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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Contemporary floral piece inspired by Van Gogh "Vase with gladioli in August "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Red Gladioli in August” is a contemporary still-life painting inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, depicting a vibrant bouquet of yellow, red, and dark pink gladioli arranged in a vase on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
An auction at Drouot
s in Paris.
By René Francois Xavier Prinet
Located in Paris, FR
An auction at Drouot's in Paris.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right.
Around 1900-1910.
René François Xavier Prinet (31 December 1861, Vitry-le-François – 26 January 1946, Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society.
He was born to Henri Prinet, an Imperial Prosecutor in Vitry-le-François. A promotion led to him being posted in Paris, where they lived in a home not far from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. His father painted as a hobby and was supportive of his desire to study art, having him seek the advice of Louis Charles Timbal [fr], a well-known church painter and friend of the family.
Around 1880, he began his studies in earnest, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme; remaining with him until 1885. That year, his painting "The Infant Jesus" was accepted for display at the Salon. This was followed by studies at the Académie Julian. At this time, he also became associated with a group of young artists known as the Bande Noire (Black Stripe), which included Lucien Simon, André Dauchez...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Head Of A Woman Echo - Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
By Maciej Olekszy
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Practice On Me" (Contemporary, Sensual, Feminine, Women, Figure Painting, Wood)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"PRACTICE ON ME"
2025
Paris, France
“Practice on Me” is a study of intimacy and surrender, a reflection on the vulnerability that exists between devotion and desire.
Two figures, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
CAVALRY BATTLE- Antonio Savisio - Neapolitan School - Oil on canvas Painting,
By Antonio Savisio
Located in Napoli, IT
Land Battle - Antonio Savisio Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas diam. cm. 30
Gold leaf gilded and laquered wooden frame cm. 47x47
Maestro Antonio Savisio drew inspiration from the master...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hubert Aicardi, Landscape, tree trunks, 1964, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Hubert AICARDI (1922-1991)
Landscape, tree trunks, 1964
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated "64" lower right
46 x 55 cm
ubert Aicardi is a painter of the Provençal school born in Marseil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter serenity. Oil painting, landscape, horizontal, winter
Located in Oslo, NO
This impressionistic oil painting was created en plein air, capturing the tranquil beauty of a winter landscape.
A fallen tree stretches across a snowy riverbank, its bare branches c...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Terpsichore III – Cubist Muse of Dance in Diachronic Style, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Terpsichore III
Acrylic on Canvas
35 x 27 cm
Terpsichore III by Grégoire Mathias is a vibrant and dynamic portrayal of Terpsichore, the muse of dance, rendered in the artist's signa...
Category
2010s Cubist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair of Roman Landscapes - by J.F. Van Bloemen - 18th Century
By Jan Frans van Bloemen (Orizzonte)
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful couple of Roman Landscape by J. F. Van Bloemen, in very good conditions and with later wooden frames.
Bibliography and Exhibitions:
Old Master Exhibition, H.Terry-Engell, ...
Category
Early 18th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Apéritif au Cap Ferret – Cubist Mediterranean Still Life, Acrylic, 41x33cm, 2024
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Apéritif au Cap Ferret
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 33 cm
Ornate gold frame included, ready to hang
Signed “Mathias” lower left
In Apéritif au Cap Ferret, Greg Mathias invites us into a ...
Category
2010s Cubist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Monday Afternoon - Oil Paint - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in 1990s.
Hand signed on rear, unreadable.
Titled on rear.
