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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
Encounter
By Yoko Tanaka
Located in Chicago, IL
With an illustrator’s eye for graphic impact and a wry sense of humor, artist Yoko Tanaka uses only a paint brush and her imagination to conjure whimsical landscapes and playful enco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Come In Peace - Futuristic Woman in Space Suit Seated Next to a Bunny
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Come In Peace
oil on linen
50h x 70w in
127h x 177.80w cm
RFF056
Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary expl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Paige Seated in White Leotard - Original Oil Painting Study with Female on Stool
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew S. Conklin
Paige Seated in White Leotard
oil on panel
14h x 10w in
35.56h x 25.40w cm
ACK013
Andrew S. Conklin
Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series
Andrew S. Conkl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of William, April, 2020, Seated Male Wearing Gray Hoodie, Original Oil
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Waiting - it is what we all have been doing during this tumultuous year. Artist Peter Lupkin is no different. In his work entitled "Portrait of William, April, 2020" a family membe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl by Noted Artist, Rudolph T. Pen (Am. 1918 - 1989). Painted in the 1960s, this is a large, vertical, abs...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Buddhist Guardian Mural Taenghwa Painting, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Evolving from the Korean tradition of tomb mural painting came the Buddhist practice of “taenghwa,” or hanging-painting, a form of religious painting that included hanging scrolls, framed paintings and wall murals. Influenced by Chinese and Central Asian Buddhist art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint, Pigment
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
Victoria, Blond Haired Female Dressed in White Tunic with Purple Flowers, Framed
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
"Victoria" is portrait of a young female with flowing blond hair and draped in white. Purple flowers adorn her hair as well as her dress. Her pale skin, as well as her gaze away f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, 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
Tibetan Thangka of Sakyamuni, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Historically in Buddhist Tibet, patrons and monks commissioned thangka art, or sacred painting, to focus their meditations and prayers. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka, painted in rich red, green, and blue pigments, still maintains incredible vibrancy.
The central figure is the Sakyamuni Buddha, seated in the diamond position with alms bowl...
Category
19th Century Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Silk, Pigment
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
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
$2,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Incredulity -American Civil War Soldier, After Caravaggio, Original Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
Caravaggio painted "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" with Christ looking down as he pilots Thomas’ hand to his side. Not looking at Thomas or the others, but to his wound. He seems interested in the proof of his embodiment. He wants to know that this is real. He too, questions his body, his life and death. 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 artwork is unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options.
Reenactment is a material culture where the feel of authentic wool has transformative power. The closer you can recreate the “kit” of the authentic soldier the closer you are to that past. In the pursuit of touching the past there are questions- Is this real? Did this happen? Is this me? Is this us? The gesture of piloting a finger into the side represents these repetitive questions. - William Blake
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Golden Eyes - Portrait of a Woman with a Piercing Gaze, Original Oil Painting
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Gibbons' painting "Golden Eyes" shows a portrait of a beautiful young woman. Her piercing gaze brings the viewer in for a closer look. Her sultry, yellow eyes are intoxicatin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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
An Introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait "Head of a Young Girl"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait "Head of a Young Girl" by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 15” x 12 1/2” (Framed size: 19 1/...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers, by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely expressive, abstract...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Duet II - Still Life with Guitar, Violin and Scantily Clad Woman, Oil on Linen
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
Sensual in it's style and subject matter, Andrew S. Conklin's still life "Duet II" explores the sexuality in both innate objects and the human form. The female figure is off to the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Solitary La Boheme, Single Male Figure Seated at a Bar, Smoking, Drinking Hamms
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Artists are often isolated, but long for an idealized golden era, “La Boheme”. Frequently an artist's closest encounter with “La Boheme” is nothing more than drinking at a bar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ashley with Guitar, Female Lounging on a Tom Vac Chair, Original Oil on Panel
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
Classically trained artist, Andrew Conklin, has captured the moment just before or just after the subject, Ashley, has laid down her guitar. She is seated on a Tom Vac Chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
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
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
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Taoist Immortals, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially work backwards, starting with details and shading before adding color and form. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effect, this exacting technique doesn't allow for any corrections, and is only revealed to its full effect when the glass pane is turned around. This example dates to the late 19th century and depicts the Taoist immortals He Xiangu...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1900
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
Late 19th Century Qing Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
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
