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Angel Face IX - Colorful Painting of Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Teeth - Original Oil Painting of George Washington s Dentures by William Blake
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
George Washington's dentures, painted from historical references. They were made from animal and human teeth. William Blake lives and works outside Chicago, IL. As a participant in ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Blue Hour I - Colorful Painting of Bernini s Famous Angel Sculptures
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Portrait, After Angel w/Veil - Sgraffito Portrait of Bernini s Angel Sculpture
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Sunday (study) - Original oil painting by William Blake
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake lives and works outside Chicago, IL. As a participant in Civil War reenactments across the country, he portrays the artist Winslow Homer. A graduate of the University ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Angel Overlap - Colorful Painting of Bernini s Angel Sculpture in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Paper

Sogno D Oro - Seated Muscular Male Wearing a Loin Cloth, Original Oil on Canvas
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
A muscular male is seated on a chair, his eyes closed and head tilted toward the sky soaking up the warmth of the sun. "Sogni D'Oro", meaning sweet dreams, is set upon an intricate b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

A Captivating 1930s Portrait of a Young Woman, "Green Scarf" by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1930s Modern portrait painting of a young woman, titled "Green Scarf", by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 14 1/4 x 10 inches. Framed size: 15 1/...
Category

1930s American Modern Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Angel Face I - Colorful Painting of Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting depicts several generations of family, dressed in intrica...
Category

20th Century Qing Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paint, Pigment

Incredulity -American Civil War Soldier, After Caravaggio, Original Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
Caravaggio painted "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" with Christ looking down as he pilots Thomas’ hand to his side. Not looking at Thomas or the others, but to his wound. He seems interested in the proof of his embodiment. He wants to know that this is real. He too, questions his body, his life and death. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This artwork is unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options. Reenactment is a material culture where the feel of authentic wool has transformative power. The closer you can recreate the “kit” of the authentic soldier the closer you are to that past. In the pursuit of touching the past there are questions- Is this real? Did this happen? Is this me? Is this us? The gesture of piloting a finger into the side represents these repetitive questions. - William Blake Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Girl with the Green Ribbon - Contemplative Female Figure, Oil on Panel
By Tina Figarelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hints about the story in the piec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Study for Love Seekers, Portrait with Roses Butterflies, Framed, Oil on Panel
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
The blond haired subject of Rose Freymuth Frazier's Study for Love Seekers is encased in a bubble, head thrown back in deep contemplation. No on...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...
Category

Early 20th Century Qing Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Glass, Paint

Contrasts - Original Painting, Guy in a T-Shirt Wearing Glasses, Framed
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure juxtaposed against a vivid, striped backdrop is the subject of Peter Lupkin's painting titled "Contrast". Technical elements enhance the overall aesthetic of the pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Justen - Oil Painting of Man Wearing a Beanie on Dripping Background
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
**This artwork is on exhibition and if purchased will be available to ship after June 15, 2025 A young man faces forward, staring longingly and contemplatively in a manner which bot...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Angel Face VII - Painting Inspired by Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Blue Hour IV - Painting Inspired by Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Angel Face IV - Painting Inspired by Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Blue Hour II - Painting Inspired by Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Blue Hour III - Painting inspired by Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Salud Johnny - Inspirational Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake’s oil painting asks us to perceive the powerful layers of history that shape both art and memory. In Blake’s painting is a man, but what Blake painted is an idea. Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory. Artist, William Blake channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. William Blake Salud Johnny, 2023 oil on linen 76h x 36w in 193.04h x 91.44w cm WIL049 Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision. For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Angel Face V - Colorful Portrait of Angel Sculpture
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Trick or Treat, Figures in Various Costume and a Dog, Oil on Panel, Framed
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Master painter Bruno Surdo brings humor to the painting "Trick or Treat". His classically posed figures sport various Halloween costumes and stand in front of a factory. The painting is framed in a simple black frame. Bruno Surdo Trick or Treat oil on panel 18h x 24w in 45.72h x 60.96w cm BRS046 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Agreement - Contemplative Female Figure with Fruit, Oil on Panel, Framed
By Tina Figarelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

VIOLET - oil painting - portrait
By Robert Fleischman
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil and collage 49 x 38.75 inches Robert Fleischman is a recording artist/singer songwriter/producer who played with such notable bands as Journey, Vinnie Vincent, Channel and his c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

