Crayon Portrait Paintings

Daggi Wallace's "Not All That Glitters III" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a female's model face with gold leaf drips. Born and raised in Berlin, German...

Daggi Wallace's "Silence Of The Lambs IX" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a female's model face in a monochromatic palette. Born and raised in Berlin, Ge...

Daggi Wallace's "Silence Of The Lambs XI" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a female's model face overlaid with circular shapes. Born and raised in Berlin,...

An Art Deco painting of a Fashionable Lady by contemporary artist Erik Freyman. Watercolor with pastel on paper, signed in pencil Size: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.48 cm)

Young Model Expressionist Portrait Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...

Arturs Nikitins (born 1936) - painter, graphic artist. 1962 – graduated from the Latvian Art Academy, Graphic Department with the diploma work “The workers of Novorosijsk” under th...

In creating this piece, I delved deep into the fusion of realism and surrealism; I wanted to capture the raw essence of the subject while wrapping it in a dreamlike aura. Pastels, pe...

In this artwork, I infuse the blended textures of pastel and pencil, with strokes that evoke realism's detail and surrealism's dreamy aura. The subject's expressive gaze, rooted in e...

In creating this piece, I've intertwined realism with hints of surrealism, woven with the raw emotion of expressionism. Through pastel, pencil, and touches of colored pencil and grap...

Embodied within this piece is a dance of textures and hues, a fusion of realism's clarity with surrealism's dreaminess, expressionistic emotion, and the delicate play of light charac...

In my artwork, I've melded realism with surreal touches, creating a harmonious blend that captures both the physical and emotional essence of my subject. My use of pastel and pencil ...

In this artwork, I sought to blend the ethereal qualities of dreams with the intense emotions of reality. My use of pastels and pencils captures the softness of the subject's gaze wh...

These paintings, executed on thick paper, are very sensual and intuitive. My favorite topic is: women. Often I immediately make a seria of paintings that are caused by either materi...

A fascinating art piece that reveals the talent of portugese artist Diogo Barros Pires. Pastel and crayon on black paper. Diogo Barros Pires (b. 1985) is a figurative contemporary ...

"Vincent Van Gogh, Encrypted" presents a thought-provoking reinterpretation of the iconic artist, merging classical elements with modern abstraction. This 2022 painting captures Van ...

Chinezim Moghalu 1992 - Current The Lord is Their Shepherd…, 2024 Acrylic and pastel on canvas 137 x 140 cm 54 x 55 1/8 in

Female figure, vase, foliage, florals; acrylic ink, flashe and pastel on 300g Arches hot press paper; custom framed, shallow shadow box frame. Deep blue, marigold yellow gold. Fra...

Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 29 x 20 inches ( unframed size ) Dry Pastel on Paper , 1999 Prakash Karmakar was the most senior artist of Bengal . He was instrumental in the Bengal...

Chinezim Moghalu 1992 - Current Communion, 2024 Acrylic and pastel on canvas 137 x 127 cm 54 x 50 in

🔸 _Title: Geppetto’s GPT Awakening 🔸 _Artist: Diego Tirigall 🔸 _Year of Creation: 2023 🔸 _Dimensions: 97 W x 130 H x 2.5 D cm 🔸 _Medium: Acrylic, ...

Chinezim Moghalu 1992 - Current Aids, 2024 Acrylic and pastel on canvas 132 x 117 cm 52 x 46 in

Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55,5x31 cm Composition with figures

Pavlo Marinets "Girl"

Blue and Weathered 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 3.0 lbs Pastel on wood Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Although still exploring German Expressionism, this particular piece has a ...

Marc Scheff's "American Dream" is a multi-layered resin painting that is made using art resin, acrylic, pan pastel, pencil, and gold leaf. Abo...

"RAMO" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a he...

"VUELO" Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on cras...

This framed 14" x 14" pastel on paper drawing by Chris Brizzard depicts the side portrait of a female sitter with short dark hair and an intense gaze. H...

