Mathilde De Cordoba
1930s Ashcan School Interior Prints
Lithograph
People Also Browsed
1960s Modern Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Color
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Screen
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Gouache, Oil, Board
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
1950s Renaissance Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Glitter, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Stretcher Bars
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Color
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Interior Prints
Lithograph
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Gouache, Canvas
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
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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