Conceptual Figurative Paintings
CONCEPTUAL STYLE
In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
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Style: Conceptual
La mujer que ha sido una flor ('A Woman who has been a flower')
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work certificate
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
La taverna degli amore perduti ('The tavern of lost loves')
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
A kind invitation
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Anniversario di matrimonio
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Las amigas
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
L'ultimo funerale - Il mio ('The last funeral - Mine.')
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Poker
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Solitaire
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
I am a misanthropist
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Ruoli Invertiti
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Without hope
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Doctor's Visit
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Seduction attempt
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
The reproach
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Rejected alms
Located in Barcelona, ES
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer
The truth instant
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
"The Thoughts in My Head #41 Standing Next to You" conceptual text painting
By Lisa Levy
Located in New York, NY
This Conceptual Text based painting features the words "When you look here imagine me standing next to you" in white over a royal blue background ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled
Located in Atlanta, GA
tony hernandez was born in Atlanta in 1964 and has been painting professionally since 1988. while he is a southern artist, his works are far from the re...
Category
20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Network - Conceptual Encaustic, Marble Dust, Oil Pigments Painting On Canvas
Located in Salzburg, AT
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Pigment
Synergy, Synergic Painting - Conceptual Encaustic, Oil Pigments, Canvas On Wood
Located in Salzburg, AT
"Synergy" synergic painting: pigments, oil, encaustic on canvas stretched on wood, ∅ 100 cm, 2015.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Encaustic, Pigment
Untitled
Located in Atlanta, GA
tony hernandez was born in Atlanta in 1964 and has been painting professionally since 1988. while he is a southern artist, his works are far from the re...
Category
20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Waiting from the Cold Country
Located in Atlanta, GA
tony hernandez was born in Atlanta in 1964 and has been painting professionally since 1988. while he is a southern artist, his works are far from the re...
Category
20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Cauda Pavonis, Synergic - Conceptual Encaustic, Oil Pigments, Canvas On Wood
Located in Salzburg, AT
"Cauda Pavonis" synergic painting: pigments, oil, encaustic on canvas stretched on wood, ∅ 80 cm, 2017.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gda...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Encaustic, Oil, Pigment
Vanishing Point, Synergic Painting - Conceptual Encaustic, Oil Pigments On Wood
Located in Salzburg, AT
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated fro...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Encaustic, Pigment
The Unobvious, Synergic Painting - Conceptual Encaustic, Oil Pigments On Wood
Located in Salzburg, AT
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Encaustic, Pigment
Caput Mortuum - Conceptual Encaustic Oil Painting, Marble Dust Ash On Canvas XXL
Located in Salzburg, AT
Overall Size: Height 200cm x Width 300cm ( The painting consists of 2 parts, one part: 200x150cm )
Overall Size: Height 78,7402 Inch x Width 118,11 Inch ( The painting consists o...
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
Iosis, Synergic Painting - Conceptual Encaustic Painting On Canvas XL Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1...
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Pigment, Canvas
About Lost Soul - Conceptual Encautic Oil Painting, Marble Dust Ash On Canvas XL
Located in Salzburg, AT
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Marble
Moloch. 1989. Paper, etching, 53.5x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moloch. 1989. Paper, etching, 53.5x38 cm
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Etching, Paper
Fresco. 2001, canvas, mixed media, 46x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fresco. 2001, canvas, mixed media, 46x38 cm
Ieva Iltnere (b. 1957)
entered the Latvian art scene in the early 1980s. Together with other young painters of her generation she attracted much attention and radically changed prevailing conceptions about the Latvian figural painting. The fame of this generation of artists has not diminished since that time.
In 1988 Ieva Iltnere took part in the young artists’ exhibition “Post-Traditionalism” at the Central Artists’ House in Moscow as well as in the exhibition “Riga – Lettische Avantgarde” at the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Berlin. It was the first important show of Latvian avant-garde art in Western Europe.
In 1990 Ieva Iltnere and her like-minded contemporaries participated in the famous exhibition-action “Gentle Fluctuations” at the Exhibition Hall Latvija in Riga. This exhibition encouraged radical aspirations of the young painters’ group and promoted the adoption of new influences in Latvian art.
In 1992 there was Ieva Iltnere and Jānis Mitrēvics’ joint exhibition “Works” and in 1994 – her solo exhibition “School” at the Art Museum Arsenāls. She took part in important Latvian art exhibitions at the Zvolle City Museum (2002), Frauen Museum in Bonn (1992), Grand Salle de l’Aubette in Strasbourg, Maison du Danemark in Paris (1997), Städtische Galerie im Buntentor in Bremen, etc.
Ieva Iltnere is one of the most outstanding and creative artists of her generation. Her art is able to communicate great, significant ideas, important to both the individual and the society in general, through intimate subject matter. Iltnere has created a particular imagery that clearly marks her individual style.
Her early works deal with themes of family, mother and child, depiction of intimate aspects of life. The artist raised everyday phenomena to the level of sacredness. Today the artist synthesizes traditional means of painting and conceptual approach, inspired by different cultures, Western avant-garde art of the 20th century and Biblical themes (solo exhibition “Stories”, 2002).
Iltnere’s paintings feature subdued colouring and discrete intonation. The artist pays particular attention to light and composition. Each work is endowed with a personal touch.
