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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Dutch Country Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Artwork Only: 16.5 x 23 inches MARCUS A. WATERMAN (American 1834-1914) Dutch Country Scene oil on original canvas 17 x 23-1/2 inches, (43.2 x 59.7 cm), signed lower left: M. WATERM...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Market Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Artwork only: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Busy Figures Walking Through The Rainy Market Day Colourful Umbrellas Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Market Day by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 10.5 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A man and his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez Frame size 75x66 cm.
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's "Hero" is a 24 x 48 inches mixed media work on canvas with collage. The work is partitioned in two distinct images. On the left side the artist depicted a baseball player...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of River Landscape of Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands by 20th Century Artist, Robert Egginton. Art measures 30 x 22 inches Frame measures 36 x 28 inches Presented in the highest quality hand-finished off-white Frinton moulding. Robert Egginton was born in Devon in 1943 and is a landscape painter in watercolours and oils. He paints mainly Scottish scenes in an accurate pictorial manner, with a bright palette. He is the grandson of Wycliffe Egginton RI (1875-1951) and nephew of Frank Egginton...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Board

Dancers 7 - Red and Black Figures Embracing the Love of Movement and Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel, an internationally collected artist, effortlessly channels vitality and sensuality through her awe-inspiring collection of abstract and figurative paintings. With an u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

Space Junk 15 - Original One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Parisian Storm" Abstract Figure w Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a blue, silver and peach background with delicate details. This piece captures the es...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat. The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style. The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter. The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Man Working in Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working in the Fields by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 26 inches very good condition provenance: from the a...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Girls Outside a Florentine Bar Florence Impressionism 12 x 16 2024 Duomo
Located in Houston, TX
Girls Outside a Florentine Bar by James Crandall Oil on canvas panel 12” x 16” Also shown is "Girl with Aperitivo" which is 16' x 12" and is available. This Florentine painti...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Cotton Canvas, Oil

You, me, break, Friday. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A simple encounter in which a special lightness is read through the everyday details, a moment of relaxation when two people just enjoy Friday. This picture is about the small joys a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Board

Portrait of a woman with a cameo
Located in Paris, IDF
Jules François Henri de VIGNON (Belfort, 1815 – Paris, 1885) Portrait of a woman with a cameo Oil on canvas mounted on strong cardboard Signed and dated on the right 21 x 16 cm 186...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 i...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Passageway North Africa, street scene
Located in Greenwich, CT
Passageway North Africa was executed during Walter’s extensive travels throughout Spain, Northern Africa, and the Dalmatian coast. These works are magnificent snapshots –pictorial po...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

"Young dancer" Dancer, Dance, baby Oil cm. 60 x 76 1955
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Dancer,White ,Grey Little Girl ,Italian Painter Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to techni...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Snowdrop" flowers , violet, violets Oil cm. 60 x 50 1998
Located in Torino, IT
flowers ,violet, violets MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya Kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for the Rus...
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1990s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1920 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an autumnal scene of the the Boulevard de Bonne Nou...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait Wonderful expressionist figurative of a painter at work - deeply focused on his subject - is captured by California artist Moll...
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1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in). The art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Antique c.1800's Scottish Oil Highland Landscape Anglers Fishing Autumnal River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Highlands attributed to Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817) inscribed verso oil on wood panel, framed Framed: 11 x 15 inches panel: 8.5 x 13 inches Provenance: private c...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Island Sunset" (2022) By Riley Doyle, Original Oil Painting of Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Island Sunset" (2023) by Riley Doyle is an original handmade oil painting on panel of a shoreline with the sunset in the distance. Riley Doyle (b. 1990) was born and raised in Col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Circle of Nature by Anne Darby Parker, Contemporary Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a passion for photography. After a successful career as a photographer her artistic interests evolved into painting. She recently earned her MFA at Academy of Art University. Anne paints daily in her Sullivan’s Island studio surrounded by the natural elements of the island. Several of her paintings have been featured in juried exhibitions, including Xavier University...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, Atmospheric Colour, Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 15 x 21.5 inche...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Raw Reflection of Identity by Anne Darby Parker, Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a passion for photography. After a successful career as a photographer her artistic interests evolved into painting. She recently earned her MFA at Academy of Art University. Anne paints daily in her Sullivan’s Island studio surrounded by the natural elements of the island. Several of her paintings have been featured in juried exhibitions, including Xavier University...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Wrapping of Sea Warmth by Anne Darby Parker, Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a passion for photography. After a successful career as a photographer her artistic interests evolved into painting. She recently earned her MFA at Academy of Art University. Anne paints daily in her Sullivan’s Island studio surrounded by the natural elements of the island. Several of her paintings have been featured in juried exhibitions, including Xavier University...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pure Surrounding of Thought by Anne Darby Parker, Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a passion for photography. After a successful career as a photographer her artistic interests evolved into painting. She recently earned her MFA at Academy of Art University. Anne paints daily in her Sullivan’s Island studio surrounded by the natural elements of the island. Several of her paintings have been featured in juried exhibitions, including Xavier University...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study
Located in Soquel, CA
A 1960's Frida Kahlo study oil painting on laid paper by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Unframed. Ima...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Laid Paper, Oil

