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Sax Berlin Paintings

British, b. 1953
We are privileged to sell works on behalf of Sax Berlin. Sax, arguably the finest exponent of 21st Century Classicism, has devoted his life to absorbing the culture of art and architecture in Europe, Asia North America. He is undoubtedly a genius of our times and one of the great secrets of modern art. When one reviews his oeuvre, 10 distinct separate styles emerge, displaying Berlin’s mastery of his subject. In fact only Picasso has achieved this height of genius. His students and collectors call him “The Master”. Berlin is a unique artist, using techniques mastered during his studies; ranging from antiquity through the medieval and Renaissance to the present; he creates the visual outcomes he wants and that delight collectors. The paintings Berlin has created in his New York, Greek and Cornish studios are of museum quality and are rarely seen in Art Sales offering a combination of beautiful artworks and investment opportunity. Harvard University refer to him as a Master Artist. The President of the Asia Society on Park Avenue, NYC wrote to Berlin that “your work is beautiful” and Bernard Faure, Professor of Asia Studies at Columbia University wrote “your icons really do have a life of their own”. Sax Berlin is a modern Master Painter in the truest sense of the term and follows in the footsteps of the Great Masters of the past.
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Artist: Sax Berlin
"Motown Records". Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin followers will already be aware that a second love of his is music. He has created this piece as a tribute to Motown; Berry Gordy Jr's classic record label. Motown music b...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pursuit of Peace. JFK. Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a master of many styles and this Van Goghesque portrait of JFK is both subtle and eye-catching. Shocking events are taking place in the world so it's fitting that Berli...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

Little Angel Of NoLita, Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's "Sharp Edge 21st Century New York City Style Series" Berlin has loved Manhattan & New York City for decades. This love is passionately brought to life in the dynam...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Marble

The Impulse Is Divine: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This title encapsulates the whole ethos of Sax Berlin; the impulse to create courses through him in vibrant immediacy resulting in paintings that are timeless. In this work his creat...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

"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 motif in this piece of Neo-Expressionist art to sublime effect. The painting is a mas...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"To Whom The Gods Love Destiny Comes Late" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Just when you think an artist has reached the zenith of creativity and beauty a piece arrives that is simply breathtaking. It truly is Sax Berlin's destiny to create these stunning w...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Copper, Gold Leaf

Guardian Angels, New York s Finest. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic and hand ground oils on canvas, From the artist's Hard Edge Series
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Jazz Man. Contemporary Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Music is a real love for Sax Berlin, second only to his art. These twin passions have given rise to a series of works that concentrate on jazz music. Jazz Man puts one right at the h...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Silver

ZiZi de Montparnasse: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An enigmatic portrait in oils from Berlin, stylised and elongated this person is a mysterious figure. ZiZi was a writer and poet who was a friend of the artist. It is certainly a re...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Z" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Z: Sax's object is purity of form and modulation of colour.  What kind of words could accompany this portrait. A study of the humanitarian in humanity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

SoHo 4 a.m. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
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2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

"Homeless" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sociological Expressionism. From Grosz and Dix to Berlin, this movement gives voices and images to the conscience of the people trying to process the contemporary trauma of the hopel...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

The Poet: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Oil Painting. Gold and Silver Leaf
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A beautiful representation of an ancient Grecian lyric poet, only Sax Berlin knows which one! This is a quite spectacular piece; it's richly created and could, one believes, be a wor...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Black Skulls. 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 these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Silver

The Apostles Of The Archipelago Beyond Atlantis. Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Apostles Of The Archipelago Beyond Atlantis. A masterful offering from Sax Berlin, beautiful women gazing out over the mythical landscape that was (we assume) the lost city state...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silver Skull. 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 these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Silver

WE WILL NOT BE SiLENCED (The Golden Voice). Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlins response to the tragic loss of a young woman's life in London 2021 is this vibrant, passionate painting.  Once again women have held vigils and peaceful protests to draw atte...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Pierrot Enchanted. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's 1991 Pierrot series. Hand ground pigments on canvas. signed
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1990s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mark Jenkin in La La Land : Contemporary Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A term familiar to most of us as a state of mind, Berlin has crafted his own idiosyncratic, ultra contemporary piece of Neo-Expresionism to reflect on this delusional condition. He h...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Most Young Kings Get Their Head Cut Off
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a stunning, subtle painting from Sax Berlin that evokes the phrase used by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Berlin's interpretation of the quotation draws on his own personal knowledge ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

