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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Adam Shaw - "Street Market" - Contemporary Urban Scene Oil Painting 2021
Located in Denver, CO
Adam Shaw's "Street Market" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas created in 2021. This vibrant contemporary artwork measures 20 x 16 inches (50.80 x 40.64 cm) with a depth...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A man and his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez Frame size 75x66 cm.
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Ireland Countryside by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Ireland Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist, Ray Cochrane. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Fr...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Religious Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Flagellation - Copper
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Flagellation. 17 x 15 cm without frame, 21 x 19 cm with frame. Ancient alium painting on copper, in a gilded wooden frame. Condition report: The m...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Copper

Space Junk 15 - Original One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dancers 7 - Red and Black Figures Embracing the Love of Movement and Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel, an internationally collected artist, effortlessly channels vitality and sensuality through her awe-inspiring collection of abstract and figurative paintings. With an u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Paper

"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Farmhouse by a River in the English Countryside with Figure Walking a Dog by 20th Century British Artist, Peter J Greenhill Art measures 16 x 12 inc...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sailor and sunset oil on canvas painting seascape boats
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez Frameless
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oranges. Montilla Oil on canvas. Orange, Yelow, Fuchsia Expressionist Still-Life
Located in Segovia, ES
"Oranges" oil on canvas. Expressionist colorful still life. Measurements: (H) 61 x (W) 46 x (D) 2 cm. Framed: (H) 81 x (W) 66 x (D) 4 cm Expressionist still life with ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Board

"Summer Landscape with Cows" Joseph Foxcroft Cole, 19th Century Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Foxcroft Cole Summer Landscape with Cows, 19th century Signed lower left Oil on canvas 10 x 12 inches After a public-school education in Boston, Cole became an apprentice wi...
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Man Working in Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working in the Fields by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 26 inches very good condition provenance: from the a...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat. The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style. The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter. The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Market Scene After Jacob Lawrence
By After Jacob Lawrence
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil painting after Jacob Armstead Lawrence . He was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," an art form popularized in Europe which drew great inspiration from West African and Meso...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and he...
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1940s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist scene oil on canvas painting surrealism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on canvas. Signed Aress. Oil mesures 33x24 cm. Frame mesures 48x39 cm.
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 i...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in). The art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

When I live my Dream - 21st Ct Contemporary Painting of Boy with Bare Chest
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
David van der Linden 'When I live my dream'' 60 x 70 cm (Framed 70x80 cm, frame is included in price) Oil on wood panel David van der Linden is a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Figure Sunbathing in the Sun Block Color Contemporary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure Sunbathing by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) paper stuck on gouache painting on artist paper, unframed artist paper: 23 x 16.5 inches condition: overall very good p...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Young Girl Resting - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Erna Hoppe Kinross
By Erna Hoppe Kinross
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and inscribed oil on panel figure in landscape circa 1908 by British painter Erna Hoppe Kinross. The work depicts a young child lying on a hillside at Giverny overlooking L'Eg...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Georgian Contemporary Art by Lana Devidze - Mint Candy
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Lana Devidze is a Georgian artist born in 1992 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her art transforms familiar objects and scenes, offering viewers a unique persp...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Twin Lighthouses Standing Tall Over a Calm Blue Seascape with Boats at Anchor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbour Walk by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 11 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored in th...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boar...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures on a Beach with Mont Saint-Michel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures on a Beach with Mont Saint-Michel By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6 x 7.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 15 x 21.5 inche...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Me
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on wood Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 36.83 x 31.75 cm Signed Verso Please not...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Busy Figures Walking Through The Rainy Market Day Colourful Umbrellas Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Market Day by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 10.5 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of "Les Environs de St. Guénolé"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of "Les Environs de St. Guénolé" By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Verso Oil painting on board...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Ship at Sea Returning to Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Ship at Sea Returning to Port By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.25 x 6.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on card, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Lana Devidze - Friends Dissapearing
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Lana Devidze is a Georgian artist born in 1992 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her art transforms familiar objects and scenes, offering viewers a unique persp...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colourful Figures Walking Through Bustling Historic French Streets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bright Busy Street signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 18 x 15 inches dated 92' oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Scandinavian Coast Scenery Oil Painting by Renowned Finnish Artist 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right Berndt Adolf Lindholm (1841 – 1914), was a Finnish landscape painter (Swedish speaking part of Finland). Lindholm's mainly specializes in coastal scenes. Restless ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Antonius Bernardus Dirckx (1878-1927) - Oil, Fishing Boats At Dawn
By Anton Dirckx
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with pierces foliate ornamentation. On canvas.
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden. Painted with oilpaint on canvas. David van der Linden studied at the Academ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

