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Item Ships From: Spain
Napoleón and his family.
Located in MADRID, ES
Miniature 19 century, painted in ivory
Category
19th Century Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel
IMAGINATION
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
SHAMAN
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Ecce Homo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on canvas.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and workshop.
Certificated by Enrique Valdivieso who is the most inportant expert in this artist.
Category
17th Century Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Young woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Roser Vinardell (1941) - A young woman - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 55x46 cm.
Frame measures 75x66 cm.
ROSER VINARDELL
Roser Vinardell Tolrà was born in Cabrera de Mataró in 1941. ...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
accordionist with pipe oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - accordionist with pipe oil on board painting
Medidas óleo 47x34 cm.
Medidas marco 62x48 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in who...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Woman with headscarf original oil on canvas painting
By Albert Rafols Culleres
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Rafols Cullerés (1892-1986) - Woman with scarf - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Catalan painter formed the Llotja with ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
FISH FACES
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Guadalupana
Located in MADRID, ES
Mexican 18 century virgin of Guadalupe .
Oil on canvas.
Category
18th Century Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
tramps and accordion oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm.
Frame measures 83x63 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert
Roca has won...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
FLOWERS FOR THE QUEEN
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers on paper
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
WILD HEAD
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
The expressionist style is evident in the energetic and torn strokes, which convey the emotional intensity of the scene. The colors are bold and contrasting, creating a vibrant and c...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Spanish grape picker oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lafuente - Grape harvester - Oil on canvas
Spanish school signed "Lafuente".
Oil measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1950s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin and child
Located in MADRID, ES
Venetian oil on panel end of 15 century
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel
ABSTRACT MOOD
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
jesus christ superstar oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - jesus christ superstar - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 80X60 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 19...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
traveling musicians oil on board painting modernism art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 70x50 cm.
Frame measures 83x63 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert
Roca has won...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Portraits
By Nicolas de Largillière
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on canvas.
French portraits.
Category
18th Century Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
ABSTRACT FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Nude goddess oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tuya Natsagdorj (Mongolia 1970) - Naked Goddess - oil on canvas
Oil measures 63x53 cm.
Frame measures 66x56 cm.
Natsagdorj Tuya is a female artist who graduated from the kyiv School of Theater Arts in Ukraine and the Kyoto School of Art in Japan. Popular painter in the United States and Japan. In 2006 he participated in the exhibition "Mongolian art...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, cont...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
ABSTRACT FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
be reborn oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Be reborn- Oil on canvas
Canvas size 50X20 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with constant ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
abstract with portrait oil and collage on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Horacio Sapere (1951) - Abstract - Oil and collage on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas measures 61x46 cm.
Frameless.
Horacio Sapere (Buenos Aires, 1951). He has lived and worked in Mallorca since 1975 and since 2011 he has had a studio in New York. An intense and committed artist, he develops his creative process through theater and performance (1970-1980), visual poetry (1976-1982), painting and sculpture. Creator of major projects such as Poet's room (1995), presented for the first time at the BMB gallery in Amsterdam (1996), at the UIB -Universitat de les Illes Balears- (1997) and at the Sala de Cultura Sa Nostra in Ibiza (1998). ); and as a sculptural poetic installation at the MEIAC, the Spanish and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art in Badajoz (2000), the Fernando Pessoa...
Category
1980s Abstract Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FISH IN MY MIND
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected, unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Black angel oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Black angel - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 60X50 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student sin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Little Bit Of Magic - Mickey mouse painting
Located in OIA, ES
"A Little Bit of Magic" is an expressionist portrait of Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character. When you gaze upon the painting, you can't help but be amazed by the immense numbe...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Enamel
goddess oil on canvas painting hindu mythology
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tuya Natsagdorj (Mongolia 1970) - Goddess - oil on canvas
Oil measures 65x54 cm.
Frameless.
Natsagdorj Tuya is a female artist who graduated from the kyiv School of Theater Arts in Ukraine and the Kyoto School of Art in Japan. Popular painter in the United States and Japan. In 2006 he participated in the exhibition "Mongolian art...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian Icon in the style of the 18th century).
