Julian Schnabel is an American painter and film director. Since the 1980s, his process has entailed innovative approaches to the painting’s surface as a departure point in his large-scale, mixed media explorations. His most recent work began with photographs transferred onto polyester using inkjet printing, a technique that imbricates image and fabric as a foundation for large, expressive brushstrokes and abstract, spray-painted marks. These materials also sink intentionally into the fabric, instead of resting traditionally on its surface, so much so that the artist turns over the polyester in the process and often continues the composition from the back, ultimately presenting the reversed side as the finished surface of his paintings.
Julian Schnabel
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Julian Schnabel, Portrait of Lola, 2012
Oil, plates, and bondo on wood
72 1/2 x 60 inches
184,2 x 152,4 cm
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Julian Schnabel, Ascension IV, 2015
Ascension IV, 2015
Inkjet print, ink, and spray paint on polyester
213,4 x 158,8 x 5,1 cm
84 x 62 1/2 x 2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Winter (or Rose Garden That Jacqueline Built When She Was a Little Girl), 1982
Oil, plates, and bondo on wood
108 x 84 x 23 1/2 inches
274,3 x 213,4 x 59,7 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Spray paint on plexiglass over printed image
149,86 x 111,76 cm
59 x 44 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Cologne Cathedral), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
59,69 x 78,74 cm
23 1/2 x 31 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Rhine with the Siebengebirge), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
59,69 x 80,01 cm
23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Summer), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
59,69 x 80,01 cm
23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Metric Dimensions and Weights), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
73,66 x 59,69 cm
29 x 23 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Storks), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
59,69 x 77,47 cm
23 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Land Reclamation on the North Coast), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
59,69 x 80,01 cm
23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Knight castle), 2016
Carbon print on fiber paper, mounted on board
82,55 x 59,69 cm
32 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2016
Oil, spray paint, printed paper on collage
151,98 x 109,01 cm
59 5/6 x 42 11/12 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2016
Oil, spary paint, printed paper on collage
151,98 x 109,01 cm
59 5/6 x 42 11/12 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Walt Whitman (Frozen Lake), 2016
Gesso, ink on printed paper
200 x 150 cm
78 3/4 x 59 1/16 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Walt Whitman (Frozen Lake), 2016
Ink on pigment print on paper
130,02 x 98 cm
51 3/16 x 38 7/12 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Painted bronze with velvet cushion
115,57 x 57,15 x 68,58 cm
45 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 27 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Walt Whitman (Waterfall), 2016
Gesso, ink on printed paper
200 x 150,01 cm
78 3/4 x 59 inches
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Julian Schnabel, Walt Whitman III (Waterfall), 2016
Ink on pigment print on paper
129,54 x 97,79 cm
51 x 38 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Walt Whtiman (Waterfall), 2016
Ink on pigment print on paper
129,54 x 97,79 cm
51 x 38 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Walt Whitman IV (Air), 2016
Ink on pigment print on paper
129,5 x 97,8 cm
51 x 38 1/2 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2016
Oil, Spray Paint, printed paper on collage
151,97 x 109,02 cm
59 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2016
Oil, Spray Paint, printed paper on collage
151,97 x 109,02 cm
59 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2017
Painted bronze with velvet cushion
115.6 x 57.2 x 68.6 cm
45 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 27 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Swan Painting), 1998
Oil, resin and enamel on canvas
200 x 170 x 15 cm (framed)
78 3/4 x 66 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (framed) -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 1990
Oil on white tarpaulin
274,3 x 365,8 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 1990
Oil on white tarpaulin
340,4 x 480,1 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 1990
Oil on tarpaulin
340,4 x 480,1 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Virtue, 1986
Banner on tarpaulin
318,8 x 473,7 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2012
Inkjet print, oil, ink on polyester
223,5 x 243,8 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2012
Inkjet print, oil, ink on polyester
223,5 x 243,8 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2012
Inkjet print, oil, ink on polyester
223,5 x 243,8 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 2015
Inkjet print, ink, spray paint, gesso on polyester
182,9 x 274,3 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Tour of Hell II, 2008-2015
Inkjet print, spray paint on polyester
304,8 x 226,1 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled (Chinese), 2008
Spraypaint, ink, resin and oil on polyester
274,3 x 243,8 cm -
Julian Schnabel, The Day I Missed, 1990
Oil, gesso on tarpaulin
243,8 x 193 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Later That Day, 1990
Oil, gesso, stain on tarpaulin
243,8 x 193 cm -
Julian Schnabel, Untitled, 1988
Oil and plates with bondo on wood
182 x 152 cm
Exhibitions
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By Fire, Ceramic Works
— • New York -
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018, Curated by Norman Rosenthal
— • London -
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981 - 2018, Curated by Norman Rosenthal
— • New York -
Re-Reading
— • New York -
In Different Ways, Group Show
— • London, Savile Row -
Jack Climbed Up the Beanstalk to the Sky of Illimitableness Where Everything Went Backwards
— • Paris -
Art Basel 2015
— • Basel -
The Shell (Landscapes, Portraits & Shapes), A show by Eric Troncy
— • Paris
Museum Exhibitions
Videos
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Joachim Pissarro in Conversation with Julian Schnabel. -
Julian Schnabel \ On Inspiration
Selected press
- 'Dans l'atelier de Julian Schnabel', AMA Newsletter, June 13th, 2017 — 159.8 kB
- Dibi Fletcher 'Julian Schnabel', Humanity, Spring Edition 2017 — 313.6 kB
- ' "The Shell" by Antoine Espinasseau', Frog, Fall-Winter 2015 - 2016 — 6.0 MB
- Eric Troncy, 'Retour d'un géant', Numéro (n°168), November 2015 — 194.5 kB
- Cornelius Tittel, 'Julian Schnabel', Blau, November 28th 2015 — 2.0 MB
- 'Expo. Julian Schnabel', Paris Art Selection, November 5th 2015 — 247.8 kB
- Emilie Nathan, ‘Julian Schnabel on Why Making Art Is Freedom’, Artsy, October 30th 2015 — 543.9 kB
- Eric Troncy, 'The Art of the Comeback', Numéro, November 2015 — 126.7 kB
- Olivier Zahm, The Shell, Purple Fashion, Fall/Winter 2015 — 514.8 kB
- Brienne Walsh, 'A conversation with Julian Schnabel', Ocula, October 12th 2015 — 364.0 kB
- Michael Slenske, 'Julian Schnabel's epic paintings at Dallas Contemporary', Architectural Digest, April 2014 — 258.2 kB
- 'Exhibition of recent work by artist Julian Schnabel opens at Dallas Contemporary', Art Daily Online, December 2012 — 190.2 kB
- Samantha Deman, 'Cris et chuchotements de Julian Schnabel', Arts Hebdo Medias Online, October 27th 2011 — 191.4 kB
- Max von Gumppenberg and Patrick Bienert, 'I Never Thought Of Art A Carrer', The Talk Online, July 6th 2011 — 307.2 kB
- Raphael Rubinstein, 'Julian Schnabel', Art in America, March 2sd 2011 — 329.1 kB
- Jean-Sébastien Stehli, 'Interview de Julian Schnabel', Madame Le Figaro Online, September 3rd 2010 — 510.7 kB
- JS_HUMANITY_03_21_17 — 313.6 kB