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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Photobomb
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Paper, Acrylic

Battle Mallet
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...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Circle of David Teniers, Landscape with Peasants by an Inn and a River, Dutch
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Teniers, Peasants in a Landscape passing by a river and an Inn.
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache Estate of Samuel Esses Beautifully framed Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more tha...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Ring Three" Abstracted Caryatid Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstracted figurative of Caryatids titled "Ring Three" by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed, titled, and dated "Warner 1970" on verso. Displayed in rustic wood ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

Knocking Knees
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Found Objects, House Paint

'Toreador', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919); additionally signed, verso, dated 1998, titled 'Toreador', with artist information. A dramatic figural study of a proud, young toreador shown seated, wearing an embroidered vest and gazing directly towards the viewer. Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104. Speaking of himself, the artist says: "I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Les Yeux Bleus
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on silent on fabric Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Mixed Media

Maggie LaPorte Banks. From the Cape , February.
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie LaPorte Banks. From the Cape , February. [2023] original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframe...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Girl with a Bird
Located in Austin, TX
By Jean Raffy Le Persan 21.25" x 14.5"   Oil on Canvas
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Maia Kvatchadze - Pearles
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas Maia Kvatchadze is a Georgian artist born in 1981 who lives and works in Batumi, Georgia. She is a self-taught artis...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Maia Kvatchadze - Girl With Pink Hat
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas Maia Kvatchadze is a Georgian artist born in 1981 who lives and works in Batumi, Georgia. She is a self-taught artis...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

“Wet”- 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...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pastel Constructivist Forms, Soft Tones Geometric Painting, Blue, Pink, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pastel Constructivist Forms" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. This series focuses on geometric patterns and combinations of...
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2010s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Steamships
Located in Lawrence, NY
We fell in love with this highly atmospheric, nearly abstract image of steamships, c. 1900, by American impressionist painter Frederic Usher Devoll. You c...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Impressionist Antique American Oil Painting Philadelphia Female Artist 1918
Located in Buffalo, NY
A stunning impressionist oil painting by listed female artist Clara Elizabeth Sackett.
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Israeli Judaica Rabbi Expressionist Gouachel Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
size includes frame Adolf Adler 1917 - 1996 Adolf Adi Adler was born in Romania in 1917. Attended the Art College of Kluj Romania in 1950. (in Satu Mare, original home city of the Satmar Hasidic group). In 1963, Adler was chief among a group of well known artists who immigrated to Israel. He was awarded the Nordau prize in 1978. He works have been auctioned at Sloan's Auction House in Maryland and Karrenbauer Auction House in Germany and today are represented in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. In 1984, a retrospective of his work was held in Rishon Le Zion. He died in 1996. Awards and Prizes 1993 Mordecai Ish-Shalom Prize, Artists House...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Neoclassical Head in profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Neoclassical Head in profile Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1950 Signed and dated lower left in ink (see photo) Provenance: Washington, D.C. priva...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Sunrise Pines, Origingal Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Sunrise Pines" by Tracy Wall (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is framed and ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Nelumbo nucifera 2 - Original Oil Painting, Water lilies, blue, France
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Oil Painting on Wood panel - Water lilies, Nature Work Title : Nelumbo nucifera 2 Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in 1974, lives and works in France and Berlin (Germany)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Outsider Artist Surrealist Figurative Eye
Located in Buffalo, NY
Figurative eye by outsider artist Phillip Q.
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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

Play it Again
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Occasionally There Would Be One - Intimate Painting of a Couple, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil w Tiffany Blue Background
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted Tiffany Blue background, black abstract portrait. Here you ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic, Board

The Thunders ( subject : dance dancers)
Located in Lafayette, LA
This small painting by Francis X Pavy depicts the feet of dancers. Louisiana has a strong dancing tradition, and PAVY regularly uses images of dancers. Other images included in this ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - A Man Brushing up the Sky
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Musashino Art University (MAU) in Tokyo in 2004 and from the Eco...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Naked" Oil Painting 35" x 27" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Naked" Oil Painting 35" x 27" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic designer. But the area of her occupat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Summer Breeze II- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Al Saralis 'Summer Breeze' 100 x 100 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - A Cat Bringing Night
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gouache, japanese mineral pigment on panelled linen Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She gr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic, Gouache

Portrait of a French Woman Oil Painting Hungarian Master A. Biro French Beauty
Located in Surfside, FL
Canvas measures 25" X 19" inches without the frame. Born in Nagykaroly, Hungary in 1911 (Transylvania, in 1919 it became Carei, Romania). His parents came from the gentry and trade...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on sketchbook cover Estate of Sam Esses Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than on...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Japanese Art - Ring-A-Ring O’ Roses, The Circle Goes Around
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & acrylic on canvas Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Musashino Art University (MAU) in Tokyo in 2004 and fr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Goat 09. Figurative Oil Painting, Colorful, Pop art, Animals, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Rafal Gadowski. Painting in pop art style depicting one goat standing on a mountain edge. The background is geometric ...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

harlequin and dove oil on canvas painting surrealism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bartolomé Liarte (1933) - Harlequin and dove - Oil on canvas Oil measures 81x65 cm. Frame measures 108x92 cm. Bartolomé Liarte Aparicio is a Spanish postwar and contemporary artist....
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - The Milky Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gouache on panelled linen Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Musashino Art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Gouache

