Catalin Petrisor
Early 2000s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Cătălin PetrișorChroma sky (Blue key) 12 - Contemporary, Landscape, Light Blue, Pastel, Clouds, 2007
Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
People Also Browsed
1990s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Panel, Oil
Vintage 1970s American Posters
Paper
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Photographic Paper
Vintage 1980s American Posters
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1980s American Posters
Paper
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Board, Gouache
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Board, Gouache
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Paper, Color
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 2000s American Organic Modern Contemporary Art
Textile, Paint
Mid-20th Century Caribbean Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Finding the Right figurative-paintings for You
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.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.