Berlin - Figurative Paintings

"On the Wave of My Soul" is a painting about memories and faith in dreams. While creating it, I revisited my childhood — those moments when the future seemed endlessly bright, filled...

The Girl Whose Hair Smells Like Spring This contemporary portrait of a young woman captures a tender connection between femininity and nature. Her hair seems to carry the scent of e...

Large, enticing and very decorative painting. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower left. G.A. Portrait of a pretty lady. Beautiful painting in impressionist style. Frame partially damaged. Dimensions about: With frame 84.5 cm x 97 cm Without frame 55.5 cm x 68 cm The veiled lady.

"Red Bikini" captures a moment of transition between two states: carefree freedom and the anticipation of a new encounter. A woman putting on a dress with her red bikini draped over ...

This painting reflects the subtle transformations we experience within ourselves. The flowers appear to dissolve and shift, symbolizing the ever-changing nature of our emotions and s...

"Loading" is a reflection on the moment when a miracle begins to take form. The painting features pink hydrangeas, symbolizing the gentle, almost imperceptible unfolding of something...

This piece is a meditation on self-acceptance and inner peace. It's a call to embrace your true nature and cultivate self-love. In a world obsessed with trends, status, and constant ...

"The Birth of the New Moon" is a story of love, intimacy, and new beginnings. Two bodies embrace in a moment where there is no clear boundary — only warmth, reciprocity, and a quiet ...

"Hot Hot Summer" is both a visual delight and a playful provocation. This artwork explores themes of desire, indulgence, and the sweet loss of control. Ice cream melts between the fi...

shipped in roll 33 Degrees is an ode to male sensuality and corporeality, liberated from conventional cultural clichés and stereotypes. The male figure is captured in a moment of ph...

This painting depicts a woman infused with energy, attuned to her inner voice and the vibrations of the world. She sits atop sand dunes in the desert, as if resting on waves, and aro...

shipped in roll Secret Spot explores the theme of hidden desires and memories that often remain in the shadows of consciousness, waiting for the moment to be revealed. The artistic f...

shipped in roll Very wet Oil on canvas Pop art aesthetics / Contemporary figurative painting In this work, the body becomes a symbol — a sign of heat, presence, and vitality. It los...

shipped in roll "Freiheit" (Freedom) captures a fleeting but powerful moment of authenticity. The high heels, casually held in one hand, contrast with the bare feet touching the gra...

shipped in roll A New Adventure She knows how to draw attention — red dress, stockings, veil. Too bold? Exactly as planned. Naivety is a carefully staged role, and mystery is part ...

In this work, naive playfulness meets quiet resilience. The heroine, dressed in polka dots, seems to have stepped out of an old film — part actress, part observer of her own life. "P...

The painting, executed in a mixed technique, depicts a beautiful young woman. Her closed eyes emphasize the overall atmosphere of relaxation. Natural beauty, graceful figure, and the...

Guglielmo de Giorgio, busy street in Paris, France. Decorative oil painting. Dimensions WITHOUT frame in cm 50 x 60 Dimensions WITH frame in cm 6...

This painting reflects the subtle transformations we experience within ourselves. The flowers appear to dissolve and shift, symbolizing the ever-changing nature of our emotions and s...

George Morland (1763 London - 1804 Brighton). Sheltering from the Storm. Oil on canvas, relined, 37.5 x 29.5 cm (visible size), 53.5 x 45.5 cm (...

Antique oil painting, the cook. Illegibly signed. Probably Dutch artist. Oil on canvas. Dimensions without frame. Frame damaged. Free shipping only without frame.

Oil Painting, 19th Century. Interior Scene with Family and dog. "The Alcoholic" Antique oil painting in museum quality. With a royal seal. Early 19th centu...

This painting embodies the harmony between nature and the inner world of a person. The woman seems to dissolve into a swirl of soft shades of green, pink, and blue. Her pose radiates...

Gottfried Seelos, antique oil painting, home of Walther von der Vogelweide. Signed and dated. According to an antique note on the back, the painting come...

