Sax Berlin Paintings
British, b. 1953
We are privileged to sell works on behalf of Sax Berlin. Sax, arguably the finest exponent of 21st Century Classicism, has devoted his life to absorbing the culture of art and architecture in Europe, Asia & North America. He is undoubtedly a genius of our times and one of the great secrets of modern art.
When one reviews his oeuvre, 10 distinct & separate styles emerge, displaying Berlin’s mastery of his subject. In fact only Picasso has achieved this height of genius. His students and collectors call him “The Master”.
Berlin is a unique artist, using techniques mastered during his studies; ranging from antiquity through the medieval and Renaissance to the present; he creates the visual outcomes he wants and that delight collectors.
The paintings Berlin has created in his New York, Greek and Cornish studios are of museum quality and are rarely seen in Art Sales offering a combination of beautiful artworks and investment opportunity.
Harvard University refer to him as a Master Artist. The President of the Asia Society on Park Avenue, NYC wrote to Berlin that “your work is beautiful” and Bernard Faure, Professor of Asia Studies at Columbia University wrote “your icons really do have a life of their own”.
Sax Berlin is a modern Master Painter in the truest sense of the term and follows in the footsteps of the Great Masters of the past.(Biography provided by White Court Art)
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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Artist: Sax Berlin
"The God of Colour " Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Exhilarating flashes of neon colour swirl around the golden mouthed icon image. A painting of movement and meditation from the unique and unmistakable palette of master artist Sax B...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Angel of Manhattan". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A large, monochrome painting that maximises Berlin's skill. In this piece, which appears deceptively simple Berlin has channeled his raw energy into a painting that has massive impa...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"No King: One Route". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp edged and sassy from Sax Berlin.
A bang on trend, urban street painting with an undercurrent of the darkness of the city.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Wild is the Wind. ( Kerry O )". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of his Women Who Dance With Wolves inspired series, Berlin offers Wild is the Wind (Kerry O). Every woman has, deep within her psyche, a wild nature. This nature cannot be taugh...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Several Shades Of Dust: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Described by some as a masterpiece this is a deeply personal painting brought forth from the imagination of Sax Berlin. Many years in the creating, Berlin wanted this image to emerge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Wheatfield With Crows, after Vincent". Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Billion Dollar Hand has created this richly shaded painting as something of an homage to Van Gogh, channeling and expanding the style in a unique way. However, not satisfied with...
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2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Faced Harlequin, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Fully costumed Harlequin sits before the hot swirling background looking reflective after his performance. With his ceruse coated face he is the archetypal image of our perception of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
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Oil
Street Angel. ( Subway Series ) Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
1980's NYC; dark and dangerous times. Gangs roamed the streets again, as they did in the 1800's, committing acts of egregious violence upon helpless citizens. But......... there was ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Michelangelo's Apprentice: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A boys face straight from the Renaissance down the centuries to the studio of Sax Berlin. Created in Medieval style this portrait could quite easily belong in the Uffizi collections ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Aesthetic Movement Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
Preparing For The Muse (Mark Rylance). Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Portrait of actor Mark Rylance preparing for one of his earlier roles
Gouache on Italian Slate in a contemporary Black frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Slate
What Light in Yonder Window Breaks: Contemporary figurative oil painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Shakespeare's fair Juliet in Romeo's soliloquy is here interpreted as a medieval maiden. Berlin has not only cast his Juliet as a medieval beauty but has also used authentic techniqu...
Category
2010s Medieval Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
WE THE PEOPLE. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In classic Sharp Edge 21st Century New York Style, Berlin acknowledges and shows solidarity with the world mourning the cruel death of George Floyd in the United States, and starting...
