Contemporary Figurative Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
The Old Days Photo - Cow in Tuscan Maremma - vintage photo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Cow in Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, r...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Habitation, Interior Photography, Photomontage, House, Plants
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original limited Edition Print, Edition of 15. The work is not framed. * * Frame is for illustrative purposes only.
Medium : Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old Days - Dukes of Windsor - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Dukes of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
William Tucker - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
William Tucker is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Weapons in Shanghai - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Weapons in Shanghai is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Princess Margareth and Lord Snowdon - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Princess Margareth and Lord Snowdon is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fam...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days-Sesto San Giovanni-Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Sesto San Giovanni - Istituto scientifico tecnico Ernesto Breda is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Clock Making in Hong Kong - Vintage Photo - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Clock Making in Hong Kong 1958 is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1958.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Women in Rebibbia is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Mondadori Bookshop - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days -Mondadori Bookshop in 1970s is a vintage black and white photograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pier Vittorio Tondelli - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Pier Vittorio Tondelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politica...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Miss Moneypenny with Beach Ball (Heavenly Falls)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Miss Moneypenny with Beach Ball (Heavenly Falls) - 2016
20 x 20 cm,
sold out Edition of 10, this is Artist Proof 1/2.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Historical Photo - Beijing 1940s, Muslim Shop - Vintage photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing 1940s, Muslim Shop is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events...
Category
1940s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jost Burgi's Astronomical Globe is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Dog - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Dog is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Horses - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Horses is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Former Italian President Leone in Anniverasy of Finance Guard is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album includi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Duke of Windsor, London - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Duke of Windsor, London is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Dam - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Dam is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and poli...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Beijing- Armed Soldiers - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Beijing armed soldiers is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Pigs - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Pigs is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politica...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - The Forbidden City Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China, Beijing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China, Beijing is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal familie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Castle - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Castle is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
Located in Dallas, TX
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. is a 14 x 11 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features a boy flipping in the street, with people watching from th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Old Days - Horses in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Horses in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - A Woman with her Seven Children and two Stewardesses... - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - A Woman with her Seven Children and two Stewardesses posing near the Steps of a Lai plane is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1956.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - High Altitude Surveys - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
High Altitude Surveys is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and pol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Luigi Broglio and Prof. Polvani - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Luigi Broglio and Prof. Polvani is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century century.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Fiumicino Airport - Chilean Immigrants - vintage photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1975
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Army of Fidel Castro - Vintage photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Army of Fidel Castro is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Horses - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Horses is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politi...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebbiolo - Vintage Photo - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Roman Columns - Vintage photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Roman Columns is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Chinese Village - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Chinese Village in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including hist...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Rome Manifestation against Violence - Vintage Photo - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Rome Manifestation against Violence in China 1989 is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Peasants in Middle-East in mid-20th Century - Vintage Photo
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Peasants in Middle-East in mid-20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China in 1980s - Vintage Photo
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China in 1980s is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, meticulou...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Oxen in the Swamp - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Oxen in the Swamp is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Animals - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and polit...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Animals - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and polit...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Cows in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ralph Buche Winner of 1950 Noble Peace Prize - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ralph Buche winner of the 1950 Noble Peace Prize is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Roosters - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Rosters is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and polit...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Sofia, Todor Zhivkov and Giulio Andreot - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Sofia, Todor Zhivkov and Giulio Andreotti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical momen...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Birds - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Birds is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politic...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Animals in the Tuscan Maremma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Animals in the Tuscan Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Agneta III signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Agneta III
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic Agneta Fältskog of Swedish music super band ABBA.
Japan 1978
paper size 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm
unframed - framing availab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Family at the Airport is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Contemporary figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative photography 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, yellow, orange, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Brian Finke, Stefanie Schneider, and David Drebin. Frequently made by artists working with Polaroid, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography 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 $110 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work sells for $701.
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