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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Color: Purple
Color: Pink
MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST Watercolour - Figures At The Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
double sided
painting: 5 x 6.75 inches
A delightful original oil painting by the 20th centur...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Peony 26
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on stretched canvas
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Stretcher Bars, Canvas, Oil, Varnish
Party in Purple and Green
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Io Su Poltrona Pensando Al Lui Me On An Armchair Thinking About Him
Located in Rye, NY
With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"FILIGRANA", MesoAmerican, Mexico, myth, gods, ruins, Aztec, Mayan, dream
By Anna Ortiz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
FILIGRANA, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, measures 48" high x 40" wide. Filigrana is recent work and characteristic of the artist's practice – the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dawn, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Dawn" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko.
Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I believe th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Long Hair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Escape
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media photography with lime green neon plexi frame.
Limited and signed edition, number 3 of 5.
Reine Paradis constructs narrative photographs staging herself as the central figure in a surreal landscape. Paradis is dressed in orange in her images and is shown interacting in color filled landscapes.
Shot in many locations throughout America, the photo series...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Plexiglass
The Cliff (Medium)
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media photography with lime green neon plexi frame.
Limited and signed edition, number 3 of 5.
Reine Paradis constructs narrative photographs staging herself as the central ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film
The Future is Now - Contemporary Female Pop Portrait (Blue + Pink + Black)
By Amy Smith
Located in Gilroy, CA
"The Future is Now" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can se...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Stencil
Feeling Good - Contemporary Female Pop Portrait - (Purple + Pink + Black + White
By Amy Smith
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Feeling Good" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can see her...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Stencil
Dare to Be Contemporary Pop Street Art of Black Woman (Pink + Purple + Yellow)
By Amy Smith
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Dare to Be" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can see her m...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Stencil
Ray (2020), figurative pink, purple, aqua & blue nude oil on wood panel painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Ray (2020), figurative pink, mauve, coral, purple, aqua, teal, mint green & blue nude portrait oil on wood panel painting
Oil on wood panel
Hand-signed by artist
Framing available u...
Category
2010s Feminist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Street Players, " Oil on Canvas - Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
"Street Players" depicts a small town scene of children at play in a rural environment. The affable subject matter is then contrasted by the abstract coloration, serving to imbue the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Full Circle, " Oil and Acrylic on Canvas - Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
"Full Circle" is a mostly monochromatic depiction of a simple small town scene. The affable subject matter is then contrasted by the abstract coloration and striking treatment of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shake Shack" Large Abstract Contemporary Crowded Restaurant Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract painting of the patrons of a restaurant. While a fairly everyday scene, the figures making eye contact with the viewer add an element of surrealist unease. This pie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
"Family Time, " Oil and Acrylic on Canvas - Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant and moody, "Family Time" combines strong abstract elements with bold splashes of complimentary colors. Additionally, the rough textural treatment across the surface of the ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Feather, " Oil Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "Feather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a loose striped brown feather floating in a sky of blue and white.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Home Alone, " Oil and Acrylic on Canvas - Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
This work’s strength comes from its range of tonal values, as well as the treatment of the medium. In "Home Alone," Chambers draws upon a variety of colors,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Effect-6 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Effect" series, we see how Plusch gives location - places and spaces resembling the world around us - the same treatment once reserved for his abstract human forms. Effective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Room #4, " Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Undefeated No. 9" - Original Pink Mixed Media Portrait by Emeka Udemba
By Emeka Udemba
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Centering his mixed-media artworks within his identity as a person of color who lives in an evolving “global environment”, Emeka Udemba creates figurative artworks which offer space ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Head in Collar (small version)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Barbara Friedman’s painting process is exploratory. She paints to discover and likes to be surprised by her work. She sometimes paints over her old paintings while retaining certain ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Passers By", oil painting, figurative, night, people, building, hat, cloak
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Passers By" is an oil painting with chalk and graphite on wood panel, and measures 12" high by 16" wide. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending the artwork a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Resin, Chalk, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
Purple, Blue and Red Dynamic Gesture on White Abstract Oil Painting, Untitled
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Although Jean Soyer has a fondness for the black and blue with notes of red on white background palette, so he used it for a number of pieces, this artwork is quite exceptional as it...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forever Young
Located in San Francisco, CA
Forever Young is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Point is...
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Point is... is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Large Abstract French Portrait of Lady Signed Oil on canvas
By Philippe Gabriel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady"
by Philippe Gabriel (French, b.1963)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 36 x 28.5 inches
Stunning original oil painting by the contemporary Fren...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Miss You
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are premiering the paintings of a just discovered French artist Jade Bocquillon.
A gifted artist living in Provence in the South of France, The work of Jade Bocquillon evokes deep feeling and emotion, combined with the artist's natural detailed style of painting. These paintings have just arrived from the personal collection of the artist, this will be the first time they have been available for sale.
I MIss You...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
BrideDerWeyden
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is from a 2019 series of 4 images combining classic imagery from art history (such as Ven Der Weyden, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli, and Hollywood characters, such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman.
Robert Nelson has exhibited widely - at the Long Beach Museum of Art Annex, the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA), the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, BG Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Winter Night in City Park
Located in Austin, TX
Title: Winter Night in City Park
Artist: Fannie Lou Spelce
Year: 1979
Size: 14" x 18"
Medium: Oil on Linen
Framing: Framed
Condition: Excellent
Signature...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Figurative Abstract
Located in Missouri, MO
Ernest Tino Trova
"Figurative Abstract" 1965
Oil on Canvas
approx 17 x 12.5 inches
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he cr...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"We Don't Know That the Sky is Not Blue" Tran Trong V Oil on Canvas Pink White
Located in Rye, NY
Tran Trong Vu paints a contemporary narrative on the changes that have taken place in his homeland of Vietnam. He paints on large transparent plastic sheets as well as oil on canvas.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Pause that Refreshes
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - )
Title: The Pause that Refreshes
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 72 x 60 in. (182.88 x 152.4 cm)
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Camilla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Camilla", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bather with Cruse Ship #2
Located in New York, NY
Bather with Cruse Ship #2, 2014
Gouache on paper
12 x 9 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Sea Monster #2
Located in New York, NY
Sea Monster #2, 2014
Gouache on paper
12 x 9 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Figure Abstract
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French artist/author Andre’ Lhote. She arrived in Paris in the mid-late 1940’s and began a career as a modern artist working and exhibiting with Andre’ Lhote over the next two decades.
Braive was a woman of small stature, and when Lhote met her he nicknamed her, “Miette”�, as she was small like a “Crumb”� of bread. Born Emilie Braive, once nicknamed by Lhote, she worked and signed all of her work as, M. Braive.
The influence of Andre’ Lhote is evident within the paintings by Miette Braive. Bold and vivid pallets, with subjects ranging from pure non objective abstracts, to full modernist/cubist abstract figures.
"Figure Abstract...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.