 1950s and 60s. Covering such bewitching landmarks as Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim, and 5th Avenue stalwart Bergdorf Goodman, this series delves into how high design from this groundbreaking Modern period shaped metropolitan society and reinforced New York as a cultural capital. When viewed individually, each painting showcases an aspect of booming avant garde design, be it the Metropolitan Opera’s Sputnik Chandeliers, the high fashion displayed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Paper, Giclée
B&B Shoe Repair
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, “Birth of the Cool,” celebrates the midcentu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Danny Heller Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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