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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Parintins
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Belotti paintings include human figure, colors and movement of Brazilian folklore and culture. The artist invites us to reflect upon these subjects and the stereotypes of modern soci...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Minime
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil and acrylic on raw linen canvas and mounted on a high quality stretcher frame. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Vue de Rouen
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Gaston Sebire (1920-2001) Vue de Rouen Oil on canvas Size : 65 x 81 cm Signed lower right Provenance : Private Collection, France Very good condition. Original canvas. Frame included...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Angel of a long way" , oil pastel, paper, 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil pastel on paper.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Vintage Nude Study -- Reclining Male
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage reclining male nude study by Patricia E. Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016), c.1980s. From a collection of her works. Unsigned. Unframed...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Venezia
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: "Venezia" Media: Oil on canvas size: 50 x 70 cm Sergio Scatizzi Lucca 1918 – Florence 2009 Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s work of a journey through contemporan...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unframed Hand Painted White Tara Thangka on Canvas 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This unframed hand painted White Tara Thangka can be framed according to your choice and give it a place at your home to promote long life, peace, ...
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1990s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Mid Century Lake Anza Berkeley Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Landscape W/C
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliantly colorful mid century expressive abstracted landscape of Lake Anza in Berkeley by Bay Area artist Howard Margolis (American, 1927-2015). Signed “Margolis” in lower right c...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985) Title: Chamonix, le Mont Blanc Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on canvas board board size: 15 x 18.25 inches Signature: Signed lower ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Waking Up for the Hunt, Elks Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Elks Magazine Cover, November 1927 Provenance: From the Estate of Charles Martignette
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Board

Autour Du Monde - Lithograph by Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Montreal, Quebec
- Comes with a certificate of authenticity - Hand signed by the Graciela Rodo Boulanger - Limited Edition Lithograph, Edition 9/20
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Lithograph

Happiness - Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Vibrant colors, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pause
Located in Long Island City, NY
There is no definitive answer to the message my work seeks to communicate.
I begin my work with mixed feelings between ‘feeling-self’ and ‘conscious-self’.
We cannot logically explai...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Walking Home, Contemporary Figurative Cityscape Painting, Landscape Park Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Walking Home [2023] original Oil on Canvas Image size: H:8.5 cm x W:10 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:46 cm x W:55 cm x D:1.5cm Frame Size: H:60 cm x W:79 cm x D:5cm Sold Fram...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Landscape with Figures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 20th Century Landscape with Figures attributed to Continental School framed: 53.7h x 42.5w inches
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Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Five Ways " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Church Spire" Oil Painting 20th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Tulips & Girls
Located in Toronto, ON
Eaton writes "My paintings are constructed slowly and deliberately by building layer upon layer of vibrant acrylic colour. My approach is similar in the way areas are carefully deve...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Fair Price
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Fabio Fabbi, born in Italy in 1861, stands as an acclaimed Orientalist painter renowned for his devotion to capturing the exotic allure of the Orie...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"white Landscape" Original Abstract Painting Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
White Landscape oil on canvas 40x40 cm 2019 Original Art Ready to hang this painting is sold stretched on a wooden frame My painting tells of the relationship between man, natur...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coca Cola ... Si?! II - Painting Pop Art Red Green Purple Brown Blue Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
"Coca Cola ... Si?! II" is a painting by Maestro Vlado Vesselinov. About the painting: Style and Technic: POP ART, Contemporary, Gouache, oil on c...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Forest and the Girl
Located in Seoul, SO
This is original work by Okumura Aka, Pen, acrylic on paper mounted on wood panel Okumura Aka ( Japan ) Aka Okumura explores the spiritual aspect of life and death by contrasting ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Les Gilles de Binche - 19th Century Watercolor, Figures Belgian Carnival H Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by Henri Duhem depicting The Gilles at the Carnival of Binche, Belgium. Signed and titled lower left. This painting is not currently framed but a suit...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Cats Parade
Located in Seoul, SO
This is original work by Wada Chizu acrylic on canvas Chizu Wada’s artistic practice is centered on engaging with the viewer’s perception to unveil the deceptive nature of cute im...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...
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20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Sunset - Venice - Post Impressionist Oil, Cityscape by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful oil on panel by French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres depicting a view of lone gondolier rowing his gondola with a backdrop of the city of Venice in ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Burning car
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas, Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative through a variety of iconographies, explor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

LARGE OIL PAINTING by ANTHONY BRANDRETT (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING MARITIME SHIP MASTER PIECE 20th CENTURY FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL 20th Century OLD MASTER STYLE OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME By Similar $5,000 Premier Colle...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

No Limits
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, oil and colored pencil on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 80 cm 31.5 x 31.5" . The corners are blank...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Still life with a pewter pitcher, original oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Still life with a pewter pitcher Reference number F445 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 50 x 73 x 2 cm (55 x 78 x 3,5 cm frame included) This work is painted w...
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1980s French School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sophie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Relationship are deep throats
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas, aluminum profile, silicone led strip. Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative throu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Duplets
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, oil and paper on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The corners are painted and it’...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Satin Paper

