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Item Ships From: Michigan
Time Line Degas Man Ver. #5, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on cotton duck cloth canvas. Canvas size: 36 x 48 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Registered #95803, in the Peter Max Archive, New York, 2006. PETER MAX ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Liberty Head, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on cotton duck cloth canvas. Canvas size: 16 x 16 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Registered #216513, in the Peter Max Archive, New York, 2006. PETER MAX...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Angel with Heart, Ver. I, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on cotton duck cloth canvas. Canvas size: 12 x 6 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Registered #326764, in the Peter Max Archive, New York, 2012. PETER MAX ...
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2010s Pop Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Artist and Models 1990 Framed Painting Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Framed Painting 24.5" x 22.5" inches Canvas size 17.5" x 15.5" inches Sam Karres Born in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1929, Sam Karres earned a B.F.A. and M.A. in art from Wayne Universit...
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1970s Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Liberty Head, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic and offset lithograph on archival paper. Paper Size: 30 x 24 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Published by Via Max, New York; painted by Peter Max, New Yor...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"The Rose" by J.T. Hall. Acyrlic Painting on Stretched Canvas
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic Painting on Stretched Canvas by Texan Artist J.T. Hill 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 Good Condition
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Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled" Small Male Child, Dressed for Boxing, Nostalgic, Antiqued Frame
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Steve Huston worked construction to support himself through college. That experience seems to have heightened his aesthetic interest i...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Spidey" Graffiti/Street Art, Spray Paint, Iconic Comic Book Character
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Spidey" is in the style of Graffiti, or, Street Art. It's a spray painted portrait of the iconic figure from the popular action-figure comic genre, "Spiderman," and the subject matter of several famously popular movies under the same title. Antonio “Shades” Agee, a passionate Detroit native and public figure, was an active participant in the creation of the Detroit graffiti scene as one of the first documented graffiti artists in the city. The piece is signed, dated and titled on verso. Growing up in the Motor City...
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Early 2000s Street Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Looking North" Framed, Mixed Media (Acrylic Paint and Collage)
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Looking North" is a Mixed Media (Acrylic Paint and Collage) piece by the artist MATTHEW HANNA (American, Born 1961-originally from Redford, Michigan). It measures 25.5 x 19 inches ...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Fred Cress Figurative Painting "Mirror, Mirror"
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Complicated exchanges between individuals engaged in conversations, an argument, boredom, a caring exchange, toasting, so many human interactions within an almost five and a half foot square painting containing up to 25 people has been magnificently composed and is continuously captivating. The dynamism and flow of humanity in “Mirror, Mirror” can be compared to the dynamism and flow of humanity found in Breughel’s “Wedding Dance” owned by and located at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Frederick Harold Cress was a British painter who migrated to Australia and won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Bread. Cress was born in Poona, British Raj, but went to England with his parents in 1948, when he was ten. He was educated at the Birmingham College of Art in England, and migrated to Australia in 1962 as a "ten pound Pom", meaning that he only had to pay ten pound for his fare to Australia. Cress met the painter Anne Judell and married her in 1967; they divorced in 1991. He started his career painting figuratively, but became well known for his abstract work in the late 60s and 70s. He returned to figurative painting in the late 80s after he won the Archibald Prize with a portrait of his friend and colleague, John Beard...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
By Edgar Yaeger
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Yaeger was an American Modernist painter from Detroit, Michigan, who is credited with being one of the first painters in this style. The portrait “Untitled” easil...
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1980s American Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

AT THE WINDOW
By Anna Karpowicz-Westner
Located in Three Oaks, MI
This exceptional piece is a shining example of her signature "Looking Out the Window" series. With its vivid palette and masterful interplay of light, the painting invites viewers in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Abstract Figure (Adam), Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on cotton duck cloth canvas. Canvas size: 12 x 9 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Registered #2057, in the Peter Max Archive, New York, 1982. PETER MAX (1...
Category

1980s Pop Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Seated Figure With Cigarette", Partially Nude Female, Watercolor on Paper
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
"Seated Figure With Cigarette" is distinctly vibrant and sexual with a feminine-mystique glow in this stunning example of Robert Parker's Expressionist watercolor. Its colors mesh wi...
Category

