Hector Frank Cuba
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Cotton, Acrylic, Archival Paper
People Also Browsed
2010s Realist Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
1980s Contemporary Color Photography
Canvas, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, C Print
20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Photography
Silver Gelatin
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Steel, Bronze
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Steel, Bronze
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas, Linen, Found Objects
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
2010s Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas, Linen, Found Objects
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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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.
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