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Breathless
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
"Scene GH, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
century interior, decorated with a human skull and patterned wallpaper, where a woman in blue kneels with
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apex - Blue Tit Bird in Flight: Oil on Canvas
By Mike Ellis
Located in London, GB
animals, collecting bones and digging up skulls, led to a continued fascination with the fragile and
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St. Charles Borromeo. Early 17th century. Painting on Copper.
Located in Firenze, IT
represents San Carlo praying in front of a book, a human skull and a crucifix.
Italian school.
The saint is
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
"A Thirst Left Unquenched" Original Oil Painting, Still Life
Located in Denver, CO
explores themes of mortality and unfinished longing. The skull and bones hint at what's left behind when
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, XVIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
life (the skull, the candle that is consumed, a clock, a broken flower), we wanted precisely to
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Helios II - Finch Bird in Flight with Gold Sun: Oil on Canvas
By Mike Ellis
Located in London, GB
animals, collecting bones and digging up skulls, led to a continued fascination with the fragile and
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thank You, Come Again - Frances Berry - Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper, 2020
By Frances Berry
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
mold. Stacy’s trademark skull face can be interpreted as a stand-in for the male gaze, flanking either
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Late 16th-Century, Italian School Saint Jerome The Penitent, Religious Art
Located in Cheltenham, GB
symbols relating to his time in isolation, including a skull, representing the mortality of mankind, a
Category
16th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Not Long
By Kim Dorland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
, including a pair of initials, "L + K," and a knot that curiously resembles a skull.
The surrounding field
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
$30,500
Vanitas Still Life With a Statue of Pallas Athena
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Surrounded by the arched palace wing, Athena is also accompanied by a skull and flowers, common elements that
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
objects like human skulls, waning candles and overturned hourglasses to comment on the fleeting nature of
Category
1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Where
s Pa? /// Western Contemporary Landscape Figurative Oil Painting Horse Gun
By Todd Connor
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
and was recently invited to be a part of the Russell Skull Society, an exclusive group of 22 artists
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Watercolor Landscape by Byron Randall "Tacuba Series 1940"
By Byron Randall
Located in Pasadena, CA
militarism, using a visual vocabulary of ghastly females, skulls and skeletons that drew upon the folk
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Untitled (View of the Continental Divide from near Genesee, Colorado)
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Denver, CO
interesting artifacts or props -- brass vases, American Indian relics, shells, a human skull, pieces of
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Damien Hirst, Minnie with Glitter, 2016
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls. Since 1987, over 80 solo Damien Hirst
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glitter, Screen
Lord Hornblower
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, "The Secret of Red Skull".
Stahl taught at the Art Institute of Chicago, American Academy of Art
Category
1940s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Damien Hirst
Untitled
Abstract Spin Painting Print, 2023
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
installations and diamond-encrusted skulls. Since 1987, there have been over 80 solo Damien Hirst exhibitions
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Mary Magdalene Penitent Reni Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
By Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
on her right hand while extending her left arm to touch her skull, her traditional iconographic
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Damien Hirst, Large Minnie with Glitter, 2016
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
-encrusted skulls. Since 1987, over 80 solo Damien Hirst exhibitions have taken place worldwide and his work
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Glitter, Screen
Damien Hirst, Horizontal
Spots
, Woodcut, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
16th Century Giovanni Laurentini Saint Francis Praying Oil on Canvas White
Located in Sanremo, IT
piece of still life consisting of skull, rosary, voluminous prayer book and Franciscan cord with
Category
16th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Damien Hirst, Horizontal
Spots Series
, Woodcut, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Damien Hirst, Horizontal
Spots
, Woodcut, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Wounds LXXIV
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
, a trachea, a broken collarbone, a fractured skull, an exposed orbital or a damaged cornea. Is it not
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker
Damien Hirst, Horizontal Spots, Woodcut, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Damien Hirst, Horizontal
Spots
, Woodcut, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Wounds LII
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
, a trachea, a broken collarbone, a fractured skull, an exposed orbital or a damaged cornea. Is it not
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker
Wounds XX
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
, a trachea, a broken collarbone, a fractured skull, an exposed orbital or a damaged cornea. Is it not
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker
French Surrealist Trompe L
oeil Apples OIl Painting
By Lucien Mathelin
Located in Surfside, FL
the French flag as a towel drying. In Les Invalides , the dome is replaced by a skull. The columns of
Category
20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Damien Hirst, Multi-color Vertical
Spots
, 2018
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
cabinet motifs, brightly colored spin paintings, kaleidoscopic butterflies, and diamond-encrusted skulls
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
UNTITLED FIGURES (LINES AND SHAPES AGAINST TEXTURAL BACKGROUND)
By Shoshana Heimann
Located in Surfside, FL
creating small two-dimensional eulogies. Skulls, mummies, jackals and ferocious diving birds were
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Ginette
, French Art Deco Portrait
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Cotignac, FR
navigation instruments, herring hanging in a birdcage and two skulls under a globe, one of child, the other
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
human skull encrusted with over 8,000 diamonds, and "The Golden Calf" (2008), a life-size sculpture of a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Untitled (Five Million Years Ago)
By Vance Kirkland
Located in Denver, CO
, bones and skulls. Presented in a custom frame with all archival materials, outer dimensions measure 30
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beverly Fishman "UNTITLED" Abstract Silkscreen Stainless Metal 2008
Located in Detroit, MI
depictions of human heads and skulls and crossbones and include cameos by pop culturalicons like the Teenage
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Skull
By Georgie Briand
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Dark Deep depiction of a skull that was done with Acrylic. I am a self-taught artist from
Category
2010s Conceptual Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SKULL
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any technique, sty...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Punk Skull
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
John McLeod's "Punk Skull" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an animal skull with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Skull Kat
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
SKULL DOG
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any technique, st...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
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An assortment of skull paintings is available on 1stDibs. There are many contemporary, abstract and modern versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Skull paintings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, gray, brown, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Damien Hirst, Mike Ellis, Gary John, Brent Estabrook and Sax Berlin are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. Some skull paintings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 1 inches across, are available.
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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