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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Amateur Nite - Cowboy Bill's Ramblers, The Saturday Evening Post cover, Jan
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left: Monte / Crews Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, January 11th, 1936
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Las Ratas
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Gouche on hand made paper
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Glaze

Cappers Farmer Magazine Cover, June 1933
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 12.00" x 10.00", Framed 20.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left June 1933 Cappers Farmer Magazine Cover.
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Folding Fan
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 15.00" x 13.00;" Framed 18.00" x 15.00" This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 37c Flag Folding Fan...
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1976 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 29.00" x 22.00" Signature: Faintly Signed "Marchetti" Lower Right Cover art for the companion book to the 1976 film starring Bruce Dern and Madeline Kahn.
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1970s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Radiograbadora
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Acrylic on Canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Dreaming of a Better Life
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 29" x 20" Signature: Initialed Lower Left American Artist (20th Century)
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Figurative Landscape painting -Este Castle
Located in Beijing, CN
Feng Shi, born in Shanghai in 1990, professional painter. In 2009, he studied in the painting department of the school of fine arts of Shanghai Normal University. After graduating from the University in 2013, in September of the same year, he entered the studio of Giovanni Chiapello in the painting department of l'accademia Di Belle arti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Grandma, Boy & Dog
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for exact dimensions.
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Murder Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Universal Peace, " Cosmopolitan Magazine, August 1911
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Sight Size 24.00" x 16.50;" Framed 31.75" x 24.75" "Universal Peace" by Hamilton Holt, August 1911. Cosmopolitan Magazine...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled
Located in Nuevo Leon, MX
Pintura
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Two At Rest
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 60.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Montgomery Clift and Admirers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Montgomery Clift and Admirers
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Variety
By Jeffrey Mangiat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1988 Medium: Gouache and Acrylic on Paper Dimensions: 9.50" x 26.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Image of performers in front of the word "Variety." TV Guide, April 16, 1988.
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1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Oakville's Busiest Corner
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Front of Canvas and Pencilled on Back Stretcher Possibly original magazine illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Summer Fun - Sand Wagon
Located in Washington, DC
Contemporary impressionist. New
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Study of the Violinist for Holy Motherhood, pre-raphaelite, newlyn school, Oil
Located in London, GB
Thomas Cooper Gotch 1854 – 1931 Study of Violinist for Holy Motherhood Oil on canvas, on board Image size: 28 ¾ x 21 inches 18th century frame Illustrated in "The Golden Dream, A bi...
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Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Desire 5, 2011
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Marshall Jones is a realist painter born in Atlanta Georgia, and presently working and living in New York City. From 2008 to 2015 Marshall was the recip...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Luna al Atardecer
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Original Carmen Gutierrez painting. "Luna al Atardecer", 2016. Oil, acrylic and liquid silver leaf on canvas. Signed by the artist. 17.7 x 18.5 in. image. 20.5 (height) x 21.5 x 1.6 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Very unpleasent
Located in MADRID, ES
With thoughts on 21st century humans and their future, João Cardoso concludes that technology brings tools for two extremes. Thus, technology, as a much n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Pose
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Drunk in tears
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work certificate
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