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian icon in the style of the 18th Century).
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso over wood.
Measurements in centimeters: 45 x 36.5 x 3 cm / In inch...
Category
1990s Byzantine Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - Sailor playing the accordion oil on board painting
Medidas óleo 62x46 cm.
Medidas marco 73x57 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, ...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Raquel. Large format interior with woman portrait and still-life
By Alfredo Roldan
Located in Segovia, ES
"Raquel" is an interior scene of a young woman, stretched out comfortably on a sofa, surrounded by flowers and fruit. She gazes placidly at the artist, who is portraying her dressed in a nightgown and a colorful dressing gown.
Oil on canvas. 2003
Measurements: 90 x 200 cm / 35,43 x 78,74"
The rich range of colors used and the relaxed gesture of the model envelop the atmosphere of comfort that prevails in the works of this author because, according to his words: “When I use a model I want her to be very comfortable, rested, calm and relaxed. I am not interested in movement in my work, as it always ends up too artificial for my taste and would interfere with the ambiance I am trying to create”.
The flattened perspectives, the fractured surfaces, and the graphic stylizations refer to the cubism of Picasso and Juan Gris. There are echoes of Modigliani in the treatment of his female models and we can detect an homage to Gauguin and Matisse, in his playful and sensual manipulation of color.
In 2003 Ediciones Sammer publishes in a deluxe edition the book Alfredo Roldán written by the sculptor David Gamella where a large part of his work is reproduced. This painting, Raquel, is reproduced on the cover of the book and also inside on a double page (294-295).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Alfredo Roldán (Madrid- Spain, 1965) is a self-taught artist who, at the age of 22, began selling his works at street markets. In 1994 he won the award granted by the City Council of Madrid with the painting “El Baño Azul”, which now hangs in The Museum of Modern Art of Madrid. That year he began to work with the renowned British dealer...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ Pantocrator" After an Icon in the style of the Moscow School
Located in Segovia, ES
"Christ Pantocrator". After an Icon in the style of the Moscow school (15th century). Somewhat similar to that of Rublev.
Author: Oliver Samsinguer
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and on wood.
Dimensions; (H) 42 x (W) 33.5 x (D) 3.5 cm.
(H) 16.54 x (W) 13.19 x (D) 1.38 in.
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold .
Now, the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
violinist under the snow Oil and collage on paper painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Moscardó (1953) - Violinist under the snow - Oil and collage on paper
Oil measures 64x50 cm.
Frame measures 80x65 cm.
Ramón Moscardó studied at the Sant Jordi School of Fine A...
Category
1990s Fauvist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
self portrait 1 oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - self portrait 1 - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 70X50 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of modernist Paris oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 33x41 cm.
Frame measures 59x67 cm.
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro Palmero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain oil on board painting impressionist seascape
By Joan Vives Maristany
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Sitges - Oil on panel
Oil measures 22x31.5 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1990s Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Musicians and dog oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - Musicians - Oil on panel
Oil measures 50x70 cm.
Frame measures 53x73 cm.
Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flores en la Cabeza
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Art Nouveau Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas
Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. With Oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Icono of Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century.
Egg tempera and gesso on wood, covered by a metal oklad made by the artist himself. The oklad, in principle, were made to cover damaged parts of highly revered ancient icons...
Category
1990s Byzantine Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Egg Tempera
people from ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
By Ignacio Gil Sala
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 50x61 cm.
Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic training at the age of nine, Gil Sala entered the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he had as teachers Felix Mestres and Vicente Borrás. Already in 1930, being still almost an apprentice, he obtained the bronze medal of the School, and in 1936 he won by contest a scholarship to make a study trip through Spain. Those were the difficult moments of the outbreak of the Civil War and thanks to the help of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, he was able to complete his artistic training. Throughout his life Ignacio Gil dedicated himself to travel both in the Peninsula and in different Islamic and Latin American countries. He exhibited his work in Spain, France, the Philippines, Switzerland, the United States, Canada and Colombia, among many other countries.
