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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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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

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Oil

"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

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Acrylic, Board

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

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Spray Paint, Acrylic

Adam Bartlett, Dessert of Love, Original Painting Still Life Painting, Naïve art
Located in Deddington, GB
Dessert of Love [2021] original Acrylic on Board Image size: H:52cm cm x W:63cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49cm cm x W:60cm cm x D:0.5cm Frame Size: H:52cm cm x W:63cm cm x D:3cmcm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look I wanted to bring together geometrics and plants with a tropical twist, the actual painting was completed through winter, ultimately it was a fun exploration in new ways of creating pattern, gradients and colour. Adam Bartlett, painter and print designer, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Adam Bartlett is a former fashion print designer who studied textiles at Manchester University and is now a full time artist, specialising painting and illustration; common themes are that of nature (jungle and tigers) and still life, both abstract and surreal, inspired by a mixture of Mughal and contemporary art. His recent clients include the Zizzi Restaurants, Easy and Ibis Hotel chains; producing large scale mural art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Tiffany Stained Glass - Original Book Art on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Canvas, Acrylic, Screen

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

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Oil, Canvas

Aboriginal Figure - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Aboriginal figure is an original contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by an Anonymous artist. Mixed colored oil and tempera on paper. Includes frame: 79.8 x 2 x 54...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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

Original Painting. Colliers Cover Published. American Scene Christmas Modern
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Cover Published American Scene Christmas Modern Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Man with Ribbon Colliers published,...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English Impressionist 20th century fisherman fishing in Norfolk , England.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English Impressionist Coastal landscape, Clippesby, Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk UK Keith Arthur Johnson was born at South Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk in 1931, son of James Arthur Johnson (9 February 1895-1982), a farmer, and his wife Florence May née Wiles (9 May 1900-1996), who married in the Freebridge Lynn district of Norfolk in 1927 and in 1939 were living at Manor Farm, Tottenhill, Downham, Norfolk. Keith painted from an early age and after attending Fakenham Grammar School, he attended Norwich School of Art from 1946, where apart from general studies, he specialized in fabric design which heightened his color awareness and composition sense. His studies were interrupted by National Service in the RAF after which studied for teacher training at Liverpool School of Art obtaining a National Diploma in Design and an Art Teachers Diploma, also studying various printing methods and Art History attached to Liverpool University. Keith returned to Norwich School of Art for more studies, including life classes and portrait painting and from 1951 went to Lowestoft Art School to lecture in Design classes and teach fabric design, including weaving. Whilst at Lowestoft he met fellow lecturers, Tom Hudson (1922-1997), Jeffery Camp...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

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

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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

"Antique Gold/White " T4RK9, Abstract, 21st Century, Acrylic, Clay
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, he connects contemporary art with tradition. The natural clay color bestows the pictures with a completely special dim texture which stands in an exciting contrast with the delicate luster of the acrylic color. The features of the clay color allow a more intensive treatment of the surface. Often, there are lines, scratches or breaks in the surface, as if the canvas had been covered with a fair patina. More subtle strokes in the color bring graphic characters to mind, color gradients natural phenomena, divided canvasses the contrast which is immanent in everything: the principle of yin and yan. Roger König's works are in private collections worldwide. His admirers include leading figures in international business, film and media. Submit Best Offer, all reasonable offers will be considered Signed front 'Roger König'; signed reverse 'Roger König' This original artwork includes a Certificate of Authenticity . The piece will be stamped from Roger König Art...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Clay, Acrylic

1930s Vintage Oil Painting Girl, Puppy Dog, American Illustrator Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Surfside, FL
A girl and her dog This was possibly used as an advertisement. It is in a great illustrator style. 22 x 18. framed. 19.5 x 15.5 canvas. Lawrence Wilbur (1897 - 1960) was active/l...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Did I Steal You Away? - Intimate Painting of a Couple Embracing, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them into images of intimacy. Rick Sindt Did I Steal You Away? oil on panel 18h x 24w x 1.50d in 45.72h x 60.96w x 3.81d cm RIS036 “This body of work has been crystalizing in my mind for about five years,” says Sindt, “It is the product of reflecting on how the places I learned the most about myself, and my desires, are considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender touches to more sexually explicit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