French Contemporary Drawing by Jean-Louis Salvadori - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Louis SALVADORI, né à Ulm en Allemagne, vit et travaille à Toulon (Var) Dès l’âge de 14 ans, Jean-Louis Salvadori s’exprime dans son art et découpe des personnages dans du bois à l’aide d’une scie et les colorie. Dans les années 70 il rencontre le photographe Henry Hermellin avec qui il réalise des portraits en noir et blanc dans différentes expositions communes. Salvadori troque son appareil photo à nouveau pour le pinceau. Depuis les premières expositions de photos à celles de peintures cet artiste polyvalent s’est orienté vers un travail original... Ses œuvres permettent à la suggestion de prendre une place importante. Ce poète, peintre des couleurs, sensible, imaginatif, aborde avec talent la technique mixte mariée à celle du pinceau. Ce qu’il aime surtout, ce sont les portraits, les silhouettes, teintés d’un soupçon de romantisme. Il excelle dans les mises en scène où l’on peut voir des élégantes en représentation, des musiciens créant la fête, des couples tendrement enlacés, …Salvadori n’appartient à aucune école, son talent lui est personnel. Il a comme l’un de ses personnages, « le nez dans les étoiles », et nous invite à le suivre dans son univers de l’imaginaire. EXPOSITIONS 2015 Galerie St Louis, Toulon - Exposition temporaire oeuvres récentes 2014 Exposition "La Belle de Mai" Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie Artop, Lille Galerie des Remparts, Mougins "Les singuliers de l'art, l'expo", Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie Maznel, St Valéry sur Somme 2013 Galerie Artop, Lille  Galerie St Louis, Toulon Galerie des Remparts, Mougins 2012 Galerie St Louis, Toulon Exposition personnelle Chapelle du Cercle des Arts à Corignac (Galerie Lévy) Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2011 Galerie Bourcier-Bonsaï, Oulioules Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Exposition visites des ateliers Musée de TOULON (du 22 décembre au 22 novembre 2013) Galerie Schôn (Allemagne) Galerie Lévy à Cotignac 2010 Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu Galerie des Remparts, Mougins Galerie Pernet, Château d'Oléron Galerie St Louis, Toulon Banque Barclay, Toulon Galerie Bourcier-Bonsaï, Ollioules Espace 213, Tours Grand Baz'Art, Bézu Galerie Lévy, Correns Festival Art Singulier, Brioude Galerie Art et Zen, Le Lavandou 2009 Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu Maison du Cygne, Six Fours Les Plages Richart Galery, Barcelone Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2008 1er French ARt Festival, Dubaï et Abu Dhabi Artop, Lille Villa Dracaena, La Ciotat Carré du Port, Toulon Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux 2007 Artop, Lille Galerie Elizabeth Couturier, Bourgoin Jallieu 2006 Festival d'Art Singulier, Banne 2005 Galerie St Pierre, Limoges Galerie Damon, Poitiers Galerie St Pierre, Limoges Galerie La Croisée des Arts, Albi Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Espace contemporain Marceau, Château d'Oléron La Galerie, complexe Gérard Philipe, La Garde Galerie Artop, Lille 2004 Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux (collective) Galerie Amana, Aix en provence Galerie St Louis, Toulon (collective) Galerie Gravero, Le Pradet Galerie Bœuf, Toulon (collective) Galerie Roger Betti, Toulouse Salon des Arts, Toulon Galerie Cravero, Le Pradet 2003 Galerie Robert Bœuf, Toulon Galerie Roger Betti, Toulouse Galerie Imagine? Bordeaux Espace Pernod, Marseille Travaux école maternelle Jules Ferry, Toulon Galerie SMD, Paris Galerie du Prado, Marseille Galerie Damon, Île de Ré Galerie Beaumel, Cajarc Galerie Imagine? Bordeaux Europ’Art, Genève (Galerie Imagine) Galerie Amana, AIx en Provence Galerie Bœuf (exposition personnelle) 2002 Galerie Imagine, Bordeaux Galerie La Forge...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Blood Moon Eclipse Abstract Impressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
Blood Moon Eclipse Abstract Impressionism A vibrant abstract painting in primary colors in watercolor and acrylic paint, by California-based ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Acrylic, Paper

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

"WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THE GOOD" Painting 47" x 59" inch by Masha Iv
Located in Culver City, CA
"WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THE GOOD" Painting 47" x 59" inch by Masha Iv ABOUT: Masha Iv is a Russian artist, performer and fashion designer who works in various ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Ceramic, Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4" Abstract Painting 47" x 71" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from the Faculty of Art & Education located in Zamalek Cairo, Egypt. Granting him his first appearance during 2015, in the Faculty of Art & Education exhibition at El Sawy Culture Wheel Centre located in Zamalek. Ever since, Dafrawy’s artworks have been exhibited, noticed, and recognized by collectors, artists, and curators with an early certificate of recognition from the minister of culture Emad Abu Ghazy at Lamasatt Art Gallery located in downtown, Cairo, during the same year. Born in 1982, the Egyptian artist started exploring art at an early age. At the age of 11, he won the Princess Nouf award at a drawing competition in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"Our Little Garden 2" Abstract Oil Painting 51" x 51" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Our Little Garden 2" Abstract Oil Painting 51" x 51" in by Sanjar Djabbarov ABOUT Sanjar Djabbarov was born in Gulistan, the capital of the Sirdaria Province in eastern Uzbekista...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Alternation of Spring and Winter" Oil Painting 59" x 55" in by Sanjar Djabbarov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alternation of Spring and Winter" Oil Painting 59" x 55" in by Sanjar Djabbarov ABOUT Sanjar Djabbarov was born in Gulistan, the capital of the Sirdaria Province in eastern Uzbek...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Twins" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Abstract Visage VII" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VII" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lilacs on the table in the garden" Oil cm. 140 x 125
Located in Torino, IT
Lilac, garden, flowers, violet,Ukraine Very important work Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dneprodzerzinsk and later he attended the School of Fine Arts in Kiev. 1956-62: he attended the Academy of Fine Art of Saint Petersburg. 1960: he began his activity taking part in many exhibitions in Russia and abroad. 1973: member of the Union of the Artists. 1980: exhibitions in Austria, Hungary, Japan...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Women Watch Eclipse, 2021_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Nude/Orange
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Women Watch Eclipse" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 61.5" x 62" Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

" lilac" Spring, Flowers, Violet, Pink , Impressionistcm. 70 x 64
Located in Torino, IT
Lilac,Spring,Flowers,Violet,Pink,Russia,impressionist Published in a monographic catalogue Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born ...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

