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)
Dog on Cross, 1985

Peter Saul

Dog on Cross, 1985

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Kennedy (Kewtville

Peter Saul

Kennedy (Kewtville

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Pull the String Baby, I'm Hot

Peter Saul

Pull the String Baby, I'm Hot

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Low morals, filthy mind, 1965

Peter Saul

Low morals, filthy mind, 1965

Sale Date: June 2, 2015

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Tree lovers, 1998

Peter Saul

Tree lovers, 1998

Sale Date: March 30, 2015

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Why is Cubism a Good Style, 1997

Peter Saul

Why is Cubism a Good Style, 1997

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Superwoman vs. Cakes, 1996

Peter Saul

Superwoman vs. Cakes, 1996

Sale Date: March 5, 2015

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Automobile, 1958

Peter Saul

Automobile, 1958

Sale Date: March 5, 2015

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Crime doesn't pay, 1963

Peter Saul

Crime doesn't pay, 1963

Sale Date: December 14, 2014

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I'm Splitting, 1995

Peter Saul

I'm Splitting, 1995

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Bonaparte, 1978

Peter Saul

Bonaparte, 1978

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Untitled, 1964

Peter Saul

Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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American Soldier Returns to his Wife, 1966

Peter Saul

American Soldier Returns to his Wife, 1966

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Do you have Mapplethorpes address?, 1989

Peter Saul

Do you have Mapplethorpes address?, 1989

Sale Date: May 17, 2014

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American Soldier Returns to His Wife, 1966

Peter Saul

American Soldier Returns to His Wife, 1966

Sale Date: May 14, 2014

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Sans titre, 2010

Peter Saul

Sans titre, 2010

Sale Date: December 5, 2013

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Mad Docter, 1964

Peter Saul

Mad Docter, 1964

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Crime girl in danger, 1963

Peter Saul

Crime girl in danger, 1963

Sale Date: December 3, 2013

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Untiteld (GI & Ship), 1964

Peter Saul

Untiteld (GI & Ship), 1964

Sale Date: November 13, 2013

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Angela (11 works), 1972

Peter Saul

Angela (11 works), 1972

Sale Date: October 26, 2013

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Sans titre, 1960

Peter Saul

Sans titre, 1960

Sale Date: October 26, 2013

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Sans titre, 1961

Peter Saul

Sans titre, 1961

Sale Date: October 26, 2013

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Untitled, 1964

Peter Saul

Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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Untitled (Society), 1964

Peter Saul

Untitled (Society), 1964

Sale Date: September 25, 2013

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