With a painted wooden frame which is part of the painting.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$729 Sale Price
20% Off
First Time on the Art Market - Dancer Tying Her Shoes, c. 1916
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938)
Dancer Tying Her Shoes, c. 1916
(Dansösen knyter sina skor, c.1916)
oil on canvas
unframed 102 x 80 cm
Provenance:
Within the fami...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WILD DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Korean Contemporary Art by Sa Hara - Never Arguing Over the Timing of an Egg
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Sa Hara is a Korean artist born in 1975 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. She is graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Dongguk Univ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Figurative Scene with Bold Palette. "You Can Look"
By Inés Silvalde
Located in FISTERRA, ES
You Can Look (2018) is an early work from Inés Silvalde’s ongoing Influencers de Taberna series, marking a pivotal moment in her experimentation with color, texture, and spontaneous ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Crystal Castle
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in silence, observing. In the distance before her, a crystal castle shines. This gaze into silence opens a space where illusions melt, and from them clarity is born. In ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbilis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbilis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Italian Contemporary Art by Matteo Nannini - Adam
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Matteo Nannini is an Italian artist born in 1979 in Bologna who lives and works in Cento, Ferrara, Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Painter by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"white Landscape" Original Abstract Painting Made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
White Landscape
oil on canvas
40x40 cm
2019
Original Art
Ready to hang
this painting is sold stretched on a wooden frame
My painting tells of the relationship between man, natur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,349 Sale Price
25% Off
17805 Manhattan View - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
By Marti Bofarull
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Among the Catalan artists who have remained loyal to figurative techniques, several have successfully fixed their gaze on the architecture, streets and commercial trappings of the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Spanish Religious Oil Painting – Virgin Mary with Two Saints
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
19th Century Spanish Religious Oil Painting – Virgin Mary with Two Saints
Exceptional 19th-century religious oil on canvas by Spanish painter Francisco Javier Mendiguchía y Núñez (M...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century oil on canvas painting
Ectasy of Saint Cecilia
Located in Oostende, BE
This unique painting is called 'Ectasi of Saint Cecilia' and was painted by the Italian painter Bartolomeo Guidobono, nickname The Savona Priest (1654-1709)
Work of great pictorial ...
Category
17th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Excuela española (XVIII) - Virgen con niño - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual
El estado de la obra es aceptable, solo comentar que la ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,247 Sale Price
20% Off
Body in the Field #1 - 21st Century, landscape painting, blue, yellow, velvet
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #1, 202
oil on canvas
19 ¹¹/₁₆ H x 15 ³/₄ W in.
50 H x 40 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism of the fragm...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers IV - Contemporary, Modern Oil Painting, Realism, Colourful, Sea View
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CAPRICCI LANDESCAPE -Roman School - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Vittorio Landi
Located in Napoli, IT
Landscape - Vittorio Landi Italia 2018 - Oil on canvas cm. 80 x 120.
In this wonderful oil on canvas the painter draws inspiration from Architectural Capricci, a pictorial genre o...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summery terrace scene by the German paintres Gabrielle Daube from Hamburg
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Charming summery terrace scene dominated by an elegant lady with a white hat and green gloves, next to her a suitor drinking wine and smoking a cigarette. At the table another elegant lady with red hair. A waiter and a man on a neighboring table look on how the romance will unfold. A blue- turquoise and white sun screen...
Category
1920s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PORTRAIT OF MYSTERIOUS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MILKY WAY
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas.
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected,
rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
Category
2010s Outsider Art Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
REFLECTIVE MOMENTS . Vicente Romero Redon Spanish contemporary artist
By Vincente Romero Redondo
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Vicente Romero Redondo was born in Madrid as the eldest of four sons. Due to the work of his father, he grew up in many different towns all over Spain. The family moved back to Madri...
Category
2010s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Spanish Contemporary Art by Mercedes Aparicio - La Musique de Mon Âme
By Mercedes Aparicio
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Escuela Colonial - Óleo sobre cristal - Virgen con niño.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Muy interesante ÓLEO SOBRE CRISTAL, representando a una Virgen con Niño, de finales del siglo XVIII principios del XIX.
Escuela colonial, va con un fino marco de madera dorada al oro...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Enfants à la plage (“Children at the Beach”)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Albert Roosenboom was a Belgian genre painter celebrated for his elegant depictions of everyday life in the mid to late 19th century. A pupil of the renowned Constantin Meunier, Roos...
