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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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View of Paris with buildings, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - View of Paris with buildings Reference number FJ74 Framed with a natural oak floated frame. 32,5 x 41 cm frame included (28x 37 cm without frame) This work is paint...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reality
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting 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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Artists Studio Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract figurative painting by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 30"H x 24"W. Doris Warner first achieved recognit...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

What Would You Do if You Only Had One Day #3- butterfly contemporary realism
Located in London, Chelsea
This original painting by Mandii Pope takes a unique painterly approach to the butterfly motif. Pope here contrasts the traditional painterly portrayal of the butterfly against a mod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Get Up, Stand Up
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: Get Up, Stand Up Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" Signature: Signe...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Swimmers" Vibrant Expressionist Figurative Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Pep Suari 14.75" x 40" Acrylic on Board
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Break Through by Alison Gilbert, Urban art, Abstract painting, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting came about when I had just experienced a significant breakthrough in my work process. The bold splash of black seems like it is breaking through and has burst forth wit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Autobahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

BLUE REY
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood. On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning. With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor. Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

Unstoppable
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Unstoppable" is a mesmerizing artwork that immediately captivates the viewer's attention. The central focus of the piece is a woman with her hair beautifully woven and elegantly pac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Pump Room Cheltenham Spa", Urban Impressionist Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This impressionist urban landscape by Anthony Klitz depicts the Pump Room Spa in Cheltenham, England in his characteristically unique impressionist style...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Abstract Figurative Portrait by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figurative Pink Mixed Media Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Unique Painting with a certificate of authenticity. Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Stretcher Bars, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas

Futurist and cubist work "The Legacy of Futurism" by iconic artist Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A new work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, where he established a signature style on the shoulders of Futurism and Cubism,...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Easter Baby, Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study Easter Sunday Baby
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

CORN DANCE
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood. On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning. With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor. Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Canvas

OTHERWISE
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood. On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning. With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor. Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

Landscape, Village in French Provence, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Village in French Provence Reference number FJ19 Framed with a natural oak floated frame. 24 x 32 cm frame included (18 x 26 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

Materials

Oil

The end of summer
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Watercolor on paper, it comes framed in a white passe-partout.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Kate (Haute Couture 1) , Celebrity Portrait Art, Pop Art, Fashion Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Agent X has created a bright and brilliant mash-up of iconic Pop Art aesthetics and digital collage techniques. Agent X intercuts Pop art imagery with panels of poppy pattern, colour...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Digital

"Incomplete Solar System" Painting 55" x 79" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Incomplete Solar System" Painting 55" x 79" inch by Gosha Ostretsov Acrylic & enamel on canvas Born in 1967, in Moscow Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and wo...
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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

