People Abstract Paintings

Like the Westerns I grew up with, my own work is camouflaged in a veil of nostalgia. The figures in my work are often portrayed against a stark background. This forces the viewer to recognize the myth before the critique exposes itself. I work from observation and my imagination using watercolor and traditional printmaking methods. The figurative images I create are heavily researched. By using the West, a subject that I am both familiar with and continue to question, I aim to engage with our inherent perceptions of the past and the myths embedded within. - Jed Webster Smith

"Roots that Were", an acrylic on canvas piece by Laurie Barmore is characterized by an earthy blend of pinks, yellows, and greens. This piece captures the essence of vitality and gro...

Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...

A series of experimental paintings. I like to look for new horizons in art, color, form, objects. Beautiful paintings for the interior. The paintings are painted on cardboard glued t...

"Moses" Figurative Oil Painting 51" x 83" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ARTIST BIO: Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egy...

Gordon House was born in 1932 in Pontardawe, South Wales. Early exposure to art on trips to the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery as a young boy inspired House towards creative endeavors and ...

Peter Joyce was born in Poole, Dorset, and was educated at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design from 1980. He went on to study at Stourbridge College of Technology & Art and q...

Untitled (Paint) #14 is an oil painting on canvas with a canvas size of 16 x 24 inches, signed, titled and dated on the overlap verso, 'Ben Weiner Untitled (Paint) #14 2018'' and framed in a contemporary white frame. Connecting two opposing styles—abstraction and photorealism—Ben Weiner creates hyper-detailed, lush paintings and videos of extremely magnified consumer products, including hair gel, chemical food additives, and deodorant. In his work, he presents such meticulously rendered, close-up views of his subjects that they read as pure abstractions. A through-line in Weiner’s various bodies of work is contemporary culture’s obsession with bodily enhancement through chemical products—whether by using hair products or taking illegal drugs. In Weiner's Paint series (depicting oil paint on a palette) he explores the upended relationship between process and product. Ben Charles Weiner (b. 1980) is a New York based contemporary artist. His work bridges the seemingly opposite styles of hyperrealism, and process-based abstraction. Mr. Weiner has exhibited his work widely in the US and internationally, at institutions including The Carnegie Art Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, and The Tarble Art Center. His work is in public collections including Microsoft, Sammlung/Collection, Progressive Insurance, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection...

Napoleon is a striking 36 x 24 inch acrylic painting on plexiglass by contemporary artist Kyle Ringquist, celebrated for his bold reverse painting technique. Executed entirely in rev...

AQUAMARINE AFTERNOON is an expressive, gestural painting evoking a feeling of warmth, movement and ariness. The painting is built up of veils of colour, scribbles and scratches.There...

John CRASH Matos is a true pioneer of the Graffiti movement. Crash was first noticed through his murals on subway cars and is now regarded as a pioneer of the Graffiti art movement. This painting on canvas by Crash features a number of Super Hero symbols. Batman, Spiderman, The Flash, Fantastic 4, The Green Lantern, Superman, Robin and Captain America! The canvas measures 24x24" His work is said to convey a "visual link between street life and established society". and in 1980, Crash curated the now iconic exhibition: "Graffiti Art Success for America" at Fashion MODA, launching the graffiti movement into a mainstream art movement. In 1983, Crash was given his first major gallery showing at the legendary Sidney Janis Gallery in New York City. The first time a Graffiti artist ever exhibited at a major gallery, around the same time Keith Haring started showing at the Tony Shafrazi gallery, taking street art and graffiti art from the streets to a fine art gallery. CRASH has been part of numerous museum and gallery shows around the world focusing on Graffiti and Street Art, and has works in many permanent museum collections. Crash also has painted Stratocaster guitars for Eric Clapton and John Mayer...

The artwork of Felix Campean presents a scene of a human body emerging with astonishing anatomical precision, capturing every detail of the musculature and skin with hyperrealistic f...

The whole painting looks like a dream or vision, a world escaping understanding yet alluring with its obscurity and enigma, forming a certain figure that can be associated with an an...

I often cross Manhattan on the way to appointments. Though I have done this many times over the years, one clear blue day, the brightness of the clouds caught my attention. Looming over 5th Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, The Flat Iron Building...

Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...

"Sample of Paper" is part of my series "Pathos of the Bureaucracy," a humorous and satirical exploration of bureaucratic inefficiency. Inspired by personal frustrations with social s...

"DISAPPEARING VISION" Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Khoren Keshishyan Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose ...