AYAKAMAY Mad Supper painting
By Ayakamay
Located in NEW YORK, NY
AYAKAMAY, "Mad Supper," 2013: The work of the late New York based artist, AYAKAMAY (1985-2019), combines reality with fantastically constructed traditional Japanese cultural aesthetics to create a dialogue between contemporary American urban identity and femininity. Medium: Acrylic & Spray Paint on Canvas. Dimensions: 36 x 48 x 1 inches. Very good overall condition. Unique. Signed & titled on the verso in black marker. Provenance: Ideal Glass Studios New York. Ayakamay (1985-2019) Biography: Born in 1985 in Tennessee, Ayakamay’s family moved several times in the US due to her father’s job and also traveled back and forth to Japan where the family decided to settle down when she was ten. Having been raised in an American lifestyle, the shift to Japan was especially confusing and overwhelming. As she was being forcibly shoved into a cultural mold that did not fit, she sought solace in art. Eventually Ayakamay’s parents decided art was a negative distraction and took away her art supplies. This led to the darkest period in her life, but served as an impetus for her to find new ways of expression via photography. At nineteen, Ayakamay headed for New York City and prior to her tragic passing in 2019, exhibited & performed with great consistency in both New York & Tokyo while being featured in publications such as, I-D magazine, Hyperallergic, The New York Times & Artnet News. Related Categories: Pop Art, Tokyo Artists, Comic/Cartoon, Japan, Contemporary Pop, Japanese Manga...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Sunflowers"summer, yellow, oil cm. 115 x 105
Located in Torino, IT
Sunflowers, summer, yellow, van gogh,Ukraine Offer Free Shipping Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina....
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Out Far and in Deep - large, emotive, abstract figurative, oil, acrylic, canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This haunting abstract portrait of several figures in muted earthy colours is by Fiona Ackerman. Under a gray-blue sky, a central figure, an older man stands on the earth as fragment...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Oil

"Self Portrait II" Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Self Portrait II" Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ARTIST BIO: Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ARTIST BIO: Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Woman by The Lake - Late 19th Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous 19th Century figurative landscape of a woman by a lake looking wistfully at boaters by J. Glover (American, 19th Century), c.1870's. Signed lower left "J. Glover." Unframed....
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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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, Board, Watercolor

MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED WATERCOLOUR- Figure On Cloudy Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Watercolour Beach Scene" signed by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 7.5 x 10.75 inches A delightful original oil painting ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

River Seine Banks by René THOMSEN
Located in Pasadena, CA
THOMSEN René Born in Paris in 1897 and died in 1976 in Paris. 20th century. French. Painter of figures, nudes, portraits, landscape, still life, flowers. Pupil of Louis ...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel William Henry Williamson was a gifted, London painter of coastal scenes, ...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Capitola, California, 1950s Framed California Seascape Marine Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Capitola (California) is an oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) circa 1955. Marine seascape painting with crashing waves and buildings along the coast painted in shad...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Still Life - 1950s - Pio Semeghini - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame. In excellent conditions. References: - Catalogo della mostra di Pio Semeghini...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood

Mid Century Figurative Study of Pair
By Joseph Capozio
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling figurative study in gouache and pencil by Joesph Capozio (American, 1928-2016). Estate stamp lower right corner with bio on verso. Presented in mahogany wood frame. Framed size: 19"H x 17"W. Capozio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927. After serving in World War II, he attended art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Siesta Key...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pencil, Gouache

Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - In November
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pierrot et Monocole - Impressionist Oil, Portrait by Armand Francois Henrion
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful signed impressionist oil on panel circa 1910 by French painter Armand Francois Henrion. The work depicts a portrait of a mischievous Pierrot - a French clown - wearing white ruffles, a yellow hat and a monocle. The yellow of the hat is contrasted against the grey background. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Unframed: 11"x8.5" This painting is nit currently framed but a suitable frame can be sourced if required Provenance: Private French collection Armand François Joseph Henrion...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Reels" acrylic on canvas Dark Academia retro tech reel to reel grey black white
Located in Hamburg, HH
A painting by Amanda Andersen from a larger body of work created in the early 2010s which explored vintage technologies and materials including VHS cassette tape, reel-to-reel tape machines...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Horse and Rider
Located in Seoul, SO
Richard Hambleton Horse and Rider , 2017 Acrylic and gold paint on on the verso of another painted canvas by unknown artist (with depictions of JZ and Jazz) 58 × 35 4/5 in 147.3 × 91...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Gray partridge hunting trophy
Located in PARIS, FR
Antoine VOLLON (Lyon, 1833 – Paris, 1900) Gray partridge hunting trophy Oil on canvas Signed and dated indistinctly lower left 35 x 25 cm A student of the engraver CHARASSE then o...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Boy in a squero in Venice
Located in Roma, RM
Domenico Bresolin (Padua 1813 - Venice 1890), Boy in a squero in Venice Oil on canvas applied to cardboard 27 x 16 cm initialed (DB) lower left. Publications D. Ritter, Venedig in...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Winter Morning Light, Mark Stopforth, Landscape Art, Abstract Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Mark Stopforth “winter morning light” (60x90cm unframed) Minimalist work based upon a memory and evocation of a moorland seen first thing on a Winter’s ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Oil

Bouquet of Peonies with blue background
Located in New York, NY
This painting is in excellent condition with no cracks in the paint, it is not relined and the canvas has been cleaned and in excellent condition. It also has a new 23 K. gold leaf ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

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.

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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