Patrizia Russo On Sale
2010s Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dry Bars
Oak
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings
Plywood, Paint
Artist Comments
A colorful scene of a busy street in San Jose, Costa Rica on a hot January morning. "One of the fascinating things about San Jose is the contrasts between the...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Early 2000s Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Early 2000s Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
Antique Late 19th Century English Sporting Art Prints
Wood, Paper
1980s Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Canvas
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Canvas, Wood
Early 2000s Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Marie-Eve Champagne asks, "Can something broken remain whole?" In this piece, lines connect, disconnect, and reconnect, intertwining strokes through a ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.