Eric Fischl’s extraordinary achievements throughout his career have made him one of the most influential figurative painters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Fischl was born in 1948 in New York City and grew up in the suburbs of Long Island. He attended Phoenix College and earned his BFA from the California Institute for the Arts in 1972. Fischl’s suburban upbringing provided him with a backdrop of alcoholism and a country club culture obsessed with image over content. His early work thus became focused on the rift between what was experienced and what could not be said. His first New York City solo show was at Edward Thorp Gallery in 1979, during a time when suburbia was not considered a legitimate genre for art. He first received critical attention for depicting the dark, disturbing undercurrents of mainstream American life.
In his pinned Mylar and cast resin works, Fischl creates images that are both striking in their saturated tones and infused with the subtle tension of figures twisting, reaching, and pushing out beyond the boundaries of the picture plane. The artist has reimagined his technique used to create glassine collages during the late '70s and early '80s.
Drawing on those early years, Fischl pulls his collage process forward using contemporary imagery and art-making technology not available to him in prior years. The result is work that is fresh, arresting, and deeply tied to the historic roots of the artist. While both the cast resin and pinned Mylar concepts emanate from the same desire to revisit his early collage process, each accomplishes very different results. The resin pieces were created around the time Fischl began exploring cast glass sculpture. The resin pieces became a way to create collaged images in modern materials that capture light in a similar way to the glass sculptures, whereby light comes into the piece and projects back out of the work. In the pinned Mylars, Fischl wanted to break free from the confines of the cast resin and the picture plane. This became a creative driver for much of this body of work.
Eric Fischl’s paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and his work is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, St. Louis Art Museum, Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark, Musée Beaubourg in Paris, the Paine Webber Collection, and many others.
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(Biography provided by Octavia Art Gallery)
Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip by Jamaica Kincaid
By Eric Fischl
Located in New York, NY
FISCHL, Eric. Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip. By Jamaica Kincaid. 14 pp. Illustrated with 9 original lithographs by Fischl. Folio, bound in publisher's black cloth with embos...
Paper
$1,138
H 33.8 in W 28 in
German Female Artist, Study or Portrait of a Girl, Expressionism, Realism
Located in Greven, DE
Helene Rutkowski is an artist who was born in 1862. The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "Baumbestandene Allee im Herbst" at Quentin Auction House in 2021. She worked in the style of Realism and Expressionism and her works remind one of Käthe Kollwitz. This beautiful drawing...
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
$5,800
H 51 in W 44.5 in D 2 in
Robert Rauschenberg "Broken Harp" Pencil Signed Lithograph 24/500 executed 1989
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and numbered lithograph on woven paper designed by Robert Rauschenberg titled "Broken Harp". An early edition, number 24 of only 500 prints ever made. Executed on woven paper ...
Paper
$569
H 8.27 in W 11.82 in D 0.4 in
Small Black White & Grey Abstract Landscape – The Sea Keeps Its Secrets I
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
The Sea Keeps Its Secrets Compositions of Crystal Structures This artwork belongs to The Sea Keeps Its Secrets, an ongoing body of work by Bulgarian artist Silvana Ilieva, in which ...
Paper, Handmade Paper
Giardino di Rose
By Justas Varpucanskis
Located in Mokena, IL
Giardino di Rose, 2022 Ink on Toned Paper with Frame, 12.25 x 15.25 inches Transporting the viewer to Florence’s sun-lit rose garden, Justas Varpucanskis...
Ink, Handmade Paper
$1,665
H 18.75 in W 16.75 in D 2 in
Two of the Hand Colored Botanist Repository Series 1797 Andrews, Henry, British
Located in Stamford, CT
Andrews, Henry (British) two of the hand colored Botanist Repository series 1797. This artwork is presented in roped and gilded frames by Judy Cormier. The Botanist's Repository was...
Paper
Ritratto di Noemi
By Justas Varpucanskis
Located in Mokena, IL
Ritratto di Noemi, 2019 Graphite and White Chalk on Toned Paper, 7 x 10 inches “Ritratto di Noemi”, a captivating portrait, by artist Justas Varp...
Chalk, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Iroha, 2 calligraphy screens (#004776)
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Iroha Two six-panel folding screens (byôbu), featuring the famous Iroha poem by Kûkai (Kôbô Daishi, 774–835) written in the cursive Sôsho style. Inscribed/signed: Shôbô fude-ryû ri...
Paper, Ink
$979
H 7.88 in W 14.57 in D 0.4 in
Abstract Landscape in Handmade Paper Collage, Organic Black and Natural Fibers
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
Abstract Landscape in Handmade Paper Collage, Organic Black and Natural Fibers This unique wall piece is part of a series of abstract collages created from handmade paper during an a...
Organic Material, Charcoal, Handmade Paper
$979
H 8.67 in W 12.6 in D 0.4 in
Abstract Organic Night Landscape in Handmade Paper, Black Earth Tones Relief
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
Abstract Organic Night Landscape in Handmade Paper, Black Earth Tones Relief. This unique wall piece is part of a series of abstract collages created during an artist residency in Le...
Organic Material, Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Art Nouveau Style Print Elegant Woman in the Forest
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Nouveau "Elegant Woman in the Forest", Print by Bernard Picture Company. In the manner of Alphonse Maria Mucha. Height: 32 inches, Width: 18.75 inches, Depth: 1.25 inches
Paper
$8,000
H 75.38 in W 48.25 in D 2 in
Gene Davis Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Black Witch Series Serigraph 1974
By Gene Davis
Located in Dallas, TX
Large scale serigraph by Gene Davis 'Black Witch Series' on archival paper signed and numbered in pencil, 24 of 150. Executed in 1974, 72" x 45" in the original frame with plexiglass...
Paper
$1,936
H 10.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in
“Deer Kingdom” abstract mountain landscape, handmade paper wall art
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
“Deer Kingdom” is an original contemporary artwork by Silvana Ilieva, created during an artist residency in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. The work is made entirely from handmade p...
Organic Material, Handmade Paper, Mica
$2,200
H 39.25 in W 28.25 in
Aspiration - screenprint on paper by British artist Wayne Warren
By Wayne Warren
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Wayne Warren (1940) Aspiration (2013) Screenprint on paper Size: 39.25 x 28.25 in (99.7 x 71.8 cm) From the edition of 26, this is 11/26 Hand signed lower right, numbered lower left...
Screen, Paper
Signed artist catalog with a drawing
By Keith Haring
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A wonderful drawing by Keith Haring on the first page of a catalog of his artworks exhibition. printed by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1982 Signed lower right. Hand signed Marker...
Magazine Paper, Permanent Marker
The Mirror
By Judy Pfaff
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Judy Pfaff (1946) The Mirror (1998) Etching and encaustic on Crown Kozo Size: 71.75 x 31.75 in (182.2 x 80.6 cm) Frame size: 77.75 x 37.75 in (197.5 x 95.8 cm) Edition of 30 Hand si...
Paper, Encaustic, Etching