The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the curious animal really reaches out of the frame, as if the viewer stands face-to-face with the cow. It gives the paintings extra liveliness — the calf really looks at you, as if he wants to make contact and step out of his frame. The beautiful eyes and the soft whiskers make the cow extra touchable.
Jansen started his artistic career as a photographer. The influence of photography is surely traceable in his realistic portraits with unique compositions and extreme framing. For what has already been a number of years, the cow is an important subject in the work of Jansen. The animal’s unpretentious sense of being and its quirky, sometimes absurd shapes fascinate the artist. Unlike the function of cattle animals in past decennia painting, Jansen does not frame the cow as embellishment of landscape. He frames a single animal in all of its uniqueness and detail, often even with no room for landscape.
The backgrounds of the portraits radiate serenity and peace in their almost abstract flatness. The background contrasts with the liveliness of the animal, painted in great detail. Jansen creates an intriguing play of color and form and of abstractness and realism, to let the nature of the cow be fully appreciated.
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Tar and Feather, Psychedelic Abstract Screenprint by Paul Arthur Jansen
By Paul Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tar and Feather Paul Arthur Jansen, American (1945) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 225, AP 40 Image Size: 25 x 23 inches Size: 30 in. x 26 in....
Screen
Abstract Spiral, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Paul Arthur Jansen
By Paul Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Several parallel beams of grey, white, and black come flying in from every corner of this screenprint to meet in a knot in the center. This print by Paul Arthur Jansen is signed and ...
Screen
Distant Muses
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Distant Muses 2000 Screenprint 23 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; 60 x 49 cm Edition of 300 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available from Matthew Marks...
Screen
$6,500
H 48 in W 48 in
Sol LeWitt Colors with Lines in Four Directions (Blue) 1990 Silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Sol LeWitt Title: Colors with Lines in Four Directions (Blue) Medium: Silkscreen on Paper Artwork Size: 48" x 48" Frame Size: 52.75" x 52.75" Year: 1990 Edition: 67/100 Print...
Screen
$650
H 36 in W 24 in
Bob Gleason - Halloween 40th Anniversary Ed. - Contemporary Cinema Movie Poster
Located in Asheville, NC
Halloween 40th Anniversary Screen Print by Bob Gleason: To celebrate one of our favorite film franchise’s 40th anniversary, a phenomenal looking new...
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment...
Magic Rainbow II, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in San Rafael, CA
Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Magic Rainbow II, late 20th century Screenprint in colors on wove paper LXIII/XC (edition 63/90) Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge 13 x 15...
Screen
$26,835
H 24.61 in W 24.61 in
Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton Flower Garden Framed Limited Edition Print
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 25 of 50 62.5 x 62.5 cm (24.6 x 24.6 in) Framed: 71.5 x 70.5 x 3cm, 28.2 x 27.8 x 1.2 in Signed, dated and numbered on the lower right Artwork and frame in mint c...
Screen
$950
H 29.875 in W 22.875 in
"Untitled" screenprint and collotype by Gotthard Graubner from "Kinderstern"
By Gotthard Graubner
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" screenprint and collotype by artist Gotthard Graubner from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families of children...
Screen
$9,200
H 57.75 in W 6.25 in
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT 1969 “Twin Planes” Screenprint on Canvas
By Kenneth Noland
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland "Twin Planes" USA, 1969 Screenprint on canvas laminated to board From an edition of 200 6.25"H 58.75"W (artwork) Original Period frame Overall good condition 'Twin ...
Lithograph, Canvas, Screen
Solar Imp
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil and also numbered 96/126 in pencil. Published by Lincoln Center List Poster and Print Program, New York. Second ...
Screen, Color
$5,500
H 45 in W 55 in
Souvenir, Howard Hodgkin: large scale black white gray abstract interior scene
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
Very large scale black and white abstract interior scene with dots, lines, brushstrokes, paint daubs, fingerprints, squares and rectangles. Striking print to hang in contemporary, mo...
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Black Field
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on white wove paper, 1972. Signed by the artist dated in pencil lower left. Numbered 67/150 in pencil lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink ...
Screen, Color
Louis Vuitton Cherry Jeans
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition of 50 76 x 76 cm (30 x 30 in) Signed and numbered on front New, as issued Kaikai Kiki
Screen
Sky's The Limit
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on white wove paper, 2003. Initialed and dated by the artist in pencil, lower center. Inscribed "PP 5/9" in pencil in lower right. One of 8 numbered printer's proo...
Serigraph, Color
Louis Vuitton Cherry White Leather
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition of 50 76 x 76 cm (30 x 30 in) Signed and numbered on front New, as issued Kaikai Kiki
Screen
InvadHirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Damien Hirst X Invader Title: Invadhirst Year: 2025 Medium: 21-colour silkscreen print on Somerset Satin White 410 gsm cotton paper Edition: 1194; hand-signed by the artists ...
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The Basque Suite #4
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprinton J. B. Green paper, 1970-71. Initialed by the artist and numbered 85/150 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlborough Graph...
Screen, Color