Category
2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Wild Side". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In the 1980's New York was a very different place to the shiny, cosmopolitan city we know today. Dark forces roamed the streets and subway, violence lurked on street corners. The cit...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
One Pearl Of Great Price. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
One Pearl Of Great Price is part of the "When We Were Harlekings" collection. A pearl, unlike other gems, emerges as a perfect object and represents the true self. Through diligent s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Save The Elephants." Contemporary Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A charging bull elephant is an image we are all familiar with, but we are increasingly only able to see images and not the reality of the elephant. Berlin understands the headlong ch...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sisters of Mercy. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sisters of Mercy - obviously women of great strength of character as painted by Master Artist Sax Berlin in 2006. These divine women have the unique gift of consecrated life and brin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rights". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The goat plays a strange role in mythology and legend; perhaps its ambivalence, appearing on both sides of the spectrum, give it the appeal it enjoys. Most ancient cultures from the Assyrians via the ancient Greeks and Vikings have a goat appear in their legends. Berlin’s goat skulls...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Animal (after Michelangelo) Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The goat plays a strange role in mythology and legend; perhaps its ambivalence, appearing on both sides of the spectrum, give it the appeal it enjoys. Most ancient cultures from the Assyrians via the ancient Greeks and Vikings have a goat appear in their legends. Berlin's goat skulls...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Harlequin On Fire. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Harlequin On Fire from the studio of Sax Berlin. Vivid colour reflects the face of Harlequin; he gazes back as the fire rages; will he plunge into the inferno...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
"Odyssey" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece sees something of a departure for Berlin, his own journey through art; he's using acrylic paint married with his usual beautiful oil pigments, this piece shows a hand fre...
Category
2010s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"In The Light Of Eternity". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In The Light Of Eternity - nobody can portray the strength of woman in the same way as Sax Berlin, his paintings of women from the classical epoch of Ancient Greece are unsurpassed. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Democracy (All over the World ). Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece is so strong it shouts from the canvas! With more than a passing nod to Ancient Greece, Democracy (All Over the World) has depth and resonance; the deep colour is so rich...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Blue Eyed Guardian. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This Guardian Angel almost vanishes into his background, but that was the most wonderful attribute of the Angels, they melted in with the environment. Only the piercing blue eyes & r...
Category
2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"White Gold Lilies for the Dove of Peace" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A masterwork from a master artist,White Gold Lilies for the Dove of Peace is an immaculate piece, pure colours balanced with earthy hues imbue the work with shades of sumptuous richness seldom found outside the great collections. Nuance and symbolism combine within the elements of this painting to create an artistic journey through antiquity; Japanese wood block design, the language of flowers, even the colours themselves combine so masterfully to complete the piece.
In this large ground breaking painting Berlin has used bright vermillion & turquoise powered tones, volcanic glass and rock garnered from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius create texture and the use of the finest hand ground pigments and pure white gold leaf escalate this seminal piece to a higher plane.
This magnificent painting offers the pinnacle of modern fine art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mortality. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What better time than now to introduce Sax Berlin's Mortality series. Since people started creating art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons and skulls. This is a departure for Berlin and he brings his masterly talent to the genre. The Mortality series offers pieces that are in the vein of Neo-Expressionism and Art Brut but they are stamped with Berlin's authority. Redolent of Picasso's work Black Skull and Jug (1946) or the work of Belgian Expressionist...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tanya The Red: Red Rebel Brigade. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bristol Invisible Circus created Red Rebel Brigade in April 2019 to support the Extinction Rebellion Spring Uprising although its roots go back to 2003 and protests against the war i...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Surrealist Minimalism. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
By inference minimalism is exactly that, and this stark skull painting is perfectly representative. This head invites the viewer in and has a real charm. Amazing how something so see...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pieta: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Inspired by the Shroud of Turin this stunning piece incorporates a singular technique on each section. A masterful and unique amalgamation of materials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"From The Inner Heart To The Dove Of Peace." Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin's series of remarkable images of mythically, spiritual women is now augmented by this latest work. The Inner Heart to the Dove of Peace is an intense piece, a paean of hope. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Marble, Copper, Gold Leaf
Born In the Night. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
When Sax Berlin experiences the desire to lay something down he's unstoppable. This piece was created from an initial impulse of red. He laid down the base of reds and retired for so...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cracked Buddha. Contemporary Buddha Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Everything passes everything changes everything crumbles all is impermanent." A direct quotation from Master Artist Sax Berlin showing his belief in the impermanence and reincarnation of all things even the seemingly eternal Buddha.
Sax Berlin is creating the Great 108 Buddhas series. The number 108 has sacred meaning for followers of the Buddhist faith. For example a Buddhist Mala...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
Heaven's Gate, Jazz Bardo. Mixed Media Contemporary Neo-Classicism
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bardol Thodol literally means liberation through hearing and comes from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bardo is the transitional state between death & rebirth. Lovers of jazz and music in general will be all too aware of how one can be transported to this suspended state when listening to music. This state is expressed beautifully in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and here we quote directly from it
"remember the clear light, the pure clear white light...............Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature".