This 61" x 44" mixed media painting by the artist XVALA is from his series 'Pandemic Collection: 6.' The painting was created with iridescent oil stick and spray paint on a screen print of a Star Wars poster. The abstracted "Basquiat-inspired" work depicts a silver robot with red eyes and large white teeth on a purple and blue background with the text 'cyber punk' in red at the bottom of the painting. 2020 twisted human reality in a number of ways no one could ever have predicted. XVALA pays tribute to this by melding the original Star Wars movie poster with the unexpected weirdness of the 21st Century. By combining a classic sci-fi villain with a modern symbol of literal Cyberpunk, XVALA shows the COVID-19 virus aimed straight toward the earth with a mission to destroy it. Exhibited during the Pandemic Paintings exhibition at the Meme Ranch August 7th, 2020. XVALA's art illuminates the hidden fallout spawned from our high tech Internet age. His' Fear Google' campaign exposed the decay of privacy and 'No Delete' used hacked nude celebrity photos to highlight loss of control over personal information. The artist has worked with trash from the homes of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and others, as well as dirt from the graves of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. The dirt appears in the 'New World Order' collection as part of a pyramidal, 3D printed, living ant farm...

Girl with a pigeon. Symbol of peace

The lonely demon. 2003, paper, mixed media, 15x19,5 cm Colorful, stylized portrait on black background. Portrait with lilac face and long nose Gunta Liepina Griva...

William Mason (1906-2002) was a painter born in Newport, Wales, who studied at Newport College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Aside from painting he also taught at Scarborough...

Alessio Tacchinardi - Young Juventus Talent, UEFA Champions League 1995-96 - The Rise of a Star Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated '96 Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1...

"BAILE" Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on cras...

Beautiful 1970s Italian portrait of a young woman in full Pop Art style. Pastel on paper This artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important private collection and is b...

Marc Andre Untitled (green face) 2022 Acrylic and oil stick on canvas 16 x 20 inches Marc Andre meditates on the moments we step out of our comfort zone. Infused with neo-expressionist influences and demonstrating a figurative approach akin to the portraits and sculptures of Benin infused with a refreshing wave of energy. By channeling a playful flirtation with mark-making, Andre shows us that childhood creativity is “as pure as it gets”. Andre was born in Toulouse, France and spent much of his childhood traveling the world and frequenting museums with his mother, primarily visiting exhibitions featuring Pan...

Marc Andre Untitled (head) 2022 Acrylic and oil stick on canvas 24 x 18 inches Marc Andre meditates on the moments we step out of our comfort zone. Infused with neo-expressionist influences and demonstrating a figurative approach akin to the portraits and sculptures of Benin infused with a refreshing wave of energy. By channeling a playful flirtation with mark-making, Andre shows us that childhood creativity is “as pure as it gets”. Andre was born in Toulouse, France and spent much of his childhood traveling the world and frequenting museums with his mother, primarily visiting exhibitions featuring Pan...

triptych of adele, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in size each Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York...

Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper Rutsch is always "scribbling and scrabbling." He is an artist of the purest breed—an artist who has no choice but to paint. He is a chosen traveler of the depths of existence; a man who follows a longing to explore his inner self and relate his findings with the energy and identity of the universe. The celebrated Austrian artist approaches painting and sculpture as he lives life—with the eyes of a child and the hand of a poet. Constantly in the quest for rhythms of form and vibrations of color, he catches those "sparks in the shadow" and evidences their fullest reality and beauty in his creations. Each of his paintings is a careful construction as it is a spontaneous act of love. While he might attribute certain artistic expressions to "coincidence," his inspiration comes from such diverse sources as: memories, dreams, sounds, numbers, telephone poles and drift wood. Rutsch has an affinity to vibrant colors, strong contours and rich brush strokes which are apparent in his oils, mixed media works and ink drawings. He has a sensitivity to the unusual, the discarded and a fondness for the ugly as well as the chaotic. These, he often transforms into poignant welded steel abstractions. Rutsch has an aversion to politics, citing dates and expounding upon honors achieved. There is no talk about 'profound symbolism' in his work and as Carlo McCormick writes in the introduction to Rutsch's monograph, "Meaning is not a seed that Rutsch plants, nurtures and then harvests. It is what grows wild in a volcanic swamp of fossilized, decaying and new-born fancies—as an afterthought and aftershock." Alexander Rutsch is not concerned with interpretations; he is, however, passionate about the process of making art and surrenders his entire being as an instrument to the act of creation. The geometry of his imagination overflows with figures, profiles and penetrating strong eyes—windows to a deeper place. Their vitality and sensuality pulsate through the "dreamscapes" of Rutsch's created worlds. At times romantic, yet always wild with energy, human forms and experiences are essential to the artist's vocabulary. The son of opera singers and a singer himself, Rutsch speaks of "the art of painting as the art of silence" and the job of the painter "to dedicate himself to the silence." He adds though, "that this silence is the greatest existing sound in the universe." One wonders why then, if painting is "the art of silence," that Rutsch's paintings scream with sound. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes sensual, sometimes dissonant and sometimes whispering, the rhythms are always rich in the celebration of life and our shared humanity. Painter, sculptor and poet, Rutsch's oeuvre over the past four decades is tremendous. Celebrated and collected especially in Vienna, Paris, Brussels and New York, he studied with renowned teachers like Boeckl and Dorowsky and collaborated with such geniuses as Salvador Dali. Having left Vienna in the fifties, Rutsch moved to Paris and took the city's art scene by storm. There, Picasso was so enthralled with a portrait Rutsch has done of him that, in a state of great excitement, he countersigned it. Biography Alexander Rutsch was born in Russia in 1916 but raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After studying voice in Austria he became an opera singer like his parents, but after WWII, Rutsch's love for visual expression propelled him to change careers. He was a painter, sculptor, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to perfect his soul and humanity, "I paint my dreams," said Rutsch. "My dreams are color and life. They soar in my head like millions of symphonies. I can never stop building dreams." In 1952, after studying under Josef Dobrowsky, Josef Hoffmann and Herbert Boeckl at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Alexander Rutsch received a scholarship to study in France. There he made contacts and began collaborations with his contemporaries, Picasso and Dali. Rutsch said of his experiences with Picasso, "Picasso played a short but important moment in my life in Paris that affected my entire artistic future. I learned from him that it is not important if art is not aesthetically finished. It can be raw, uncooked, rough. If an artist feels he has said it—it is not important to polish or finish it. Because of Picasso, I learned that if I don't feel the need to finish—I don't have to." In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Salon Artistique International de Saceux and won first prize for abstract painting, the first of may awards received during his prolific career. During the 13 years he lived in Paris, Rutsch exhibited in many prominent galleries there and throughout Europe. In 1958, The City of Paris awarded him the prestigious Arts, Science and Letters Silver Medal. In 1966, Jean Desvilles presented his prize winning film "Le Monde de Rutsch" at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial. In 1968 Rutsch moved to Pelham, New York where he continued to work in his studio and exhibit in galleries and museums worldwide. Rutsch's work, as seen through his mastery of many art forms—sculpture, painting, print-making, and drawing, and a wide variety of other media has been described as "vibrating showers of lines, bold geometries, wounded anatomically rambling scrap-wood skeletons...

Yasser Claud-Ennin is a self-taught Nigerian-Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist, based in London, United Kingdom. His work draws inspiration from his multicultural heritage, weaving t...

Woman's Face is an original painting artwork in mixed media on paper realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos . Very good conditions. Signed by the artist's stamp on the r...

"PALOMA" Painting (FRAMED) 40" x 30" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 43.5" x 33.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on cra...

Portrait is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s. Pastel on paper; on the lower right corner, the artist wrote his initials i...

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in 1971. Colored pastel on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the low...

"PESCADO" Painting (FRAMED) 40" x 30" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 43.5" x 33.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on cr...