La Boehme - Portrait of a Woman in Fur, Original Oil, Framed in Gold Leaf
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
The subject of Richard Gibbons' painting entitled "La Boheme" is based on the opera by Puccini of the same name - a love story of a poor seamstress and her artist friends in 1830 Boh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Angel with Die- Colorful Painting of Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Angel with Whip - Colorful Painting of Bernini s Angel Sculptures in Rome
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
Ivan Markovic transports viewers into a vibrant world of technicolor with this collection of works inspired by Bernini's bridge of angels. Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Union - A Group of Uniformed Soldiers Standing in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
A group of uniformed soldiers gather in a grassy field. We see cannons yet must bring our own decisions about what is about to transpire. Painted in the loose style of Winslow Homer, "Union" by William Blake captures a scene in a Civil War Reenactment as the Union Army's Artist Reporter. Portraying Homer as an Artist-reporter, Blake has to be more than merely good draftsmen. He has to be an astute observer, have an instinct for story and drama, the ability to sketch quickly and accurately, and no small amount of daring, as he faces battles first hand. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. William Blake Union, 2022 oil on linen 24h x 36w in 60.96h x 91.44w cm WIL034 Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision. For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Portrait of Deontay Wilder - Original Oil Painting Portrait of Champion Fighter
By Caleb O Connor
Located in Chicago, IL
Caleb O’Connor b. 1979 Honolulu, HI EXHIBITIONS 2018 BloodSport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago 2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chciago 2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2008 “Art Chicago,” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Palm Beach 3 Art Fair,” Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL 2007 “SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art)” Park Ave. Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY “Art Chicago,” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Palm Beach 3 Art Fair,” Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL 2006 “Art Chicago,” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 “Caleb O’Connor: Dreams to Reality,” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Art Chicago in the Park,” Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 “Introducing Caleb O’Connor,” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Art Maui,” Annual Juried Exhibition, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI 2003 “Rustica,” The Palazzo Bonini, Fivizzano, Italy “Group Show,” Fondatzione ARKAD, Seravezza, Italy “Facing the Real,” the Artists House, Museum of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel “20/30 Vision,” Hui Noi Au, Makawao, HI 2002 “Summer Show,” Gallery K, Washington DC 2001 “Serving Youth,” Gallery K, Washington DC (solo) “New Works,” Caleb O’Connor, School 33, Baltimore, MD (solo) “Small Works,” Gallery K, Washington DC Juried Exhibition, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD Juried Exhibition, MICA Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2000 “The Nine from MICA,” Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD GRANTS AND AWARDS 2003 Fulbright Grant to Italy, Project: Painting and Sculpture Elizabeth Greenshields Award, Quebec, Canada 2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Award, Quebec, Canada 2000 Morris Louis 32 Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1999 Painting Department Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1996 Presidential Scholarship, Washington DC PUBLICATIONS 2002 Linda M. Grossman, “Meet an Emerging Artist, Caleb O’Connor,” American Artist Magazine “20/30 Show,” Maui News, Arts and Entertainments, October, Maui, HI 2001 Jessica Dawson, “The Beast Within,” The Washington Post, January 11, Washington DC Steve Purchase, “School 33 Opening a Great Show,” The Baltimore Guide Enterprise, MD “A Star is Born,” The City Paper, Baltimore, MD “Best Exhibition of the Year,” The City Paper, Baltimore, MD EDUCATION 2003 Studied under Israel Hershberg...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Artist in Profile - Oval Shaped Portrait Painting in Extraordinary Detail
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook The Artist in Profile oil on aluminum 10 x 8 in. oval MATTHEW COOK b. Toledo, OH, 1987 EDUCATION 2017 MFA, Bowling Green State University...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Vijay Path, " Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Vijaypath was a Bollywood action hit in 1994. It's critically acclaimed soundtrack topped charts across the world and became one of the most recognizable in India's history. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painted advertisement...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Reflections of Self - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Bruno Surdo Reflections of Self, 2021 oil on paper 24h x 18w in 60.96h x 45.72w cm BRS090 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Palm Sunday -A Contemplative Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure, hat in hand, bows his head in contemplation of what has just taken place or what is about to take place. "Palm Sunday" channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. William Blake Palm Sunday, 2022 oil on linen 36h x 24w in 91.44h x 60.96w cm WIL033 Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision. For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Hamburger Hat, Portrait of a Guy Wearing a Purple Shirt and Yellow Hat, framed
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Classical Portraiture takes on a very casual feel in Peter Lupkin's painting entitled "Hamburger Hat". The composition is in the formal portraiture style with the subject gazing out...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venetian Venus - Original Oil on Canvas, Framed in Heavy Wooden Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Beerhorst Venetian Venus oil on canvas 23.50h x 23.50w in 59.69h x 59.69w cm RIB006 Rick Beerhorst B. 1960 Education 1987 University of Illinois...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

