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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Plantage
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann Plantage 2015 Acryl auf Leinwand 50 x 60 cm Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic

Woman on the Rocks I
Located in New York, NY
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Woman on the Rocks I, 2016 Mixed media oil on canvas 35 x 35 inches 88.9 x 88.9 cm Signed, titled and dated (verso) -- Greenfield-Sanders’ landscape paintings invite the viewer into nostalgia, to forge a connection to their own experience. Using found vintage photography as a starting point, she creates several iterations of each image, which she alters with pencil and watercolor, and finally paints over with oil. They emerge simultaneously familiar yet enigmatic. She elaborates, stating, “All of my paintings are based on amateur slides from seventy years ago. I am interested in the ‘comfortably familiar’ nature of the images and how the elapsed time allows them to ‘prickle with new meaning’ to connect that which was worth capturing with that which is worth painting, at present.” The paintings require a great deal of forethought and groundwork, but still appear unlabored and fresh. Her style of painting, which prizes color, representation and evocation, is activated by both individual experience and collective memory. Isca Greenfield-Sanders (b. in 1978 in New York City) received her dual BFA and BA degree from Brown University. The artist lives and works in New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include “The Things I Can’t Forget,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “Ocean Eyes of Blue,” Michael Reid...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Begegnung
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signal distortion #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape blue red art
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris. The liquid mountain is populated by living b...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The place of the unsaid #1 Hélène Duclos Contemporary painting art garden eden
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right This work is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris. The...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Matisse's Three Oranges - Calder's Three Oranges
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is from the Matisse series created by Maurice Sullins in the late 1970s. Sullins' works, set in brilliantly imagined scenes in Tahiti, F...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
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1960s Feminist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Look at things from distance #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas Signed lower right Unique work 1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement “Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Luckiness
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Title: Luckiness Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper D...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Resultado Del Deseo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Japanese
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techniques and materials. She moved to Barcelona (Spain) i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment

Hiver XII
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in 1951, Eishin Yoza was largely inspired by the 1970s growing up. The art sphere of the 1970s was epitomized by a desire to evolve and strengthen its...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shore Leave, Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Center August 8, 1931 Saturday Evening Post Cover
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl from Ipanema - Watercolor Figurative Painting, Limited Edition Print, 2021
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Experience the epitome of sun-kissed serenity with "Girl From Ipanema," a captivating fine art figurative watercolor painting that transports you to the sandy shores of Brazil's icon...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Our story was a ghostly one
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

5TH DIMENSIONAL LOVE MACHINE
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic painting on canvas Black exterior frame Signed on the front Framed dimensions: 163x269(x5)cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

No extenuating circumstances #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century Contemporary art blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil and acrylic on canvas Signed lower right Unique work 1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement “Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – What is it to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venice - Julien Calot, 21st Century art, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right by the artist Unique work Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Colonial Tavern Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Figura Femminile IV, 2018
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Son of painter Angelo Bonfanti, Maurizio Bonfanti attended Bergamo's Liceo Artistico and studied etching at the Accademia di Belle Arti in the same city. Though he enrolled to study ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The inseparable I -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Fred C. Dobbs Paddle Steamer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right This illustration dates circa 1950.
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

FLAMINGO Acryl Oil on Canvas
Located in Montreux, CH
Karen Shahverdyan „Flamingo“ 120 X 80, acryl, oil on canvas
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Nude Woman with 2 Men"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 25.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Fawcett book cover. Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover il...
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1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The faithfuls - Joanna Flatau, Contemporary Expressionist painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed Unique work Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland. She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Varsaw Academy in ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Falconer, interior Argosy magazine story illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 24.00" Signature: Unsigned
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Audrey
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Wood Panel. Portrait or Audrey Hepburn is 24x24. Vibrant colors. About the Artist: "Tomlin is young, upcoming artist based out of NY. His interests in portraits, i...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Pajama Party
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Gouache on Board
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Bora - Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right by the artist Unique work Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Cave Man, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, November 12, 1927 "The Cave Man or the Cave Max?"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Women with brightly colored scarf #2
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Aereo (triptych) III
Located in New York, NY
Aereo (triptych) III, 2018 Acrylic on paper 29.53h x 21.65w in Valeria Vilar received her Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires in 2009. In 2011, Vi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Figures in Rowboat Alongside of Barg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Something New, Something Old- Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right GIrls of Canby Hall Book Cover
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Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Country Life
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 6 x 12 inches Framed size: 13.5 x 17.5 inches Signed
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Interior setting with people standing around.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid, Paperback Cover
By Dean Morrissey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1991 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left DEAN MORRISSEY (American, 20th Century) The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fare Thee Well! Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, August 4, 1928
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Do Bee Book of Manners
Located in Miami, FL
Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration, Art Seiden was a top children's book illustrator in the 1950' - 1060's Work comes in two parts that are butted together by the artist
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink

Pilgrims Fairwell
By Frank T. Marrill
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1880 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 18.20" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1880s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Woodstock
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Painting for a Woodstock film's poster.
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1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Acrylic