Category
1870s Romantic Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
CONTEMPORARY Artwork Possession by French Artist Giordan Rubio 2024
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Landscape Oil Painting figurative farmyard art woman feeding chickens
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Landscape oil painting of a woman feeding chickens. Post-impressionist mid-century oil on wood framed farmyard painting by French artist, R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bullfight - Oil Paint by Marco Novati - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Marco Novati in 1965.
Hand signed in lower left corner. Hand signed, dated and dedicated on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,535 Sale Price
20% Off
Very important enamel plaque
Located in PARIS, FR
Allegories of Carnal Love and Chaste Love
by Paul GRANDHOMME (1851-1944) and Alfred GARNIER (1848-1908)
Very important plaque in translucent and opaque polychrome enamel on copper,
with gold spangles and gold highlights.
Set in its original silver setting.
Presented in its original morocco leather box...
Category
1880s Renaissance Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Light doesn’t lie, but it forgets
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman stands on a high sea cliff, watching a distant ship with red sails. She is surrounded by space and the silence of waves. And I feel that the light was once with me, but then ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Düsseldorf school 1902 - Portrait of Sisterly love - German portrait
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Sweet and large oil painting "Sisterly love" signed and dated 1902 by August Algermissen
The present painting depicts two sisters seated in an interior, the youngest is gleefully lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with a butterfly. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Down Is The New Up 5 - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jettèe collioure 1
By Marion Puig
Located in BARCELONA, ES
She chose a minimalist view of the pier in the Mediterranean port of Collioure in the south of France. The composition is deliberately pared down: a dark pier on the left, a solitary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
All over the shop
By RICHARDSON RAY
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
MARITIME
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cityscape, Original Oil Paint, Architecture Painting by Marilina Marchica
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Cityscape
oil on canvas
20x40 cm
Original Art By Marilina Marchica
stretched on a wooden frame
signed on the back with certificate of authenticity
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le chef d
oeuvre inconnu 2 - 21st Century, Male, Yellow, Blue, Contemporary Art
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Le Chef d'oeuvre inconnu 2, 2022
acrylic on canvas
77 11/64 H x 53 5/32 W in.
196 H x 135 W cm
The work "The Unknown Masterpiece 2" (a paraphrase of Balzac's novella – Le Chef d’oeu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sitges oil on canvas painting Spain mediterranean village european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Paseo de Sitges
Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.7 in
Signature: Signed in the lower righ...
Category
1980s Fauvist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange-Toned Figurative Painting on Canvas, 2024 -
Pugna 053
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Gesso, Acrylic
"Scena alegorica"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Scena Allegorica"
Copy after a Venetian 16th century masterpiece by Veronese
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (Framed): 97 x 107 cm
Dimensions (Canvas): 91 x 100 cm
Signature: Upper right corner
This copy after a Venetian 16th century masterpiece by Veronese, exquisite 19th-century oil painting by Antonio Franchini...
Category
18th Century Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary abstract expressionist nature canvas "Colors of the summer horizon"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Colors of the Summer Horizon" is a dynamic, contemporary abstract landscape by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her Nature series, where she explores the natural world throug...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
SUMMER ADVENTURE
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by artist Daria Kusto.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas.
The magic flow reality...
"Summer Adventure", warm, dynamic figurative painting filled with ornamental play and co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
TIGER YOGA
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas.
Art by Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed.
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
landscape with bell tower oil on cardboard painting spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Joan Joseph Garí (1922) - landscape with bell tower - Oil on cardboard
Oil measures 33x45 cm.
Frame siza 46x59 cm.
Painter born in Granollers in 1922. Trained in his hometown and at...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$551 Sale Price
48% Off
Onions” Contemporary Fine Realist Still-Life Painting of Five Onions
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of great importance in his work as a ...