Early 1800's British Oil Painting Figures in Brooding Nocturnal Hilly Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Windswept Sky Attributed to Patrick Nasmyth (Scottish 1787-1831) oil on canvas laid over board, framed Framed: 14 x 17 inches painting: 11 x 14 inches Provenance: private collect...
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Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and he...
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1940s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Les Jockey & La Propietaire - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by E Grau Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated figures in landscape oil on canvas by Spanish post impressionist painter Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts a large group of jockeys and horse owners talking...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Geisha. 2003. cardboard, author's technique, 60x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Geisha. 2003. cardboard, author's technique, 60x23 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an a...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Mixed Media

Antonius Bernardus Dirckx (1878-1927) - Oil, Fishing Boats At Dawn
By Anton Dirckx
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with pierces foliate ornamentation. On canvas.
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Woman lying thoughtful on blue sheets" contemporary painting of a nude woman
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary colorful painting featuring a naked woman with a thoughtful look lying on blue sheets near a coffee table with a bouquet of flowers in a vase makes part of my ser...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Stone in the Sun" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Stone in the Sun" (2022) is an original handmade oil painting depicting a cat sitting peacefully in the sunlight shining through a window. Artist bio/sta...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland ORIGINAL ANTIQUE SCOTTISH OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: John Campbell Mitchell RSA (1865-1922) Scottish Title: “Killearn, Loch Lomond, Scotland” Medium: oil on canvas Size: 92cm x 62cm inc frame Notes: Born In Campbeltown Scotl...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛ This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938. Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Large Painting of Classic New York City in Rain with Figures by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Original Painting of a Classic 1990's Busy New York City Scene in the Rain, with Yellow Taxis, Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Motionless Warrior - Abstract painting in tones raw umber with figuration
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Horizontal, abstract oil painting on canvas in sienna, burnt umber tones with blocks of green, blue, yellow, orange and magenta, with a fantastical human head figure. This piece is p...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981. Mixed colored oil on canvas Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin Included a brown wooden...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Early 1800's Italian Oil Painting Portrait of Bearded Man Saint Peter Apostle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, early 19th century 'Portrait of a Bearded Man' - possibly Saint Peter? oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 13.5 inches board: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private col...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Painting of New York City Street after Rain with Figures, Cars by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a Contemporary New York City Scene after the Rain, with Cars and Figures, by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work to continue h...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Nils Kjellberg, The Sower, Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century post-impressionist oil painting by Swedish artist Nils Kjellberg (1871-1938) depicts a field worker sowing the land. It’s inspired by Jean-François Millet’s w...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Seaside Cottage, Maine by Nancy Franke, Impressionist Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece measures 12"H x 12"W Franke focuses on still life and figurative paintings, although she has also done some wonderful landscapes and pet portraits as well. With...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

French School Summer in La Baule6 Oil painting th century Impressionist Original
Located in Zofingen, AG
Summer in La Baule VI Sun Bathing Summer Scene: Women enjoying sunbathing in La Baule VI Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 30x30cm ■■ 11,8x11,8 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Acrylic

"Facing the world" ( contemporary figurative oil painting of a woman on canvas)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary painting called "Facing the world" depicting a woman standing back wearing a casual blouse and blue jeans makes part of my series dedicated to women. In my series ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Woman With Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Oranges. Montilla Oil on canvas. Orange, Yelow, Fuchsia Expressionist Still-Life
Located in Segovia, ES
"Oranges" oil on canvas. Expressionist colorful still life. Measurements: (H) 61 x (W) 46 x (D) 2 cm. Framed: (H) 81 x (W) 66 x (D) 4 cm Expressionist still life with ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

"The Riverbank" Charles Sprague Pearce, 1900 American Impressionist Sketch
Located in New York, NY
Charles Sprague Pearce The Riverbank, circa 1900 Signed lower left, inscribed verso Oil on canvas 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Charles Sprague Pearce made a successful career painting high...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surf Dance, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A mom and her three kids walk toward a gentle surf on a fun summer vacation. Artist John Jaster paints a vibrant heartwarming family portrait under the bright s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Dutch Winter landscape with children playing on the ice by Per Wickenberg, 1839
Located in Stockholm, SE
Per Wickenberg, was a Swedish maestro of the brush who left an indelible mark on the world despite his brief life, truncated by tuberculosis at the age of 34. A prodigy who dedicated...
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1830s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Enfants sur la Plage - Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting by Albert Aublet
By Albert Aublet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated impressionist figurative oil on canvas by French genre painter Albert Aublet. The work depicts children on a sandy beach. Some are getting undressed to go and play i...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Italian 18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Merchant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman 18th Century Venetian School oil painting on board, framed framed: 7.25 x 6 inches board: 5.25 x 4 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: sound bu...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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.

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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.

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