Prolific throughout the 1960s and 1970s, artist Leo Guida was an influential Italian painter and printmaker.
Beginning in 1969, Guida served as a teacher for nearly two decades at the Liceo Artistico in Latina. While he worked with watercolor paints to create much of his known art, he produced a wide range of graphic prints that is representative of his talents.
Guida worked with Chinese ink and was fluent in a variety of printmaking techniques, which included chalcography, engraving and aquatint. The latter is a technique named for its resemblance to watercolor or ink wash, while engraving is a method of making prints by incising lines into a metal plate with a sharp tool called a burin. Chalcography sees an artist engraving on copper or brass plates.
Guida made art in all kinds of styles over the course of his career. The bulk of his drawings and etchings are richly detailed and fantastical — they feature nudes, imagery from nature and depictions of mythological creatures. Guida’s works on paper show the influence of Spanish printmaker and painter Francisco Goya and are also inclusive of Surrealist flourishes and themes.
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Surrealist Composition - Paint by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Leo Guida in 1970s. Hand signed on rear. Includes an outstanding frame, hand carved and with inlays of different types of wood, that is part of the compos...
Oil, Canvas
For Your Eyes Only
By Roxana Khonkulova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work speaks of a moment of intimacy - as a state of trust that is only beginning to form. It is a space where it becomes possible to be imperfect. Openness ceases to be a risk an...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 25 in W 19 in D 1 in
"Her First Love" Playing Piano at Chateau de Chambo Impressionist Interior Scene
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of an interior scene with a woman playing the piano passionately. A cozy impressionistic scene with warmth and feeling. Whimsical details through out and beautif...
Canvas, Oil
Camouflage
By Roxana Khonkulova
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is a manifesto about finding oneself within the confines of strict boundaries and external expectations. It is based on a period of life when the environment dictated the r...
Canvas, Oil
Sheep Shed
By Benjamin Frederick
Located in Atlanta, GA
"I grew up as the middle of five kids. We would yearly visit my grandmother in Alabama and later in Tennessee. She was an artist and her house was full of paintings, which was format...
Canvas, Oil
Embroidered Jacket
By Roxana Khonkulova
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Embroidered Jacket” in this work refers to a human state and to what lies beyond materiality. It speaks of a moment in which an external change sets an inner movement in motion. It ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,255
H 47.25 in W 47.25 in D 1.97 in
Mirror Room- 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting of a Palace interior
By Sylvia Van Opstall
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Sylvia van Opstall Mirror Room 120 x 120 cm Framing is possible The artist Sylvia van Opstall comes from all kinds of "worlds that deal with design and classical painting," the des...
Canvas, Oil
$2,340
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 1.19 in
A Place of Endless Summer: Oil Painting of Contemporary Pool Architecture
By Lilly Muth
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
"Sunday at the Chateau de Chambord" Impressionist Interior Scene with Piano
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of an interior scene with piano. A cozy impressionistic scene with warmth and feeling. Whimsical details through out and beautiful brushwork. This piece captures...
Canvas, Oil
Lee
By Alex Blas
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Privacy and personal space are central themes in the works of painter Alex Blas. His most recent series 'Housesitter' is inspired by...
Canvas, Oil
$5,032
H 33.47 in W 25.6 in D 1.19 in
Curtain - Contemporary Expressive Atmospheric Indoor Oil Painting
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Canvas, Oil
$4,200
H 28 in W 48 in D 1 in
We're Here To Celebrate You, Not Your Dress, Oil on Canvas, 28x48 in
By Georgia Hinaris
Located in Chicago, IL
A woman sits turned inward, her body rendered in feverish strokes of electric blue and raw pink—flesh that feels less human and more exposed, like something peeled back under a harsh...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 21.66 in W 29.53 in D 0.12 in
Change Of Light. From The Light Series
By Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
Canvas, Oil