
The Morning After
2018
Javier Calleja's 'The Morning After' (2018) is an acrylic on canvas work that explores themes of contemporary life and human experience. The painting reflects Calleja's distinctive figurative style and narrative approach.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 31, 2023
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Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese · b. 1959

Nara creates intimate figurative portraits of solitary characters rendered in acrylic with muted, subdued palettes that carry a distinctly melancholic emotional weight, closely mirroring Calleja's contemplative and narrative driven approach to portraiture.

Jonas Wood
American · b. 1977

Wood's contemporary figurative acrylic paintings share Calleja's focus on intimate domestic scenes and modern human experience, rendered with a flattened yet emotionally resonant style that bridges portraiture and narrative storytelling.

Gary Hume
British · b. 1962

Hume's figurative paintings explore similar themes of contemporary human experience through simplified, modern portraiture using muted and considered tonal relationships, reflecting the same contemplative and melancholic mood present in Calleja's work.
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