Extraordinary draftsman, agile handling pencil and charcoal, Ignacio Gil immortalized landscapes of all Spain...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Angel oil on canvas painting surrealist
By Ramon Llovet Miserol
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Llovet (1917-1987) - Angel - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 92x73 cm.
Frame measures 94x75 cm.
Ramon Llovet Miserol (Barcelona, August 7, 1917 - Barcelona, August 2, 1987...
Category
1980s Surrealist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
10-1-21 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Evangelist Matthew, after a Russian icon, school of Moscow, 15th century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Evangelist Mathew after a Russian Icon. School of Moscow, 15th century.
Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso, over a wooden board.
Dimensions: (H) 52 x (W) 36 x (D) 3 cm.
Saint Matthew, the Evangelist, is represented at his own desk, a true artisan laboratory.
THE THECHNIQUE
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24 carat gold .
Now does the actual process of painting begin. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
1-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1-4-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Esperanza
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Art Nouveau Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
3-9-22 (Duptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
4-9-22 (Diptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
self portrait with woman oil on canvas painting
By Josep Moscardo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Moscardó (1953) - Self-portrait with a woman - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 92x73 cm.
Frameless
Barcelona, 1953
Painter, sculptor and draftsman of ...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman sitting in the garden oil on canvas painting
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
People in period clothing oil on canvas painting
By Joan Camo Sentis
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Camo Sentis (1920-2021) - Period Characters - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Joan Camo Sentis (1920 - 2001)
Catalan painter specialized in oil painting on c...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Stained glass window with naked woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Sabaté Casanova - Stained glass window with a nude woman - Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas - Hand signed - c.1990
Oil measures 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Quimet Sabaté will enter the...
Category
1990s Pop Art Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saint John The Forerunner after a Russian Icon from the 16th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
Saint John, The Forerunner, after a Russian Icon from the 16th Century.
Tempera and gold leave on gesso over a wooden board.
Dimensions: (H) 33 x (W) 25,5 x (D) 4 cm.
John, The Forerunner, is depicted as an ascetic desert saint with a tousled beard and a coat made from camel hair. The expression that transmits his beautiful face is very intense.
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterward, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold .
Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Young girls oil on canvas painting portrait
By Jose Puyet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) - Girls - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 81x65 cm.
Frameless.
Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was the grandson of Professor José Padilla, a Spanish artist who began painting in the nineteenth century. As a child, Puyet learned to paint by watching his grandfather, whose company he preferred to that of children his age. At the age of eight he had started working on paencils and oils. At the age of 20, Puyet entered the Spanish army...
Category
1980s Romantic Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female figure woman oil on canvas painting portrait
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Female figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frame measures 70x62 cm.
Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Masquerade oil on canvas painting Venezia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antoni Granja Llobet (1954) - Pitita - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 73x60 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1980s Contemporary Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Who am I to be your secret lover? Figurative large format Landscape with figures
By Igor Fomin
Located in Segovia, ES
Who am I to be your secret lover? Figurative large format Landscape with figures in fairy-tale setting.
Acrylic on canvas.
Author: Igor Fomin.
Measurements in centimeters: 195 x 195 cm. / In inches: 76.77 x 76.77"
In this painting, Igor Fomin not only tells us the story of a couple who keep their love secret, he also tells us about that beautiful old place, a witness to their love affairs, and those neighbors, who should not find out and who make their lives. An entire city, with a splendid aqueduct in the background, through whose arches the view is lost. The set is endowed with a magnificent color and a complex structure, full of planes to stop at all those characters that fill the author's pictorial and literary imaginary.
From the tow...
Category
1990s Modern Spain - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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Koloman Moser smashed the conservative conventions of art and design in fin-de-siècle Vienna. On the 100th anniversary of his death, the Austrian designer is being celebrated for his radically modern creations.
A Rare Q&A with American Legend Alex Katz
On the eve of a new exhibition just north of New York City, the nonagenarian contemporary-art icon talked with ‘Introspective’ about his long and ongoing career, the development of his signature style and his rather malleable definition of realism.