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Crack is Wack . Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Teschio Tropicale" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tropical skull".
Acrylic on canvas.
It features a lacquered wooden frame with
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Brass
"White Gold Mortality". Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A stark and powerful painting, it immediately attracts attention. Berlin has revisited the skull
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Woman with eyes closed
Located in PARIS, FR
a taste for morbid subjects, where skulls with exorbitant eyes are invited into macabre scenes, as
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Sabino Guisu Smoke Painting, Mahatma Gandhi, 95"H
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
evocative smoke paintings of skulls resonate with the memento mori motifs found in Damien Hirst's work
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$6,650 Sale Price
30% Off
Caught, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Craig Moran
Located in Yardley, PA
face displayed a look of absolute stupidity. The skull below it had nothing to say. :: Painting
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sweet
Sour, Bone
Flesh" (2023) By Destiny Bowman, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
panel that depicts a still-life featuring animal skulls, plants, fruit, and a disembodied humna hand
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Monkeys and Stones" (2023) By Destiny Bowman, Original Oil Still-Life Painting
Located in Denver, CO
that depicts a still-life featuring a monkey skull, an orange, and various stones all in dim light
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Beautiful, Everlasting, Inexhaustibly Interesting, Revelatory Painting, SIGNED
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
-sized platinum cast of a human skull, covered entirely by 8,601 VVS to flawless pavé set diamonds
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Plywood, Acrylic, Giclée
Vanitas
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Skull and Tomatoes
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
How d i failed to see you
Located in Zofingen, AG
to go. I give you a bowl with a skull and tell you that this is my breakfast. You see right through
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Busted Jaw
Located in Denver, CO
human skull with missing teeth on a black background.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
"La casa e il teschio" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "The house and the skull".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Face - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Piece by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
paper.
Under glass in a black wooden frame.
Keywords: Abstract, face, skull, fish, sock, blue, red
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media
$1,071 Sale Price
35% Off
Booglarized, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Craig Moran
Located in Yardley, PA
added animal parts such as a tail. Other parts of the image faintly resemble a skull and a beak. The
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Mr. Jones”, Abstract Landscape, Blue, Car, Pattern, Square, Acrylic Painting
By Sandra Cohen
Located in Franklin, MA
pattern overlaid. The background and overlaid pattern combine to form an enormous skull overlooking the
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Santa Muerte Study
Located in Denver, CO
model wearing a white veil and a headdress of Santa Muerte human Skulls.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Warhead
Located in Denver, CO
skull with a plastic soldier figure placed on top of it.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,500
hippo in half, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
bizarre ornament.On the background there is an ornament in the form of decorative skulls. :: Painting
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Feast in the Garden of Love, 17th century Antwerp, Louis de Caullery
Located in PARIS, FR
foreground, the young pages having fun blowing soap bubbles, while a little boy is lying on the skull. An
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Way Love Grows - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
point of view of what comes from the ground returns to the ground. The roses, diamonds and skull
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fasnacht oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
changes from early pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Unexpected Links" by Ale Casanova, Original Impressionist Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
holding a skull with a mouse perched on top.
Alejandro Casanova was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1981
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist
Located in Gavere, BE
, seen from a distance, appears to be a human skull.
This painting is signed and dated 1927 very
Category
1920s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,471 Sale Price
20% Off
Vincent Van Gogh, Decentralized Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
with a wild skull design across the chest, merging classic iconography with an edge of contemporary
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
WOODLAND SHRINE - Oil on Yupo Panel Painting of Plant Life in the Forest
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
, I found a deer skull placed within a bramble of deadwood branches and could feel a sort
of
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"African Image" Large Assemblage African Red Blue Mask By Danish Jørgen Waring
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
an assemblage made of mixed media. Within it, you will find horns, fur, claws, an animal skull, hair
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Plexiglass
Surrealist Minimalism. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
By inference minimalism is exactly that, and this stark skull painting is perfectly representative
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Bird Study, a painting on panel by the Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger
Located in PARIS, FR
, we recognize them by their long legs and the portion of bare red skin on their skulls. These birds
Category
1620s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
18th Century by Pietro Bardellino Mary Magdalene Painting Oil on Canvas
By Pietro Bardellino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
, resting on a skull. Behind her is a lidded vase as an ointment jar, an attribute of the saint who had
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,896 Sale Price
22% Off
Girl with Cat oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Ashura Rituals in Tangier, Morocco"
Located in LA, CA
their own skulls, backs and shoulders, the blood streaming down their faces until they eventually drop
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Divine Light - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
their loved ones. The skull and cross represents the integration of christian and pre-Columbian cultural
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bulletin Board
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Matisse painting, diagrams of Tai Chi forms, an eagle, a yin yang symbol, a multicolor skull, the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Rise of the Fall
By Taher Jaoui
Located in Boca Raton, FL
of familiar shapes that are reminiscent of abstracted skulls, to chalkboard-like scribble sections
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Another Vanitas 3" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
skull, a book and a seashell.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Artist
s Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
pastel nudes to Arshille Gorky's influence and finally to his collage style skull paintings of the 1980s
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diet Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
central grouping of a vase and skull with a large X on it serves as a reminder of the fragility of life
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
, turtle shell, sea shell, skull, blue vase and flowers.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life a pear, skull
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Thousand Words - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
. The skull represents a person who took the picture, created the image, or may even be in the photo
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vincent Van Gogh, Space Junk.
Located in OIA, ES
Van Gogh's head as a striking blue skull, one eye transformed into a cartoon-style eyeball, the other
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mirage - Mid 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Stye by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
. 1984 Exhibited Salon des Nations a Paris
Keywords: Abstr...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Still life with canvases. Realistic figurative oil painting, Emerging Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
. Artwork depicts a still life composition consisting of skull on a chair, scuplture on a drawer, bowl with
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Broken Vessels
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
material plane, where our keepsakes are usually found. Yektai also drops a skull into the mix, reminding us
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil, Found Objects, Ceramic
Tangled up in Blue - Paint by Emmett Graham - 21th Century
Located in Roma, IT
services. The skull with bandana represents a ship’s crew member, the blue tone and bottle represents
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dialogue
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
bead on his wrist, adorned in a garment that shrouds his body, and holding a red skull. This visually
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Constructivist Abstract
, by unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
appears to be a representation of a skull. The two largest/longest curved black shapes act as the eye
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Painted For Life" The Tattooed Robot 36x24 acrylic on Canvas
By Chris RWK
Located in Southampton, NY
Robot Tattooed with a "MOM" a snake a heart and a skull. The painting measures 36x24" and is signed
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Animal Rights
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
ram skull as representation of the animal kingdom and it's contained within a boxing ring as metaphor
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back.
Becker lived for a number of years in
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Helios II - Finch Bird in Flight with Gold Sun: Oil on Canvas
By Mike Ellis
Located in London, GB
digging up skulls, led to a continued fascination with the fragile and fleeting nature of birds; something
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Gravedigger And The Toad, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Etienne Pascal
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air painting from Black Forest, Germany; at the old cemetery of Freiburg City. The skull
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cactus Garden, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsI have a succulent in a ceramic sugar skull pot in my kitchen and painted
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Entertain
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
PLA plastic filament drawing affixed to wood panel. The 3D piece features a skull, a cowboy riding a
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
By Catherine Jansens
Located in Gent, VOV
include items such as a skull, a candle, a clock, or a decaying flower, though the specific objects in
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Convention Speaker, " Acrylic Painting on Parchment signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
his gnashing teeth, his skull and mouth outlined in blood-red, his sunken, hollow eyes, and truncated
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
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