Pamela Bianco
1920s American Modern Still-life Prints
Lithograph
1920s American Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
People Also Browsed
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Lithograph
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Linocut
21st Century and Contemporary American Photography
Paper
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Gouache, Oil, Board
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Vinyl, Resin
1850s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Landscape Prints
Paper, Paint, Screen
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Landscape Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Other
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
21st Century and Contemporary American Photography
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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