"Skeletype Grape" is an original acrylic painting and pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features an abstract portrait o...

"The Gatekeeper" is a mysterious painting, seemingly both a portrait and a situation – perhaps a portrait of a barrier. Gatekeeping suggests inclusion a...

"AMAPOLA" (FRAMED) Figurative Portrait Painting 40" x 30" in by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick aerosol on paper Size framed: 43.5" x 33.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pela...

Signed on reverse Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...

In this work titled "Classic Profile" Ceravolo has used one of his favorite New York models and has combine oil and acrylic with oil stick to create this timeless subtle and classic ...

"Vincent Van Gogh, Urban Reflections" portrays the iconic artist enveloped in the raw, vibrant energy of contemporary street art. This 2022 painting injects a modern sensibility into...

"Vincent Van Gogh Skull" is a striking piece from a series that boldly merges historical artistry with contemporary symbolism. Created in 2022, this painting reenvisions the iconic f...

"Warhola" (FRAMED) Figurative Portrait Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood "The Modern Renaissance" series Historically, the art wo...

"AUF WIEDERSEHEN" Figurative Portrait Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash collision between The Renaissance and Street Art. In a household where constant turmoil and violence were more apparent than most a young Pelayo met escape and peace within the confines of himself and his own creativity. Hispanic born in the heavy beating heart of Los Angeles on the seventh day of June 1996. Pelayo was caught in the crossfires of everything that surrounded him but art served as his only guidance. After dropping out of college Pelayo turned from his hyperrealistic pencil portraits to oil painting where his passions grew more immensely. As of today Pelayo’s work is most influenced and fueled by the crème de la crème of old master painters like Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Velazquez as well as graffiti artists such as RETNA, Shepard Fairey, and EL MAC. In 2017 his work caught the attention and landed in the firm grasp of renown rapper and collector Alvin “Westside Gunn” Worthy. He has created several album covers and artworks for the Buffalo rap moguls music label Griselda Records including his personal collection. Pelayo’s paintings are widely recognized and sought out from all over the globe. His collectors include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Jeff Hamilton, Shepard Fairey, Jaysse Lopez, and Everlast of House of Pain...

"Street Code at the Huntington" Figurative Painting 24" x 18" in by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac P...

June 1925 McCalls magazine 'To the Girls of St. Agnes Seminary' Neysa Moran McMein – later Mrs. John Baragwanath – wanted, as a girl in Quincy, Illinois, to be a musician. Although she changed her mind and attended the Art Institute of Chicago, she paid her way through school by writing music and playing piano in a ten-cent store. During World War I, she went to France under the auspices of the YMCA, and entertained the troops with her singing and piano accompaniment to showings of Winsor McCay’s animated film “Gertie the Dinosaur”. She painted her first McCall’s magazine cover in 1923, and for many years made pastel portraits of beautiful or notable young women for McCall’s monthly issues, as well as occasional covers for the Woman’s Home Companion, McClure’s, Photoplay, and The Saturday Evening Post. She also regularly contributed her drawings to the annual New York Times’ Hundred Neediest Cases. McMein was equally noted as a hostess and friend of such notables as Alexander Woollcott, Irving Berlin, Marc Connolly, Ben Lillie, Irene Castle...

"Woman in Red Turban” Portrait Oil Painting 63x47 in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné Pastel on paper. Framed. Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism. Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again. The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty. Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither. SOLO EXHIBITIONS Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016 Safar Khan...

Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio with elegant white dress. Pastel on Canvas with finely carved gilt wood frame. Signed CFroschl . Carl Forsche 1848- 1934 . Austrian Painte...

A fascinating art piece that reveals the talent of portugese artist Diogo Barros Pires. Pastel and crayon on black paper. Diogo Barros Pires (b. 1985) is a figurative contemporary ...

A fascinating art piece that reveals the talent of portugese artist Diogo Barros Pires. Pastel and crayon on black paper. Diogo Barros Pires (b. 1985) is a figurative contemporary ...