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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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A couple in sepia - Figurative Gouache Painting, Double Portrait, Textured
By Agata Stomma
Located in Warsaw, PL
AGATA STOMMA
She studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Gda?sk and in Warsaw (1975-1981). After graduation she worked as an animator of animated films and made illustrations for bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Straining to Hear
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Chief
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Chief," 2019. Enamel on panel, sign painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Piazza del Popolo, Rome - Oil on Cardboard - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Piazza del Popolo, Rome is an original painting realized in the half of XX century by Alessandro Battaglia.
Mixed colored oil painting on cardboard.
Hand signed on the lower right...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Figure on Sandy Beach Boat & Dog, French Expressionist Original Painting
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002)
watercolour/ gouache painting
size: 7.5 x 11 inches
Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ Frenc...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
"Beauty", Large Mixed Medium, India Ink and Coffee Grounds on Deckle BFK Paper
By Chris Lujan
Located in Detroit, MI
This large mixed medium painting in india ink and coffee grounds on heavyweight deckle BFK print paper, "Beauty", depicts an nude woman standing. With impressionistic strokes the observer can only glimpse her outline in browns, leaving the finer details to the imagination, giving the work a ghostly air of a faded memory. Signed by artist lower right.
"Capturing movement is everything to me in my work. It exists in the way the brush moves and the hand bends bringing action and life to the surface it is connecting to. The work itself can then exist as a history, and bring forth evidence of time as the essential force within the artwork.
In today’s contemporary world, there are many ways to define art. That is why it is impotent that you, the viewer, understand why I create and what art means to me. For me, art is so much more than an image of an object, an advertisement or a statement. Art is in its nature the undeniable evidence of our own humanity and existence. It connects us, to each other and to our past. Speaking to the parts of us we never will fully understand, our emotions, are spirituality and are mortality.
As an artist; I need to speak to these feelings and questions. Using mark-making and gestures as a guide, I search, letting go of control as the moment breathes life into the creation of my work. Through the boundary of line, I give shape to the image. Conveying an overall balance between the moment of creation and the structure of the figure. Though this practice, I strive to provoke a universal connection to the work. One that speaks to humanity's emotional understanding of empathy, curiosity, sorrow and joy." - Chris Lujan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Coffee, Paint, Paper, Ink
Michael - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peaches. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bright colorful Still Life with peaches and man, on the background beautiful sunny landscape with blue sky and mountains
Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso.
Works of artistic stone
He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy.
Nugzar's color preferences
The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life.
Source of inspiration
Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties.
Working style
But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality.
Exhibitions
Nugzar Kakhiani...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Freedom II - Ocean Inspired Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and Italian classicism, Italian artist Giuseppe Beddru’s bold outlines, dynamic brushstrokes and contrasting use of color make his work visually e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Woman With Baskets - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Woman With Baskets is an original painting artwork in mixed media -ink, tempera and watercolor- realized by Sergio Barletta in 1995.
Hand-signed and...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
Mariana Regina
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The immensely popular Mariana Regina includes a fabric collar with an antique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Seduction Series" O2JH , Abstract, Figurative Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Bouquet with Mountebank, Modern Painting by Benjamin Benno 1934
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original oil painting on paper by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 25 x 19.25 inches. Framed to 28.5 x 25 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputat...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Peace Doves in Vineyard, Springtime Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical portrayal of five white doves surrounded by flowers and clusters of grapes in a dreamy, colorful vineyard garden setting by Mohammad Hourian (Iranian/American, 1955-2014)...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Board, Other Medium, Acrylic, Plaster
Evanescenza Titanica, 2015
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'On the Wire' Acrylic and Alkyd on Canvas by Paul Micich
By Paul Micich
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This acrylic and alkyd canvas painting by Paul Micich features a large ethereal clown figure in white against a blue sky balancing a paper airplane on the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Alkyd, Canvas
"Vaca", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Vaca" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with yellow and blue graffiti in the background.
About the ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Farmer with Cows' original Regionalist painting on board Midwestern landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This early work by American artist Sylvia Spicuzza is an excellent example of Regionalism: in the foreground, a farmer in blue stands before a herd of cattle. Beyond the fence of the...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Et La Lumiere Fut
Located in Paris, IDF
Josette Dubost is a French artist born in 1936 who lives & works in Solliès-Pont, France.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''In de Garden'' Cosy Dutch Painting of a Crate with Hydrangeas, Flowers
Located in Utrecht, NL
The relaxed atmosphere is characteristic of the oil paintings by Dutch artist Laetitia de Haas (1948). Her work radiates a distinction and tranquilit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Signed Oil - Elegant Courtship Figures Chasing a Butterfly with Net
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Mariano Alonzo-Perez (1857-1930) Spanish, signed and inscribed.
