Henry Gerbault
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
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People Also Browsed
1860s Other Art Style Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1850s Animal Prints
Lithograph
Antique 19th Century Prints
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1870s Victorian Landscape Prints
Lithograph
Early 20th Century American Prints
Hardwood, Paper
1870s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints
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1860s Victorian Figurative Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph, Paper
1880s Other Art Style Animal Prints
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Antique Early 1900s American American Classical Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
Late 18th Century Landscape Prints
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1870s Animal Prints
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Antique 1880s American Photography
Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Prints
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1840s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
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Finding the Right figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You
Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
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