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Qing Dynasty Floral Bed Canopy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...
Category
19th Century Qing Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel, Lacquer
Silverstone Yellow Jasmine - Original Oil Painting of Woman and Floating Flowers
By Michael Van Zeyl
Located in Chicago, IL
Michael Van Zeyl
Silverstone Yellow Jasmine
oil on panel
40h x 40w in
101.60h x 101.60w cm
MVZ005
ARTIST STATEMENT
I'm currently working with figures and portraits and combine human forms with botanicals to explore our relationship with natural elements. Capturing the movement of the figure or an expression of a living soul presents endless possibilities and inspiration enabling me to blend with different themes.
I've studied classical methods of oil painting with a focus on the 17th century Dutch Masters. The subjects I am drawn to are individuals with character, athletic figures and blooming floral arrangements with elegance and ethereal beauty. The reference for my work comes from my direct observation of natural day light in my north light studio illuminating and blanketing the form of my subjects.
I am fascinated and challenged by the process of transforming a flat, blank canvas into the illusion of dimensional form, atmosphere and mood. That process is usually well thought out but sometimes painted direct and use intuition to complete my idea. Both of these methods present challenges but each way fills the void of the other and opens up the possibility of new visual ideas to meet my objective.
BIOGRAPHY
For Michael Van Zeyl, portraiture is much more than a one-sided translation of the artist’s point of view taking form in a subject. It’s an engaging visual dialogue that renders a soul in light, shadow and pigment, continuing the conversation for future generations to appreciate.
While subtle observation and technical skill are only part of Michael’s gift, his experience has honed his craft to the highest standard. His talents were apparent by age seven and he spent subsequent decades mastering a wide range of painting techniques. In particular, 17th century Dutch and 19th century impressionist styles have resonated with him and surfaced in his own works.
His formal training began at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, continuing on at Chicago’s Historic Palette & Chisel Academy and the Art Students League in New York, where he studied with the most accomplished artists who also paint directly from life under natural light. Michael is currently a faculty and board member at the Palette & Chisel and has been the club’s most popular instructor for several years.
Michael’s work is already appreciated in many public and private collections, such as the United States District Court, University of Chicago, DePaul University School of Law, Chicago Theological Seminary and American Hotel Register. He has received awards from the Portrait Society of America, The Artists Guild, the Oil Painters of America and the 2014 recipient of the Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists.
EDUCATION
1987-1990 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
1999-2000 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL - Life Drawing & Oil Painting
Palette & Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL - Painting & Life Drawing
Art Students League, New York, NY - Painting
EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Anne Harris...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Piazza Tola - Tranquil Urban Neighborhood Scene, Original Painting, Framed
By Keiko Ogawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Time stands still in the Piazza Tola. For a brief second the hustle and bustle of urban life has quieted to the tranquil simplicity of a this urban scene. Ogawa adds swaths of soft c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Charming Mid-Century Modern Painting, Children in a Soda Shop by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming 1950s Mid-Century Modern painting of two children seated together in a soda shop by the noted Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 15 1/2” x 21"; Framed size: 17...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Motion Capture 8 - Contemporary Painting, Classical Composition, Oil on Canvas
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series. Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a figurative painter. Conklin's paintings are a product of his direct interaction...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"We, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "We," this exquisite woodcut by Chinese artist Ren Hui celebrates joy and the beauty of humanity with a crowd of smiling faces. Using a style he calls “uncomplicated and honest,” the artist creates beautiful compositions by carving small notches into a painted wood background.
Ren Hui's artworks reflect the artist’s richness of experience - he’s been a soldier, a factory worker, and a photographer documenting life from Nanjing to Tibet. He says, “We have family, friends, ourselves, history, culture, trees, flowers, buildings, demolition—all of which are reflected in my work. This is my life.” Full of bold colors and high-contrast imagery, Ren Hui's modern pointillism...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Mage Love Flower - Surreal Symbolism in Highly Detailed Original Painting
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like each of the paintings in the Purple Dawn series, is based on an earlier work that was lost or destroyed in the course of time. Feeling that I wanted to finish wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Lily in Blue Tights on Pluff Chair - Oil Painting Figure and Vintage Chair Study
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew S. Conklin
Lily in Blue Tights on Pluff Chair
oil on linen
24h x 18w in
60.96h x 45.72w cm
ACK012
Andrew S. Conklin
Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series
Andrew S. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nina with iMac Snow, Female Dancer Stretching on Chair with Bended Knee
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
The classically posed dancer is juxtaposed against the iMac computer in Andrew Conklin's painting entitled "Nina with iMac Snow". While the computer is a technological marvel, it ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
David & Goliath - Caravaggio Inspired Monumental Double Self-Portrait, Charcoal
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Joanne in Profile - Photorealist Oil Painting on Oval Panel of Woman in Profile
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a painting in realistic detail of a woman in profile using subtle tones. The oval shaped panel is framed in a custom frame with classic details.
