Discover Painting Artists
Browse our curated selection of artists working in Painting
Daniel Sinsel
Munich, Germany
Daniel Sinsel is a German artist based in London, acclaimed for his intimate, handcrafted paintings and sculptures. His work meticulously combines diverse materials and classical themes, exploring illusions of space and volume with a subtle, often humorous, eroticism, delving into the material qualities and historical associations of his chosen mediums.
Wilhelm Sasnal
Tarnów, Poland
Wilhelm Sasnal is a Polish artist celebrated for his paintings that distil photographic and media images into stark, evocative canvases. His diverse subjects range from historical events and intimate portraits to mundane scenes, rendered with a distinctive, often blurred or simplified, aesthetic that reflects on memory and perception.
John Currin
Boulder, United States
John Currin is an American painter renowned for his provocative, technically masterful portraits of women. His work, often merging classical techniques with pop culture and erotic imagery, navigates a complex territory between beauty and grotesquery, challenging perceptions of femininity and desire with satirical wit.
Victoria Morton
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Victoria Morton is a Scottish painter known for her evocative abstract compositions that explore the interplay of color, light, and form. Her work often draws from personal experiences and sensory perceptions, creating complex, layered surfaces that suggest both interior psychological landscapes and external environments.
Richard Prince
Panama
Richard Prince is an American artist recognized for his groundbreaking use of appropriation in photography and painting. His influential practice re-photographs existing images, notably "Cowboys" and "Nurses," challenging notions of originality, authorship, and the pervasive nature of media in contemporary culture.
Ugo Rondinone
Brunnen, Switzerland
Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss-born, New York-based artist known for his diverse oeuvre spanning sculpture, painting, video, and installation. His work often incorporates everyday motifs like rainbows, clowns, and ancient stones, imbued with a contemplative, meditative quality that explores themes of time, nature, and human experience.
William N. Copley
New York, United States
William N. Copley, known as CPLY, was an American painter and gallerist associated with Surrealism and Pop Art. His idiosyncratic style, characterized by satirical narratives and bold, graphic lines, often explored themes of eroticism, social mores, and the absurd, bridging European avant-garde with American pop culture.
Nicola Tyson
London, United Kingdom
Nicola Tyson is a British painter whose distinctive figurative works depict distorted, often hybrid, female forms. Her intensely psychological canvases explore themes of identity, embodiment, and the fluidity of the self, pushing the boundaries of traditional portraiture with a unique blend of surrealism and visceral expressionism.
Christiana Soulou
Athens, Greece
Christiana Soulou is a Greek artist celebrated for her ethereal and delicate drawings. Her work, often in series, translates literary texts and philosophical concepts into subtle, figurative compositions that hint at deeper narratives and an elusive, dreamlike quality, exploring the interplay between image and imagination.
Rudolf Stingel
Merano, Italy
Rudolf Stingel is an Italian artist known for his conceptually driven paintings and installations that investigate the processes of painting, authorship, and the viewer's interaction. His work often features highly textured surfaces, such as those made by footprints on carpets or scratched Styrofoam, challenging traditional artistic conventions.