Decorative oil painting with a magnificent wooden frame by A. Just. Autumnal forest path. Dimensions with frame. Includes certificate of authenticity.

Henri Carnier, 19th century busy European harbor view Signed lower left. Frame damaged. Dimensions without frame: 32 cm x 48 cm With frame: 50.5 cm x 66.5 cm From 1900 Karl Kaufma...

'Robe 4' by Fides Becker Acrylic and Egg Tempura on Canvas and Deco Fabric 160 x 140 cm, 2005 The leading theme of the artist’s interventions is the staging of temporality, transi...

Hermann Schütte (1893 Osnabrück - 1973 Hamburg), White Mask on Violet Ground. Enameled copper plate on wooden base, 37 x 29.5 cm, monogrammed and dated "S[chütte] [19]62" in the lowe...

Gustl Stark (1917 Mainz - 2009 ibid.), Small Nude, 1946. Oil on canvas, marouflaged, 54 x 25 cm (picture), 30 x 60 cm (frame), signed "Stark" top left, verso twice signed "Gustav Stark", inscribed by hand as "Small Nude" and dated by hand "1946". With label of the exhibition of the Bundeshaus Bonn from 1956. - Rubbed area in the lower third of the body, at the same level a retouch in the ochre background. I provisional frame. - Abstract Figurativity - About the artwork During the war, Gustl Stark suffered a particularly severe blow for an artist: he lost his right arm. Nevertheless, he continued to devote himself to art, and the painting, created in 1946, immediately after the end of the Nazi reign of terror, testifies to the dawn of a new era. At the same time, the work is a rare example of the artist's early figurative work, as Stark turned entirely to abstract painting as early as 1950. And even this painting is by no means purely figurative; rather, it already illustrates Stark's turn toward abstraction. We see a female nude, but one that remains faceless. This can be read symbolically and in relation to the immediate past epoch, which, in the face of horrors, silences and blinds - literally renders faceless. In this sense, the figure is positioned to 'look back'. But she does not look. While this meaning may resonate and make the painting an important work of the immediate postwar period, Gustl Stark is primarily concerned with something else here, namely art itself. The absence of the face leads to the body becoming something flat. Due to the de-individualization, we do not see a concrete person with his individual features, but a body surface. And indeed, the body is constructed through an extremely planar design. Even the contour lines that form the corporeality have a planar rather than a linear character, especially where they merge into shadow zones of almost the same color. And the surfaces themselves are not modeled. The incarnate parts do not show any plastic gradations; the corporeality is completely withdrawn into the plane, which is also true for the hair. In addition, there is no uniform background against which the figure could appear; rather, the area next to the hair is kept bluish, creating a succession of earth-toned colored areas, which again binds the figure to the surface. Last but not least, the flatness is also forced by the painting technique. Gustl Stark paints directly, a la prima, onto the coarse canvas, whereby the structure of the painting support remains visible in the picture, and in places - around the hair, for example - the canvas itself can be seen. This structural all-over lends the picture a certain flatness. Gustl Stark thus uses the very motif that stands for the corporeality of art par excellence - the female nude - to transform the spatiality of the traditional picture into a flatness characteristic of modern art. And yet, a strong impression of corporeality is created, without being produced by a painterly modeling of the body. The oscillation between flatness and corporeality creates the intense tension of this groundbreaking painting. In Gustl Stark's oeuvre, as a consequence of the abstraction we see here, the figurative is completely stripped away in a further step, which is also a loss when looking at this early key work. About the artist Gustl Stark was the son of a woodcarver and, after an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, attended the State School of Arts and Crafts in Mainz from 1936 to 1937. Although he was severely wounded in the war and lost his right arm, he studied at the Würzburg School of Painting and Drawing from 1943-1944 and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1944-1948. He won a state scholarship at the state art competition in Bad Ischl. Numerous study trips to Sylt, Paris, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Holland and Belgium followed. Gustl Stark worked in Mainz and was the first artist there to focus on abstract painting. His work quickly gained international recognition, including the Salon Réaliés Nouvelles in Paris. From 1963-1970 he taught at the State University Institute for Art and Work Education in Mainz and from 1970-1975 at the Johannes Gutenberg University. Gustl Stark became particularly famous for his color embossed prints, for which he invented his own technique. Gustl Stark received numerous awards for his work. He received the Art Prize for Painting of the City of Mainz in 1962, the State Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1984, and the Gutenberg Bust of the City of Mainz in 1987. Selected Bibliography Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts, Vierter Band, Leipzig 1958, S. 344. Hans H...