The Bather Description: Oil on canvas, blue, figurative, nude, abstract, gestural, modern In this vibrant oil painting Jessica Benjamin captures a private moment depicted throughout art history. Through expressive brushwork, and use of color, this painting has a modern vitality that builds upon this artistic tradition. Jessica Benjamin was born in Bloomington, IL and graduated from the New York Academy of Art with his MFA in 2014. Her paintings have been featured on the cover and interiors of three albums by Wynton Marsalis...

GERALD ROSE (BRITISH, 1935 – 2023) SHEEP IN WINTER Acrylic on board Signed and dated ‘Gerald Rose 69’ (lower right) 29.1/2 x 19.1/4 in. (75 x 49 cm.)

Three engines sit in a wasted landscape described in a palate of warms grays, browns and ochers in broad quickly applied brush strokes. Quick and confident brush strokes describe th...

Abstraction offers a unique opportunity to delve into the space between the visible and the invisible. Acting as a conduit connecting the tangible and the intangible, it encourages us to explore various interpretations in a dreamlike state. In this abstract oil painting by California resident artist Erik Fiazi, the canvas is full of dynamic, nervous brush gestures, evoking images that might recall a continent or torn fabric. Whether it is the phalanges of a fist ready to burst and rip the canvas or a nation symbolized by colors that could be similar to those of a flag. There are so many possible interpretations. In any case, the work releases a raw and unbridled energy, Charged with a force worthy of a revolution like a raised fist, with its red which invades our entire field of vision, a rebellion underlined by the nervousness of the gestures of application of colors next to each other and also on top of each other, probably applied both with a knife and with a large brush. There is thickness and a lot of density. Abstraction is a challenging genre because, beyond the technique, the magic lies in the ability to penetrate the viewer's heart. By contemplating this work through the prism of allegorical reading, we can discern the echoes of a nation in turmoil: a landscape emptied of its green splendor; in fact, green appears in the minority, invaded by the burning red of destruction and flames. The central block resembles an island adrift in a navy blue sea, evoking isolation and vulnerability after a tumultuous storm. The foam of the waves reminds us of the instability inherent in life. Yet within this chaos lies a profound lesson: while the surface may churn under the unleashing of the elements, the bottom of the ocean remains still, offering a symbolic parallel to the importance of maintaining solid foundations amidst the turbulence of life. Eric Fiazi...

Polychrome Gel #7 is an oil painting on canvas with a canvas size of 12 x 24 inches, signed, titled and dated on the overlap verso, 'Ben Weiner Polychrome Gel #7 2019'' and framed in a contemporary white frame. Connecting two opposing styles—abstraction and photorealism—Ben Weiner creates hyper-detailed, lush paintings and videos of extremely magnified consumer products, including hair gel, chemical food additives, and deodorant. In his work, he presents such meticulously rendered, close-up views of his subjects that they read as pure abstractions. A through-line in Weiner’s various bodies of work is contemporary culture’s obsession with bodily enhancement through chemical products—whether by using hair products or taking illegal drugs. "The Gel Series presents a virtual environment that is in flux. Based on hair gel, a material that is physically malleable and visually enticing, it has the ability to change one’s physical appearance. In an abstract manner, the painting reflects our current global environment, subject to constant, dramatic change and rapid development- on the one hand through humanity’s ability to alter the face of the earth according to its ideas; on the other through changing environmental conditions and natural disasters". - Ben Weiner Ben Charles Weiner (b. 1980) is a New York based contemporary artist. His work bridges the seemingly opposite styles of hyperrealism, and process-based abstraction. Mr. Weiner has exhibited his work widely in the US and internationally, at institutions including The Carnegie Art Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, and The Tarble Art Center. His work is in public collections including Microsoft, Sammlung/Collection, Progressive Insurance, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection...

René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...

Wladimir Siegfried (Romanian, 1909-1982) View of Place de la Concorde, Oil on Paper, 1963, signed and dated lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 19.25" H x 25" W; frame: 25" H x 30.5"...

Eva Bouzard-Hui (American, 1936-2023), "Panda Love", Mixed Media on Illustration Board, apparently unsigned, artist's estate label with title, numbered "Oil Painting Thirty Six", and...

Moira Hazel has a compulsive desire to paint, create, make marks and produce vivid and expressive work. She uses lively surface texture and intense colours...

Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 12 x 16 inches 30.4 x 40.6 cm 2016 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in In...

Michael Azgour's work has been extensively collected, awarded and celebrated worldwide. He is a painting and drawing teacher at Stanford University and his works can be seen in publi...

Ideologist 1968, gouache on paper, 86x61 cm Gunars Klava (1933 – 1989) Gunars Klava was born in 1933 in Priekule. 1953 - graduated from J. Rosenthal Art School 1964 - began to pa...

