Fidan Kim found early artistic success for her surreal, magical scenes and her ability to tell powerful stories through many mediums. Her figurative paintings and drawings are inspired largely by her dreamscapes. "Dreams are very important to me," she told Baku magazine. "I’ll wake up in the middle of the night and have to grab a piece of paper and make a quick sketch."
Kim was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and remembers loving art since early childhood. She began painting with watercolors as a toddler and realized that she wanted to be an artist when she was 12 years old. With support from her mother and grandmother, Kim embarked on a journey to pursue her passions. In the late 2000s, she began attending master's art classes in Edinburgh and Italy, and in 2014, she enrolled at the Azerbaijan State Art Academy.
Kim's art quickly garnered attention for its deep imagery. She often incorporates folk motifs and national symbols in her work, and she is not shy about using rich colors that pop off the canvas to grab the viewer's attention. Within just a few years of starting her career, Kim's artwork had been exhibited in Tbilisi, Paris, Moscow, New York, Shanghai and Beijing.
In 2022, Kim was also invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale. Her striking installation, Totem, explores humanity's struggle against itself and with the environment. Today, Kim lives and works in San Francisco and is represented by galleries worldwide.
"Magical World"
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a masterpiece oil paintinb by artist Fidan Kim. "Magical World", is an original oil on canvas, signed, painted in 2020, with an image dimsnsion of 58 x 47 inches, sold un...
Oil
"Butterfly Effect"
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a lifetime masterpiece by artist Fidan Kim. "Butterfly Effect", is an original oil on canvas, signed, created 2023-2024, with an image disunion of 50 x 48 inches. The Bu...
Oil
"In the Light"
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by artist Fidan Kim. "Into the Light", is an original oil on canvas signed, painted in 2021, with an image dimsnesion of 48 x 24 inches, sold un...
Oil
"L'amour et Lumiere"
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent original oil on canvas by artist Fidan Kim. "L'amour et Lumiere", "Love and Light", is an original oil on canvas signed, painted in 2021, with an image dims...
Oil
$24,500
H 15 in W 20.5 in
Theresa Bernstein, American Modernist, "Coney Island", Foster Bros period frame
By Theresa Bernstein
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size without frame: 15"x20 1/2" Painting size with frame: 21"x26 1/2" Period Foster Brothers Frame Painting is signed lower right. A lively boardwalk scene by Theresa Ber...
Oil, Board
$1,500
H 24.02 in W 24.02 in D 0.99 in
mr. c and gladys, bright colorful man and dog
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Canvas, Oil
$34,000
H 15.5 in W 12.5 in
"Untitled (Seated Figure)" Milton Avery, Modernist, Interior Scene, Abstracted
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
Milton Avery Untitled (Seated Figure), circa early 1930s Signed and inscribed on the reverse Oil on homemade canvas board 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches Provenance The artist Max Granick, Ne...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,500
H 27.5 in W 29.5 in D 1.5 in
A Colorful, Mid-Century Modern American Scene Painting, "The Farm"
By Charles Turzak
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Mid-Century Modern American Scene Country Landscape Painting, "The Farm" by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). The painting depicts a vibrant, sunlit depiction of a Midwestern country farm, including a red barn and silo. The painting is oil on canvas, dating from the 1950s. A painting of a great visual appeal- a perfect complement to any collection. Artwork size: 23 x 25 inches, accompanied with the artist's original, hand-painted frame (Framed size: 27 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches). Signed "Turzak", upper right; titled on artist's label on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...
Canvas, Oil
$44,000
H 15.25 in W 30 in
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco CT
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco CT Arnold Aaron Friedman (American, 1874-1946) "Cancellation Table" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,500
H 20 in W 23 in D 1.75 in
"Canals in Annecy, France" by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) American Framed
By Emma Fordyce MacRae
Located in Yardley, PA
A lovely scene of the canals in Annecy, France by renowned American artist Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974). This work highlights the geometric nature of the historic architecture al...
Gesso, Oil, Board
$600
H 16 in W 16 in D 1 in
Bluebird of Innocence Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, American Modern
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
a reworking of a quieter image with the same child, but children aren't quiet and this needed more vitality, so I added more birds and flowers, anemones. I wanted to evoke an idyllic...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$3,250
H 49.58 in W 33.25 in D 1.5 in
Edward Marecak “Autumn Harvest” Figurative Oil Painting, 1987
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
A vibrant and richly patterned figurative oil painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993), titled Autumn Harvest and painted in 1987. The composition depicts...
Oil
$1,450
H 20.5 in W 13.5 in D 1.75 in
George Cecil Carter Mid-Century Modern Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, c. 1950
Located in Denver, CO
Discover the expressive appeal of this original mid-century figurative oil painting by American modernist George Cecil Carter (1908–1987). Dating to circa 1950, this intriguing compo...
Oil
$44,000
H 15.25 in W 30 in
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco D
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco D Arnold Friedman (1874-1946) "Dispatch" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood Panel, 1935 Signed, dated,...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Market #2 - by Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
The universal farmers market is bustling with action. Geometric stalls with intense color coupled with contrasting blue arches creates the dynamism in this work of art. The Market #...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.75 in
Martyl Schweig Victor Colorado 1942 Ghost Town Landscape Oil Painting
By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf
Located in Denver, CO
A historically significant 1942 American modernist oil painting by Martyl Schweig Langsdorf depicting Victor, Colorado, a high-altitude mining ghost town nestled within the Rocky Mountains. The composition captures the stark beauty and atmospheric stillness of a fading Western settlement, where abandoned structures, rugged terrain, and expansive mountain forms merge into a powerful narrative landscape. Painted in oil on masonite, the work features Schweig’s expressive plein-air brushwork and a richly grounded palette of deep greens, muted golds, earthy browns, and atmospheric grays. The paint handling is both fluid and structured, emphasizing light, elevation, and the emotional weight of the post–Gold Rush landscape rather than strict topographical accuracy. This early American modernist Western painting carries strong narrative presence while remaining visually balanced, making it highly effective in both traditional interiors and more contemporary, curated environments. Created in 1942 during Schweig’s Colorado painting trips with fellow artist Adolph Dehn...
Masonite, Oil
Fools Mate
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A series of original mixed media works have just been released from the private collection of Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim. This is the first time these works have been presented for...
Mixed Media
True Love
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier the original paintings of Azerbaijan artist Fidan Kim. Fidan Kim is an internationally exhibited artist and a graduate of fine art from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. Her paintings are reminiscent of both symbolism and surrealism, and include messages of society and dreams as they relate to the human condition. There is also a precisionist aspect to the style of these paintings rarely discovered and experienced. It is the discovery of her imagery that distinguishes her as one of the most interesting contemporary fine art painters. "True Love...
Oil