Peter Saul

(American, born 1934)

Peter Saul is a contemporary American painter known for his genre-defying paintings satirizing American culture. Influenced by the cartoonish style of MAD Magazine, Saul uses Day-Glo color and lush forms as a foil for his nightmarish content. One of his most famous works, Saigon (1967), embodies the chaos and deformities that typify Saul’s scenes, offering the viewer a feverish candy colored vision of the Vietnam War. “I enjoy finding a low subject and bringing it up high,” he has said. “I think with strong technique, you can glamorize certain things. You can make the imagery sharper, rounder, and basically better looking.” Born on August 16, 1934, in San Francisco, CA, he studied at the California School of Fine Arts before receiving a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1956. After finishing school, he lived in Europe where he met the Surrealist painter Roberto Matta, and the American art dealer Allan Frumkin, who went on to represent him for three decades. In 2008, a retrospective of his work was held at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, then traveling to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and finally the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans. In 2010, he was elected to the American Academy of Art and Letters. He currently lives and works between New York, NY and Germantown, NY. Today, Saul’s works are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, among others.

Peter Saul Artworks

Peter Saul (334 results)

CALIFORNIA ARTIST (PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM T...., 1973

Peter Saul

CALIFORNIA ARTIST (PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM T...., 1973

Sale Date: June 29, 2017

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Amboosh, 1975

Peter Saul

Amboosh, 1975

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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UNTITLED, 1960

Peter Saul

UNTITLED, 1960

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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AUTOMOBILE, 1959

Peter Saul

AUTOMOBILE, 1959

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Guernica (Orange), 1977

Peter Saul

Guernica (Orange), 1977

Sale Date: May 23, 2017

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Sweety (Green), 1995

Peter Saul

Sweety (Green), 1995

Sale Date: April 28, 2017

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Pablo, 1987

Peter Saul

Sale Date: March 28, 2017

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Story of Race Hate, 1969

Peter Saul

Story of Race Hate, 1969

Sale Date: March 3, 2017

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Trying to Kiss My Ass, You Must Die, 2001

Peter Saul

Trying to Kiss My Ass, You Must Die, 2001

Sale Date: February 28, 2017

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ICEBOX, 1960

Peter Saul

Sale Date: December 7, 2016

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Head Office, 1963

Peter Saul

Head Office, 1963

Sale Date: December 14, 2016

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GUERNICA (BLUE), 1976

Peter Saul

GUERNICA (BLUE), 1976

Sale Date: December 5, 2016

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Saul's Guernica, 1974

Peter Saul

Saul's Guernica, 1974

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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Adam and Eve, Alien in the Electric Chair, and...

Peter Saul

Adam and Eve, Alien in the Electric Chair, and...

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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Self Portrait, 1998

Peter Saul

Self Portrait, 1998

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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Honeymoon, 1964

Peter Saul

Honeymoon, 1964

Sale Date: May 11, 2016

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Sweety (Green), 1995

Peter Saul

Sweety (Green), 1995

Sale Date: March 30, 2016

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Hoomin Consurn, 1969

Peter Saul

Hoomin Consurn, 1969

Sale Date: October 21, 2015

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Jesus Was A Girl Like Me, 1995

Peter Saul

Jesus Was A Girl Like Me, 1995

Sale Date: October 28, 2015

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The Alamo, 1990

Peter Saul

The Alamo, 1990

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Untitled (Watches), 1996

Peter Saul

Untitled (Watches), 1996

Sale Date: August 27, 2015

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Ice Box Number 3, 1961

Peter Saul

Ice Box Number 3, 1961

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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We're Different Desserts but We're Very Much , 1993

Peter Saul

We're Different Desserts but We're Very Much , 1993

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Die, for the Tummy Aches

Peter Saul

Die, for the Tummy Aches

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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