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Imperceptible change #4 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Selective memory #3- Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 1.97 in
Genealogical spaces #6 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
/ Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 63.78 in W 89.77 in D 1.97 in
The protecting genius disappearance-Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative paint
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
The protecting genius disappearance #4 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Change of paradigm #1 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in D 1.97 in
Orientation perspectives #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century Contemporary figurative
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 1.97 in
Imperceptible change #3 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Parallel events #2 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Selective memory #3 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Change #4 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Selective memomy #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed
Unique work1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Disappearances / Extinctions #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing landscape art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite, Paper, Gouache
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Cylcic movement #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative paint
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Change of paradigm #3 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Arbitrary landscape cut-out #2 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Incoherence of compulsory ways #1 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative paint
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Incoherence of compulsory ways #2 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative paint
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 1.97 in
Cosmic pulse III- Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 51.19 in W 38.19 in D 1.97 in
Episodic disturbances #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing art landscape red
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Graphite
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Crossing mirrors #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape art green
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
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For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Signal distortion #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape cream art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
The archipelago of milky volcanoes Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Nestings #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape contemporary art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in D 1.97 in
Demonstration #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, coloured pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Gouache, Paper
H 25.99 in W 40.16 in D 1.97 in
Signal distortion #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape blue red art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Off fields #3 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting abstract landscape cream art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in D 1.97 in
Break the rule #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape contemporary art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Break the rule #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape contemporary art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in D 1.97 in
Along the red river Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting contemporary art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
No extenuating circumstances #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Rituals #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century Contemporary figurative art, orange green
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, color pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
H 22.05 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
In full knowledge of the facts #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 51.19 in W 38.19 in D 1.97 in
Go through the trials #7 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing art landscape red
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Gouache, Paper
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
The place of the unsaid #3 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
An era without rules Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape art blue sky
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in D 1.97 in
The place of the unsaid #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting Contemporary art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 1.97 in
The place of the unsaid #1 Hélène Duclos Contemporary painting art garden eden
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
unstable, like the seasons.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 1.97 in
The river bed #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape blue art diptych
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
or ultramarine. It is unstable, like the seasons.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 45.67 in W 70.08 in D 1.97 in
Look at things from distance #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art red
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Do not retrace our steps #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Take some fresh air #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting Contemporary art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 1.97 in
Parallel events #1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
Time to debate #2 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
The waiting #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
H 57.49 in W 44.89 in D 1.97 in
The waiting #3 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
The party #1 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
The disappearance of the guardian genius #5 Hélène Duclos, Contemporary painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 28.75 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Hanging gardens #3 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing nature art landscape blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite, Paper
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
What is the weather like ? #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Diptyc
Gouache on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Gouache
H 30.32 in W 44.1 in D 1.97 in
In full knowledge of the facts #2 - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 51.19 in W 38.19 in D 1.97 in
The place of the unsaid #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
.
For several years, Hélène Duclos has been exploring this curious country, night and day. The Claire
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 1.97 in
The party will not take place - Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, color pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Gouache, Graphite
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
To draw on reserves #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art sky space
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
The limits of abundance #1 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas
Signed
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 25.6 in W 21.26 in D 1.97 in
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Interview with Hélène Duclos
Jean-Daniel Mohier – What were the first pictures that triggered deep emotions in you?
Hélène Duclos – When I was a child the walls of my house were filled with my grandfather’s paintings, as well as my mother’s. They were very often landscapes. There was also a piece of lacquerware at my grandparents' on my father’s side. It had been brought back from what was then French Indochina, a country where my father’s family had lived for many years. This piece of lacquerware fascinated me somehow, with its dark red background and the golden junks sailing in the Ha Long bay. It is still a part of my memories.
JDM – What happened between these first emotions and the time you decided you wanted to become an artist?
HD – To become an artist… well, this is not a decision you make. The road is long,
dangerous, demanding, and the desire to create something imposes itself on you in very diverse ways all along the way. There are crucial encounters, guides who opened the field of possibilities, like Anne Képéklian who was my teacher at l’école d’Art Appliqué Duperré. After I graduated I travelled and worked in several different fields while I was still working on my own art projects.
JDM – You seem to have received a calling that sounds almost religious.
HD – I feel I have received some sort of injunction, an order I cannot shy away from. Painting takes all the space, all my time, all my strengths on a very regular basis. It is not always easy to live like this, but it is the way I feel I can find the meaning of my existence; it is no doubt my way of feeling I am related to the world in some ways.
JDM – It sounds vital for you.
HD – Yes, it is vital. Painting is necessary to the heart, to the mind, to the soul, as much as food is necessary to the body. A world without poetry, without art, would be like an empty envelope, a dry and empty shell.
JDM – It seems to me that freedom takes a very important place in your work.
HD – Is it possible to call it freedom — the fact that I let painting lead me on in the space of the canvas as well as in time? — You can lose yourself playing that game: going deep down inside of you is painful and looking for your inner voice is risky. But at the same time, it is what artists, including painters, have to do: look the place over and make these remote territories visible. It is a privilege, a form of liberty that can become a weight at some point.
JDM – Your works these days are made of a multitude of characters quite small as opposed to the scale of the canvas. Not to mention that you play with scales more in your new works.
A Close Look at Contemporary Art
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.
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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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