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Jan Esmann

Born 1960, Denmark. Raised in Bury, England. Moved to Copenhagen 1967 and has lived there since.

"Contemporary art, especially painting, has turned towards a renewed interest in the craft of...

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Art Description


  • August 18, 2010
  • April 27, 2011
  • 2993
  • 34
  • face, meditation, realism, Hyper-realism, chairoscuro
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15 Comments

  1. Emily Hancock
    Emily Hancock This piece is absolutely exquisite
    May 7, 2011 at 4:52 am
  2. Ken Omom
    Ken Omom VERY STRONG WORK VERY POWERFUL AND LIKE THE DEPTH IN YOUR WORK
    June 8, 2011 at 1:19 pm
  3. Richard T Scott
    Richard T Scott The face is open because the vulnerable spirit is revealed.

    Beautiful work.
    June 9, 2011 at 11:38 am
  4. Julien Corcoran Porisse
    Julien Corcoran Porisse Phenomenal!!!
    July 30, 2011 at 1:18 pm
  5. Sven Ake Svenson
    Sven Ake Svenson I feel this woman are in meditation, Trancendence.

    Excellent work !!!
    August 7, 2011 at 2:49 pm
  6. brian homewood
    brian homewood meditation -yes i think so to-----more than photo realism i feel- or at it's best- how long did this take you?
    September 3, 2011 at 1:39 pm
  7. Ezzaldin Shahrori
    Ezzaldin Shahrori really nice and amazing work , but if you allowed me to say the nose hole at the right isn't identical with lest one , in art i accept all the creativity , but for hyper realism my be it will be ..........!, unless if the model was like this
    September 12, 2011 at 11:14 am
  8. Charles Machado
    Charles Machado Wow! Amazing....
    October 2, 2011 at 6:36 am
  9. David Tsinman
    David Tsinman Great Portrait, Beautiful expression.
    David
    October 7, 2011 at 4:54 pm
  10. Jerzy Szechynski
    Jerzy Szechynski technically masterful, congratulations
    November 21, 2011 at 10:27 am
  11. Juan  Escobar
    Juan Escobar i like
    December 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm
  12. Ian Wilson
    Ian Wilson absolutely astounding!!
    February 13, 2012 at 6:01 am
  13. Marco Corsini
    Marco Corsini Captivating. Sensitive to something beyond the surface which creates a tension with the photoreal description of surface.
    July 5, 2012 at 3:36 am
  14. Margo Schopf
    Margo Schopf Your painting skills are astounding. I can't imagine how anyone can paint so hyper-realistically.... it must take FOREVER to complete just a face... ?
    March 16, 2013 at 5:30 am
  15. Christopher Skelton
    Christopher Skelton very lovely
    March 27, 2013 at 9:10 am
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Open Face (Urd)

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