David Stern was born on February 3, 1956, in Essen, Germany and lives in New York. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Yet, his human forms reach further back to histories of portraiture. After an apprenticeship as a sign painter, Stern attended the Dortmund Fachhochschule für Design and Art (1975–79) and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1980–82). He then taught painting at the Dortmund Fachhochschule für Design and Art, while he developed his painting skills living in a village near the town of Münster. In 1986, he moved to Cologne, where he found his artistic voice. From 1987 on, Stern exhibited his work nationally and quickly entered the international scene in the early nineties, with shows in Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain. Stern's 1992 retrospective exhibition, David Stern: Study for a Way at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest was the first exhibition by a contemporary Western artist after Hungary opened to the West. In 1993, Stern showed his work in the US for the first time, immigrated in 1994 and became naturalized in 2000. Since his arrival, he has been fascinated by his encounters with an intensely urban place defined by its energy, crowding, speed and cosmopolitanism. His national traveling exhibition, David Stern: The American Years (1995–2008) curated by Karen Wilkin, demonstrates shifts in form and content in Stern’s work since the artist moved to New York from Germany in 1995. Stern has exhibited widely in New York City, the US and Europe. His work can be found in public and private collections in the United States, Europe and Asia, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden (Dresden, Germany), the National Museum (Poznan, Poland), Dresdner Bank (Cologne, Germany), the Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany), the Arkansas Art Center (Little Rock), the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida), the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, Florida), and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum (New York).
$120,000
Snow Crash
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956), "Snow Crash", Oil/ Cotton, 71 x 82, 2016 Keywords: figurative, cabalistic, mysticism, gestural, painting, action, pigments,...
Cotton, Oil
$120,000
The Disciples
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 71 inches by 81 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Keywords: red, abs...
Canvas, Acrylic
Rage of Fury
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 81 inches by 71 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Key words used to describe this work by David: abstract figuration, expressionism cabalistic, mysticism, painting, action, pigments, acrylics David Stern was born on February 3, 1956 in Essen, Germany and lives in New York. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Yet his human forms reach further back to histories of portraiture. After an apprenticeship as a sign painter...
Canvas, Acrylic
$38,000
L'havdil
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
L'havdil David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 65 inches by 56 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Purple, Brown, Blue Key words ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$75,000
Purple Robe
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956), "Purple Robe", Oil/ Cotton, 71 x 82, 2016 David Stern was born on February 3, 1956, in Essen, Germany and lives in New Yor...
Cotton, Oil
Saint Vitus Dance
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
Saint Vitus Dance, 2020, David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 51 inches by 63 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Orange, Red, P...
Canvas, Acrylic
Jumping off the Sun
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylic on Canvas 91 x 81 inches Hand-Signed by the Artist Certificate of Authenticity Available A tour de force of scale, spirit, and painterly force...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Petitioners 1
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956), "The Petitioners 1", Oil/ Cotton, 71 x 82, 2016 Keywords: figurative, cabalistic, mysticism, gestural, painting, action,...
Cotton, Oil
The Blue Table
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
"The Green Table" David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and pigments on cotton 52 inches by 65 inches Hand-signed by the artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Green...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
The Split (paradise lost)
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
“The Split (Paradise Lost)” David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and Pigments on Cotton 52 x 65 inches Hand-Signed Certificate of Authenticity Included Color Palette: Purple, Blu...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
Kronos "Kronos"
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
Kronos "Kronos" David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and pigments on cotton 52 inches by 65 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Purple, Bla...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
Crash Out (Kronos)
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
Crash Out - (Kronos) David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and pigments on cotton 52 inches by 65 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Purple...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
$35,000
The Wager
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
The Wager David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and pigments on cotton 52 inches by 65 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Purple, Black, Or...
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas, Pigment
The Antagonists
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
The Antagonists 2024 David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 60 inches by 39 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Black, Brown, Ochre...
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas, Pigment
The Antagonists
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
The Antagonists 2024 David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 65 inches by 52 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Black, Brown, Ochre...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Antagonists
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
The Antagonists” David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on Canvas 60 x 64 inches Hand-Signed by Artist Certificate of Authenticity Included Dominant Colors: Purple, Yellow, Red, Blue A bold and psychologically charged painting by master expressionist David Stern, “The Antagonists” captures the primal tension of human duality with a force rarely achieved in contemporary painting. Executed in sweeping strokes of violet, crimson, and electric yellow, the work is a masterclass in emotive figuration and gestural abstraction. Stern’s background in both German and American schools—bridging European philosophical depth with New York...