Title: La Chasse aux Papillons
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: painting: 23.5 x 12 inc...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resume Safe Speed, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959
By Thornton Utz
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 30, 1959.
The Post described, “It is so refreshing to get away from...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ideas, 2007
By Rostom
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting size is 18x18 in. and had a nice silver framed. signed lower right Rostom 07. This painting is published in Lifetime memories Rostom book page 162. Rostom Estate certif...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Erotic motives. 3.pcs., paper, mixed media, 12, 6x4, 3 cm, 6, 1x3, 2 cm, 6, 9x3, 2 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Erotic motives. 3.pcs., paper, mixed media, 12,6x4,3 cm, 6,1x3,2 cm, 6,9x3,2 cm
small three drawings with erotic motives
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media
Femme VIII, 2015
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in 1951, Eishin Yoza was largely inspired by the 1970s growing up. The art sphere of the 1970s was epitomized by a desire to evolve and strengthen its...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Pair of English Impressionist Horse and Buggy scenes with drivers
Located in Woodbury, CT
When Johnny left school, there were many interests which ran alongside his career at the time in the City of London as an Aviation Insurance Broker at Lloyds – writing music, playing with a band, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it wasn’t long before the Arts beckoned and at twenty six he won a place at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence where he moved in 1972.
A year later, moving near Lake Trasimeno, he continued his studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Perugia. Again on the move, he travelled to Pietrasanta near Carrara with some sculptors and stayed on this coast for nearly a year before moving eventually to Grimaldi, just inside Italy – a small medieval village about three hundred yards from the Italian /French frontier close to Monte Carlo.
Here he began a series of backstage paintings – at the Opera and Orchestra rehearsals, fashion shows, at the Circus, Jazz and Cabaret – exhibiting regularly along the coast in Monaco, Nice, Cannes and Antibes.
In 1984, circumstances changed and it was necessary to return to England – where a chance invitation to the races triggered a whole new series ‘At the Races’ which in time produced a wider series entitled ‘The British Sporting Year’ of Polo, The Henley Regatta, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Bowls, Cricket, Golf – even Jousting at Hever Castle...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Signed French Impressionist Oil - Vintage Parisian City Street scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Patrice Landauer (French b. 1965), signed lower right.
Title: Vintage Street scene in Paris showing la Place de la Concorde.
Med...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Uma 1, Acrylic on Canvas, Black, Yellow Colours by Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gouranga Beshai - Uma-1 - 24 x 30 inches ( unframed size )
Acrylic on Canvas
** Shipped in roll form.
Style : Drawing inspiration from Hemen Mazumdar, Gouranga too has fashioned man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dansaekhwa abstract painting by established Korean artist Hyun Ae Kang "Pray XI"
By Hyun Ae Kang
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Hyun combines traditional Korean painting with Western abstract imagery using natural materials to create innovate mixed-media works that are rich in both color and texture.
Hyun Ae...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Oil
Dylan In Blue
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Bob Dylan
Hand worked,
Unframed
Editioned series
Original pop art by contemporary artist Zane Fix addressing modern subjects that are executed in the traditional Japanese woodblock ...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roller Blades
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005).
Childhood
Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics.
When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila, and other art pieces that not only served as a source of income, but more importantly, led him to deepen his figurative expression.
In 1985, he started drawing comic sets for a renowned newspaper El Diario de Caracas, alongside Jorge Blanco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Soulsister
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internationally acclaimed artist Martina Niederhauser presents a new collection that offers fresh perspectives on women, delving into the realms of emotion, beauty, identity, and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
From Line to Line life Disappear - Acrylic Painting Blue Green Red Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"From Line to Line life Disappear" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi.
Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright an...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seated Woman - Original oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Bengt Lindström
Seated woman
Original oil painting
Unsigned
On paper applied on wood panel 107 x 77 cm (c. 42 x 31 in)
Presented in black wood frame 123 x 93 cm (c. 49 x 37 in)
Ver...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother, Acrylic on Canvas, White, Grey Colours by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sudipta Kundu - Mother
Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American Realist still life of Pink and Yellow Roses
Located in Woodbury, CT
American Painter of flowers and garden scenes.