Iltnere’s works are found in collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art (previous title - State Museum of Art), the Artists’ Union of Latvia Museum (Riga), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), Ludwig Museum (Aachen, Germany), Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (New Jersey, USA) as well as in private collections in Latvia and abroad.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2008
"Beautiful fragile nature", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
2007
"Eight Rooms", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
2004
"The Happy Childhood", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
2003
"Ieva's Painting", Gallery NoMi, St. Petersburg / Russia
"My Room", Gallery Centrs, Riga / Latvia
2002
"Stories", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
2001
"Ieva Iltnere's United Images", Gallery Daugava, Riga / Latvia
1999
"Papers and Canvases", Gallery Daugava, Riga / Latvia
1998
"Paintings of Paris", Gallery Daugava, Riga / Latvia
1997
"Oil", Gallery Bastejs, Riga / Latvia
1994
"School", Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia*
1993
Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
Gallery G&G, Riga / Latvia*
1992
"Works", Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (together with Jānis Mitrēvics)*
"Four New Paintings", Gallery Kolonna, Riga / Latvia
1989
Gallery Baltasar, Gothenburg / Sweden (together with Ivars Poikāns)*
Selected group exhibitions:
2008
12th International Contemporary Art Exhibition "Art Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia*
Rauma Biennale Balticum 08 "Flower Power", Rauman Taidemuseo, Rauma Art Museum/ Finland
2007
11th International Contemporary Art Exhibition "Art Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia*
2005
9th International Contemporary Art Exhibition "Art Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia*
2004
8th International Contemporary Art Exhibition "Art Moscow", Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia*
"The Rape of Europe", Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna / Sweden*
2003
"Labyrinth", Gallery Vartai, Vilnius / Lithuania...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Relax
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Crayon
Emergency Broadcast
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Canvas, Acrylic
Oddity
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Canvas, Acrylic
Looming Loss
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual and powerful commentary on the oil industry harming our waters and creatures of the sea. Featuring a whale and a bird and can of oil. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artis...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Last Narcissus
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual. Acrylic on canvas.
About the Artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began exhibiting his work in the East Village in the earl...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous. Featuring astronaut and a bottle of Tide detergent. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen H...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Patriot
Located in New York, NY
Horse portrait. Americana colors. Acrylics, mixed media on canvas, 60" x 48"x 2". Gallery wrapped, wired and ready to hang. In “The Patriot”, the harnessed strength of the wor...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Russian philosophy. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Russian philosophy. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Ri...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Prime Colors
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car that has been worked on by a novice mechanic. Oil on canvas with black frame one inch on front, two inches deep. This piece sold but commissio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Russian love. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Russian love. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, La...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Collage #1 (Mets), Large Painting by John Clem Clarke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Clem Clarke, American (1937 - )
Title: Collage #1 (Mets)
Year: 1973
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso
Size: 78 in. x 49 in. (198.12 cm x 124.46 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russian authorities. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Russian authorities. 2002, oil on canvas, acrylic, collage, 60x40 cm
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, Latvia.
Studied in the A...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Up on Blocks Commission
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car that has been worked on by a novice mechanic. Oil on canvas with black frame one inch on front, two inches deep. This piece sold but commissio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Proverty, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Black, Red by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 44 x 32 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Board
** This work will be shipped in a roll form.
"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes the dar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas
Street
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car with graffiti background.
About the Artist:
Jim Molloy is a studio and plein air painter.
"I like to try...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cool Ducks
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
2 cool ducks floating. Fun.
About the Artist:
Jim Molloy is a studio and plein air painter.
"I like to try to find and capture the beauty and simplicity of the world around u...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Conceptual Text Based Painting "Lousy Director"
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
38"x28" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (oil, acrylic, enamel, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the imagery of a film director is overwritten with the ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pencil
Yoko Ono and John Lennon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Solomoukha, Russian (1945 - )
Title: Yoko Ono and John Lennon
Year: 1990
Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size:...
Category
1990s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Rosie Copeland, Child’s Pose (after The Wave), Original Nude Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Rosie Copeland
Child’s Pose (after The Wave)
Original Nude Painting
Oil on Board
Sold Unframed
Image size: H38 x W76 cm
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Marilyn
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Monroe Painting.
About the Artist:
Le Closier is a Belgian painter living in New York. After moving to Paris in the early 2000's...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Window
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Canvas
Chair
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Canvas
Hand Of God
Located in New York, NY
Painting. Vibrant. Hands.
About the Artist:
Le Closier is a Belgian painter living in New York. After moving to Paris in the early 2000's, mixing Pop Art and Street Art, he st...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Exuberance -Burnt White Canvas 48 X 48
By Garrison Boyce
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exuberance-Burnt White Canvas 48 X 48
Jewel tones of red and blue on the backside of front canvas and second back layer of canvas.
Garrison Boyce starts his process from the backside...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Krishna, Mythology, Acrylic, Tempera, Green, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 36 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic & Tempera on Canvas
** This work will be shipped in a roll form.
"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Tempera, Canvas
NY Symphony
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Times Square. Oil on canvas. Feels like you are in the heart of NYC. Took over 300 hours to paint. Not framed. Sides painted black.
About The Artist:
D’Avino cu...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Indian Woman, Citylife, Acrylic, Tempera on Canvas, Green, Yellow, Red"In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 36 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic & Tempera on Canvas
** This work will be shipped in a roll form.
"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Tempera, Canvas
Conceptual Text Based Painting "Paved with Gold" (tax the poor, feed the rich)
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
38"x28" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (oil, acrylic, enamel, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the title: "Paved with Gold" counters the text which ov...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pencil
Conceptual figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mattia Novello, Jim Molloy, Stephen Hall, and Liana Vassalou. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Canvas and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Conceptual figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 6.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $333 and tops out at $85,000, while the average work sells for $5,136.