1970s Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Grain Freighter by marine artist John Kelly
By John Kelly
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Nautical freighter with subtle lavenders in this oil painting are not typical, yet it is very appealing to the eye and looks magnificent above your mantle. An extremely collectible...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Grid No.8", Discontinuous Storyboard Acrylic, Watercolor, and Pastel on Canvas
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Grid No.8" is a multi-material canvas work that is part of his series on creating discontinuous storyboards that reflect the the way an innocent mind is forced to process the confusing, muddled, and discordant images of media and society. The piece was painted in acrylic, watercolor, and pastel on canvas and is 78 in by 90 in. Sun Wang is from Chengdu, China. He is currently based in Detroit, Michigan after receiving his M.F.A from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2019. He is currently in a residency at Carrie Able Gallery in Williamsburg, New York. He was chosen as one of the 10 Artist Fellows for Playground Detroit...
Category

2010s Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor

Cozy Corner Bar 1983 Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Sam Karres Title: Cozy Corner Bar Wyandotte MI PAINTED 9-7-83 Year: 1983 Medium Type: Watercolor on Paper Paper Size-Width Size-Height: 15'' x 23" Signed, titled, and ...
Category

1980s American Impressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ron Lukas Portrait "Annie Hall" Woody Allen Movie Character
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Annie Hall” is a brilliant complicated mixed media piece composed of disparate parts and pieces that together make up a successful whole similar to the Woody All...
Category

1970s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Queen" African American Female Portrait, Rich Browns & Lavenders, Sculptural
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
“Queen” is a stunning iconic portrait of a young woman coming into the full flower of her beauty and developing power. She is set in a sculptural scene of softly rounded forms surrounded by blues, pinks and lavenders along with flowers and a small hummingbird. There is a quiet power and energy in the young woman as she appears to be on the verge of movement. That she is visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint the inner beauty flowing from her presence. Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.” Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it. I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver. Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...
Category

2010s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"My Best Friend", Oil, Hand-Painted Frame, Female, Pet, Rich Earth Tones
By WILLIAM GIRARD
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY In “My Best Friend” Girard has captured a tender symbiotic relationship between the woman and her sweet pet. The entire piece swirls with the soft beauty and magical exchange shared by the two individuals. The frame does not enclose so much as enfolds the scene and its decorations are an integral part of the work. Upon close inspection tiny animal figures cavort in the air adding to the spell - almost like fairy characters from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream.” The jewelry is beautifully render as are the loving expressions of the faces of both the animal and the woman. The composition is filled with objects and figures but captured softly and in rich detail. The figures appear to be completely self-absorbed and the decorative elements about their heads could suggest the intensity of their thoughts and feelings. Girard was a Detroit figurative painter and teacher at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan where he taught for 30 years. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), and John Louis Krieger...
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1960s Pre-Raphaelite Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled" portrays a young female nude in an intimate setting within the artist's studio. This painting is done in the classical vein of full portraiture. The model, however, is not posed quietly, but is engaged with a person or object off the frame, or, perhaps in an interior monologue with herself. Regardless of which, the viewer's attention is not only attracted to the beauty of the model's figure, but the intention of her actions. Charles Pompilius...
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Early 2000s American Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Headache Backstage", Lounging Female Figure, Gouache on Paper
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
"Headache Backstage" is a dark and moody example of Robert Parker's Expressionist watercolor work, though in this work he uses gouache in particular. A female figure who is a recurri...
Category