''Swimming 2'' Contemporary Oil Painting 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

Canvas, Oil

"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

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Canvas, 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

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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

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Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

''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

HAPPY ANIMALS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube I can do commissioned works
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2010s Tribal Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

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

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Panel, 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

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Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint

“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

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Canvas, Acrylic

Skirr VII, Figurative Painting, Miniature Painting, Sledge Snow Art, Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Skirr VII is an original figurative painting by artist Henry Walsh. The scene captures a sweet depiction of a man pulling a sleigh with his child on. Henry Walsh artist's works are a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Sovereign Shield (2022) by Doug Nox (Harlequinade), psychedelic, cosmic, giclée
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sovereign Shield" (2022) by Doug Nox (aka Harleqvin and the Harlequinade), psychedelic, enchanted, cosmic, giclée 43.25 × 20 × 1.75 in Surrealistic / Pastel Colors / Patterns / Graffiti and Street Art / Figurativve art / Digital Painting and Drawing / Cosmic art / Psychedelic art Giclée print on Hahnemule rag paper mounted on wood panel; Hand embellished digital drawing giclée print painted with gold medium and glitter; hand painted multiple. Pastels, earth tones, metallics. Gold, purple, blue, pink, orange, yellow, green, red. Rich in symbolism and layered imagery and ornate wisps of cosmic iconography -- spirit animals and protectors (hares, rabbits, bunnies, lion), symbolic objects (shield, heart, eyes, eye, feet, shackles, shackled ankles, faces, hand, feather, princess, crown, tiara, figure, heart, mushroom creatures). Harleqvin and Harlequinade are both street art aliases of Philly-based street artist Doug Nox (aka #noxxy). He cites Austin Osman Spare...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Glitter, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Rag Paper, Giclée, Other Medium

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

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Mixed Media

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

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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

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique American School Signed Illustration Indian Royalty Elephant Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique illustration painting. Gouache and watercolor on board, circa 1920. Signed. Image size, 12L x 11H. Housed in a period frame.
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Georgian Contemporary Art by Irakli Chikovani - Sax
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Irakli Chikovani is a Georgian artist born in 1985 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2010, he was graduated from Tbilisi State Academy. He is member in 2010 of Artists Union of Georgia. He exhibited in many places in Georgia as the Tbilisi National Conservatory, Signani Art Festival...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Canvas, Acrylic

Big bathers, 80x120cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Big bathers, 80x120cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"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

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Canvas, Acrylic

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

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Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Rabbi Walking to Synagogue
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a Rabbi walking towards the synagogue in a sketch-like manner without focusing on any specific details. The vibrant colors used in this painting s...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Arabian Rider at Dusk
Located in Austin, TX
Adolf Schreyer's "Arabian Rider at Dusk" is a stunning oil painting on canvas that depicts an Arabian rider in a golden sunset. By Adolf Schreyer 8.5" x 15.5" Oil on Canvas Framed...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Coffee Peloton XXXVIII, Coffee Art, Cycling Art, Sports Art, Figurative Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXVIII is an original coffee on paper drawing by artist Eliza Southwood. This piece is a part of Eliza's coffee peloton series which combines the love of cycling with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

The Boys are back in town, Original, still-life painting, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
The Boys are back in Town [March 2022] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframed Please note...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

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Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Naive Judaica Klezmer Hasidic Musicians
Located in Surfside, FL
Jewish Chassidic Klezmer Shtetl Musicians
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Basking in the Afternoon Sunlight"- acrylic and oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vi...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Balance - 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

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Canvas, Acrylic

"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...
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1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

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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