Medrie MachPhee (Candian/American, b. 1953), "The Eye of the Harbor", Oil on Canvas, 1991, signed, titled, and dated to the verso, unframed. 90" H x 48" W. Provenance: From the Park ...

Rocca Luis César Guatemala, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca ...

"Ranunculus in Black and White" Oil on Canvas, 36x48 inches This captivating oil painting brings the ranunculus flowers to life through the contrasts of black and white. With an int...

"Untitled (Abstract Figure Study)" is an abstract figurative Post War mixed media on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1979. The artwork is 22 1/2 x 15 inches and, with the frame, ...

In 1981, Fort Greene Park was somewhat neglected and bared the same existential, graffitied, stamp mark that covered most of NYC in the 80's. Fort Greene Park became part of my hist...

Nature is waking up. Bilateral. Tempera on paper, 27 x 33 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...

This expressionist abstract figurative oil painting is a self portrait of the artist, painted from a photo of herself. . combining thick, abstract strokes of color, the bedding and t...

Precipice Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, yellow, gestural, modern, abstract This painting depicts a fraction of a moment caught on the face of its subject. Beautifully rend...

Cats Cardboard, mixed media, 75x29 cm ALEKSANDRS DEMBO (1931. Paris – 1999. Riga) Born in 1931 in Paris, France, died in 1999 in Riga, Latvia. Professional training: Janis Rozental...

Gerard Tunney Theatre Dressing Room Original Figurative Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 60cm x D 2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely ...

Gerard Tunney Onstage Ballet Rehearsal Original Figurative Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 40cm x W 60cm x D 2cm Sold Unframed Please ...

Gerard Tunney Night Dreamer Original Painting Sold Unframed A ballet figure suggested by a ballet suite of “A midsummer night’s dream” The figure rests d...

This contemporary figurative oil painting portrait of a woman catcher playing softball is part of the athlete series, depicting and celebrating the strength and beauty of women athle...

An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with a post-impressionist paint application for the tree and the house. In the foreground, we see an African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American artist Vincent D. Smith. It is signed lower right, Vincent, showing homage to Vincent Van Gogh, from whom the art word borrows some influence. Clearly, Smith has developed his own personal style, combining an African American persona with an African subject matter. Original metal frame under glass. The uploaded video is coming up light. Use the still image as a reference for color. Vincent DaCosta Smith (December 12, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was an American artist, painter, printmaker and teacher. He was known for his depictions of black life. Early life Vincent DaCosta Smith was born on December 12, 1929, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant[1] neighborhood of Brooklyn, to Beresford Leopole Smith and Louise Etheline Todd. Both were immigrants from Barbados.[2] He was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn and Smith drew what he saw around him.[citation needed] He attended an integrated school where he studied piano and the alto sax. worked a range of jobs before he became a full-time artist. At 16, he worked for the Lackawanna Railroad repairing tracks. At 17, Smith enlisted in the army and traveled with his brigade for a year.[3] It wasn't until after his time in the army that Smith began to paint and printmaking.[4] At the age of 22, Smith was working in a post office where he grew to be friends with fellow artist Tom Boutis.[1] Art education Tom Boutis took Smith to a Paul Cézanne show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. After seeing the Cézanne show, Smith resigned from his position at the post office and began reading extensively about art. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Reginald Marsh.[citation needed] Later, he began to sit in on classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where the instructors would let him join in on the lessons and the criticisms.[3] After attending classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Art Students League of New York, he was accepted and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine,[4] where he studied from 1953 to 1956. Beginning in 1954,[5] he started taking official classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and studied painting, etching, and woodblock printmaking.[4] Career Smith was a figurative painter who used abstractions and materiality to make something new.[6] Smith's work depicts the rhythms and intricacies of black life through his prints and paintings.[7] Many of his paintings and prints rely heavily on patterns.[6] According to Ronald Smothers, Vincent D. Smith's work "stood as an expressionistic bridge between the stark figures of Jacob Lawrence and the Cubist and Abstract strains represented by black artists like Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis."[7] Smith has described his own work as "a marriage between Africa and the West."[3] Over his life, he worked in both painting and printmaking. In 1959, Smith won the John Hay Whitney Fellowship which allowed him to travel to the Caribbean for a year.[8] During this year he was deeply inspired by the customs and lifestyle of the native people.[8] Throughout his life, Smith attended various art schools but it was not until turning 50 he returned to college to earn an official degree.[7] From 1967 until 1976 he taught at the Whitney Museum’s Art Resource Center.[2] Later in 1985, he taught printmaking at the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant. Death and legacy Smith died in Manhattan on the December 27, 2003 from lymphoma and related complications.[7] Smith was aged 74.[7] His work is included in many public museum collections including Art Institute of Chicago,[9] Newark Museum of Art,[1] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1] Yale University Art Gallery,[10] Davidson Art Center,[11] Fitzwilliam Museum,[12] Brooklyn Museum,[13] Albright-Knox Art Gallery,[14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[15] among others. Exhibitions Over the course of his career, he had over 25 one-man shows and had his work shown in over 30 group shows.[7] Vincent D. Smith had shown in a range of galleries and museums over his life-span. In 1970, he had his first individual exhibition at the Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. His first retrospective was in 1989 at the Schenectady Museum in Schenectady, New York.[2] Solo shows: 1974 - The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine[2] 1974 - Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York[2] 1989 - Schenectady Museum (Retrospective 1964-1989), Schenectady, New York Awards and honors This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 1959 – John Hay Whitney Fellowship, John Hay Whitney Foundation, New York City, New York[8] 1967 – Artist in Residence, Smithsonian Conference Center 1968 – Grant, The American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York 1971 – Creative Public Service Award for the Cultural Council Foundation, New York 1973 – National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities Travel Grant, New York 1973-1974 – Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York 1974 – Thomas P. Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design, New York 1981 – Windsor and Newton Award, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic , New York. 1985-1986 – Artist-in-Residence, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York. Works Below are some selected works: Study for Mural at Boys and Girls High School, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York A Moment Supreme, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York The Triumph of B.L.S., 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Jonkonnu Festival, 1996, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Murals Mural for Crotona/Tremont Social Service Center, The Human Resource Administration, New York, New York 1980[1] Mural for Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center of Central Harlem, New York, New York 1989[1] Publications Print portfolios Impressions: Our World, Volume I (a portfolio of seven etchings - five with aquatint, two with embossing). Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor...