1970s Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Steven Goodfellow Figurative Oil Painting Primary Micro Pointillism
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Stephen Goodfellow's figurative paintings can be read as a narrative puzzle that are a challenge to pick apart. In this painting both characters are smiling suggesting something pleasant has happened or is about to happen. There is much more going on: sink full of forgotten dirty dishes...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stephen Goodfellow Figurative Oil on Canvas Primary Micro Pointillism
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Stephen Goodfellow's figurative paintings can be read as a narrative puzzle and are a challenge to pick apart. We are at the beg...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful
By Fanny Rabel
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY UNTITLED by Fanny Rabel a Mexican artist who was born in Poland in 1922 is a soul wrenching work depicting among other things, the children killed by Nazi bombing in Spain during the Second World War. The lavender and purple surrounding the seated female figure and the kneeling child suggest both grief for the innocents' deaths and the prayers being offered for an end to the carnage. The bright gold and red can be read as either explosions or the hopeful light of redemption after death. Like Picasso's Guernica from 1937, this painting from 1965 can stand as a powerful anti-war statement. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Morton Auctions, Cerro de Mayka have featured Fanny Rabel's work in the past. Her anti-Nazi and anti-Fascism politics resulted in her participation in a mural called Retrato de la Burguesía in 1940 for the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas building on Alfonso Caso Street in Mexico City. Rabel met a group of exiled Spaniards in Mexico along with Antonio Pujol, who invited her to take part in a mural project headed by him, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Joseph Renau, Luis Arenal, Antonio Rodríguez Luna and Miguel Prieto. The artist died in 2008. Fanny Rabel born August 27, 1922, in Poland born Fanny Rabinovich, was a Polish-born Mexican artist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one of the youngest associated with the Mexican muralism of the early to the mid-20th century. She and her family arrived in Mexico in 1938 from Europe and she studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", where she met and became friends with Frida Kahlo. She became the only female member of “Los Fridos” a group of students under Kahlo’s tutelage. She also worked as an assistant and apprentice to Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, painting several murals of her own during her career. The most significant of these is "Ronda en el tiempo" at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. She also created canvases and other works, with children often featured in her work, and was one of the first of her generation to work with ecological themes in a series of works begun in 1979. She is considered to be the first female muralist in Mexico. She was an assistant to Diego Rivera while he worked on the frescos for the National Palace and an apprentice to David Alfaro Siqueiros. Her most important mural is Ronda en el tiempo located in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, which was created from 1964 to 1965. She also created murals at the Unidad de Lavaderos Público de Tepalcatitlán (1945), Sobrevivencia, Alfabetización in Coyoacán in 1952 Sobrevivencia de un pueblo at the Centro Deportivo Israelita (1957) Hacia la salud for the Hospital Infantil de México (1982), La familia mexicana at the Registro Público de la Propiedad (1984) (which Rabel preferred to title Abolición de la propiedad privada) and at the Imprenta Artgraf. In collaboration with other artists, she participated in the creation of the murals at the La Rosita pulque bar (disappeared) and at the Casa de la Madre Soltera. She entered the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" shortly after it was established in 1942, taking classes with José Chávez Morado, Feliciano Peña and Frida Kahlo, with whom she became close friends. She changed her last name from Rabinovich to Rabel during her career. Rabel married urologist Jaime Woolrich and had two children Abel and Paloma Woolrich, both of whom became actors. The first exhibition of her work was in 1945 with twenty-four oils, thirteen drawings, and eight engravings at the Liga Popular Israelita with Frida Kahlo writing the presentation. In 1955, she had an individual exhibition at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. She had a large exhibition at the Museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes to commemorate a half-century of her work. Her last exhibition was in 2007 at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Her work can be found in collections in over fifteen countries including those of the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Royal Academy of Denmark, the National Library in Paris, the Casa de las Américas in Havana, the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. A retrospective of her work after her death called Retrospectiva in Memoriam, Fanny Rabel (1922-2008) was held at the Museum of the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla . She is considered to be the first modern female muralist in Mexico although she also did significant work in painting, engraving, drawing, and ceramic sculpture. Her work has been classified as poetic Surrealism, Neo-expressionism and is also considered part of the Escuela Mexicana de Pintura (the dominant art movement of the early to mid 20th century in Mexico) as one of the youngest muralists to be associated with it along with Arnold Belkin and José Hernández Delga. Rabel was more drawn to depicting mankind’s pain rather than happiness, sharing other Mexican muralists' concerns about social injustice. However, she stated to Leopoldo Méndez that she could not create combative works, with clenched fists and fierce faces, and she wanted to leave the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Méndez convinced her to stay, saying that more tender images are important to political struggle as well. Children with Mexican faces...
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1960s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Artist and Model 2011 Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Sam Karres Title: Artist and Model 2011 Watercolor on Paper Year: 2011 Medium Type: Watercolor on Paper Paper Size-Width Size-Height: 15'' x 11" Signed Edition Size: s...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Artist and Model 2011 Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Sam Karres Title: Artist and Model 2011 Watercolor on Paper Year: 2011 Medium Type: Watercolor on Paper Paper Size-Width Size-Height: 15'' x 11" Signed Edition Size: s...
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2010s American Impressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"The Weary Blues" Acrylic Painting of Interior w/Patrons and Music Colorful
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Weary Blues" depicts the interior scene of a Blues bar late at night with a number of patrons socializing, drinking and listening to music. The scene is dramatically rendered in...
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2010s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Richard Wilson Figurative Female Iconic Detroit Symbols
By Richard Wilson
Located in Detroit, MI
“Untitled Female" is a colorful piece by Richard Wilson that has meaning for native Detroiters through use of the blues and oranges - their "Tiger" baseball team's colors and the "D"...
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2010s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Stanley Rosenthal Watercolor, Female, Detailed Psychological Portrait
Located in Detroit, MI
This is one of Stanley's exquisite watercolors of the women he painted: friends, students, family, colleagues, models surrounded by their specific interest, their line of work, their area of expertise. Only upon close inspection can the detail and introspection of the artist in relation to his subject be appreciated. Stanley's work is of the quality that can be enjoyed and lived with forever. These women may be specific, but they are also every woman, strong women, and the care and tenderness with which he has rendered them comes through with great power. Stanley Rosenthal...
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1990s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Jerome Paul Within Figurative "The Three Men Each at Their Windows Light"
Located in Detroit, MI
Jerome Witkin is an American figurative artist whose paintings deal with political, social and cultural themes, along with serious portraiture that melds...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Esther Before the King" Biblical Scene in Contemporary Setting, Drama, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This captivating painting by an unknown artist takes the famous 17th century painting Esther before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi and recontextualizes it for the modern era. In the original Old Testament story as depicted by Gentileschi, Esther, the Jewish wife of the king Ahasuerus went to him without being summoned after the king ordered the execution of all Jewish people in the Persian Empire. She asked him to spare her people, breaking court etiquette and risking almost certain death before fainting before the king. In this work we have the king of his house in his yellow recliner...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thom O'Connor Pastel on Paper "The Model #5"
By Thom O'Connor
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Model #5" is a pastel on paper showing a nude female figure emerging from what appears to be an evening darkening mist where a distant landscape is suggested or perhaps she is e...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Robert Andrew Parker Watercolor "Seated Figure #2" Partially Nude Female
By Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Detroit, MI
"Seated Figure #2" is distinctly vibrant and sexual with a feminine-mystique glow in this stunning example of Robert Parker's Expressionist watercolor. The blue, pink and black creates a brilliant exploding power that engages the viewer immediately leading to the gorgeously rendered partially nude...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Dahlia", Clothed Female, Intense Blues, Reds
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Dahlia" by Andrey Skripka, a Russian, is an interesting psychological portrait of a young woman who's posture appears withdrawn and tightly composed, but who is ...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Untitled Female" Clothed Female Figure, Bright Colors, Detroit Symbols
By Richard Wilson
Located in Detroit, MI
“Untitled Female" is a colorful piece by Richard Wilson that has meaning for native Detroiters through use of the blues and oranges - their "Tiger" baseball team's colors and the "D"...
Category

