Skip to main content

Thaddeus Radell Paintings

American, b. 1956
Thaddeus Radell’s paintings are constructed through a process of accumulation and erasure—layering paint, burlap, and wax in a slow excavation of form and feeling. His works unfold over time, both in their making and in their viewing. Figures emerge from abstraction, dissolve into texture, and reconfigure themselves with each encounter. Viewers are invited into a shifting psychological space where meaning is never fixed, but instead discovered through a deeply sensory engagement. Radell’s compositions evoke mythic and emotional narratives, yet resist specificity. They embody a kind of visual poetry—dense, luminous, and often dreamlike—where a scrap of burlap may simultaneously become flesh, smoke, or shadow. His paintings operate like visual cantos: a journey inward, where clarity is earned through immersion. Born and raised in Michigan, the son of two artists, Thaddeus Radell completed his B.F.A. at the University of Detroit/Mercy. He subsequently moved to New York City, where he received his M.F.A. Parsons School of Design, studying with Paul Resika and Leland Bell. He spent the next several years painting in the city and working as the studio assistant to Resika, Robert DeNiro, Sr. and Sydney Simon. In 1984 he moved to France, where he spent the next 14 years, dividing his time between studios in Paris and Provence. Radell returned to New York City in 2000, where he lived and worked until moving to Catskill, NY in 2019. He presently is a Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. Radell’s work is guided by an enduring belief in painting as a mode of transformation—both for the maker and the viewer.
to
3
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
788
754
753
663
3
Artist: Thaddeus Radell
Fallen Horseman
Fallen Horseman

Fallen Horseman

By Thaddeus Radell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

In Fallen Horseman, Radell continues his exploration of line as a living, sculptural force—imbuing the surface with tension and movement. The composition unfolds like a fragment of e...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Wood, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

The Masque of Comus

The Masque of Comus

By Thaddeus Radell

Located in Atlanta, GA

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain." --Thaddeus Radell

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Jute, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Female Figure
Female Figure

Female Figure

By Thaddeus Radell

Located in Atlanta, GA

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Jute, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Related Items
Andrea Bonfils - Beehives, Painting 2017

Andrea Bonfils - Beehives, Painting 2017

By Andrea Bonfils

Located in Greenwich, CT

Series: Beehives Beehives, Encaustic Beeswax, Fabric, Beehives Size: 18" x 46"/ 46" x 18" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with pa...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Oil

Coral Column
Coral Column

David C. GallupCoral Column, 2022

$44,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 60 in W 48 in D 1 in

Coral Column

Located in Palm Desert, CA

Alongside my wife Nansi, I have been lucky to explore some of the most beautiful and pristine coral reefs in the world. People often think we take pictures of the corals and paint them, but that is far from our process, which involves (at least in this case) working from an abstract design and weaving in memories and imagination until I had this image resolved. This painting is scheduled to be a part of our (Nansi’s and mine) international museum exhibition highlighting the beauty and fragility of our coral reef ecosystems, kicking off at the new ICONIC Museum in Texas in 2024. David C. Gallup has devoted his life to the study, teaching, and creation of art. He graduated from Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles in 1990, and soon found himself supervising a staff of over thirty artists under pop art legend Hiro Yamagata on the Earthly Paradise collection and other projects. He began plein-air painting on mornings, weekends and after work, and eventually left his friend and patron Yamagata to pursue a career as a gallery artist. For over a decade, he was the Vice President of the historic California Art Club...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Shark Bait" Original Mixed Media Abstract Animal Painting, Textured, Dogs, 2026
"Shark Bait" Original Mixed Media Abstract Animal Painting, Textured, Dogs, 2026

"Shark Bait" Original Mixed Media Abstract Animal Painting, Textured, Dogs, 2026

By Lesley Anne Spowart

Located in Carmel, CA

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Shark Bait" 2026 Acrylic paint, oil stick, and mixed media on cradled wood panel Signature in the bottom left corner. Signed and dated on v...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Crayon, Stretcher Bars

"Pink Morevia" Plum Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
"Pink Morevia" Plum Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed

"Pink Morevia" Plum Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a plum purple and white bunny on a cherry blossom pink background wi...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Yellow and Blue Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 64x48\"
Mid Century Yellow and Blue Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 64x48\"

Mid Century Yellow and Blue Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 64x48\"

By Louis Earnest Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...

Category

1950s American Modern Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

"Big Top" Colorful Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textured Mixed Media, Signed
"Big Top" Colorful Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textured Mixed Media, Signed

"Big Top" Colorful Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textured Mixed Media, Signed

By Lesley Anne Spowart

Located in Carmel, CA

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Big Top" 2026 Acrylic paint, oil stick, and mixed media on cradled panel board Signed in the bottom right corner and on the verso. "Big To...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Crayon, Stretcher Bars

"Diamond Lil" White Bunny on Tiffany Blue Background Oil Painting w Gold Framed
"Diamond Lil" White Bunny on Tiffany Blue Background Oil Painting w Gold Framed

"Diamond Lil" White Bunny on Tiffany Blue Background Oil Painting w Gold Framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a Tiffany blue diamond dust background with thick u...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Canines in Situ" - Bright Colorful Contemporary Mixed Media Dog Abstract Art
"Canines in Situ" - Bright Colorful Contemporary Mixed Media Dog Abstract Art

"Canines in Situ" - Bright Colorful Contemporary Mixed Media Dog Abstract Art

By Lesley Anne Spowart

Located in Carmel, CA

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Canines in Situ" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper, Glue, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom left and the back of the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Paper, Glue

Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg
Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg

Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg

By Ralph Rosenborg

Located in Surfside, FL

Ralph Rosenborg (American, 1913-1992) Mountain Weed with Two Clouds, oil on jute canvas, canvas is hand signed recto and verso, artists label and Snyder Fine Art gallery label, The p...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Jute, Oil

"Black Diamond" White Outline Bunny Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
"Black Diamond" White Outline Bunny Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed

"Black Diamond" White Outline Bunny Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a black background with thick white paint and then ...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel

"Amethyst" Light Purple Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
"Amethyst" Light Purple Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel

"Amethyst" Light Purple Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a light purple bunny on a Purple background with thick use of paint ...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel

"Where the Wild Things Are" - Colorful Happy Mixed Media Abstract Dog Artwork
"Where the Wild Things Are" - Colorful Happy Mixed Media Abstract Dog Artwork

"Where the Wild Things Are" - Colorful Happy Mixed Media Abstract Dog Artwork

By Lesley Anne Spowart

Located in Carmel, CA

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Where the Wild Things Are" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Paper, Glue, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom middle and the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Thaddeus Radell Paintings

Materials

Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Thaddeus Radell paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Thaddeus Radell paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Thaddeus Radell in burlap, fabric, jute 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 Thaddeus Radell paintings, so small editions measuring 48 inches across are available. Thaddeus Radell paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $4,300 and tops out at $4,300, while the average work can sell for $4,300.