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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Nelumbo nucifera 3, Water lilies, Original Oil Painting, Blue, Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Oil on Wood panel - Original Oil Painting of water lilies
Work Title : Nelumbo nucifera 3
Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ewaoluwa (The Beauty of God)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Her name is Ewaoluwa (The Beauty of God). Meaning the beauty of God in Yoruba origin located in western Nigeria. God created beauty in the loveliness of his nature.
The beauty of Go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
Flore : Awakenings
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Sans titre 2022 (no title 2022)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses simple curves, and light and dark colors to draw us a beautiful and peaceful underwate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Surreal Collage: 'Six Feet Apart, Six Feet Under'
Located in New York, NY
Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanical objects and gadgets into his artwork. His work is characterized by its unique and eclectic mix of materials, which rang...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Puppy Love
By Kevin Frank
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kevin Frank is represented by George Billis Gallery. Kevin Frank statement: For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new master...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Mythological I (Faun) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Orange, Nude, Flower, Myth
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological I (Faun), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue 'Mythi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Anthropogenèse No.3 (anthropogenesis No.3)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery in ancient ocean, in which a frog is standing on the aquatic plant....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Monet Cane
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art.
With their subversive approach and intere...
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Saint Francis Oil figurative painting, Landscape, Colorful, Vibrant, Portrait
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary oil on canvas figurative painting by Iszchan Nazarian. Painting depicts figure of Saint Francis with his attributes. He is standing in a colorful landscape with animals near him. The style of artwork is faux naive. Colors used are vibrant blue, yellow, red green and orange.
ISZCHAN NAZARIAN ( born in 1946) Artist of Iranian origin. In 1947 he moved with his family to Yerevan in Armenia. After high school he entered the Academy of Fine Arts of the Artistic-Theatrical Institute of Yerevan, where he studied for three years. In 1971, he moved to Poland and began his studies at the Faculty of Painting at Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. He graduated in 1975 and 8 years later he moved to Chicago. Currently, he resides in Warm Mineral Springs (Florida) where he continues to paint in his private studio. His works were presented in the prestigious Lloyd Shin Gallery...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figure 2
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 2 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a pink-toned nude male model kneeling on a blue surface.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel, Pencil
Jeux de Lumieres
Located in Naples, FL
Laurent Parcelier was born in 1962 in France. Interested in art from an early age, Parcelier attended the Applied Arts School in Dordogne. His obvious talent soon materialized into t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pour le moment No.2
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses many kinds of colors to establish the background of the work, which may remain people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Still life , 65x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Searching Roots-6, Pen & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pratap Chandra Chakraborty - Searching Roots-6
23 x 31 inches (unframed size)
Pen & Ink on Paper 2018
( Rolled & Delivered )
Contemporary Artist with 20 years of related professional work experience, as well as portfolio of varied accomplishments, including referenced articles, exhibitions, and participations in various residences. Possess a strong sense of artistry and forward-thinking that is consistently displayed across all art pieces.
• Experiments about contemporary drawing, painting and sculpture.
• Create abstract art to be displayed in local establishments.
• Collaborate with local museum to develop and fit art installations across outside area .
Awards :
1. The Best Artist Award 2012 from annual exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
2. CIMA AWARD 2017 from CIMA ( Center of International Modern Art ) gallery Kolkata...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Coccinelle No.1 （Ladybird No.1）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery, in which a ladybird is staying on a flower. The artist uses bule and green to paint most ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
I Come Bearing Gifts 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Presenting my offering: 'I Come Bearing Gifts' – a visual tale of generosity and connection."
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Adigbo Tolulope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traver l’océan No.1
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows us a dramatic adventure of a butterfly. Butterfly seems like a vulnerable and fragile creature, but in this wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Recuerdos tumultuosos
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Franco Fasoli, born in Buenos Aires in 1981 and who also goes by the name "Jaz", currently lives in Barcelona. A stage designer and muralist, Fasoli's art is influenced both by his s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The scam
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Evolution is a premise that is intrinsically linked to human nature, and as such, Cesc Abad’s artistic evolution is an inevitable premise.