$2,996 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Charming 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Sweater by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8” x 6”, Oil on Masonite (Framed size: 11...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A Wonderful and intimate Mid-Century studio portrait of a yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Charming 1950s Modern Portrait, Girl in White Dress, by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Girl in White Dress by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 6 1/2” x 5 3/4”. Oil on Masonite. (Framed size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Great Wall, " Pointillist Woodcut, 2012
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite woodcut entitled "Great Wall" was made by internationally renowned Chinese artisan Ren Hui. He expertly picks out the fine details of China's greatest landmark in his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8 3/4” x 6 1/4” (Framed size...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Skin Had Hope - Two Nude Torsos, Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Exodus II - Multi Figured Original Mixed Media Painting on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The Exodus story, a pivotal event in the Old Testament, has been a rich source of inspiration for artists across various periods and styles. Here, artist Leopold Segedin has made tha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
A Charming Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). With wonderful expressionist brushwork and a vibrant palette, the painting most like...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Space Between - Large Portrait of Bearded, Shirtless Male, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall's work comes together in this show to build an undeniably jaw dropping experience for viewers. “Undercurrents,” says Hall, “is about trying to find a way to capture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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
Elsewhere - Large Scale Portrait of a Woman, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall's work comes together in this show to build an undeniably jaw dropping experience for viewers. “Undercurrents,” says Hall, “is about trying to find a way to capture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Fabulous Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Woman by Noted Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a wonderfully fashionable woman dressed in a red sweater, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Colorful 1950s Painting of a Bull Fight by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, 1950s oil on canvas painting of a bull fight by artist Francis Chapin in a brown frame. Estate stamped on reverse. Artwork size: 18" x 24". Framed size: 18 1/2" x 24...
Category
1950s American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Elegant Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman in Red Dress by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Elegant 1940s Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman a Red Dress by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A beautifully executed studio portrait, the painting is oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Delightful Painting of a Young Boy Sketching in a Boathouse by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful Painting of a Young Boy Sketching in a Boathouse by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted circa 1958 at the artist's summer house and st...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beauty's Kiss - Woman Kissing a Statue of a Greek Warrior, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
A modern woman embraces a sculpture of a Greek Warrior in Bruno Surdo's painting titled "Beauty's Kiss". Greek sculpture was often a depiction of an ideal—beauty, piety, honor or sac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
An Intimate, Colorful Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Intimate, Colorful Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A wonderfully painted studio work dating from the 1930s. ...
Category
1950s Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern 1950s Chicago Night Club Scene of Showgirls
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional, Vibrant Mid-Century Modern 1950s Chicago Night Club Scene of Dancing Showgirls. Titled "Dancers #2", the painting depicts a dynamic, sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Turbulent Times - Pop Art Photo Collage, Original Artwork, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other ephemera are arranged and affixed onto a supporting surface...
Category
2010s Pop Art Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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
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
Study for Love Seekers, Portrait with Roses & Butterflies, Framed, Oil on Panel
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
The blond haired subject of Rose Freymuth Frazier's Study for Love Seekers is encased in a bubble, head thrown back in deep contemplation. No one can disturb the solitude, not even ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Charming, 1950s Painting of a Little Girl, "Red Smock" by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Painting of a Little Girl, "Red Smock" by Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). What a character! A little gem of a painting. Artwork size: 8” x 4” (Framed size: 11” ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Boy in Blue Hat
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Boy in Blue Hat by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork Size: 9 x 6 1/4” (Framed size: 11 1/2” x...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Cheerful 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Cheerful, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman with Blonde Hair by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 7 1/2” x 5 1/4”, oil on masonite (Framed ...
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
Day Break - Nude Figure From Above, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall's work comes together in this show to build an undeniably jaw dropping experience for viewers. “Undercurrents,” says Hall, “is about trying to find a way to capture ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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
36 Years - Original Oil Painting by Peter Lupkin
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
DESCRIPTION
This painting confronts the art world's prejudice towards age. The book on the table is a copy of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The seated figure i...
Category
2010s Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua paintings featured exaggerated characters with bright and contrasting colors. Put up around the home to beckon luck and happiness in the coming year, most paintings depicted mythical guardians, scenes from folk operas, or auspicious symbols of good luck.
This New Year painting depicts a young woman with a child and is hand-painted in a palette of red, blue, and purple. Belonging to a genre known as 'beauties and babies,' the painting represents a harmonious family life. The early 20th century painting is from the town of Yangliuqing, one of the leading producers of traditional New Year's paintings known for its combination of woodblock printing...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
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