For Restoration Late 19th Century Oil - Tall Ship on Calm Seas
Located in Corsham, GB
Nautical scene in oil. Presented in a gilt frame. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study
Located in Soquel, CA
A 1960's Frida Kahlo study oil painting on laid paper by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Unframed. Ima...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Laid Paper, Oil

Faceless portrait of Frida Kahlo with flowers in her hair - "Feminine force"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features a faceless portrait of Frida Kahlo. Orange and pink flowers decorate her black hair. She wears dangle earrings in fun, playful, and expressive colorways. Blac...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland ORIGINAL ANTIQUE SCOTTISH OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: John Campbell Mitchell RSA (1865-1922) Scottish Title: “Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland” Medium: oil on canvas Size: 92cm x 62cm inc frame Notes: Born In Campbeltown Scotl...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Wine-tasting holiday in Provence" (impressionist oil painting on canvas)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant piece of artwork " Wine-tasting holiday in Provence" is a compelling example of contemporary expressionism. The painting immediately arrests attention with its vivid col...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Queen of the Jungle by Anne Darby Parker, Contemporary Cubist Figure on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Swedish Figurative Oil Painting, Brita Hansson - Market Square
Located in Bristol, GB
MARKET SQUARE Size: 37 x 42 cm (including frame) Oil onto paper laid to board A richly coloured mid century modernist figure scene, painted in oil onto paper laid on board, by the ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Laid Paper, Oil

Italian Landscape With Figures at a Waterfall by a Follower of Jan van Huysum
Located in Stockholm, SE
There are so many details to fall in love with in this 18th-century painting depicting an Italianate landscape, for example, the delicately painted figures having a conversation and ...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Large Painting of Classic New York City in Rain with Figures by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Original Painting of a Classic 1990's Busy New York City Scene in the Rain, with Yellow Taxis, Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"umbrella girl series" RKT1, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acryl, Clay
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Clay, Acrylic

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink Roses In White Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981. Mixed colored oil on canvas Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin Included a brown wooden...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛ This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938. Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's "Hero" is a 24 x 48 inches mixed media work on canvas with collage. The work is partitioned in two distinct images. On the left side the artist depicted a baseball player...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Lemon Yellow Flowers - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"Behind The Walls" Painting 51" x 51" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Behind The Walls" Painting 51" x 51" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad Acrylic on wood Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the cha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Curious," by Rudolf Kosow, is an engaging portrayal of inquisitiveness and wonder, bridging the natural world and humanity. Dominating the scene is a giant bulldog, its face a tapestry of textures from the soft fur to the glistening nose, each detail crafted to convey a lifelike presence. Facing the monumental canine is a small-scale girl, her posture embodying the essence of childhood wonder as she stands before the immense animal. Her tilted head and attentive stance suggest a moment of mutual discovery and fascination. This poignant interaction is a snapshot of the innocent and pure connections that can occur across the divides of size and species. Kosow's "Curious" captures the beautiful moments of discovery that occur when the young and the gentle giants of the animal kingdom meet, encapsulating a shared curiosity that transcends words. The artwork serves as a reminder of the universal language of wonder that connects us all. keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Painting of New York City Street after Rain with Figures, Cars by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a Contemporary New York City Scene after the Rain, with Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work to continue h...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Modern Contemporary Indian Art Jain Landscape Temples Monks Signed Watercolour
Located in Norfolk, GB
Shrenik Jain Untitled - Jain Temple Landscape Watercolour on paper Image Size: 63 x 50.5 cm, Frame Size: 75.5 x 53cm Signed and dated 3/05/’91 on verso * please note this work is ...
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1990s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French painter Léon Augustin LHermitte harvesters children in the countryside
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming little oil capturing an idyllic snapshot of farm workers and their family harvesting in the sunshine Attributed to Léon Augustin L'Hermitte (1844-1925) Harvesters ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rubenesque nude woman . full figure Nude Regionalism - "Hilda Nellis"
Located in Miami, FL
Plump or fleshy and voluptuous nude... you can describe it as you see it. Signed, titled and dated lower left: John Steuart Curry / 1934 "Hilda Nellis", John Steuart Curry is best ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.

While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.

Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.

Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.

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