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Item Ships From: New York City
Pink Mona Lisa Contemporary Pop Art paint swatches in museum frame figurative
By Peter Combe
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media (household paint swatches)
32 x 16” x 2 inches
2023
Framed in white with Optium museum quality non-reflective Plexiglass
The artist uses (Home depot household paint...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper
Antique Neapolitan Female Portrait Oil Painting 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3933 Antique oil on canvas in an ornate period frame
Image size 16.5x11"
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
English School, A Rare Portrait of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern"
Located in New York, NY
English School, A Rare Historical and Important Portrait Painting of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern",
(19th Century)
Oil on canvas, in a period hardwood frame.
John Scott Russell of Scotland (1808-1882) was one of the great marine engineers of the 19th century. In 1858 he launched the Great Eastern, (depicted here in this painting) then the world's largest ship, which would make history by laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary hand painted acrylic on canvas pop art Garfield Cat Blue Orange
By Wizard Skull
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted acrylic on canvas - lives and works out of Brooklyn NY and is represented by Krause Gallery in Manhattan NY.
signed on edge of canvas
Painter and illustrator Wizard Skull’s humorous and often raunchy riffs on cartoon characters and mascots poke fun at pop culture and commercialism. Wizard Skull transforms recognizable characters from Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse to Gumby and SpongeBob SquarePants into hybrid mashups, and squiggly portraits. Best known for his street art, Wizard Skull creates wheatpaste posters and murals that have become fixtures throughout New York City and beyond. One of his most famous wheatpastes —Sexy Ronald (2011–present), which depicts a strapping Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
19th century American Folk Art portrait of a young lady holding a flower
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very Interesting 19th century Folk art painting of a young woman.
Classic American Folk art style portrait
Circa 1850-60
Oils on canvas
Original frame, with a little damage.
Po...
Category
1850s Folk Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LORELEI - Contemporary Portrait / Realism
By Lu Cong
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Lu Cong
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Wood, Oil
Admiring Her Looks by Auguste Toulmouche
By Auguste Toulmouche
Located in New York, NY
"Admiring Her Looks" by Auguste Toulmouche is a quintessential example of 19th-century academic art, emphasizing beauty and technique. Toulmouche's work often explores themes of femi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
"Mrs. Kennedy" Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting in Blue Background on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Mrs. Kennedy. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of Cobalt blue oil...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Marilyn Monroe Red" Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting Red Background on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Marilyn Monroe. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of red and pink ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman with a Bull by African Ameriican Artist Bai, Contemporary Art on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
Woman with a Bull, 2023 by contemporary African American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain), is a 30 x 22in acrylic, oil pastel, and ballpoint pen figurative painting on etching paper. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Canvas Painting Profile Compartmentalized 415.031
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Compartmentalized 415.031 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Compartmentalized 415.031 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.046
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.046 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.046 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.045
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.045 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.045 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
[Buggereau (b. 1956)] Untitled #1
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas with silver leaf, black painted wood frame with gold leaf
Signed and dated in red, l.r.
$6000.00 + $500.00 framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Canvas Painting Profile Compartmentalized 415.074
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Compartmentalized 415.074 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Paper on Canvas Painting
Profile Compartmentalized 415.074 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.044
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.044 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.044 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Retro_Pop_Female Portrait/Figurative_Acrylic/Gloss_James Wolanin, Beach Duo
By James Wolanin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN
"Beach Duo"
Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel
40 x 50 inches
______________________
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.009
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Preliminary 427.009 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.009 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages a...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.019
Located in New York, NY
Profile Preliminary 427.019 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.019 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintings ...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.010
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Preliminary 427.010 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.010 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages a...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Canvas Painting Profile Compartmentalized 415.032
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Compartmentalized 415.032 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Compartmentalized 415.032 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Firelight, 1893
By Frank Weston Benson
Located in New York, NY
Renowned portraitist Frank West Benson paints a young woman by the fireplace reclining in a chair in his artwork entitled, “Firelight.”
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Young Woman Framed Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Enchanted" Modernist Multicolor & Textured Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas
By Gee Gee Collins
Located in New York, NY
A modernist depiction of a portrait executed with strong use of line and texture. This piece is filled with movement and beautiful brushwork, the use of color placement is enchanting...
Category
2010s Cubist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Antique American School Yoga Pose Surreal Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist oil painting of a woman stretching. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very finely painted and a rare fauvist palette. No signature found.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Audrey in Gold" Audrey Hepburn Gold Leaf Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oil on Board Painting of "Woman in Yellow", by Renwick Taylor, 1924
Located in New York, NY
Renwick Taylor, 1898 – d/o/d unknown
Woman In Yellow, 1924
Oil on board
Signed (Lower right): RENWICK TAYLOR
Inscribed (verso): Painted at National Academy of Design School 1924/Exh...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Board
KPM Painted Porcelain Plaque Entitled "Amor mit Schmetterling"
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
“Amor fit Schmetterling” Cupid with a Butterfly
Artist: After William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Period: Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Dimension: 7 1/2 x 10 inches (plaque); 12 x 14 inches (...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Glaze, Porcelain
American realist portrait of a Ram in profile in a landscape
By Jennifer Gennari
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful portrait of a Ram by one of the finest painters of animals currently painting.