Matthew Cook...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pink Room - Female Figure Draped in Fabric, Original Oil Painting by Zack Zdrale
Located in Chicago, IL
Zack Zdrale (b. 1977) takes a traditional approach to his work although his subjects and compositions place his work in the present. He is mostly known for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Over The Top, Portrait Of A Young Woman, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Sarantos
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is a portrait of a woman, who is a lively, young student at the University of Chicago. I am an architect, as well as an artist, and I am inspired by the beauty of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Bed Canopy of Phoenix and Fruits, Paint on Wood Panel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The owners of this work of art were likely the only two people in the world lucky enough to have access to its beauty. The experience of art itself can be an intimate one, and this bed canopy, hand-painted 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. It brings to life symbols of prosperity and good fortune for a married couple...
Category
19th Century Qing Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel
Stimulus, Scantily Clad Woman with Hypodermic Needle, Original Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Stimulus
oil on linen
50h x 53w x 1.50d in
127h x 134.62w x 3.81d cm
RFF066
Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
A Radiant 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Radiant, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Female Nude Model. Painted in a sensuous color palette of wonderful, expressive reds an cool creams, the painting exem...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This alluring studio scene, painted in the 1960s, exemplifi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Wonderfully Stylized, 60s Mid-Century Modern Oil of Standing Male Ballet Dancers
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderfully Stylized, 60s Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of Standing Male Ballet Dancers by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Painted in the 1960s, this captivating dance stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Woman, "Southern Belle"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Woman, "Southern Belle" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A colorful Southern painting depicting a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Blue Tiger
Located in Chicago, IL
Original oil painting by Kevin Llewellyn.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Very Large ca. 1940s Painting of a Female Rower Holding Oars by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Very large ca. 1940s painting of a female rower holding oars by artist Francis Chapin. Image size:
65" x 44". Framed size: 65 1/2" x 44 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist....
Category
1940s American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Men Dancing, Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Dancing is a metaphor for living. As long as you keep dancing, you're alive. I remember seeing something like "I'm dancing as fast as I can" or "I'm running as fast as I can" Ther...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Craps - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is called Craps, but it's really not about craps. First of all, the setting is the door of Gregory Grammar School, where I went to school and painted often. It's part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Rush Hour - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Although paintings can be about any personal experience, I believe that important paintings should be about something significant, about life, the human condition, the world we live ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Hide & Seek #8 (Boy with Book) - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Many of my paintings are about Chicago - the Chicago I lived in when I began painting, a Chicago that now exists only in my memory. And memory is always a reconstruction. As my lif...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Follow the Leader V - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The "Follow the Leader" series started out with the name of the game. I had no idea how extensive the meaning of the game might be. I always worked on the assumption that children'...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Hide and Seek Redux #1, Original Mixed Media on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
You look at my paintings, that's a slice of life you never saw before. Right now, and for a good number of years, I've been an urban painter. My life, my reality is Chicago. Bow n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Hide and Seek #5 (Hunter), Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
You look at my paintings, that's a slice of life you never saw before. Right now, and for a good number of years, I've been an urban painter. My life, my reality is Chicago. Bow n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Gluttony, The Seven Deadly Sins Series, Nude Figures, Oil on Watercolor Paper
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
Seven deadly sins are the seven vices that spur other sins and further immoral behavior. First enumerated by Pope Gregory I (the Great) in the 6th century and elaborated in the 13th ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Venus - Original Oil Painting
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
She is the quintessential embodiment of love, feminine allure, and the coming of new life. The goddess Venus is undoubtedly one of the most widely-referenced divinities of the classi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kirké with Swine II - Greek Goddess of Sorcery, Original Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Kirké fascinated both the ancient Greeks and Romans because the stories told about her were unbelievable but too enticing to ignore. She was called the Dread Goddess for a very good ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Wonderful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Seated at a Table
