Jessica Rubin
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
People Also Browsed
Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Wood
1980s Surrealist Nude Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Cast Stone, Marble
Jack Graves IIIThe Three Graces Sculpture (Antonio Canova) /// Contemporary Classics Colorful , 2021
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Gouache
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Nude Paintings
Panel, Oil
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In this piece, artist Matson Ambroise features the female nude torso, set within a textured, abstract space. The proximity between the subject's soft form and t...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
2010s American Realist Nude Paintings
Panel, Oil
Mid-20th Century Nude Photography
Silver Gelatin
Early 2000s Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Recent Sales
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
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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.
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