Many of her works are in public collections.
“It’s interesting where you go in a 45-year art career. I look back now and see that I ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Small Christ 2 - 21st Century, Figurative Art, Blue, Contemporary, Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 2, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Prince of Wales on Forest Witch" c1921 by Sir Alfred Munnings (SIGNED)
Located in Bristol, CT
w/ blind stamp lower left: Fine Art Trade Guild
Copyright, The Modern Art Society (England) Ltd and The Field Press Ltd
Entered in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1921
I...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Cream of Wheat Advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, May 5, 1920
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original Cream Of Wheat Advertisement Illustration for Saturday Evening Post's May 5th issue, 1920.
Oil on canvas. Ex: Kraft Food Collection / Mort...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raju Sarkar - Untitled
Watercolour on Paper, 10 inches (Dia)
(Shipment in a roll form)
Raju Sarkar is a resident of Kolkata. He completed his BVA (painting) with a first class from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raju Sarkar - Untitled
Watercolour on Paper, 10 inches (Dia)
(Shipment in a roll form)
Raju Sarkar is a resident of Kolkata. He completed his BVA (painting) with a first class from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Before a tall grass - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Paris Light" Abstract Figure w Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Elemental 2
By Behzad Tabar
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
32- Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
January 27, 1934 Liberty Magazine Cover
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boatyard Lift (Photo-realist Oil Painting of a Red & Yellow Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a crimson red and yellow industrial boatyard lift against a bright sky blue background
47 x 31 x 2 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed verso, "Joseph E. Richards"
Hangs with wire installed on the back
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 2001. The artist painted this piece when he was 71 years old during a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, industrial cranes. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richards was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The red and yellow crane, painted with extreme detail and focus, vividly contrasts against a bright blue sky. Areas of brown rust, attesting to the machine's power and longevity, are captured with immaculate precision.
Since the painting has a very smooth surface, one could easily mistake this painting with a photograph. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with pre-installed wire. The artist's signature is located on the back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength.
Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland.
Resume:
Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Innocent-9, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue, White by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Manish Upadhyay - Innocent-8
Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Upadhyay titles most of his paintings as “Innocent”. He is preoccupied in most of his w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunset over the Sea, French Expressionist Original Painting
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002)
watercolour/gouache
size: 7.75 x 11 inches
Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French painter...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
The Play XI - Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Seascape, Water
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Gloves - Acrylic Painting Red Pink Green White Blue Brown Black Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"Red Gloves" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Florence Metge.
Two men wait in a space bathed in muted light, at the end of the day or artific...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Red Umbrella" - Contemporary Impressionist Woman Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful portrait of a young lady in motion, umbrella in hand, with sure brushstrokes and wonderful mastery of color.
Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Blue Cat’s Cradle” Modern Abstract Blue Mixed Media Female Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large abstract blue-toned figurative portrait that depicts a woman and with string looped around her fingers also recognized as one of the oldest games in human history: Cat's Cradle...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Self Portrait En Plein Air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of the artist, Tina Orsolic Dalessio. She is a beautiful, modern day woman with a keen resemblance to Audrey Hepburn. She wears a straw hat, to keep the sun out of her f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Artist's Dream - Nude Figure on Beach, Surreal Self-Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist dreaming on a beach with his palette, with a group of figures in the distance by Bay Area artist Mich...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled. Acrylic on canvas painting by Sadamasa Motonaga executed in 1984
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011)
Untitled
Executed in 1984
Acrylic on canvas
33.6 x 24.6 cm (13 ¹/₄ x 9 ¹¹/₁₆ in) not considering the frame
Signed an...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Machiavellian Browser
Located in New Orleans, LA
Machiavellian Browser depicts a screenshot of some issues black men face in the 21st century. Machiavellianism in psychology refers to a personality trait that sees a person so focus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Chairman Mao’s Long Journey” Amsterdam.
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Unique.
Monotype on canvas. 1/1 ex.
Signed,titled and dated at the verso.
Artwork size: 102 × 85 cm.
Frame size: 117 × 100 x 5 cm.
Acquired directly from the artist.
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Monotype
ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC PAINTING - ABSTRACT EYE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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