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
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
$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
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
$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
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 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
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
$29,923
H 78.75 in W 122.05 in D 1.19 in
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract XXL Oil 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 finitenes...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,593
H 7.88 in W 7.09 in D 0.79 in
Erotic - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Realism, Minimalistic
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
$20,347
H 94.49 in W 66.93 in D 1.19 in
Blue - Series Blobs - Colourful Expression, XXL Format Oil Painting
By Grzegorz Radecki
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk Poland Artist about his work: BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT Flowing peacefully in the slow current of a...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$39,347Sale Price|20% Off
H 64 in W 172 in D 2 in
'Russian Invasion' HUGE Original Painting on Canvas by Artist Fahri Aldin- 1950
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
A Stunning, huge, Original painting on canvas by Canadian artist Fahri Aldin. This One of a Kind Masterpiece measures an impressive 64 inches in height and 172 inches wide or 163 x ...
Canvas, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$28,710Sale Price|20% Off
H 80 in W 137 in D 2 in
'The Gathering' HUGE Original Painting on Canvas by Artist Fahri Aldin (1950)
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
A Stunning, huge, Original painting on canvas by Canadian artist Fahri Aldin. This One of a Kind Masterpiece measures an impressive 80 inches in height and 137 inches wide or 203 x ...
Canvas, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$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
$607Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 25 in D 2 in
'Just Married' Original Painting on Canvas by Artist Fahri Aldin 1950
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
A Beautiful, Original Painting on Canvas by Canadian artist Fahri Aldin. This Fabulous Piece is Priced to Sell! Along with his Miniature pieces in my other listings, which the Artist...
Canvas, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, 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
$16,517
H 78.75 in W 59.06 in D 1.19 in
Untitled 7 - Contemporary Blue, White, Black Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
The paintings from this series are painted in such a way that they can be hung horizontally or vertically. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have alway...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,628
H 36 in W 36 in D 2 in
Bright and fascinating contemporary figurative painting
By Michael Pemberton
Located in London, GB
In this collection, British painter Michael Pemberton (b. 1974) suggests we each have a personal HUMAN ATMOSPHERE. An ether where we truly exist, unseen by the naked eye but as real ...
Canvas, Oil
$22,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 78 in W 87 in D 2 in
'Feast and Chaos' Large Original Painting on Canvas by Artist Fahri Aldin- 1950
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
A Fabulous, large, Original painting on canvas by Canadian artist Fahri Aldin. This One of a Kind Masterpiece measures an impressive 78 x 87 inches or 198 x 221 centimetres. It is s...
Canvas, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$39,216Sale Price|20% Off
H 80 in W 164 in D 2 in
'Messenger of Peace' HUGE Original Painting on Canvas by Artist Fahri Aldin 1950
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
A Stunning, Huge, Original painting on canvas by Canadian artist Fahri Aldin. This One of a Kind Masterpiece measures an impressive 80 inches in height and 164 inches wide or 203 x ...
Canvas, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, 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