Oils on a panel the artist has created an amazing life like portrait with such character.
...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Panel, Oil
Azogires Naiades 2 (110423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 2 (110423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
Early two sided figurative painting with separate portraits by renowned painter
By Alfred Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Jensen
Untitled two sided painting, 1947
2-sided gouache painting on board (one portrait is vertical; the other horizontal)
29 × 23 7/20 inches
Signed and dated in paint on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Yu Xia Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Woman Next To Window"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Woman Next To Window
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 7.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Death of Marat
By Eric Friedmann
Located in New York, NY
Eric Friedmann
Death of Marat, 2018
Acrylic polymer and pigment on canvas
200 x 150 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Provenance: Hunt Slone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of a Man in Suite" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated oil painting depicting a pensive man wearing a brown suite with a turquoise tie and shirt. His expression is alluring as we feel his energetic personality portrayed w...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Canvas
YiDou Zhang Contemporary Pop Original Acrylic On Canvas "The Prince"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Prince
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 8 x 6 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Portait of a Man, Oil Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting, signed in the lower right "Kuster", is a stylized recreation of "Untitled - Portrait of a Man" by Friedrich Schaarschmidt. Like the figure in Schaarschmidt's painting,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
Zhao Wang Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Woman Under Sakura"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Woman Under Sakura
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Zhao Wang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Signed American Impressionist 19th Century Genre Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE PRODIGAL SON
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
Finely painted after Rembrandt with a self-portrait of the artist and his spouse, Saskia, in a tavern, in the guise of the Prodigal Son
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCE...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Thick Impasto Signed Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait of Freddie Mercury. Oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressi...
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Incredible Large Abstract Portrait Signed Modernist Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract portrait of Mozart oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Truman Capote" by John MacWhinnie
By John MacWhinnie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John MacWhinnie, American (1946 - )
Title: Portrait of Truman Capote
Year: 1968
Medium: Mixed Media on Board (Oil and Pencil), signed and dated l.r.
Size: 23.5 x 18 inches
Fr...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media, Board, Pencil
Cute with the e
Located in New York, NY
Cute with the e
2022
oil pastel, pen, acrylic, and watercolor on paper
6.5 x 4.5 inches
Christina Nicola’s paintings are a direct reflection of herself — a liberated, queer, Black f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
By Angela Fraleigh
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
Antique American School Surreal Female Portrait Symbolic Rural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"You Look To Yours" Grace Kelly & J’adore Collage Composition on Panel Board
By Robert Mars
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous American actress and Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly. Celebrating the icons from the Golden Era with expressive and bold colors by capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Mars hand-painted spheres in the background with clippings from magazines dating back to this era and incorporates messages from those times throughout the artwork. Creating the perfect backdrop for his statement piece, Kelly stands out exceptionally, as the J’adore by Dior logo is draped across adding an extra character of definition. Mars then layers the entire painting in epoxy resin, so the thickness of the piece pops dramatically. Finishing off the edges of the wood panel with newspaper articles and advertisements from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years. This is a one-of-a-kind piece executed on wood panel and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower left and on verso.
Art measures 48 x 36 inches
Robert Mars was born in 1969 and is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. At a young age, between 7 and 8 years old, he was drawn to muscle cars, custom vans, superheroes, and other icons that were relevant as a child. This idea of icons has been an obsession within his life and has continued into his adult life and throughout his artistic career, but the imagery has been refined over time. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Drawing inspiration from the near-mythical fame that surrounded celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, and many others, before the instant and all-encompassing presence of the internet, Mars’ daring approach creates paintings with a nostalgic yet innovative vintage feel.
Employing concepts rooted in abstract expressionism, Mars has expanded on his body of work in the last years to abstract compositions, finding a balance between chaos and control by precisely cutting the painted vintage newspaper into predetermined patterns with multicolored paint layers of loose and dynamic brushstrokes in order to bridge to the events of the past and anchoring each of his artwork in a particular time of history. Robert Mars taps into the feelings that emanate from his paintings which vacillate between memory and desire. The taste of nostalgia pulls the viewers towards the iconic stars and the consumerist historical subject material of Mars’ works. Mars’ sources are the very core of these dreams. Photographs of stars like Bruce Springsteen, logos of products like Coca-Cola and TIFFANY & CO., and vintage ephemera are layered beautifully with news stories of seminal events; from the death of JFK to the 1969 moonwalk. By capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world.
