Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Dutch, b. 1950

Theo Mackaay works with recognizable shapes: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal motifs like warriors, women, horses, archers and loving couples are created with his own signature. An example of this work is the well-known Gouden Kalf, the big prize of the Nederlands Film Festival. It was designed in 1980 by Mackaay and commissioned by Jos Stelling, film director and initiator of the festival.

There have been big developments in Mackaay's work after the calf, but basic forms are still to be found in his work. The renewal in his work has been an internal fight between the two sides of his brain —the wild artist animal and the changed, peaceful, contemplative sculptor. The last one won! Not only did Mackaay change as a human being, his work changed with him. Big, tough Expressionist bronze and stone statues featuring the woman and animal as his favorite subjects changed into touching, intimate bronze sculptures.

In the early work of Mackaay, the masters of the past were more visible, like Marino Marini and Ossip Zadkine. Now it seems, the artist is letting go of the past and has found his own formal language, after all the highs and lows in his life.

Mackaay's wandering through France, Italy and China brought him to Malaga in Spain, his current residence. Maybe it owes to the Mediterranean Sea or the Spanish sun, but the fact remains that Mackaay is today closer to himself — a rough shell that dares to show its delicacy.

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Artist: Theo Mackaay

Theo MackaayZonder Titel No Title Oil Painting on Canvas Cubism Contemporary In Stock, circa 2024

$15,718

Zonder Titel No Title Oil Painting on Canvas Cubism Contemporary In Stock

By Theo Mackaay

Located in Utrecht, NL

Zonder Titel No Title Oil Painting on Canvas Cubism Contemporary In Stock Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archety...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bartosz KolataMirek - Male Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, 2017

$4,229

H 59.06 in W 51.19 in D 1.19 in

Mirek - Male Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative 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...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bartosz KolataCrowd - People Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, XL, 2016

$9,431

H 59.06 in W 70.87 in D 1.19 in

Crowd - People Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, XL

By Bartosz Kolata

Located in Hallein, AT

Large Format Oil painting Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Coper...

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2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bartosz KolataFour - Women Portrait, Large Format, Contemporary Expressive Oil Painting, 2016

$9,431

H 59.06 in W 70.87 in D 1.19 in

Four - Women Portrait, Large Format, Contemporary Expressive Oil Painting

By Bartosz Kolata

Located in Hallein, AT

Large Format Oil painting Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Coper...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rafal ChojnowskiExercises - Expressionism Painting, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, 2019

$1,714

H 23.63 in W 29.53 in D 0.79 in

Exercises - Expressionism Painting, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting

By Rafal Chojnowski

Located in Hallein, AT

Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grzegorz RadeckiUntitled - Portrait Of A Man, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Colourful, circa 1997

$1,943

H 14.97 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in

Untitled - Portrait Of A Man, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Colourful

By Grzegorz Radecki

Located in Hallein, AT

Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Painter and graphic artist, born in 1961 in Ostróda. Since 1981 he has been living and working in the...

Category

1990s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Michał CyganBoombox - Polish Young Art, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Street Art, 2020

$800

H 9.45 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in

Boombox - Polish Young Art, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Street Art

By Michał Cygan

Located in Hallein, AT

The source of the young artist Michal Cygan´s art is to be found in the Silesian landscape, both in its material and its cultural dimension. The form of three-dimensional model is gi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Michalina Czarniecka - MeeshellPortrait Of A Young Woman 1 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance, 2004

$2,051

H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in

Portrait Of A Young Woman 1 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance

By Michalina Czarniecka - Meeshell

Located in Hallein, AT

Portrait Of A Young Woman 1 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance Contemporary painting oil on canvas

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Rafal ChojnowskiMarat - Large Format Painting - Contemporary Expressionism Painting, 2019

$9,031

H 78.75 in W 60.24 in D 1.19 in

Marat - Large Format Painting - Contemporary Expressionism Painting

By Rafal Chojnowski

Located in Hallein, AT

Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Michalina Czarniecka - MeeshellPortrait Of A Young Woman 2 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance, 2003

$1,714

H 11.82 in W 8.27 in D 0.79 in

Portrait Of A Young Woman 2 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance

By Michalina Czarniecka - Meeshell

Located in Hallein, AT

Portrait Of A Young Woman 2 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance Contemporary painting oil on canvas

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Bartosz KolataEwa - Woman Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, 2017

$5,029

H 59.06 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Ewa - Woman Portrait, Contemporary Expressive Figurative 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...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bogumił KsiążekNobody's Perfect - Modern Figurative Painting, Dada Art, Minimalism, Colourful, 2015

$3,086

H 55.12 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

Nobody's Perfect - Modern Figurative Painting, Dada Art, Minimalism, Colourful

By Bogumił Książek

Located in Hallein, AT

This painting is from the Series Duchamp Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worked in Florence, Italy 2009 - 202...

Category

2010s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Bruce AdamsOil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum, 2002

$3,500

H 30 in W 24 in

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Theo Mackaay Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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