Karen Kiefer Figurative Paintings

JORGE TAMAYO "DESNUDOS" ARCYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED COSTA RICA, DATED 2012 43 X 51 INCHES Jorge Tamayo Cabrera Tamayo was born in Ecuador in 1...

Diana & Cupid French Surrealist artist, mid 20th century oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: a few minor scuffs and...

Surreal Dreamscape with Nudes French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1958? Canvas : 30 x 37.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: v...

The Three Graces - Original Surrealist On Board Dramatic and dynamic fantasy scene by Russell R. Tripp (American, 1942-2025). This piece depicts a dream like scene with two nude wom...

Louis Buisseret (Belgian) Exhibited at the Pittsburgh International (Carnegie Institute) show of 1928 "Composition" This surrealist painting depicts nude women having a picnic in a S...

In this painting, I blend expressionism, surrealism, and symbolism to explore deep emotional narratives. The canvas features fragmented figures and abstract forms, evoking a sense of...

Pawel Sepielak is a Polish painter, book illustrator and printmaker.

Dramatic oil on canvas surrealist painting by John Abrahamson (American 20th Century) depicting a nude male with the motto Partitus Ero or I wager in Latin. Abrahamson is known for h...

The Arrows of Love French School, dated 1998 indistinctly signed to each painting each inscribed verso and with former collectors label pair of acrylic paintings on canvas, framed ea...

"Les deux moitiés" is a contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted them. Sh...

"Milky Way" is a contemporary surrealist and ethereal multi-figurative oil painting by Italian artist, Daniela Astone. Astone's latest work centers around figures floating in ether...

Part of Daniela Astone's series of figures in different ethereal and surrealistic spaces. "The Kiss" brings to mind Gustav Klimt's famous 1908 painting of the same name but instead of an abstracted gold background, Astone creates a mysterious creature enveloping and suspending the figure in mid-air. The dark monster looks ominous until you notice the nude figure leaning into her partner, her hands lightly caressing or leaning on the the amorphous creature. Her body is relaxed and her eyes closed. As a classical artist who paints the nude figure everyday, Astone is masterful at depicting women at ease in their natural bodies rather than women self-conscious of their nudity—posing but fearful of exploitation at the same time—a theme in art history that continues today. Some of the sweeping strokes of black are inspired by Japanese paintings techniques, and on the lighter areas there are rain drop falling from a blue-grey cloud in the background. 52.8 x 44.9 inches framed Artist Bio Daniela Astone was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1980 and raised in Porto Santo Stefano...