Charmion von Wiegand - Pillar of Zen #124, signed painting Andre Zarre Gallery
By Charmion von Wiegand
Located in New York, NY
Scouring the Internet, one may compile a partial list of more than eighty artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery:Nancy Azara, Ellen Banks, Mary Barnes, Tony Bechara, J...
Paper, Gouache
Oil Painting by Amy Hill "Reader"
By Amy Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
Employing the same, painstaking, methodical technique as the 15th century Flemish artists, Amy Hill's work thrives upon taking a contemporary spin with these characteristically dista...
Canvas
Amy Hill: "Boy With Car", oil on canvas (framed) signed on reverse
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This new series of paintings continues Amy Hill’s examination of stylistic references from earlier eras.
Canvas, Oil
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H 9 in W 12 in D 1 in
"Man with IPad" Contemporary Renaissnace Style Portrait, oil on panel, framed
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the reverse by the artist, it is presented framed in a vintage frame, to match the time period Amy Hill is referencing in this portrait. Amy Hill's paintings are updates...
Oil, Panel
Woman in Denim Jacket
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill's paintings are updates of artworks from earlier eras.
Oil, Wood Panel
Woman in Nascar Jacket
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill's paintings are updates of artworks from earlier eras.
Oil, Panel
Woman in Bike Helmet
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill's paintings are updates of artworks from earlier eras.
Oil, Panel
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H 34 in W 28 in D 0.75 in
"Madonna with Mullet" Contemporary Renaissance Style Portrait
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This is a modern take on Madonna and Child, painted by New York artist, Amy Hill. Amy Hill is a New York based artist who received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and also stu...
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Bangs
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Each era brings up a particular theme which Amy Hill traces to the present day. Amy Hill focuses on portraiture as it is a genre that runs through art history and allows her to to ma...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 12 in W 9 in
Contemporary Renaissance Portrait, "Woman in JH Sports Jacket" oil on panel
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill's paintings are updates of artworks from earlier eras.
Oil, Wood Panel
Woman by the River
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
oil on wood Inspired by Fifteenth century Flemish painters, the artist Amy Hill creates contemporary portraits using a traditional oil glazing technique.
Oil, Wood Panel
Gym Girl
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This new series of paintings continues Amy Hill’s examination of stylistic references from earlier eras.
Canvas, Oil
Woman With Plant
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This new series of paintings continues Amy Hill’s examination of stylistic references from earlier eras.
Oil, Wood
Girl With Dog
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This new series of paintings continues Amy Hill’s examination of stylistic references from earlier eras.
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Tattoos
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
9"x12" (oil on panel) Inspired by Fifteenth century Flemish painters, the artist Amy Hill creates contemporary portraits using a traditional oil glazing technique.
Oil, Wood Panel
Girl With Skooter
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This new series of paintings continues Amy Hill’s examination of stylistic references from earlier eras.
Canvas, Oil
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H 11 in W 9 in
Woman with Credit Card, Contemporary Renaissance oil painting portrait
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Woman with Credit Card oil on wood 5" x 7" unframed, 9" x 11" framed Amy Hill’s artistic career and developed style have been cultivated through her intense investigations of art hi...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Boy and Girl with Dog"
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill’s artistic career and developed style have been cultivated through her intense investigations of art historical references.
Oil, Canvas
Girl with Dog and Album
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Amy Hill has finely painted this portrait in oil using stylistic approaches in American Folk Art painting.
Canvas, Oil
Young Woman with Flowers
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This painting is reminiscent of Renaissance portraiture and is a beautiful example of Amy Hill's work. Amy Hill’s artistic career and developed style have been cultivated through he...
Oil, Wood Panel
Young Woman with Cat
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This painting is included in a solo exhibition of new paintings by the artist Amy Hill, featured at Front Room Gallery in New York.
Canvas, Oil
Woman in Red Coat
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
8"x 10" oil on wood panel, available framed Inspired by Fifteenth century Flemish painters, the artist Amy Hill creates contemporary portraits using a traditional oil gl...
Oil, Wood Panel
Woman with Drink
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Available framed, signed on reverse. Amy Hill is a New York based artist who received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and studied at New York University.
Oil, Wood Panel
Couple with Plants
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Signed on reverse by the artist. Amy Hill’s artistic career and developed style have been cultivated through her intense investigations of art historical references.
Canvas, Oil
Syntheticity
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Painted in oil on canvas, this masterfully executed work depicts the artist's interpretation of artificiality in the modern world. Amy Hill is a New York based artist who received h...
Canvas, Oil
Paranoia
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
Painted in oil on canvas, this masterfully executed work depicts the artist's interpretation of paranoia. Amy Hill is a New York based artist who received her BFA from Carnegie Mell...
Canvas, Oil
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H 28 in W 27 in
Portrait of Girl with Dog, "Snow Scene" oil on canvas (Contemporary Folk Art)
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
This winter scene is inspired by American Folk Art. Amy Hill applies her immense art historical knowledge to create portraits of figures displaced in time.
Canvas, Oil
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H 42 in W 32 in
Two Women Gesturing - Contemporary Painting Inspired by Flemish Masterworks
By Amy Hill
Located in Chicago, IL
In addressing Renaissance works, because many of the figures from this era are depicted in poses of prayer or worship, I paint my subjects worshipping secular things such as designer...
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Tambourine
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
She delicately holds a tambourine and gazes wistfully into the distance. Amy Hill’s artistic career and developed style have been cultivated through her intense investigations of ar...
Oil, Wood Panel
Amy Hill is a New York-based artist, who received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and also studied at New York University. She has received grants from the Peter S. Reed Foundation and Art Matters, a studio grant from the Elizabeth Foundation and nominations for the Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She received the Purchase Award from West Publishing Company, the Juror Award from the New York University Small Works Show and an honorable mention from the National Arts Club. Hill has exhibited both nationally and Internationally. Her work has been extensively reviewed in such publications as Harper’s Magazine, Artnet Magazine and the New York Times.
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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