Mark Bradley Schwartz is a contemporary American realist painter who specializes in figurative works and still lifes. Originally from Illinois, he transitioned from a successful career in graphic design and art direction to fine art, seeking greater personal fulfillment through creative expression. Schwartz received his formal training at the California Art Institute under illustrator Glen Orbik, whose teachings on shape, value, and edge significantly influenced his artistic development. His technical approach balances accurate drawing with expressive brushwork, drawing inspiration from masters like John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, and Nicolai Fechin. Working primarily in oils, charcoal, and graphite, Schwartz creates works characterized by subtle color harmonies and varied paint application techniques. After studying at the California Art Institute, he joined its faculty as an instructor until the school closed in 2014. Schwartz is represented by Abend Gallery in Denver, Colorado, which has featured his work in both solo and group exhibitions since at least 2015.
"Looking Away" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Oil Painting, Female Nude Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz’s "Looking Away" (2020) is a masterful example of contemporary figurative realism, executed in oil on board. This original, handmade painting captures a quiet, ...
Oil, Board
"Revelation 1" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Revelation 1" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on board depicting a nude female in a monochromatic palette. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Oil, Board
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled 8
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Reclining Nude figure
Oil
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
"Back View 11, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Back View 11" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the nude back of a brunette woman sitting in a chair with white fabric delicately...
Oil, Linen
"Terra Rosa Nude" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Terra Rosa Nude" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting the nude back of a female model with with graceful curves. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
"Graceful Curve" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Graceful Curve" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a reclining female model draped with a white sheet. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
$400Sale Price|20% Off
"Untitled 12, " Charcoal Drawing
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Untitled 12" is an original, handmade charcoal drawing that depicts a woman in profile with her long dark hair draped over her right shoulder with...
Paper, Charcoal
"Looking Away" (2023) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Looking Away" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a female model in a monochromatic palette. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
"Julie in Red" (2023) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Julie in Red" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a female model with red hair in profile. A native of Illinois, He began h...
Canvas, Oil
"Anastasia" (2023) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Portrait Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Anastasia" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a brunette model. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art dir...
Canvas, Oil
"Two Yellow, One White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Painting, Still Life
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Two Yellow, One White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a still life of two yellow and one white rose in a clear vase. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
"Draped in White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Draped in White" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a seated brunette model draped with a white sheet. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
"Four Pears" (2023) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Still Life
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Four Pears" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a still life with four pears and a white vase with flowers. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Canvas, Oil
"Graceful Contour" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Graceful Contour" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a female in profile contrasted with a dark background. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature. To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Oil, Linen, Board
Untitled 11
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait of figure looking away
Oil
"Victorian" (2023) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Victorian" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting a formal portrait of a female model. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic d...
Canvas, Oil
$489
H 16 in W 12 in
America impressionist portrait young boy 1937 Modern Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic modern portrait of a young boy. This work is signed what appears to be Paul Sellers and dated 1937, but we have not found information on the artist. The work dated 1936...
Oil, Board
$5,385
H 30.71 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform.
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh. A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time. Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter". He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House. Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$12,500
H 17 in W 13 in
Love Mirror Oil on Canvas, Signed Magazine Cover, Circa 1937, 17x13
Located in Miami, FL
Love Mirror, True Experiences magazine cover, February 1937 by Female Illustrator and Pupl Artist Georgia Warren Oil on canvas 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33.0 cm) Signed lower left: War...
Canvas, Oil
$13,662Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 45 in D 4 in
Nude Painting by Andre Belichenko (Russian).
By Andre Belichenko
Located in Uppingham, GB
Nude with Silks by Andre Belichenko ( Russian) Andrei Belichenko was born in 1974 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He is a graduate of the Republican Art Schoo (1990). Andrei studied in t...
Acrylic
$595
H 18.3 in W 18.3 in D 0.5 in
1960s Vintage Swedish Oil Painting Fish Market Scene by Modernist Henry Eldin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This mid-century oil on canvas by the renowned Swedish modernist Henry Eldin (b. 1921) reveals an expressive harbour scene, where a young woman purchases fish against a backdrop of p...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$9,952
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.6 in
Portrait of Woman - Oil on Wooden Panel by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
By Antonio Feltrinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman if a beautiful oil on wooden panel realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Very good conditions. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) Antonio Felt...
Oil, Wood Panel
$6,500
H 32 in W 32 in D 2.75 in
"The Champ, 1942" Joe Louis "Brown Bomber" Boxer Portrait Ex-Museum Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“The Champ, 1942” by Theodore Fried (1902-1980) This important portrait by Hungarian-American artist Theodore Fried depicts the legendary boxer Joe Louis aka “The Brown Bomber” and ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,200
H 36.25 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
Art Nouveau Ballerina Painting by Mystery European Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery European Artist Untitled, c. 20th Century Oil on canvas board 31 x 22 3/4 in. Framed: 36 1/4 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,250
H 24 in W 20 in
"Abstract Visage XVI" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage XVI" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name fo...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 21.88 in W 17.38 in D 2 in
On the Beach. Woman Reading. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this intimate painting of a woman reading titled On the Beach. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to th...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$7,500
H 21.5 in W 18.125 in
MARCEL DYF Femme à sa Toilette, Modern Oil Painting, Framed, Mid-20th Century
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
H 30.25 x W 26.75 x D 2 in. (framed) Signed lower right: “DYF” Dyf Archives ID No. 2063 Provenance Christie’s East, New York, Modern Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures, November 10, 1992, lot 60 as Nu à sa toilette. Private collection Private collection, New York (Purchased from above) This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment. Marcel Dyf’s 1950 oil painting...
Oil, Canvas
$21,075
H 25.1 in W 31.4 in
Dipinto figurativo italiano ritratto di nudo maschile del XIX secolo
By Michele Cammarano
Located in Florence, IT
Sebbene atteggiato in una delle pose convenzionali adottate in Accademia per l’esercitazione della copia dal nudo, il modello anziano qui ritratto è indagato con tale sensibilità ana...
Canvas, Oil
"The Young Rider" - Oil Portrait Painting on Linen
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career...
Canvas, Oil
"Figure 7, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Figure 7" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a monochromatic nude woman's torso with her hands folded neatly in front of her. Ar...
Oil, Board
"Figure 6, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Figure 6" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a monochromatic nude woman's torso. Artist Biography: A native of Illinois, He bega...
Oil, Board
"Repose 1, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Repose 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a monochromatic blue nude woman with dark hair reclining with her spread open black r...
Oil, Board
"Repose 3, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Repose 3" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a reclining nude woman with her open robe and hand tucked gingerly behind her blonde ...
Oil, Board
"Repose 2, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Repose 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a monochromatic nude woman reclining with her open robe as she rest on fluffy pillows...
Oil, Board
"Red Satin, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Red Satin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman with her red satin robe agape as her strawberr...
Oil, Board
"Pearls, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Pearls" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman with a long string of pearls d...
Oil, Board
"Delicate Curves, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Delicate Curves" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the nude back of a brunette woman resting on a bed of white. Artist Biograph...
Oil, Board
"Lynda in Blue and Green, " Oil Painting
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Lynda in Blue and Green" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman in a blue robe quietly holding her wrist as she le...
Oil, Board
Merge 4
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Lone nude figure with green background
Linen, Oil
Back View 9
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Nude figure's back with dark background
Oil