LaLa Land. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A term familiar to most of us as a state of mind, Berlin has crafted his own idiosyncratic, ultra contemporary piece of Neo-Expresionism to reflect on this delusional condition. He h...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Inspiration. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Inspiration offers a beautiful portrait, one is aware of the nods to previous portrayals of iconic faces yet this painting is totally unique. This piece is classic Neo-Expressionism,...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Several Shades Of Dust: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Described by some as a masterpiece this is a deeply personal painting brought forth from the imagination of Sax Berlin. Many years in the creating, Berlin wanted this image to emerge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

Blue Eyed Guardian. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This Guardian Angel almost vanishes into his background, but that was the most wonderful attribute of the Angels, they melted in with the environment. Only the piercing blue eyes & r...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"No King: One Route". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp edged and sassy from Sax Berlin. A bang on trend, urban street painting with an undercurrent of the darkness of the city. Oil and acrylic on canvas
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

One Pearl Of Great Price. Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
One Pearl Of Great Price is part of the "When We Were Harlekings" collection. A pearl, unlike other gems, emerges as a perfect object and represents the true self. Through diligent s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

White Faced Harlequin, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Fully costumed Harlequin sits before the hot swirling background looking reflective after his performance. With his ceruse coated face he is the archetypal image of our perception of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

"From The Inner Heart To The Dove Of Peace." Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin's series of remarkable images of mythically, spiritual women is now augmented by this latest work. The Inner Heart to the Dove of Peace is an intense piece, a paean of hope. H...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Marble, Copper, Gold Leaf

Untitled
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
So many influences can be seen in this painting, however it is unmistakenly from Sax Berlin's hand. It's a classic work of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism of which Berlin is at ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Street Angel. ( Subway Series ) Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
1980's NYC; dark and dangerous times. Gangs roamed the streets again, as they did in the 1800's, committing acts of egregious violence upon helpless citizens. But......... there was ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Odyssey" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This piece sees something of a departure for Berlin, his own journey through art; he's using acrylic paint married with his usual beautiful oil pigments, this piece shows a hand fre...
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2010s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings

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Acrylic

WE THE PEOPLE. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In classic Sharp Edge 21st Century New York Style, Berlin acknowledges and shows solidarity with the world mourning the cruel death of George Floyd in the United States, and starting...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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. This head invites the viewer in and has a real charm. Amazing how something so see...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Born In the Night. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
When Sax Berlin experiences the desire to lay something down he's unstoppable. This piece was created from an initial impulse of red. He laid down the base of reds and retired for so...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cracked Buddha. Contemporary Buddha Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Everything passes everything changes everything crumbles all is impermanent." A direct quotation from Master Artist Sax Berlin showing his belief in the impermanence and reincarnation of all things even the seemingly eternal Buddha. Sax Berlin is creating the Great 108 Buddhas series. The number 108 has sacred meaning for followers of the Buddhist faith. For example a Buddhist Mala...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

Pierrot and the Harlequin. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A subtle piece from Sax Berlin created in the 1990's; this painting unites 2 iconic figures, Pierrot and Harlequin. Whilst being totally differen...
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20th Century Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Neo Expressionism: On The Corner East Village
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
East Village Art: From 1978 for 8 years Berlin worked frenetically,at street level, his finger on the pulse of this great city creating The Manhattan Collection. Living & moving in ...
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1980s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings

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Ink

Nirvana, Contemporary Oil Painting With Gild Leaf
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Nirvana literally means cool or to extinguish, it is a state of mindfullness where suffering has been extinguished and one achieves ultimate freedom. In this fabulous piece we can se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"The Down Crown Crew". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A small format work on paper from Berlin. This piece is bright and immediate, beautifully reflecting the vibrancy of downtown culture. Acrylic and gold leaf on paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Rights". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The goat plays a strange role in mythology and legend; perhaps its ambivalence, appearing on both sides of the spectrum, give it the appeal it enjoys. Most ancient cultures from the Assyrians via the ancient Greeks and Vikings have a goat appear in their legends. Berlin’s goat skulls...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