The Port of Grau Du Roi
Located in London, GB
'The Port of Grau Du Roi', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). Le Grau-du-Roi was a fishing village but now is a resort on the French Mediterranean coast, between the histor...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LIFT THE SOUL
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood. On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning. With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor. Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
Robin Winters (American, born 1950), Untitled (Red Face) from "Cherry Block Series" 1986, monotype, pencil signed and dated lower right, plate: 6"h x 8.5"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 18.25"w. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, San Francisco. Winters was invited to make monotypes at Experimental Workshop in San Francisco, (they printed Richard Bosman, Sam Francis, Claire Falkenstein, Deborah Oropallo and Kenneth Noland and many more greats). Winters chose to paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic quality of the natural material. He exploited a salient characteristic of the monoprint in Ghost Story by adding new painted elements onto the increasingly faint ghost images that result from successive impressions from a single block. In so doing he achieved the effect of transparent layers of color and shadow imagery. Winters's brightly-colored monotypes portray an array of figures and landscapes (and an occasional still-life) that, although can be seen in the context of a general trend away from abstraction that has marked the 1980s, defy strict stylistic categorization. They are neither realistic nor abstract, psychological self-examinations nor narrative fictions, but they contain elements of all of these approaches. Like Jonathan Borofsky, Winters derives much of his subject matter from dreams, believing that through his private fears and obsessions he can touch similar emotions in others. Although at first glance Winters's images look as if they could have been made by a child, closer attention reveals sly art historical references to Jackson Pollock and Pattern Painting (the drip and splatter backgrounds), Mark Rothko (the three-part horizontal compositions) and Minimalism (the gridded Cherry Block Series: Bread Beat). Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual, multi-disciplinary, artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. Winters first emerged in the burgeoning Soho NYC art scene of the 1970s. An early practitioner of the Relational Aesthetics (social interaction as an art medium) Winters also created in works through sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and prints. His art maintains a whimsical spirit, and he often returns to ongoing themes involving faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and jesters or fools. Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Winters was born in Benicia, California in 1950 to lawyer parents. As a child his hobby was collecting glass bottles found on the beach and under old buildings, which would later influence him as an artist. In 1968, Winters had his first durational performance, entitled Norman Thomas Travelling Museum. The artist drove a Volkswagen bus decorated in collage, many of the images relating to current events and politics. Inside was what the artist described as a “reliquary” containing many objects, including a bottle collection. Winters took the van to shopping centers and even as far as Mexico. That same year, Winters opted not to register for the military draft. Although he was deemed fit to serve, Winters refused. In 1975 the resulting legal proceedings finally came to a close after it was proven that the artist had been harassed by the local draft board. In his teens and early twenties, Winters became acquainted with several local artists who helped shape his aesthetic, most notably Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson. By the early 1970s, Winters was studying at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and had relocated to San Francisco. At this time Winters became friends with the Bay Area conceptual artists Terry Fox and Howard Fried, and participated in several of Fried's performance works. In 1972 Winters was accepted into the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City. After coming to New York City, Winters helped support himself by working for various artists, among them the performance artist Joan Jonas and sculptor Donald Judd. In 1974, Winters performed The Secret Life of Bob-E or Bob-E Behind the Veil eight hours a day, five days a week for a month in his studio apartment. Behind a one-way mirror the audience could watch Winters play the character of Bob-E, whose goal was to make a monument for everyone in the world in the form of blue and yellow rubber top hats. By the end of the month the artist had constructed 262 hats. The following year, Winters was invited to take part in the Whitney Museum's 1975 Biennial Exhibition. Entitled W.B. Bearman Bags a Job or Diary of a Dreamer. Winters was traveling in 1975 and 1976, spending time in North Africa and in Europe. At a time when most young American artists were unaware of their European counterparts, Winters met and was influenced by such artists as Sigmar Polke and Marcel Broodthaers (with whom Winters worked on an installation) and also had a one-person exhibition, at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. Returning to New York in 1976, Winters teamed up with a group of artists to form Collaborative Projects (Colab), a rather anarchistic organization dedicated to artistic collaboration and the creation of art that questioned social values.. Also in 1976, Winters formed the partnership “X&Y” with fellow artist Coleen Fitzgibbon that would last two years. Together they performed a series of shows in the Netherlands, most notably a show entitled Take the Money and Run. Performed at De Appel in Amsterdam, the show involved the artists robbing their audience. The following day the audience was given an apology, as well as the opportunity to retrieve any valuables and participate in a lottery to win the artists’ services. They also made a Super 8 film in NY called Rich-Poor, in which they asked people on the streets their thoughts on the rich and poor. In 1980 Winters participated in The Real Estate Show and in Absurdities at ABC No Rio. That same year he and artists Peter Fend, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Peter Nadin, Jenny Holzer, and Richard Prince also formed The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters. This short-lived collective was based out of an office on lower Broadway and offered “Practical Esthetic Services Adaptable to Client Situation”, as stated on their business card. Their goal was to offer their art as “socially helpful work for hire”. In June of that year Winters participated in The Times Square Show, Colab's most well-known exhibition. The month-long show took place in a four floor building on West 41st Street and was densely packed with art. To cap off a busy year, Winters also became one of the first artists to join the Mary Boone Gallery, showing a successful solo exhibition in 1981. His work was shown in the New York/New Wave show in 1981 at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberta Bayley, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Peter Fend, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elaine Mayes, Frank Moore, Kenny Scharf and others. In 1982, Winters had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. At the Mo David Gallery in 1984, Winters created an installation piece that consisted of a floor of plaster tiles. Underneath each tile, hidden from view, was a drawing. He designed the stage sets for the musician Nico, and assisted French artist Orlan, American artist Stuart Sherman, and American poet Gregory Corso. Two years later Winters was invited to take part in Chambres d’Amis (In Ghent there is Always a Free Room for Albrecht Durer) in Ghent, Belgium. In it, 51 artists created installations in 50 different sites, mostly private homes. Winters chose the home of a local art historian. The artist made 90 drawings based on images found in the large collection of art books in the home's library. He made two copies of each drawing and placed the originals in the books themselves. One set of copies was exhibited in the sponsoring museum, Museum van Hedendaagse, as "The Ghent Drawings". The drawings were also on display at Winters’ solo exhibition at Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery in New York City in 1987. In 1986, Winters had a solo exhibition at Maurice Keitelman Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, and the following year a solo exhibition at the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse, France. Also in 1986, Winters' Playroom was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition was part of Think Tank, a retrospective of Winters' work which traveled to the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, the Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Ohio. Winters spent a month in 1989 working with students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Never having worked with ceramics, he spent the month making numerous ceramic pieces, which were then shown in the aptly named One Month in San Francisco. Other components of the piece included Winters’ childhood bottle collection and a video showing each piece in the show filmed briefly next to a ruler.[ Also that year, Robin served as a visiting artist at the Pilchuck Glass School, where he met artist John Drury, who was then working as the school's artist liaison. In the summer of 1990, Winters interviewed fellow artist Kiki Smith for her eponymous book, which was published later that year. That same year (1990), Winters was invited by the Val Saint Lambert glass factory in Belgium to create glassworks in their facility. Winters, artists John Drury and Tracy Glover...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Monoprint, Monotype