Category
2010s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Le Badaud Mouche Tempera on Panel Surrealism Contemporary In Stock
By Gérard Willemenot
Located in Utrecht, NL
Le Badaud Mouche Tempera on Panel Surrealism Contemporary In Stock
Gérard Willemenot (1943, Paris, France) graduated as an architect at the School of Art in Paris. After working
asa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Modern Still Life Diptych of Ceramic Pots, Realist Kitchen Vessels Citrus Fruits
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Sunflowers" Oil cm. 99 x 90
By Georgij Moroz
Located in Torino, IT
Yellow,Sunflowers,green,russian,
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic stud...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,119 Sale Price
30% Off
Impressionist Floral Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas Sunny "Sunny Spring Day"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork, "Sunny Spring Day", captures a dynamic and expressive still-life floral scene, marked by bold and energetic brushstrokes.
Part of the "Floral" series, this pai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drawing 14, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
By Krzysztof Gliszczyński
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is unframed and will be shipped rolled in a tube
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski. Between 1995 and 2002 founder and co-manager of Koło Gallery in Gdańsk. lnitiator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, con-ferred by the Union of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Gdańsk Chapter. Dean of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2008-2012. Vice Rector for Development and Cooperation of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2012-2016. Obtained a professorship in 2011. Currently head of the Third Painting Studio of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. He has taken part in a few dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received countless prizes and awards for his artistic work. He is active in the field of painting, drawing, objects, and video.
Artist Statement
In the 1990s I started collecting flakes of paint – leftovers from my work. I would put fresh ones in wooden formworks, dried ones in glass containers. They constituted layers of investigations into the field of painting, enclosed in dated and numbered cuboids measuring 47 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm. I called those objects Urns. In 2016, I displayed them at an exhibition, moulding a single object out of all the Urns. The Urns inspired me to redefine the status of my work as a painter. In order to do it, I performed a daunting task of placing the layers of paint not in an urn, but on a canvas, pressing each fresh bit of paint with my thumb. In the cycle of paintings Autoportret a’retour, the matter was transferred from painting to painting, expanding the area of each consecutive one. Together, the bits, the residua of paint, kept alive the memory of the previous works. It was a stage of the atomization of the painting matter and its alienation from the traditional concepts and aesthetic relations. Thus, the cycle of synergic paintings was created, as I called them, guided by the feeling evoked in me by the mutually intensifying flakes of paint. The final aesthetic result of the refining of the digested matter was a consequence of the automatism of the process of layering, thumb-pressing, and scraping off again. Just like in an archaeological excavation, attempts are made to unite and retrieve that which has been lost. This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it, acquiring a new meaning. The matter I created, building up like lava, became my new technique. I called it perpetuum pictura – self-perpetuated painting. Alchemical concepts allowed me to identify the process inherent in the emerging matter, to give it direction and meaning. In a way, I created matter which was introducing me into the pre-symbolic world – a world before form, unnamed. From this painterly magma, ideas sprung up, old theories of colour and the convoluted problem of squaring the circle manifested themselves again. Just like Harriot’s crystal refracted light in 1605, I tried to break up colour in the painting Iosis. Paintings were becoming symptoms, like in the work Pulp fiction, which at that time was a gesture of total fragmentation of matter and of transcending its boundaries, my dialogue with the works of Jackson Pollock and the freedom brought by his art. The painting Geometrica de physiologiam pictura contains a diagram in which I enter four colours that constitute an introduction to protopsychology, alchemical transmutation, and the ancient theory of colour. It this work I managed to present the identification of the essence of human physiology with art. But the essential aspect of my considerations in my most recent paintings is the analysis of abstraction, the study of its significance for the contemporary language of art and the search for the possibilities of creating a new message. For me, abstraction is not an end in itself, catering to the largely predicable expectations of the viewers. To study the boundary between visibility and invisibility, like in the work Unsichtbar, is to ask about the status of the possibilities of the language of abstraction. The moment of fluidity which I am able to attain results from the matter – matter...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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