His essence as an artist has been characte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuban Contemporary Art by Carlos Sablon - Cosmopolita V
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the Cuban archipelago as artistic projects duplicated in his native country and elsewhere. First destination for the artist was Colombia. He took part at the Bienal Internacional de Arte in Bogota & also many surrounding fairs in South America. His travels will also take him to Venezuela, Spain, Scotland, Germany & England, through exhibitions and private collections. He is inspired by the fantastic school of Dali, the mythological universe of the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, or the representatives of the Latin American boom, such as the writer Gabriel García Márquez.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
People I know
Located in Lafayette, LA
Here is an original work on paper by Louisiana artist Francis X Pavy.
the work depicts imagery of people painted in Layers over Layer.
About Francis X Pavy
In the vast tapestry ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anthropogenèse No.1 （anthropogenesis No.1）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a scenery of deep ocean in ancient age. At the beginning of our world, there is nothing but ocean, which also g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Chuckles, oversize panel of abstract paint, collage images, earth tones, animals
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic, ink, collage, charcoal, wood stain, resin on panel. Figurative, landscape, abstract, animals.
Chaotic, random images w figures, nudes, snake, animal skull, bird, music scor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Untitled, Ink on Board by Modern Indian Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Untitled - 10 x 10 inches
Ink on Board, 2017
( Unframed & Delivered )
Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Pr...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Ink
Anthropogenèse No.4 (anthropogenesis No.4)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows us a chaotic world, in which we even cannot recognize if it is in the ocean or in the forest. In the center of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Tulipanes en Rojo II
Located in Southampton, NY
The perfect shape of a f red tulip is poised with grace on it's stem, in a medley of color blocks that capture the movement perfectly.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dans le foret
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery, in which a deer with branches on its head is staring at some shiny j...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
“Lost in Beautiful Thought”- oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Infinite Peace - Large Abstract Colorful Horse Contemporary Figurative Flowers
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Guardians Infinite Peace
Large Abstract Colorful Horse Contemporary Figurative Flowers
Horse in blue.
This strikingly beautiful artwork by Karnish, depicts abundance, the...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Miraculous Life, Pen & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pratap Chandra Chakraborty - The Miraculous Life
35 x 23 inches (unframed size)
Pen & Ink on Paper , 2020
Contemporary Artist with 20 years of related professional work experience, as well as portfolio of varied accomplishments, including referenced articles, exhibitions, and participations in various residences. Possess a strong sense of artistry and forward-thinking that is consistently displayed across all art pieces.
• Experiments about contemporary drawing, painting and sculpture.
• Create abstract art to be displayed in local establishments.
• Collaborate with local museum to develop and fit art installations across outside area .
Awards :
1. The Best Artist Award 2012 from annual exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
2. CIMA AWARD 2017 from CIMA ( Center of International Modern Art ) gallery Kolkata...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
'Playing with Socks', San Francisco Women's College, San Francisco Art Institute
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1978.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness, California, north of San Francisco and working from a studio in Point Reyes, Inez Storer creates mixed-media narrative paintings, collages and assemblages in naive-sophisticated style, which she describes as Magic Realism: "I am a visual raconteur. I use paint to tell stories." Most of these stories are explorations of the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old postcards, toys, photos and other random items that she often incorporates into her work. Inez Storer is also known for her prints and drawings.
Storer was born in Los Angeles to German parents who left that country in 1933 to avoid Hitler. Her father got a job in Hollywood with Billy Wilder as an art director, and her mother was an actress and dancer. Inez spent much time as a child on movie sets. She was raised a Catholic as her parents wanted no one to know her mother was Jewish and uses Catholic imagery in her work.
In 1974, she met Andrew Romanoff, a Russian artist who became her second husband. In this marriage, she became a part of Russian royalty because Andrew was the grand nephew of the Czar Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil, Acrylic
Samatha with Purple Cat Moon
Located in Lafayette, LA
This early work by Louisiana artist Francis X Pavy was made by printing multiple relief blocks on paper. Because there is only one work done it is known as a unique block print.