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1950s Mid-Century Modern portrait of a young woman seated at a table by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Great color palette and expressive, contemp...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Boy in Blue Scarf
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Boy in Blue Scarf" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork Size: 11 3/4” x 9 1/4” (Framed size: 15 1/2” ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Fashionable 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Young Woman in Yellow Sweater"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fashionable, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait, "Young Woman in Yellow Sweater" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 11” x 11 1/4” (Framed size...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Delightful Mid-Century Modern Painting of Mother and Child by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful Mid-Century Modern Painting of Mother and Child by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 5 3/4” x 4” (Framed size: 9 3/4” x 8 1/2”)
Estat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Charming Mid-Century Modern 1950s Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, beautifully painted, Mid-Century Modern portrait of a young girl by noted Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Dating from the 1950s, the painting was exhibited at the famed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ultrablue Garden 06" Mixed Media Painting
By Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
A Beautiful Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in a Pink Dress
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful, colorful Mid-Century Modern portrait of a seated young woman in a pink dress by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A fashionably dressed, young model is seate...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in a Red Dress
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In an article published in Le Figaro (Paris, March 19, 1964), Raymond Cogniat comments on Czóbel’s unique artistic style. He writes:
“...Czóbel, who arrived Paris in the first years...
Category
1940s Expressionist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Danse Macabre (The Dance of Death)
Located in Chicago, IL
Original oil painting by Kevin Llewellyn.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Charming Vintage Horse Riding Lesson Painting w. Young Girl by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Vintage Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Horse Riding Lesson with a Young Girl by Noted Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. A wonderful equestrian scene dating from the 1940...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Charming, Colorful 1930s Painting of a Young Woman Knitting by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful 1930s painting of a young woman knitting by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A harmonious palette of cheerful yellows, reds and blues, where a young...
Category
1930s American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Miracle #3 (Hands), A Personal Delusional Solution - Ben Duke
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
The Miracles #3 (Hands), A Personal Delusional Solution
oil on canvas
36h x 36w in
91.44h x 91.44w cm
BSD038
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Mary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eve of Destruction - Modern Interpretation of the Garden of Eden, Original Oil
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Once the innocence is gone, the true character of Eve is revealed in Rose Freymuth Frazier's painting entitled "Eve of Destruction". Complete with a tattooed belly and a necklace that reads "Bitch", this interpretation of Eve after her expulsion from the Garden is a truly modern one. She has a cigarette hanging from her mouth, is carving that poison apple with seemingly not a care in the world as a beautifully colored snake makes itself at home around her neck. This piece is framed in a heavy black wooden frame measuring 60 x 40 inches
Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Eve of Destruction, 2021
oil on canvas
54h x 34w in
137.16h x 86.36w cm
RFF057
Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary exploration, I seek to add a fresh voice to the sometimes venerable, sometimes dusty and archaic tradition of large-scale figurative painting, while subtly addressing the mythology, objectification and subjugation of women. My subjects are at first glance close to home-new mothers, friends, lovers, artists, dancers-but are then quickly placed at a distance via edgy modification, rigorous technique, minimal contexts and composition, and idiosyncratic use of color. I am also interested in social presentation, artifice, and simulation as they relate to my subjects. I hope to peel away a gossamer thin layer of reality, not just to document the real but also to reveal what might be. BIOGRAPHY Given my restless history, it is curious that I became a figurative painter in New York City. My maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed into the Dominican Republic, where they happily resided in a small orderly bungalow of their own design and made their living as studio photographer and cheese maker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Orange-Toned Painting of Standing Figures by Artist Louis Dimitroff, dated 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
An orange-toned painting of standing figures by artist Louis Dimitroff, dated 1970. Artwork size: 24" x 30". Framed size: 25" x 31".
Louis Dimitroff was a Gary, Indiana artist f...