Figure Under the Window
Located in Columbia, MO
Figure Under the Window 1970 Oil on panel 24 x 30 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

''Swimming 1'' Contemporary Oil Painting in Blue of a Girl Swimming
Located in Utrecht, NL
Christine van der Cingel (1966) paints mainly cityscapes, people and animals. In her portraits the emphasis is on movement. It is more about t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Honey, open up", 85x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
2023, 85x70 cm
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

A Designer
Located in Zürich, ZH
SOLOMON ROSSINE (*1937) was born in Gomel, Belarus. He is one of the prominent artist of Leningrad underground artistic movement. Solomon Rossine aspires to understand the drama of the Russian history...
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Golden Afternoon" Whimsical painting of a woman on orange, yellow poppies
Located in Edgartown, MA
“Since I was young, I have loved nature – the trees, flowers, and butterflies. Growing up in Phoenix, AZ these things were not around and so I began to pai...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

La Chute d'Icare Tempera on Panel Painting Icarus Falling Mythe Surreel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
La Chute d'Icare Tempera on Panel Painting Icarus Falling Mythe Surreel In Stock. Sizes including frame. Gérard Willemenot was born on February 11, 1943. The World War and the deportation of his father to Mauthausen will strongly mark his childhood. He is the eldest son of a family of nine children. Very early in conflict with the national education system, he studied art, graduated as a decorator from the Applied Arts and then became a DPLG Architect and Urban Planner, jobs that he mistakenly exercised for twenty-five years! His childhood and his years of architecture will make him a chronic misfit who hardly likes his time. Unable to remake the world, he will paint it in his own way, offbeat and timeless. Willemenot does not like so-called contemporary painting, which he considers an institutional hoax. Willemenot's painting is simple. This is so-called “tempera” paint (which he makes himself). This technique, endangered, will be cooked with an immoderate love for the Middle Ages and its mysticism, to which should be added the influence of a few great elders such as Jérôme Bosch, Breughel or Patinir, but also that of contemporary painters such as Albert Drachkovitch or Jacques Poirier...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Panel

Portrait of a Young Man in Striped Shirt
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1965 portrait of a young man (possibly the artist Don Bachardy) in a striped shirt looking back over his shoulder by Paul Sorel (American, b- 1920...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"My Shining Heart" Gold and Silver Abstract Oil Painting with Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Glass