"Unfinished Story", Contemporary Expressionist Modern Self-Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative and expressive contemporary self portrait titled "Unfinished Story" by Alexander Gore (Russian, b. 1958), 2010. Signed upper left edge. Unframed. Image, 15"H x 11"W. Ale...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Cardboard

Tokyo Cupcake Sorbet - Original Gary John Pop Art Food Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Obersee by François Roffiaen (1820-1898) Oil on canvas
Located in Gent, VOV
The Watsman, a painted view between Obersee and Koningsee, Upper Bavaria. Study painted in 1856 by François Roffiaen. François Roffiaen (1820-1898): Biography François Roffiaen's f...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cubist, futurist oil painting "Night Street II" by Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A vibrant work on lead 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...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Metal

That Platform Heel - Original Gary John Pop Art Fashion Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Prophesy 5
Located in PARIS, FR
A very detailed and life like series from the Artist Huili CHENG. These oil painting are created between 2021 and 2023. Although miniature, they are very r...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Blue Hawaii
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gouache painting on wood
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Freddy Wittop Ballet Drawing, Mixed Media
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Costume designer Freddy Wittop won a Tony Award for his work on “Hello, Dolly!” and was also the recipient of a TDF Irene Sharaff...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media

" Sunflowers " Oil cm. 102 x 85 Flowers , Yellow , Summer
Located in Torino, IT
Yellow,Sunflowers,green,russian,Summer Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artisti...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946 Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75" Signature: Unsigned "The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Gouache, Graphite

"Horses, Honor, and Women" Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 14" x 8.5" Date: 1972 Signature: Initialed TH Paperback Book Cover American Artist (20th Century)
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1970s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Red Faced
Located in Norwich, GB
Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Dark Phoenix" Oil painting 59" x 31" inch by Alina Shimova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dark Phoenix" Oil painting 59" x 31" inch by Alina Shimova 2020
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Three Men Hunting
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was used in magazine advertisements. Frank C. Bensing was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his art training there at the Art Institute. Among his teachers were DeForrest Schook, Wellington Reynolds, Charles Schroeder and Walter Biggs...
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1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Modern art, cubist, metal, art deco work "Traffic"
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A vibrant work on lead 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...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Metal

I AM King! - Colorful Striking Modern Abstract Showstopper Investment Intent Joy
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: I AM King! Colorful Striking Modern Abstract Showstopper Investment Intent Joy In this artwork with it's bright colors, shapes, symbols and Crowns, the viewer is transporte...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Color Pencil

Untitled Micro-Gestalt H4
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and ink on canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Lily, Red - colourful, expressive, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The distinctive shape of a bright red lily pops from the canvas in this engaging floral abstract by Vancouver artist, Pat Service. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

I Love That Nutcracker Doll
By Dan Andreasen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1997 Signature: Stamped Lower Right Margin Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 10.00" x 7.00" Opening illustration for "Samantha's Surprise: A Christmas Story." Book Three of The American Girls Collection. Middleton, Wisconsin: American Girl Publications/Pleasant Company, 1998. Publisher's job stamp on dust cover. Few trends of the last twenty five years have captured the attention of young readers as The American Girls series of dolls and accompanying books. Andreasen, a prolific and New York Times bestselling illustrator, was one of the main original artists of the book series and his depictions of the fresh-faced Samantha Parkington and Felicity Merriman became iconic to readers. This charming scene features Edwardian Era Samantha and her friend Nellie gazing at the coveted Nutcracker Doll in a Christmas toys...
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1990s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

On Broadway, Santa Cruz, Southern California, 1950s Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on canvas board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) titled "On Broadway, Santa Cruz (California)" from circa 1955. Painting portrays a white house perched on a hill top with a...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Art is Not Obscene
Located in Natchez, MS
After having posted images of his own paintings online and receiving warnings for going against "community standards", Conde argues that the female form, the greatest artwork ever c...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Back at the Beach House
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, paper and oil pastels on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The sides are painted and...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Antique Painting, oil on canvas. Draft Horses on country Road.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique painting, oil on canvas. Draft horses on highway. Illegible signed. Dimensions with frame 51cm x 71cm Without frame 40cm x 60cm
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas Portrait of a sad clown by San Francisco artist John Peers (American, 1922-2009). This portrait is closely fra...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Apple tree" pastel cm. 45 x 35 ( frame cm. 60 x 70)
Located in Torino, IT
with frame is cm. 70 x 60 no frame cm. 45 x 35
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

L'hiver Vosgien
Located in PARIS, FR
This etching by Jean-Claude Bourgeois, created in the 1980s, portrays an autumnal landscape featuring a sprawling field illuminated by the golden hues of the season. The scene unfold...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Etching

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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