Midday nap- 21st century painting of a girl in a red dress on a blue sofa
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Midday Nap' 60 x 80 cm ( Frame is included in price, size framed in a black frame form the pictures is: Oil on linen, framed Painted after life, the artist always ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

KING CHARLES’ BIRTHDAY AT HORSE GUARDS PARADE, LONDON
Located in Deddington, GB
original Watercolour Image size: H:25 cm x W:41 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:41 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Painted at the barriers during the celebration of King Charles' Birthday in June 2023
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Printemps
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
A beautiful woman sits at an open window, gazing down at a small bird who has landed nearby in this serene portrait by Charles Levier. Warm orange tones are played off their complements in shades of blue, the artist utilizing several different layers of oils to create a subtle and relaxed view of a spring day near the sea. Beyond the window a small chapel sits on a peninsula, surrounded tranquil blue waters. This work, like many of Levier's, belongs to the French figurative movement of the Glorious Thirty (Les Trente Glorieuses) - the golden period of thirty years after WWII which were a time of great hope and prosperity in France. Inspired by Hollywood cinema, Charles Levier sought harmony in composition and purity of color and form. His said that his creations represented "a light and delicate world, of dark and subtle shades and colors." Levier worked in a somewhat abstracted, cubist style. Additionally he often employed the French technique of "cloisonnism" (after the French for "partition"), a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours, also seen in this work. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants, in March 1888 and was commonly used by artists like Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, Paul...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France Reference number FJ55 Framed with a natural oak floated frame. 24,5 x 29 cm frame included (19 x 23 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. It is signed in the bottom right. Françoise Juvin (1927-2010) is a French artist born in Nancy. She entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1941 where she met several artists such as Jacques Truphémus...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figure - Oil Painting - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figure" is an original drawing with oil painting on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Sheet dimension: 22 x 16 cm. ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Comeals in Istanbul, oil on paper by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Comeals in Istanbul, Turkey Reference number FJ148 Framed with a nice gold and silver wood frame with an aging effect. 30,5 x 36,5 c...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Hungarian Gilt Oil Painting on Board Modern Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
From a collection by a long time Miami Beach art dealer on the old Lincoln Rd. This is a piece he brought back from hungary. from a collection of good Hungarian artists and Illustrat...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Misty Morning At The Cape By Maggie LaPorte Banks
Located in Deddington, GB
original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:45 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:60 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:48 cm x W:63 cm x D:5cm Sold Framed Please note...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Night arrival. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Fields of Vision
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Ice And Water
Located in Greenwich, CT
Against a backdrop of blue, white, and dark gray vertical strokes suggesting a waterfall, a vibrant blue silhouette of a nude woman takes center stage. With her arms bent behind her ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Rhapsody
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Art is and has always been at the very center of my life. In creating I find communication and connection with others that surpasses any barrier or boundary. Through imagery, I can c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sun Kiss Ocean - water study realism seascape original modern oil painting photo
Located in London, Chelsea
This realist fractal study by Leavon Bowman involves an influence of the vibrant Caribbean landscape and an appreciation for the dynamic flow of nature. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Break Free
Located in Singapore, SG
Our wishes, aspirations and the urge for freedom does not always come from within us. Consciously or unconsciously we are bound with others. Our friends, relatives and family usually...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

The Last Sunset, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Last Sunset" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mediterranean Landcape, oil painting on canvas by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Mediterranean Landscape Reference number FJ28 Framed with a natural oak floated frame. 23,5 x 34 cm frame included (18 x 26 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a canvas. It is signed in the bottom right. Françoise Juvin (1927-2010) is a French artist born in Nancy. She entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1941 where she met several artists such as Jacques Truphémus...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Main color is yellow balanced with red...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Henri Pailler - Snow in Triel sur Seine
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Henri PAILLER (Poitiers 1876 - Triel-sur-Seine 1954) Snow in Triel sur Seine Oil on canvas H. 54 cm; L. 73 cm Signed lower left Provenance: Private collection, Vienne A native of Poitiers in Vienne, Henri Pailler shows serious drawing skills. Noticed by Edmond Petitjean, the young man was sent to Paris to complete his training at the Beaux-Arts under the aegis of the great Léon Bonnat. First of all accustomed to a style and a very academic palette, the young painter quickly branched off from this classical art which he hardly liked. From the beginning of the century he moved towards Impressionism which he deployed within the Crozant school thanks to his meeting with Armand Guillaumin who took him to paint on the motif in 1901. Residing in Poitiers until the At the dawn of the great conflict of 1914, Pailler sent to the Salon many landscapes of the Creuse where the liveliness of colors was more and more felt. It is precisely following the meeting with Dufy and Marquet that a fawn side appears in his compositions, but after a few years he instinctively returns to his love for impressionism by keeping a generous amount of hues on his palette. On his return from the war, Henri Pailler joined Roubaix where he was appointed workshop professor at the School of Industrial Arts. On his retirement he will settle on the banks of the Seine in Triel-sur-Seine, of which he will realize many views with the talent and the colors so appreciated by this painter considered to be one of the greats of Crozant. Throughout his career, Pailler will travel through France and regularly in Périgord, from which he will bring back many works by Bourdeilles mainly but also Brantôme. From the 1920s, the painter will present views of Triel-sur-Seine in the Yvelines in various salons. This town, whose church with its distinctive silhouette will be the playground for Pailler's easel until his death. Our painting undoubtedly made in the 1920s is a striking winter image...
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1920s French School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Logos, Ethos
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: Logos, Ethos Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" x 1.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Pr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, 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.

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