th...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pit Stop
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
original painting; acrylic, oil and decoupage on stretched canvas. 80 x 100 cm . 31.5 x 39.4 in. The sides are painted and it's ready to hang.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
A cosmic escapade
Located in Dubai, DU
Acrylic on paper, unframed
This artwork hints at the concept of lovers ascending into the cosmos.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Souvenir de Normandie No.2（Memories of Normandy No.2）
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery, which looks like we are watching the summer sky through the thick tree branches, and there ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
"Dreaming on the Beach" Expressionist Figurative Woman
By Linda Dumont
Located in Austin, TX
By Linda Dumont
6" x 6" - Oil on Panel
About the Artist:
Linda Dumont draws upon her childhood experiences in a vibrant and experimental art world to create extraordinary works. Wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a special imaginary scenery, in which behind some beautiful flower and plants, an eye is staring on us. Is ther...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Stepping on a field of blooming poppies , 80x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Stepping on a field of blooming poppies , 80x60cm
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Elvis Eagle Eye
Located in Lafayette, LA
Here is an original work on paper by Louisiana Artist Francis X Pavy. the Work is part of an ongoing series about the King of Rock and roll.
Elvis Presley.
the inspiration for thi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beach Series, Mixed Media on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Beach Series, 36 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Paper, 2009
( Unframed & Delivered )
Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, whi...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Rare Israeli Judaica Watercolor Painting Over Print Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who perished in the Holocaust in the Polish Auschwitz concentration camp. Naftali emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group.
From 1943 to 1946, he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Printemps (Spring)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a peaceful scenery of spring. Before we can see the spring on the land, the spring is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Nude in the Shadow original painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Original painting representing a female nude in afternoon light .
Painted on oval canvas.
Size is 65 x46 cm / 25.5 x18in
"Nude in the Shadow" was part of solo show "Nude in Inter...
Category
2010s Feminist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sans titre (no title)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy and beautiful scenery with some jellyfish and coral in deep ocean. Taking a close look, the shape of c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Two Boxing Drawings by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Three drawings of boxers by Tony Sisti. Sisti was a master draftsman. With just a few lines he captures the moment. Sisti was a professional boxer and an accomplished artist. He was ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Erotic Scene - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the second half of XIX century by an anonymous Japanese artist of XIX century,
From a collection of twelve Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", mounted under a yellow cardboard Passepartout, cm 37 x 26.8, this modern artwork of little dimensions, but of extraordinary quality represents an erotic scene between two young Japanese lovers portrayed in their intimate situation and with their sophisticated traditional costumes and hairstyle.
Without ever being vulgar or too explicit but with extreme elegance, our ancient Japanese artwork...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
MINIMAL FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
+ 5cm / 2inches of white edge
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
I can do commissioned works
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Blood Angel
Located in New York, NY
Folklore, at its core, is a way of making sense of the world around us. Through myths, legends, and traditional stories, we explore our deepest fears and desires, as well as our relationship with nature and the supernatural. The use of Balkan folklore in Matija Bobičić...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Keep it Moving
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled drop cloth
Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-scale paintings. Trained in art and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, House Paint
Blooming - Contemporary Abstract Painting Acrylics, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
acrylic and collage (painted canvas) on canvas
ANNA MASIUL-GOZDECKA
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. She studied painting at prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak`s atelier, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Circle of Jacob Ruisdael, Landscape with Riders and a Well, Flemish Art
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Ruisdael, Riders in a Landscape passing by a well
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sans titre 2019 (no title 2019)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a scenery of some plants, which is more like some corals in ocean. The interesting poi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Child Resting in Chair, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Child Resting in Chair" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Summer Breeze- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting
By Al Saralis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Al Saralis
'Summer Breeze'
110 x 80 cm
oil on canvas
Artist Al Saralis lives and works in Hampshire (United Kingdom) and, as he says, does not paint reality, but what he perceives a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
So it Goes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled drop cloth
Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-scale paintings. Trained in art and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, House Paint
Cat of Chaos
Located in New York, NY
Folklore, at its core, is a way of making sense of the world around us. Through myths, legends, and traditional stories, we explore our deepest fears and desires, as well as our relationship with nature and the supernatural. The use of Balkan folklore in Matija Bobičić...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Photobomb
By Wencke Uhl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wencke Uhl is a contemporary figurative paintress living and working in Germany.
She draws inspiration from human beauty and the female form. As a teenager Uhl wanted to become a f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paper, Acrylic
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.
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.