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman in a red blanket empty handed
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
Women in a Red Blanket Painting – Abstract Figuration, Expressionism, Mysticism by David Stern This striking abstract figuration and expressionist painting, titled Women in a Red Bl...
Canvas, Acrylic
... and castles made of sand ...
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
... and castles made of sand..., 2022, David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 52 inches by 64 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Armored Morning
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 56 inches by 49 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Key words used to describe this work by David: abstract figuration, expressionism cabalistic, mysticism, painting, action, pigments, acrylics David Stern was born on February 3, 1956 in Essen, Germany and lives in New York. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Yet his human forms reach further back to histories of portraiture. After an apprenticeship as a sign painter...
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait, Abstract Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper Painting by David Stern
By David Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Stern Title: Portrait Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Daughters of Man 1
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 71 inches by 81 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available Keywords: red, abs...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,862
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in
Els Terrats Dels Confinats - 21st Century, Contemporary, Oil Painting, Abstract
By Tomàs Sunyol
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Tomàs Martínez Sunyol was born in Dieulefit (France) in 1964 and was surrounded by art from a young age. Both his father, Joaquim Martínez Lerma, and uncle, Álvaro Sunyol, were pain...
Canvas, Oil
$2,034
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in
Orange poppies. Contemporary Abstract & figurative Painting Acrylic, Polish art
By Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative and abstract acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. Artwork's title is 'Orange poppies' and it depicts flowers painted in an abstra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$957
H 35.44 in W 57.09 in
Breakfast TV - XXI century, Figurative-abstract painting, Colorful
By Dawid Polony
Located in Warsaw, PL
DAWID POLONY (born in 1988) Dawid Polony studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of graphics (prof. Tomasz Daniec), painting (prof...
Canvas, Acrylic
$143,400
H 48 in W 36 in D 2 in
Mother & Child Oil Painting on Canvas, Abstract Figurative, 2016
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother & Child, 2016 By Christopher Mudgett This powerful and emotive original oil painting from the artist's 2016 "Mother & Child" series encapsulates a profound moment of ...
Canvas, Oil
$125,400
H 48 in W 36 in D 2 in
Woman with Clasped Hands, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, 48x36, 2017
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman with Clasped Hands, 2017 by Christopher Mudgett A striking embodiment of strength and introspection, Woman with Clasped Hands (2017) challenges traditional portrayals of the f...
Canvas, Oil
$7,376
H 63.78 in W 44.89 in
Evanescence- 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Gold Leaf
Steps in Nature’ – Contemporary Abstract Quadriptych by Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zura captures a barefoot boy moving through nature in vibrant, expressive color. The four panels create a rhythm of motion and playfulness, inviting viewers to step into the scene an...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,794
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in
Plainair in Nowe Kotlice. Contemporary Abstract Painting Acrylic, Polish art
By Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative and abstract acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. Artwork's title is 'Plainair in Nowe Kotlice. Fragments of trees'. Painting is ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,500
H 55.12 in W 47.25 in D 0.99 in
«So far, so good, and then...» Acrylic on Canvas by O. F. Hvidsten
By Ole Fredrik Hvidsten
Located in Oslo, NO
Signed and dated. «So far, so good, and then...» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will never pass». The works comprising the exhibition is first and foremos...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,803
H 47.25 in W 37.41 in D 1.19 in
Topography With Blue - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 39.38 in W 31.5 in D 0.99 in
«Taking a chance on the dancefloor» Acrylic on Canvas by O. F. Hvidsten
By Ole Fredrik Hvidsten
Located in Oslo, NO
Signed and dated. «Taking a chance on the dancefloor» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will never pass». The works comprisi...
Canvas, Acrylic
$900
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbilis...
Canvas, Acrylic
Saint Vitus Dance
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
Saint Vitus Dance, 2020, David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics on canvas 51 inches by 63 inches Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity ava...
Canvas, Acrylic