Dancing Couple at the Ball, Theatre Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache watercolor painting on artist board Signature: Signed Lower Left Size: 18" x 14"
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache, Watercolor

Turf and Sport Digest
By Randall Shaull
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvasboard Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover for Turf and Sport Digest, probably late 1930s
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Corn Flake Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Pro Skater
Located in New York, NY
Figurative acrylic on canvas. Portrait of female skateboarder. Has abstract quality. Almost dreamlike. Vibrant colors. About the Artist: "Growing up in England during the 80s, the influence and love of American sub cultures through TV, and being surrounded by large non-spaces of US air bases around East Anglia, gave me a slightly odd and romantic view of America. I finished the Masters Degree bronze-casting course at the Royal College of Art in 1999 and have pursued my passion for Art ever since. I have built up a body of work that follows the theme of a journey into abstraction, inspired by Robert Smithson, Donald Judd, Fiona Banner, Cornelia Parker...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Maclean's Magazine Cover, 1930
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Maclean's Magazine Cover, September 15th, 1930
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Man on Ladder in Library
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1944 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 19.00" x 13.00" Signature: Signed Upper Left Advertisement for Gulf Oil, 1944.
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The three little motus Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed lower right Unique work "Let‘s focus on the smiles, the energy, the movement, the emulation, the strength of life, the colours, the whirlwinds, the cr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spring Carrying Out Winter, Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

TRESPASS
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Dick Tracey. Pop Art influenced work of amazing, infamous graffiti, pop, street artist. Sprays, enamels, oils acrylics on canvas. About the Artist Born in Belgium and artistically inclined at an early age, V.P. was executing well-defined pencil sketched portraits of anyone who would sit for him by age 4. The family’s emigration to the United States in 1967 landed the 8 year old in the Fordham section of the Bronx at the height of the psychedelic era and POP ART movement.  The Fordham Road shopping district offered the young budding artist a fount of inspiration in the form of vibrant Rock & Roll, “black-light” posters in the windows of “head-shops” and the elaborately colored wardrobes of the hippies crowding the boulevard. The pivotal shift in V.P.’s artistic expression was fueled in 1968 by the sight of a Peter Max designed billboard.  Armed with magic markers and acrylic paints, V.P. recreated the vibrant designs from Max’s billboard, the music posters in store windows and the paisley patterns of the shirts the “flower children” favored, as well as the names and slogans painted on the walls of the neighborhood.  The early seventies brought with it a wondrous sight passing overhead on the sides of the elevated trains. NYC Subway Graffiti had arrived.  Looking up and seeing the esoteric names intricately rendered in multi colored swirls and strategically placed on the sides of the trains completely enthralled V.P.’s creative and adventurous spirit. Compelled to be a part of this fascinating movement he watched and rode the subways, deciphering the names and studying the “styles” on the steel rolling art gallery. Using his artistic influences and skills with markers, V.P. created his first moniker “SONIC-ACE” and obsessively drew it in colorful flowing letters to develop his own style.   At age 13 he set out to traverse the city, facing dangers and overcoming obstacles to enter an unknown and secretive world in order to join those who inspired him.  By 1974, he would change his moniker to “VICTOR-161” and paint hundreds of train cars and soon be admitted into the world famous graffiti clique “WILD STYLE” - an honor bestowed due to peer recognized artistic and stylistic abilities.  (WILDSTYLE was created/coined by the iconic TRACY-168)  V.P. was a well known and respected “writer” who “pieced” with revered writers of the day, under the aforementioned monikers including aka’s T-BOLT-123, SULFA-ONE, FANTA-ONE, BOND & ACES.  V.P. retired from painting NYC subway trains in 1977 with occasional excursions in 1986,1987,1988,1999 & 1992.  He continuously expanded his artistic pallet, studying Art History & Graphic Design in college while seeking knowledge from masters in chosen fields of art.  His works have shown in independent galleries nationally and are sought after by international collectors, with numerous private commissions. He has been featured in several best selling books and magazines focusing on graffiti art as well as his status of having been a part of the 1970’s “Golden Era” of NYC Subway Graffiti. V.P. works with a variety of mediums including aerosol paints, oils, water color & acrylic paints, often combining mediums as well as blending POP, graffiti and abstract styles of painting onto wood, canvas and metal.  His professional artistic background includes commercial art and design, logo design, silk screening, printmaking, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal fabrication, woodcarving and tattooing. Exhibitions:  Fashion Moda (BXNY) Group Show 1980/Fun Gallery (NYC) group show 1981, Beef Gallery, (LA) Group Show 1981, Gallery International (NYC) Group Show 1985, Susan Greco Gallery (NY) Group Show 1990, Shady Side...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint

New Years Baby, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1932 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 18.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right A New Year's themed cover painting by Leslie Thrasher for the January 9, 1932 edition of L...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Trouble at the Garage
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Who's the Fairest?
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Vogue magazine cover 3/15/13
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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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