TJ, Portrait of a Male Boxer with Two Black Eyes, Blue and Beige Background
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Exploring the tension between the individual and their social archetype, Lupkin chooses his subjects from his local gym where they study boxing. In this intimate portrait, TJ is painted with soft loose brush strokes which contrast with his two black eyes. The painting is framed with a simple black floater frame measuring 17h x 13w inches. Peter Lupkin TJ oil on canvas 16h x 12w in 40.64h x 30.48w cm PLU011 The artwork I create is a visual statement of my moral philosophy. The language I use to convey this philosophy in my pieces is one of traditional symbolism, this being indoctrinated into my personality through an apprenticeship into a traditional stained glass...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ritratto dell uomo
Located in Mokena, IL
Riratto dell’uomo, 2019 Oil on Panel with Gilded Frame, 14 x 14 inches Set against a penetrating black background, Justas Varpucanskis’s “Ritratto dell’uomo”’ emerges with a shrou...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Brushing Her Hair - Portrait of a Young Woman with Various Objects and Window
Located in Chicago, IL
Early American Portraiture gained a foothold with the middle class, who could now capture personal moments for their private use. This is the basis of Rick Beerhorst...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Golden Eyes - Portrait of a Woman with a Piercing Gaze, Original Oil Painting
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Gibbons' painting "Golden Eyes" shows a portrait of a beautiful young woman. Her piercing gaze brings the viewer in for a closer look. Her sultry, yellow eyes are intoxicatin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Set of Four Chinese Immortals Screen Paintings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes—the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Gouache

Chinese Qing-Dynasty Ancestor Portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Or...
Category

Late 19th Century Qing Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Paint, Pigment

Victoria, Blond Haired Female Dressed in White Tunic with Purple Flowers, Framed
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
"Victoria" is portrait of a young female with flowing blond hair and draped in white. Purple flowers adorn her hair as well as her dress. Her pale skin, as well as her gaze away f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Old King Avenged - Portrait of Shakespeare s Tragic Hero Hamlet, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
This is the point at which Hamlet concentrates all of his resentment and breaks through his earlier hesitation to finally run his poisoned blade through Claudius and avenge his famil...
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2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Is A Storm Coming? - Portrait of a Tattooed Biker, Original Oil on Canvas
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Sporting a skull cap and a multitude of colorful tattoos, artist Bruno Surdo has painted this self portrait posed as a biker with a puzzled look . As the titled indicates, a storm i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Untitled Self Portrait by Maija Peeples Bright
By Maija Peeples-Bright
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Maija Peeples 2019 Mixed media on Canvas 24 X 30
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Self Portrait - Original Oil Painting by Peter Lupkin
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Peter Lupkin utilizes his expressive paint style to bring this small scale self portrait to life. With pockets of color and texture throughout the face, the subject pops against a ne...
Category

2010s Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ritratto con paesaggio
Located in Mokena, IL
Riratto con Paesaggio, 2019 Oil on Panel with Frame, 11 x 14 inches A quiet and contemplative portrait painting, "Ritratto con Paesaggio", by Justas Varpucanskis, presents a sooth...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, were commissioned specifically for ancestor worship and were believed to house the spirits of the deceased. When properly cared for, one's ancestors were believed to be a powerful source of honor, protection, and good luck. This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the 19th century and beautifully depicts a Qing-dynasty couple. While some ancestral portraits offer a more stylized representation of one's ancestors, this particular pair is painted with incredible realism and life-like expressions. Rather than depict the pair in a regal hall wearing elaborate finery, the couple is shown in a quiet home environment, seated at either end of a square tea table. Their surroundings are minimal, practically undecorated, and they wear simple, matching blue silk robes...
Category

Late 19th Century Qing Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pigment, Paper

"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lee Chiu. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painted advertisement...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fabric

"Crystal Hunt, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Donnie Yen, "The Bruce Lee of the 90s," "Crystal Hunt" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1991. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import official post...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"A Bridge of Dragon, " Hand-Painted Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Dolph Lundgren, Bridge of Dragons was a pulpy action/romance from the late 90s. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painte...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Ladies at Tea, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic

"Power Force, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 2003
Located in Chicago, IL
Power Force was an American-made martial arts movie from 1991. It starred Alphonse Beni, a Cameroonian born movie star as a crime-fighting ninja. Frequently unable to import official posters, theaters in Ghana hired enterprising artists to create and embellish designs to promote the films in their own style. The result is a whole new genre collected worldwide. In this work by Ghanian artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Urbane Profile, " Mixed-Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, integrating techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking into ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Figurative Red Pink Gestural Oil Portrait Modern Contemporary
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Verano Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern, abstract This painting is a double portrait that is more than the sum of its parts. Expressively painted,...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Oil on Canvas Figurative Portrait Multi-Color Bright
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Summer Sun Description: Oil on canvas, multi-color, bright, figurative, abstract Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dissolve ...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Gestural Portrait Red Pink
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Summers End (Blue Eye) Oil on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern, abstract Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dis...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Solitary La Boheme, Single Male Figure Seated at a Bar, Smoking, Drinking Hamms
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Artists are often isolated, but long for an idealized golden era, “La Boheme”. Frequently an artist's closest encounter with “La Boheme” is nothing more than drinking at a bar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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