2010s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"I See Color" Figurative Acrylic on Canvas Looking Out Window Black White Color
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"I See Color" is a dramatic psychological study of personal discovery painted in black and white with the face reflected on a window painted in color. Dennis states: It was a time wh...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Solo Trumpet" Male, Instrument, Colors, Figurative
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"Trumpet Soloist" places the viewer in the midst of what might be a jazz festival and calls forth music we've all snapped our fingers to. The musician is in the midst of belting it o...
Category

1990s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled", Inked Profile, Museum Glass, Custom Frame, Mixed Media, India Ink
By Lester Johnson
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Untitled” painted in India Ink of two heads was done during what has been call Lester Johnson’s Dark Paintings of the 1960s. In 2013 John Yau wrote with much insight about that period of Johnson’s work - “Lester Johnson (1919-2010) was an innovative figurative painter who has never quite fit into any of the accepted narratives of postwar American art, and that alone makes his work worthy of a longer look. The 1960s was an explosively turbulent era marked by assassinations, race riots, space flights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Beatles’ and Rolling Stones’ first American tours, and the rapidly escalating Vietnam War. Everyone was wary and on edge. Meanwhile, in the New York art world, all eyes were fixated on the rise and triumph of Pop Art, Minimalism and Color Field painting. Johnson was one of the few artists that attuned to the dismay that everyone was feeling during the violent and schizophrenic time, the sense that it could all come crashing down. However, his work was never overtly political or didactic. While his dark, brooding, monochromatic paintings of anonymous men gained a small and loyal following, they also became part of that largely invisible history of a time when New York was a tough scary and exciting place to be. More than fifty years after they were made, Johnson’s Dark Paintings continue to retain a coarseness that we associate with gestural Abstract Expressionism and Jean Dubuffet’s anti-psychological, anti-personal portraits incorporating sand and gravel. One sees in them the antecedents of Joyce Pensato’s gestural exaggerations of Groucho Marx, Homer Simpson and Minnie Mouse. While Pensato brings an infectious humor to her work, Johnson was more somber. I cannot help but think that both these artists chose their bedraggled subjects out of empathy and a trace of identification.” Lester Johnson, was born in 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Minneapolis School of Art, where he studied under Alexander Masley who was a former student of Hans Hofmann. Johnson continued his artistic career in New York City where he opened his first studio on 6th and Avenue A. His neighbor there was fellow painter Wolf Kahn. During his time there he would share a loft with Larry Rivers and married the art historian Josephine Valenti. In 1961 he briefly taught at Ohio State University before returning to New York City to share a studio with Philip Pearlstein. Jack Tworkov would invite Johnson to teach at Yale, an offer that Lester Johnson would accept and spend the rest of his life in Connecticut. Johnson passed away in 2010. Johnson's work has been exhibited in the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Walker Art Center, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Museum of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This work has been framed inside of a custom frame with museum glass...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Mixed Media

