Donald Sultan is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement in New York City.
Sultan has a unique artistic method and innovative approach to traditional subject matter. Known as Abstract Representation, Sultan’s paintings, prints and other art are characterized by the use of geometric black forms set against organic areas of bright color, thus bringing an abstract sensibility to his iconographic images of still life. Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects. Sultan’s lemons, a recurrent theme in his artworks, have in fact become an iconic image all over the world.
“All of the images of those dark pictures are really about the architecture in the paintings; they seem so massive and strong and permanent, but nothing is permanent,” Sultan has said. “The image in the front is very fragile, but it conveys the loaded meaning of everything that is contained in the painting.”
Sultan is considered to be at the forefront of contemporary art. Although his paintings are often classified as landscapes and still lifes, Sultan states that they are first and foremost abstracts. Besides paintings, drawings, and sculptures, he has created many editions. Sultan’s prints are unique: he uses specific materials like “flocking” to create expressive and powerful prints that are reminiscent of his forceful paintings. Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Sultan’s artistic career has progressed rapidly; his works are part of the most prominent public and private collections to be found across the globe.
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Six Red Poppies, 2021
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and over printed flocking on Somerset 500 gsm Satin Radiant White with deckle edges. Edition of 60
Ink, Satin Paper
$2,204Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.5 in W 7.5 in
Metallic Ink Painting, Animal, Female Figure, Woman & Bird by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman & Bird" Ink on Paper 11.5 x 7.5 inches America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$4,973
H 19.69 in W 39.38 in
Furstemberg 2 by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting, Paris cityscape
By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Located in Paris, FR
Furstemberg 2 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 50...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
$2,500
H 54.8 in W 40 in D 0.1 in
Yellow Nude. Portrait. Painting Pastel, pencil, ink on archival paper mounted
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Pastel, Ink
$2,700
H 10.5 in W 9.5 in
Ink on Paper Painting, Portrait, Bike & Sunshine by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Bike & Sunshine" Ink on Paper 10.5 x 9.5 inches America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a p...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$2,400
H 9 in W 7.5 in
Ink on Paper Painting, Female Portrait, Woman Under the Stars by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman Under the Stars" Ink on Paper 9 x 7.5 inches America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$4,613
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
$1,869
H 8.94 in Dm 8.94 in
Maples by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style landscape painting, black and gold
By Lumi Mizutani
Located in Paris, FR
Maples is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panel mounted on Japanese paper, diameter is 22.7 cm (8....
Gold Leaf
$4,889
H 19.69 in W 39.38 in
Louis by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban Landscape Painting, Paris Streets at Night
By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Located in Paris, FR
Louis 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 50 × 100 c...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
'A Unicorn TRex Love Story'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
$5,000
H 19.5 in W 13.5 in
Ink on Paper Painting, Yellow, Angels Come With Stars & Horns by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Angels Come With Stars & Horns" Ink on Paper 19.5 x 13.5 inches America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$15,099
H 25.67 in W 39.38 in
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine, Painting with Gold Leaf on Japanese Paper
By Lumi Mizutani
Located in Paris, FR
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese paper mounted on panels...
Gold Leaf
'Meditation'
By Angelica Bergamini
Located in New York, NY
Know thyself is sourced in the words of Krishnamurti, “The beginning of freedom is self-knowledge”. This atmospheric body of works on paper using acrylic, ink, pigment inkjet print,...
Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Yellow Tulip #18
By Donald Sultan
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A work by Donald Sultan. "Yellow Tulip #18" is an oil and tar on paper executed in primary green and yellow on a black ground and depicts an abstr...
Paper, Tar, Oil