Based on traditional quilt patterns from American history, the mix of handcraft, and the meditation of...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint
"Truth Be Told" Audrey Hepburn Collage Composition Painting on Panel Board
By Robert Mars
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous British actress and model Audrey Hepburn. Celebrating the icons from the Golden Era with expressive and bold colors by capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Mars hand-painted houndstooth pattern in the background with clippings from magazines dating back to this era and incorporates messages from those times throughout the artwork. Creating the perfect backdrop for his statement piece, Hepburn stands out exceptionally, as the GIVENCHY logo is draped across adding an extra character of definition. Mars then layers the entire painting in epoxy resin, so the thickness of the piece pops dramatically. Finishing off the edges of the wood panel with newspaper articles and advertisements from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years. This is a one-of-a-kind piece executed on wood panel and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower left and on verso.
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
Robert Mars was born in 1969 and is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. At a young age, between 7 and 8 years old, he was drawn to muscle cars, custom vans, superheroes, and other icons that were relevant as a child. This idea of icons has been an obsession within his life and has continued into his adult life and throughout his artistic career, but the imagery has been refined over time. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Drawing inspiration from the near-mythical fame that surrounded celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, and many others, before the instant and all-encompassing presence of the internet, Mars’ daring approach creates paintings with a nostalgic yet innovative vintage feel.
Employing concepts rooted in abstract expressionism, Mars has expanded on his body of work in the last years to abstract compositions, finding a balance between chaos and control by precisely cutting the painted vintage newspaper into predetermined patterns with multicolored paint layers of loose and dynamic brushstrokes in order to bridge to the events of the past and anchoring each of his artwork in a particular time of history. Robert Mars taps into the feelings that emanate from his paintings which vacillate between memory and desire. The taste of nostalgia pulls the viewers towards the iconic stars and the consumerist historical subject material of Mars’ works. Mars’ sources are the very core of these dreams. Photographs of stars like Bruce Springsteen, logos of products like Coca-Cola and TIFFANY & CO., and vintage ephemera are layered beautifully with news stories of seminal events; from the death of JFK to the 1969 moonwalk. By capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world.
Based on traditional quilt patterns from American history, the mix of handcraft, and the meditation of...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint
Italian Large Renaissance Nobleman Portrait
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4069 Italian nobleman oil painting
unframed
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Oil
"If I Had A Heart" Brigitte Bardot Collage Composition Painting on Panel Board
By Robert Mars
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot from the iconic picture captured by British photographer Terry O'Neill. Celebrating the icons from the Golden Era with expressive and bold colors by capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Mars hand-painted geometric quilt patterns in the background with clippings from magazines dating back to this era and incorporates messages from those times throughout the artwork. Creating the perfect backdrop for his statement piece, Bardot stands out exceptionally, as the Harper's Bazaar logo is draped across adding an extra character of definition. Mars then layers the entire painting in epoxy resin, so the thickness of the piece pops dramatically. Finishing off the edges of the wood panel with newspaper articles and advertisements from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years. This is a one-of-a-kind piece executed on wood panel and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower left and on verso.
Art measures 40 x 30 inches
Robert Mars was born in 1969 and is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. At a young age, between 7 and 8 years old, he was drawn to muscle cars, custom vans, superheroes, and other icons that were relevant as a child. This idea of icons has been an obsession within his life and has continued into his adult life and throughout his artistic career, but the imagery has been refined over time. With the use of graphic compositions, glossy textures, and rich colors Mars provided the ultimate medium in which to explore his fascination stemming from the Golden Age of American popular culture and the icons of the 1950’s and 60’s. Drawing inspiration from the near-mythical fame that surrounded celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, and many others, before the instant and all-encompassing presence of the internet, Mars’ daring approach creates paintings with a nostalgic yet innovative vintage feel.
Employing concepts rooted in abstract expressionism, Mars has expanded on his body of work in the last years to abstract compositions, finding a balance between chaos and control by precisely cutting the painted vintage newspaper into predetermined patterns with multicolored paint layers of loose and dynamic brushstrokes in order to bridge to the events of the past and anchoring each of his artwork in a particular time of history. Robert Mars taps into the feelings that emanate from his paintings which vacillate between memory and desire. The taste of nostalgia pulls the viewers towards the iconic stars and the consumerist historical subject material of Mars’ works. Mars’ sources are the very core of these dreams. Photographs of stars like Bruce Springsteen, logos of products like Coca-Cola and TIFFANY & CO., and vintage ephemera are layered beautifully with news stories of seminal events; from the death of JFK to the 1969 moonwalk. By capturing these moments in history, his paintings serve as vehicles for bringing the American brand to the world.
Based on traditional quilt patterns from American history, the mix of handcraft, and the meditation of...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings in New York City
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint
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