"Untitled, portrait of artist in studio" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1971. The artwork is 25 x 19 1/2 inches and, with the frame,...

Eva Bouzard-Hui (American, 1936-2023), "Lady with Tea Pot", Oil on Canvas, apparently unsigned, artist's estate label with title, numbered "Oil Painting Thirty Four", and dimensions ...

David Leviathan (Israeli, born 1964) "Portrait of a Man" 2006 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. “Portrait of a Man” is a powerful examp...

Portrait 2 (Remembering) Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, multi-color, gestural, modern, abstract In this painting, Jessica Benjamin uses abstract brushstrokes and color to express the idea of remembering and question the purpose of portraiture. Through the abstraction and obscured face the little girl depicted becomes a story continually changing and never quite told. Jessica Benjamin was born in Bloomington, IL and graduated from the New York Academy of Art with his MFA in 2014. Her paintings have been featured on the cover and interiors of three albums by Wynton Marsalis...

Pompeii , Unearthed Material, ' signed c 2005 glazed oak frame 42.5 x 52cm painting 23cmx 34cm Mixed media, watercolor, ink varnish and inkjet print.

Award winning artist David Walker works in both oil paints and watercolours. Before concentrating on illustration and fine art painting David trained and practiced as an architect. A...

Maurice H. Sterne (American, 1877-1957), Girl Squatting with Basket, Oil on Paper laid to Board, depicting a Balinese youth wearing a head wrap and skirt, signed lower right, with Do...

Combine several abstract monochrome paintings in your interior for a stylish modern effect. The artwork is executed in black and white monochrome tones and will be suitable for any ...

Sybille Rath (German, b. 1970), "Zusammen" [Together], Oil on Board, 2000, depicting embracing female couple in pink on green ground, signed and dated with American-European Art Asso...

"Sordid Attractions" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, expressionistic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculptural form. Bla...

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Martryce Roach is a self-taught visual artist from New Brunswick, NJ, who introduced her work in 2014. Martryce incorporates elements of music, education, geometric shapes, and envir...

An illustrator working in a painterly, narrative style as N. C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Dean Cornwell from the Golden Age Of Illustration. Surface quality is post impressionist with hea...

Original - Mixed Media & Encaustic on Board Hand Signed by Greg Angus

"Marine Life" Figurative Oil Painting 41 "x 79" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ARTIST BIO: Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his nativ...

Anna Peter-Breton Méduses Tropiques Huile sur toile Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. 2023 Anna Peter-Breton was born in 1985. Originally from Hungary and Kyrgyzs...

David was inspired by the Anasazi petroglyphs with these shapes of the figures in this painting. It is an oil painting on Masonite. The frame is black wood- a shadow box concept. The...