Jazz Bardo, Heavens Gate...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Silver, Copper, Gold Leaf
Animal Rights
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
When Muhammad Ali appears in your dreams there's bound to be a message! As a compassionate man Berlin feels strongly about many of the issues that affect our world. Animal Rights...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Crack is Wack . Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Silver
Beauty And Wisdom. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Beauty and Wisdom - Berlin has captured the essence of woman in this painting. It is a deeply spirtual piece and evokes the journey through life to eventual harmony with self. The ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anytime Anywhere. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Buddha Of Peace. Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This work was inspired by Berlin's many visits to the Peace Pagoda during his sojourn to Nepal over the Winter. Sax prepares his canvasses and waits for the right conjunction of crea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Guardian Bro": Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rhythmic Forces Dynamic. Contemporary Surreal Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sometimes in the world of fine art something very special happens and this piece from the hilltop studio of master artist Sax Berlin is such a rarity. Berlin has furthered his explor...
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2010s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century Wild Man. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
With his Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo-Expressionist New York City Style series Berlin gifts us the fruits of complete abandonment in paint. He offers these works that map the evolutio...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Harlequin. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
There's no mistaking this character, Arlecchino the medieval Comedie Del'Arte actor. In this thoughtful piece from Master Artist Sax Berlin we can see an interpretation of the Harleq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
All Seeing Guardian
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressionist painting of New York City's finest, The Guardian Angels. Berlin encapsulates the ethos of the Guardian Angels in this piece; they are truly ...
Category
2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dynamic Rhythmic Forces. Contemporary Surreal Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sometimes in the world of fine art something very special happens and this piece from the hilltop studio of master artist Sax Berlin is such a rarity. Berlin has furthered his explor...
Category
2010s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Guardian Sista. Acrylic Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
New York City has immersed Berlin in the whole vibe of the street culture that existed in the city at that time. Guardian Sista pays tribute to the women who were an integral part of...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"The Down Crown Crew". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A small format work on paper from Berlin. This piece is bright and immediate, beautifully reflecting the vibrancy of downtown culture.
Acrylic and gold leaf on paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lady Day
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Homage to Billie Holliday. Created in his idiosyncratic New York City style Berlin, himself a keen jazz musician, pays tribute to one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, the legendary Billie Holliday. Nicknamed Lady Day...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
"Toaist Landscape, Mountains and Mist" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Balsam, ground marble and hand ground pigments give this work great depth. This piece from Sax Berlin works on different levels; the beautiful, subtle palette & the contemplative dra...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Marble
Guardian Angel. All Seeing
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Paxos Madonna. Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Created in his studio on the Greek island of Paxos in 2004, this Madonna, painted in the ancient technique of egg tempera, is inspired by the Madonnas found throughout the islands. T...
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Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Sax Berlin Paintings
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Egg Tempera
Surrealist Collection Number 6
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin has embarked on a journey through Surrealism. This collection writhes & flows from his "Billion Dollar Hand" creating a complexity of interwoven rhythms. Berlin has been e...
Category
2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sappho's Cliff. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Is it possible to paint an abstract Classical picture? If so then this superb piece must surely be it. In the portrait of her head Sappho almost appears as a negative image, much like the Turin Shroud...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
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Oil
Before The Flood
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dream Of The Inca. Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Something of a departure for Berlin, this highly figurative painting use motifs from ancient central American cultures to create a piece that writhes and turns on the canvas. Beautif...
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2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Adonis The Beautiful. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Adonis The Beautiful. Oil and silver leaf on canvas. The effect of the silver leaf is mesmerizing, constantly changing with the light. The additional images show the painting at a sl...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
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Silver
Equality
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" Neo Expressionism from the studio of Sax Berlin. Reflecting on his time living and painting on the streets of New York City in the 1980's and a contemporary of Basquiat and Haring...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Birds: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A powerful image of Harlequins; they sit in security knowing that behind the turbulence of the world surges all around them. This latest form of the Harlequin from Berlin is vibrant ...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Everybody On The Same Page" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In classic Sharp Edge 21st Century New York Style, Berlin acknowledges and shows solidarity with the world mourning the cruel death of George Floyd in the United States, and starting...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Marble
Guardian Angels The Rule is to Serve. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The concept of service and governance is not new in history; Einstein thought the "high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule" and Seneca the great Roman philosop...
Category
2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sax Berlin paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Sax Berlin paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple, red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sax Berlin in paint, oil paint, acrylic paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Sax Berlin paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Angela Wakefield, Enzio Wenk, and Steven Miller. Sax Berlin paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,250 and tops out at $38,224, while the average work can sell for $7,123.