Grace (Gay) Betts On Sale
1960s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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Panel, Oil
1960s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects
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Vintage 1980s American Adirondack Native American Objects
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Handmade Paper, Ink
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Paintings
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Panel, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
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Canvas, Oil
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Laid Paper
Grace (Gay) Betts for sale on 1stDibs
Grace May (Gay) Betts became a peripatetic painter of Western and Southwest landscapes and Indians, and her subjects included Yosemite National Park and Arizona tribal members. She was also a muralist who did backdrops for animal displays at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and an illustrator for magazines and children's books. The Art Institute of Chicago was a frequent exhibition venue from the time she was a student there beginning 1900, and her work was also exhibited at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art. She was also a WPA artist who painted murals in San Francisco and San Diego.
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.
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