To the Dove of Peace I Offer This Elegance
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very occasionally a painting invites deep study; nothing exists within it without reason, each form has purpose, every shade has nuance, every line has meaning. Berlin has presented...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Marble, Copper, Gold Leaf

The Renaissance of Neo Expressionisation of Klee: Contemporary Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A tour de force of a neo-expressionist painting. This work is symbolic and contemporary, offering a bold, almost tribal visual. Klee was a revolutionary artist who used many techniqu...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

"Grand Expression" Large Black White Abstract Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Black and white abstract painting from the studio of Sax Berlin
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Guardian Angels The Rule is to Serve. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The concept of service and governance is not new in history; Einstein thought the "high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule" and Seneca the great Roman philosop...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

What Light in Yonder Window Breaks: Contemporary figurative oil painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Shakespeare's fair Juliet in Romeo's soliloquy is here interpreted as a medieval maiden. Berlin has not only cast his Juliet as a medieval beauty but has also used authentic techniqu...
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2010s Medieval Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil

Dream Of The Inca. Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Something of a departure for Berlin, this highly figurative painting use motifs from ancient central American cultures to create a piece that writhes and turns on the canvas. Beautif...
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2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Self Portrait with Billion Dollar Hand
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin has always maintained his hand is an independent entity and the paintings he produces with it are unique and not within his control, they unfold onto the canvas. He fondly calls it his "Billion Dollar...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

BLACK LIVES MATTER
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In classic Sharp Edge 21st Century New York Style, Berlin acknowledges and shows solidarity with the world mourning the cruel death of George Floyd in the United States, and starting to come together to try to make sense of systemic racism. Black Lives Matter...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

BLACK LIVES MATTER
BLACK LIVES MATTER
$5,442 Sale Price
20% Off
"Stay Solid: Nightingale". Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
STAY SOLID: dedicated to all the nurses and medical research teams world-wide. A gritty painting to join the collection of works in Sax Berlin's Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressi...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Heaven s Gate, Jazz Bardo. Mixed Media Contemporary Neo-Classicism
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bardol Thodol literally means liberation through hearing and comes from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Bardo is the transitional state between death & rebirth. Lovers of jazz and music in general will be all too aware of how one can be transported to this suspended state when listening to music. This state is expressed beautifully in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and here we quote directly from it "remember the clear light, the pure clear white light...............Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature". Jazz Bardo, Heavens Gate...
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2010s Pop Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Silver, Copper, Gold Leaf

Classic Blue. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Using his unique approach of layering diverse techniques Berlin creates the opportunity of "seeing into portraits". He offers a "portal into the creation of [an] enigma". The stunnin...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Petrushka", Hand Ground Pigments on Canvas
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A stock character of Russian marionette theatre since the 18th Century, set in St. Petersburg this is a burlesque tale of unrequited love. Charlatan...
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Silver Leaf

Guardian Angel. All Seeing
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blood. Neo Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Preparing For The Muse (Mark Rylance). Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Portrait of actor Mark Rylance preparing for one of his earlier roles Gouache on Italian Slate in a contemporary Black frame.
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2010s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Slate

All Seeing Guardian
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sharp Edge 21st Century Neo Expressionist painting of New York City's finest, The Guardian Angels. Berlin encapsulates the ethos of the Guardian Angels in this piece; they are truly ...
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2010s Street Art Sax Berlin Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Loving Kindness
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Loving Kindness : 24ct gold leaf and original pigments. The exceptionally talented Sax Berlin produces another masterpiece for Buddha collection. Sensational piece. "Buddha said…....
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2010s Surrealist Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Loving Kindness
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman In Blue; contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Just released form the artists studio a 1997 Gouache.
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1990s Contemporary Sax Berlin Paintings

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Gouache

"Monochrome Blue" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Stunning monochrome work from the studio of Sax Berlin. A painting in which one can truly become lost. The colour is rich and indulgent, it allows the mind to follow the flow of the ...
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2010s Abstract Sax Berlin Paintings

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Marble

Sax Berlin paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Sax Berlin paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple, red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sax Berlin in paint, oil paint, acrylic paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Sax Berlin paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Angela Wakefield, Enzio Wenk, and Steven Miller. Sax Berlin paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,250 and tops out at $38,224, while the average work can sell for $7,123.

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