Category
1970s Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Figure - Original Abstract Oil Painting, Bright Yellow and Black with Figures
By Wesley Kimler
Located in Chicago, IL
Wesley Kimler (born 1953) an American artist based in Chicago, Illinois, is known for his colossal paintings, up to 15 feet high and 27 feet wide. According to critic Kevin Nance, th...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elly May Kelly, Three Panel Abstract Oil Painting of a Figure - Wesley Kimler
By Wesley Kimler
Located in Chicago, IL
Spanning across three canvas panels, Kimler uses vibrant colors of blue and yellow to background a deep red abstracted cyclops figure. Kimler's use of expressive brushstrokes and bri...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zum Schwarzen Ferkel - (The Black Piglet) Vibrant Scene of a Group in a Bar
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
[From Ben Duke] The following is from Wikipedia, but I learned of this spot after getting into August Strindberg novels.
"Zum Schwarzen Ferkel," translated as "The Black Piglet," was a historic tavern located at the corner of Unter den Linden and Neue Wilhelmstraße in Berlin. Notable for its cultural and historical significance, the tavern was a central meeting point for Nordic writers and artists in the 1890s. It was frequented by figures such as August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, and the Polish writer Stanisław Przybyszewski, among others.
The tavern's original name was Gustav Türkes Weinhandlung und Probierstube, owned by Gustav Türke, and it was also known as "The Cloister." The name "Zum Schwarzen Ferkel" was coined by Strindberg, who thought an Armenian wine-sack hanging over the entrance resembled a black piglet. This quirky name was enthusiastically accepted by both the owner and the patrons.
August Strindberg, a Swedish playwright and novelist, played a significant role in the tavern's history. After moving to Berlin in 1892, he became a regular at the tavern and a leading figure among the Nordic and German artistic community that gathered there. The tavern was not only a place for socializing but also a hub of intellectual and artistic exchange, with members engaging in vibrant discussions and forming significant relationships, both personal and professional.
Edvard Munch, the Norwegian painter, also became a regular after his arrival in Berlin in 1892. The tavern saw its share of drama, including romantic entanglements and artistic disputes. One notable figure was Dagny Juel, a Norwegian music student who became involved with several members of the circle and was later tragically murdered in Tbilisi in 1901.
The tavern's influence extended into the literary and artistic works of its patrons. For example, Adolf Paul wrote about his experiences and the people he met at the Ferkel in his book "Strindberg-Erinnerungen und -Briefe," published in 1914. Strindberg's novel "Klostret" ("The Cloister"), published posthumously in 1966, also drew from his experiences at the tavern.
Unfortunately, the original building that housed Zum Schwarzen Ferkel was destroyed during the Second World War. Today, its legacy lives on through the stories and works of the artists and writers who once gathered there. Wikkipedia.
Ben Duke
Zum Schwarzen Ferkel
oil on canvas
36h x 36w in
91.44h x 91.44w cm
BSD039
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Wonderful Mid-Century Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful Mid-Century Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This energetic sporting scene, painted in the 1960s, exemplifies the abstra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Violet Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
By Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
"Moss Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
By Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Dreamy Vintage Watercolor of Two Figures by Artist Gertrude Klares Bedell
Located in Chicago, IL
A dreamy watercolor of two figures in repose Gertrude Klares Bedell. Artwork size: 18" x 13 1/2". Framed size: 26 1/2" x 22".
Biography from Askart: An Austrian countess born i...
Category
1940s American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ruby Slippers - An Alternative to the Beloved Classic, Oil on Canvas, Framed
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
In this abstracted interior scene depicting an alternative to the beloved classic of Dorothy and her ruby slippers, artist John Seubert distorts the architecture as well as the figur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl in Green
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In a letter written to Czóbel after he had become quite ill in 1975, famous Portuguese painter Vieira da Silva writes:
“My very dear Czóbel, We em...
Category
1970s Expressionist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Embalming - Civil War Surgical Re-Enactment Painting of Injured Soldier on Table
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
"During a battle reenactment At the Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg, I helped carry a soldier from the field to the hospital. This painting depicts that soldier as his leg is amputated. Clara Barton...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Rome, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite painting on wood entitled "Rome" was made by internationally renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ren Hui. Using a style that he calls "uncomplicated and honest, he ce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Palm Sunday -A Contemplative Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure, hat in hand, bows his head in contemplation of what has just taken place or what is about to take place. "Palm Sunday" channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
Palm Sunday, 2022
oil on linen
36h x 24w in
91.44h x 60.96w cm
WIL033
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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