"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
“Sistas” is a portrait collection of strong, intelligent women who look capable of taking on and managing whatever life has to hand them. That they are visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint their inner beauty flowing from their eyes and features. Henry has sensitively revealed each individual’s personality. These are women you want to know and from whom you want to feel their power. Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.” Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it. I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver. Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. Mr. Heading's work is part of the major TCF Convention Center's permanent collection located in the downtown business district in Detroit, Michigan. His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Acrylic

Contemplation
By Christian Landier
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Subtle colors and composition were combined by Christian Landier to create this lovely work of art that would enhance any room in your home. This is an original oil signed by the ar...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Drummer in Red" Lone Figure, Male Drummer, Instrument, Colors, Acrylic
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"Drummer in Red" is a vibrant painting both in the application of color, and the abstract movement of the background. Dennis has captured the musician in the midst of what might be a...
Category

1990s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled Female"
By Richard Wilson
Located in Detroit, MI
“Untitled Female" is a colorful piece by Richard Wilson that has meaning for native Detroiters through use of the blues and oranges - their "Tiger" baseball team's colors and the "D"...
Category

2010s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Michael Patrix Oil Painting "Head of Woman"
Located in Detroit, MI
"Head of Woman" is a wonderfully exciting example of Mid-20th century Expressionist art. This vibrant portrait is reminiscent of Matisse's Fauvist female...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

HAUTE COUTUREIN AUTUMN
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Three Oaks, MI
The artist's work delves into the fascinating realm of distorted reality, invoking a sense of happiness and well-being from a bygone era that exists only in the imagination. Through ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Ohne Titel (Untitled, 1987)" Signed and Dated Oil on Paper
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Ohne Titel (Untitled, 1987)" is an Original Oil on Paper. The work is pencil-signed and dated by the artist. The image size is 21 x 15 in. and the full size is 23 x 17 in. The piece...
Category

1980s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Warrior no. 4, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Continuing to explore the smaller figurative painting series. Holding the work during the process changes the experience a lot, as does the ...
Category

2010s Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antonio Shades Agee "Harley" Graffiti/Street Art Style Spray Paint
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Harley" is in the style of Pop-Art and Graffiti. It's a spray painted portrait of a Harlequin in red and white with black accents. Antonio “Shades” Agee, a passionate Detroit native and public figure, was an active participant in the creation of the Detroit graffiti scene as one of the first documented graffiti artists in the city. Growing up in the Motor City...
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Late 20th Century Street Art Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint

"Untitled" Framed, Original Painting on Papyrus by Zamy Steynovitz
By Zamy Steynovitz
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original by Zamy Steynovitz Painting on papyrus Measures 14 in x 11.5 in
Category

20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cityscape-Framed Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed by the Artist
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Cityscape by HERRERA. Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed by the Artist. Piece measures 13.25 x 17.25 inches with silver frame. The painting is in Good Condition. The frame is in Good...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Mental Capacity" Mixed Media, Fictional Image of African American, Iconic Color
By Onzie Norman
Located in Detroit, MI
"Mental Capacity" is a fictional experience whereby an African American man from the 1970s discovers his artistic side. It is generally known that most people are either left brain o...
Category

2010s Expressionist Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Resin, Paper, Acrylic

FAMILY AT THE BEACH
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right corner, signed verso, in decorative frame, overall 21" x 25".
Category

1950s Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Imbue no.1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Treatment of the figure has varied throughout my art. This feels similar to the shaped painting series. The figure is a contained shape. It's stamp-like and place-holding. In this ne...
Category

2010s Contemporary Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled #2", Mixed Media on Paper
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
This mixed media on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is a surreal study based off the model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subj...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Female", Acrylic on Paper
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
This acrylic on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subject is a lar...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
This mixed media on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model pictures from her long and illustrious career. The subject i...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Eva Gabor" Female Portrait, Golden Colors, Movie Star
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many unique portraits she has painted of notable people she has known in her long and illustrious career. The subject is Eva Gabor...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Baby Jane Holzer" Female Portrait, Golden & Green Colors, Celebrity, Intimate
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many unique portraits she has painted of notable people she has known in her long and illustrious career. The subject is "Baby Jane" Holzer, a member of Andy Warhol superstars and an art collector and film producer in her own right. She appeared in several Andry Warhol...
Category

1970s Modern Michigan - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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