Moscow. "On the red square". Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral. Russian art. Very good condition. Unframed. Solovykh Gennady Ivanovich (1932, Moscow). Member of the Union of Artists ...

Decorative, romantic oil painting Heinrich Hartung "Dinner in the Park" oil on canvas Very good original condition. Signed lower right. Dimensions w...

Decorative painting, oil on canvas. Oriental market scene. Illegible signed. Dimensions without frame. Frame partially damaged.

Charles Wilton, Buskers in Paris, decorative painting. violin player. Dimensions WITHOUT frame in cm 40 x 50 Dimensions WITH frame in cm 53 x 63

Ludwig Gschossmann, Summer beach landscape with riders, horses, people. Munich artist. Dimensions WITHOUT frame in cm 50 x 60 Dimensions WITH frame in cm 68 x 78 This picturesque ...

Decorative Painting by: R. Holst, 1944, Walk through the forest, mother with child and dog. Signed and dated lower right. Dimensions without frame: 61 ...

Large, decorative oil painting in impressionist style. Illegible signed. Dated 1897. "Serious encounter" In places color flaking. Unframed.

Klaus Oldenburg (*1942 Berlin), Eccentric discharges of a blue-red core, around 1975. paint and cast resin on chipboard, 39 x 59 cm (inside dimension),...

Decorative painting, oil on canvas, romantic couple on a meadow. Signed and dated in Cyrillic lower right. Frame slightly damaged in places. Dimensio...

Josef Mathauser, 19th century, dramatic hunting scene in a wintry forest Decorative oil painting by the well-known Czech artist Josef Mathauser. Signed lower right. Magnificently fr...

Antique painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, Reading Researcher, Cleric. Signed lower right. Franz Mark. Dimensions without frame. Frame partially damaged.

Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Dimensions include the frame. The painting and the frame are in an age-appropriate condition. Canvas has two small holes. These can be professionally restor...

Portrait of a young Dutch lady. Oil on canvas. Signed top right. Dimensions are without frame. frame damaged. Including certificate of authenticity.

Very decorative oil painting by Anders Montan, in the forge, 19th century Signed lower right. Famous Swedish artist. Dimensions with frame: 104 cm x 11...

Decorative, Antique Oil Painting. Child Portrait with Ornate Frame.

Decorative oil painting. View of the most famous Berlin streets. Unter den Linden and Friedrichstr. The painting shows a very busy scene (after the r...

Robert Banks "Siesta in Ruvo - Apulia" 1969 Italy. Behind glass. Property of Mrs. Pit. Masur. Measurements with Frame.

Antique oil painting, Bruno Jüttner, nude of a North African young lady Rare half-nude by the well-known German painter. Age-related condition. A pressure mark in the center left....

Peter Götz Pallmann, Venice, Busy harbor view with coffee Visitors Dimensions without frame 50 x 60 cm Dimensions with frame 67 x 77 cm

Decorative oil painting, fishing boat and sailing ship. Dimensions with frame in cm 81 x 96

Large imposing and very decorative painting. Oil on canvas. Signed A. Maurer (under the dressing table). Around 1907. Motif of an elegant lady dressing up. Beautiful painting in im...

A pair of paintings, dancing ladies. Around 1900. Oil on wood. Signed. Unknown artist. Good condition. Dimensions Including frame.

Otto Theodore Gustav Lingner, Oriental female nude dancing with a sword, Dimensions without frame 80 cm x 136 cm Measures with frame 102cm x 157cm An outstanding work of art by Ott...

Antique oil painting by "Jordan". Oil on canvas. Portrait of an old gentleman. Dimensions with frame 55 cm x 61 cm. Dimensions without frame 34 cm x 4...