Samson and Delilah
Catalog no.
0266
Year
1993
Subject
Mythology
Media
Oil / Acrylic /
Oil on wood
Size (H x W)
33 x 24 inches
Availability
For sale
See our Terms of Sale here.
Illustration of the classic Old Testament tragedy, including a development of the squares technique, and introduction of the range of decoration in the background to add dimensionality. Signed PAUL BENEDICT BRAND written downwards.
Send enquiry
Send an enquiry about artwork catalogue number 0266.
Related artworks
Catalogue no.: 0234
- For sale, Priced
£2550
This is a mosaic using tiles made by the artist; clay cut and glazed and fired in his own kiln, and glass tiles cut from fragments of stained glass or...
Catalogue no.: 0236
- Sold
Also called 'L'Enfance du Christ'. Not to be confused with 'The House of the Ishmaelite' (Cat. No 0090), although a different treatment of the same theme. 'This is either the...
Catalogue no.: 0165
- For sale, Priced
£1510
Undertaken in the '70s, using hessian as a canvas, he depicts Adam as being a victim, co-erced into compliance according to belief perpetuated by religious tradition in which the artist...
Catalogue no.: 0147
- For sale, Priced
£420
An early work in palette knife, a depiction of the apochryful tale of the loss of innocence. Signed: PBB...
Catalogue no.: 0124
- For sale, Priced
£650
An illustration of an Old Testament story, with attention to detail, particularly in the background. Finished in 1991, with squares applied in a graduated pattern....
More Mythology
Catalogue no.: 0530
- For sale, Priced
£65
Horses feature in many of the works, as do Arabs. This is a fantasy based on memory of the desert (Iraq, Egypt)....
Catalogue no.: 0197
- Sold
Penthesilea was Queen of the Amazons. (Although not in Homer,) she came to Troy to help the Trojans after the death of Hector, but was slain by Achilles. Beautiful late...
Catalogue no.: 0252
- For sale, Priced
£297
The second attempt at fresco, see 0251. It is unknown as to what inspired this mysterious character, although there are some similarities in intrigue to 'Coloured Glass Bird' (Cat. no....
Catalogue no.: 0242
- Gifted, Not for sale
Known as 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' A development of the geometric technique by use of hexagons (in place of squares). Signed: Paul Benedict Brand (one name under the...
Catalogue no.: 0243
- Gifted, Not for sale
More geometrical shapes are worked throughout the figures and the background. Related in composition to the Mosaic 0234, "Adoration of the Shepherds", and there is a preparatory work (unfinished)....
More Oil / Acrylic
Catalogue no.: 0081
- For sale, Priced
£360
Many drawings and paintings were made of the taverna and the joys of life in these places. A different treatment of the subject in Cat No. 50, bringing out the...
Catalogue no.: 169
- Gifted
This is a sketch to prepare for the paintings of Petrouschka which at the time PBB believed would be his 'final work' - as it was he went on to...
Catalogue no.: 0203
- For sale, Priced
£1143
Waterfront Taverna in Eretria, with net-mender and bicycle. The central figure is most likely a self-referencing portrait. The mediterranean heat is clearly visible....
Catalogue no.: 0291
- For sale, Priced
£1480
PBB "suddenly saw all of nature, all of BB's work, everything" and made this highly abstracted painting of the garden in full bloom....
Catalogue no.: 0295
- For sale
PBB felt it was important to do a "last great painting" as an epic, so constructed these complex works - you can trace the tale of Peer Gynt through the...
