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In Chains original art male nude ultramarine tempera Paula Craioveanu in Florida

2024

$500
£382.24
€446.11
CA$724.73
A$736.30
CHF 410.28
MX$8,914.43
NOK 5,016.42
SEK 4,923.39
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"In Chains" male nude, pencil and tempera on paper. Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Shipped rolled in a tube from Fort Lauderdale, Florida by priority express mail. This particular piece is in my studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Other pieces are in my other studios in Bucharest, Romania, Europe or New York and they will be shipped from there. "In Chains" is striking in its expressive use of ultramarine tempera on ochre-colored paper. The contrast between the cool, fluid blue and the warm, earthy background creates a dynamic tension that enhances the emotional weight of the scene. The figure, a male nude with his arms raised and seemingly bound, conveys a sense of surrender, vulnerability, or perhaps transcendence. The artist's gestural, loose brushstrokes emphasize movement and emotion rather than strict anatomical accuracy, giving the piece an almost dreamlike, theatrical quality. There’s a raw immediacy in the dripping paint, which adds a sense of impermanence or struggle. The use of ultramarine has a historical depth—often associated with sacred or spiritual themes in art. In this context, it adds a sense of elevation or divinity to the figure’s suffering or submission. The ochre paper, reminiscent of classical studies or life drawings, roots the piece in a timeless tradition while still feeling contemporary. --- Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it. I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting. My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration. My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings." Paula Craioveanu Biography: Paula Craioveanu is a Romanian artist, born in 1976. She grew up surrounded by art and inspiration, in a family of artists. Trained in Bucharest and New York as an architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist. At the age of 16, Paula Craioveanu moved to New York, where she came in contact with New York’s vibrant art scene, she graduated from high school and then studied at Parsons School of Design. Then she moved back to Romania where she studied for the next 6 years at the Architecture University in Bucharest and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 2000. In 2013 she earned a Ph.D in Visual Arts at the University of Arts in Bucharest with the theme “Geometry of Space in 17th century Dutch painting”. After this, she dedicated her full time to art, and showed her talent to the art world. Paula Craioveanu works in acrylic and oil paints, but also pen and ink or tempera works on paper. She regularly participates in shows and exhibitions in galleries along the East and West Coast of the United States, like bG Gallery Santa Monica, Dacia Gallery and Perseus Gallery in New York. Paula Craioveanu’s work is featured on the two most exclusive online art marketplaces, 1stDibs and Artsy. Over the course of 20 years, Paula Craioveanu has created several painting series: “Abstract”, “Interiors”, “Nude in Interior”, “NeoMythology”. Paula Craioveanu’s work has been placed in private collection around the world, both in Europe and in the United States. Today, Paula Craioveanu has set up studios and works in Bucharest, New York and Florida. Find original Paula Craioveanu paintings, works on paper and other art on 1stDibs.
  • Creator:
    Paula Craioveanu (1976, Romanian)
  • Creation Year:
    2024
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5.08 mm)
  • Medium:
    Paper,Ink,Tempera
  • Movement & Style:
    Contemporary
  • Period:
    2010-
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Forest Hills, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Romanian-American artist. PhD in Visual Arts. 1stDibs: LU2240218070362

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