Woman with Two Children in Red - Dutch Style Interior Scene in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman with Two Children in Red - Interior Scene in Oil on Canvas Lovely interior scene by notable artist Joseph Tomanek (Cech-American, 1889-1974). A woman sits near a window, holding a small child dressed in bright red in her lap. Another child, somewhat older, stands next to her, looking at the young child. Soft lights spills though the window, illuminating the scene in a warm glow. A plant with red flowers sits on the windowsill, and foliage can be seen outside. Signed "Tomanek" in the lower right corner (note that the shape above the signature is a toy train) Presented in a carved wood frame with a linen liner. Frame size: 30.75"H x 26.75"W Canvas size: 24"H x 20"W Tomanek, the son of a carpenter, was born in Moravia. His family discouraged his art talent and wanted him to be a shoemaker. He studied in his homeland of Czechoslovakia at the School of Design in Prague. He emigrated to America around the turn of the century and arrived in Chicago in 1910 and worked as an interior decorator. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied with Antonin Sterba. He also studied with Albert Krehbiel and K.A. Buehr. He was a member of the Bohemian Artist Club, Association of Chicago Painters, and Sculptors, and the Chicago Gallery Association. His work is included in the collection of the Vanderpoel Art Association (Chicago). He exhibited from the 1910s-40s, including exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Georgia Museum of Art. Of the difficulty of posing nudes in Chicago, he said, "In Paris you can rent little gardens studios and pose your models there in privacy. Here, if I work out of doors, I have to pose the girls in bathing suits...
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1920s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La rentrée des classes
Located in Washington, DC
Signed lower left Literature: Aleksandrowski, Mathieu, Lobstein, Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy dit Géo, 1853–1924 (Édition Librairie des Musées, 2012), p. 249 (illus)
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Endless Possibility
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The will to succeed is important, but it is more important to prepare. It's hard to get to the top of success, but harder to remain there. It may take time, but the result is always ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Golden Palm
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Series “The Palms” saved me from depression caused by the War in Ukraine. I ran to Miami with Mother. Psychically I was in the paradise but my soul was bleeding in Kiev under the bom...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Crown
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

“Cooper’s Beach, Southampton”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original early acrylic paint on canvas of the iconic Cooper’s Beach in Southampton, Long Island by the American artist John Crimmins. Executed in 2012. ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lord and Lady Eliot, unique Acrylic painting on a gesso panel
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lord and Lady Eliot, by Manuel Santelices Acrylic on gesso panel Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W Unframed 2023 The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored through t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic, Gesso

The Guardians of Circles and Source - Striking Vibrant Expressionist Stylish
Located in Cullinan, ZA
TItle: The Guardians of Circles and Source Striking Vibrant Expressionist Stylish This work portrays the circles of life... ebb and flow, feelings of liberty or constraint, movement and rest. Graffiti, spray-paint, acrylics, mark making and pencils where used with colors red, periwinkle purple, burgundy, hues of blue, orange, yellow, teal, turquoise and black - layer upon layer of shapes and forms to create this unique and bold artwork! This work is part of a series. It is part of a story... It portrays the absolute qualities within all of us! Sealed with high quality varnish. Not mounted. Framing on request. Ships in a tube. While creating this artwork, she let her attention rest on reflecting, going inwards, finding solace and freedom. There are hidden treasures – go find them in the detail - make them your own story... the abundance of color, to unite with our interconnectedness! And the Guardians that are always there to support and love. This work is created on top quality, heavy duty canvas. It is unmounted and will be shipped in a roll. If the collector chooses to do so, the artist can have it stretched on wooden bars or framed in a style that suits the décor of the place that it will be displayed at. (Cost is for the collector. Keep in mind that the South African Rand exchange rate is favorable and makes it most cost effective to have it framed here. Shipment cost...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Peaches and jug, 80x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Peaches and jug, 80x100cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Big bathers, 80x120cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Big bathers, 80x120cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses oil on canvas. She had her first solo show in 2021 at Gamr...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - They Noticed
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses oil on canvas. She had her first solo show in 2021 at Gamr...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard

"Challenge at Dawn" - Landscape with Elk in Watercolor on Paper
By Gregory McHuron
Located in Soquel, CA
"Challenge at Dawn" - Landscape with Elk in Watercolor on Paper Serene landscape with an elk by Greg McHuron (American, 1945-2012). An elk stand to the right side of the composition, looking back over it's shoulder towards the viewer. To the left of the elk, a calm river winds away from the viewer in to the distance, where mist and clouds partially obscure a rocky mountain. The sky is bright blue with streaks of yellow sunlight illuminating the clouds. Signed in the lower right corner. Artist's tag (with signature, date and title) and gallery tag on verso, Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 20.75"H x 17"W Image size: 14"H x 10"W Gregory Ivan McHuron (American, 1945-2012) was a plein-air painter working in oil and watercolor/gouache. He was born in Syracuse NY but was raised in Colorado, Wyoming, Alaska and California. His education included 4 years of extensive high school training by a teacher who graduated from the Berlin Art Academy. He also attended Oregon State University where he took classes in forestry, fisheries and wildlife and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Art from Oregon State University. Introduced to plein-air painting in oil in 1973 by Conrad "Connie" Schwiering, he quickly found that he enjoyed painting the rapidly changing scenes. It allowed him to put in his paintings the feelings and excitement that he felt while watching the scene unfold which created more drama and excitement than he would have been able to do in a studio environment. He has traveled widely including much of Alaska; in wilderness areas in WY and CO; down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon NP; to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada; and on extended boat trips along the west coast from Port Ludlow, Washington to Glacier Bay, AK going in and out of the fjords. He honed his understanding and knowledge of animals not only from college classes he took but also from the everyday study and observation of the wildlife in the Jackson, Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP areas. In addition for many years, he drew and studied wild animals at the Okanagan Game Farm in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. Every summer and fall a group of artists would go to the Game Farm kibitzing, painting and drawing the wildlife. He taught workshops, gave demonstrations and participated in quick-draws for a variety of organizations including Wyoming Artists Association, Wind River Artist Association, Scottsdale School of the Arts, The Lodge at Palisades, National Museum of Wildlife Art, CM Russell Show, Grand Teton National Park and Isle Royale...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

A Woman - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
A woman is a contemporary artwork, realized in 2018 by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina. Mixed colored watercolor and china ink drawing on panel. Good conditions. Hand signe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Red figures - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are of the composition, not papersheet itself WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in K...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Head Over Hand
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

HAPPY ANIMALS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube I can do commissioned works
Category

2010s Tribal Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Pink Mountain Orchard. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Viking Norse Oseberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Viking Norse Oseberg" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by impressionist American artist Charles Beauvais, 1917-1976. It is signed at the lower left corner and titled on the back by the artist. The canvas size is 35.5 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition About the artist: Charles J. Beauvais was born in Washington on October 28...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Julius Cesar - Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Cesar is an original China ink drawing on paper applied realized by Albert Decaris in the 1970s. Good conditions. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through soft stokes i...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink

"Boxing Marilyn" Knock Out Pop Art by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

The Incredible Combustible, colorful abstract of classical figure theme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract and figurative interpretation of a classic theme. Originally inspired by the Odalisque.
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

On A Sunny Day
Located in Singapore, SG
The rural atmosphere is still beautiful with fresh air and trees swaying with the wind on a sunny day. Children happily play outside with farm and domestic animals roaming freely in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Incredible India, Acrylic & Ink on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kapil Anant - Incredible India Acrylic & Ink on Canson Paper (Mixed Media) 8.3 x 11.8 inches ( Set of 28 works ) Inclusive of shipment in rolled form. Kapil Anant was born in 1998. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

FRIENDS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
45x45cm + 5cm of white edge Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube I can do commissioned works
Category

2010s Tribal Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Boats at Sausalito Harbor - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats at Sausalito Harbor - Watercolor on Paper Harbor scene by Bay Area artist Ralsten (American, 20th Century). Many boats are docked in the harbor. One of them is being cleaned b...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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.

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