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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Flames - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Old Glory Rises Over Alaska
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece was commissioned by Exxon for Calendar Art.
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

"1958" Contemporary Red Landline Rotary Phone inspired Pop Art by Gary John
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, Board

Sunny Day, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A fashionable couple poses together, rendered with stylized clothing and sunglasses. "In a stylistic amalgam of pop and folk, abstract and figurative, I portr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Pink Maiko - contemporary colourful Geisha ink watercolour painting paper
Located in London, GB
Framed Size: 96 x 77 After meeting at art college in 1986 Stephen and Lorna nurtured a friendship, their individual careers and respective family lives. By chance, 30 years later, t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 20 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone any formal training in Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Marilyn Monroe with Friends, Acrylic on Canvas by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Farhad Hussain - Marilyn Monroe with Friends - 36 x 48 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas, 2020 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style: Farhad Hussain's colourful work that includes drawings and watercolours besides paintings on canvas, features day to day visual experiences of middle-class urban India. He endows his narrative with iconography and personality through his figuration, their posturing, dress and the surrounding imagery. The drama of subtle complexities of human relationships and social environment are grounded with a sense of satire mixed with pathos. Farhad’s colours help enhance the brightness and aura of his paintings while he also partakes elements from traditions such as the formulaic textile patterns of Indian miniatures. His compositions are often set in a familiar drawing room or a social space, playing out with humour and sarcasm, the narrative psychologies of human life and encounters at various levels. This young artist who has also experimented with sculpture has already carved a niche and an instantly recognizable individualistic style befitting his aesthetics and concerns. Farhad has chosen to use tempera on cloth for his works, the media allowing him to achieve the desired vibrancy of colours. A slow build-up of images and spontaneous flow of colour while balancing colour and composition simultaneously follow structured formatting. This meticulous planning in the composition and layout is the beginning of a process from where onwards it is very spontaneous and intuitive. Another technique used throughout Farhad’s work is the method of applying the colour: dot-by-dot till the entire area is completely covered. Various elements from miniature paintings, Kalighat paintings, Japanese prints and images from mass media are scrutinized, transformed and transferred on to the surface through the artists own style of expression. About the Artist and his works : Born: 1975 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Education : 2003: B.F.A. in painting from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, 2005: M.F.A. in painting from M.S. University, Baroda. Solo Exhibitions : 2009 : Presented by Pundole Art Gallery at Museum Gallery, Mumbai 2008 : ‘After the Theatre of Absurdity’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 2007 : Art and Soul, Bombay 2006 : Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara & ‘Recent Paintings’, organized by Chatterjee and Lal at Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. Group Exhibitions : 2011: 'Between Seasons', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai; Gallery Sumukha, Chennai; 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; 'The Narrator, Protagonist and the Other', Indigo Blue Art, Singapore & 'New Documents: New Directions in Documentary Photography', presented by Art Konsult at Alliance Francaise de, Delhi. 2010: 'Holy Now', presented by Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi at Gallery 27, London; 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai & 'Symbols and Metaphors', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata. 2009: 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore; 'The Urbane Records', The Viewing Room, Mumbai; 'With the Best Intentions', presented by Anant Art at Shridharni Gallery, New Delhi & 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai 2008: 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata & 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part II), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara 2006 ‘Concern’, The Charity Auction Exhibition, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Hong Kong; Art World, Chennai and Singapore; ‘New Paradigms’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi & ‘Baroda’s Most Wanted’, The Artist’s Studio, Vadodara 2004: Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara; Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda & Camlin Exhibition, Mumbai Honours and Awards : 2006: ‘Most Promising Artist’, Runner up, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2004: Nasreen Mohamedi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Giving Thanks for Arriving in America
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A sun - Figurative Acrylic Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Violet Zinnia (Contemporary Colorful Still Life of Simple Flower on White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas 44 x 55 x 2 inches Contemporary white artist made floater frame This listing is available from Carrie Haddad Gallery, based in Hudson, NY. A lush shade of dark raspber...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Her #2, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A portrait of a woman's torso against a striking orange and red backdrop, rendered in artist Diana Rosa's signature mix of folk and pop styles. Diana simplifi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"James BOB" Mixed media Painting 66x52 inch by John Paul Fauves
Located in Culver City, CA
"James BOB" Mixed media Painting 66x52 inch by John Paul Fauves From "Alts iz farloyrn" ("All is lost") series 2019 Mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas 66" × 52" inch "Alts iz farloyrn" ("All is lost") "Alts iz Farloyrn” – the latest series by John Paul Fauves featuring large-scale mixed media paintings, sculptures, and his famous art masks. Inspired by American idols James Dean and Steve McQueen, "Alts iz Farloyrn,” which translates to "All is Lost," was Steve McQueen’s first ever line on stage and represents Fauves own struggle with losing it all yet discovering his true self. “Alts iz Farloyrn” dives deep into the darkness that surrounded James Dean and Steve McQueen and explores their need to live fast. Through this new series, viewers are reminded that although both men overcame challenges to become the Hollywood elite, they struggled to mentally escape their troubled childhood and demons. Recognized internationally for his Neo-Pop Expressionism, Fauves paintings deal with identity through art, mainstream culture and social media. About this series, Fauves says “I have personally lost it all and what I’ve learned is when you lose it all you can win it all again and create a new beginning!” ABOUT John Paul FAUVES: John Paul Fauves (born in 1980) is a contemporary Artist from Costa Rica . His artistic journey started at a very young age after he became a student of Joaquin Rodriguez del Paso , one of the most important Costa Rican modern art tutors. John Paul spent 15 years studying and mastering his technique, and only a few years ago he finally started showcasing his work. In his paintings he engages questions of identity as they relate to art history as well as our everyday interactions with mainstream culture and social media. Greatly inspired by modernist masters as wellas pop-artists, Fauves mixes fragments of different iconic images in vivid and colourful compositions. Of his experimental and high eclectic style, he says, “art is an expression from the soul, and the soul is somethinglimitless. This is why I am always searching for different elements to bring into the work.” 2019: ​ Alts Iz farloyrn, Los Angeles, CA Portraits of Someone, London ​ ​ 2018: ​ [ Mi / Me ] solo exhibition at DOPENESS ART LAB, Taipei, Taiwan Arte de La Peer Papi Chulo group exhibition, Krause gallery, NYC Down the Rabbit Hole group exhibition, Imitate London, London, UK ARCO Madrid Art Palm Beach, Miami ​ 2017: ​ Art Basel Miami PIXELS Pre-Basel group exhibition by JM Art Management at Laurent & Martin gallery LA Style Fashion week FACES, group exhibition by JM Art Management at HOMME gallery A Loss of Innocence, solo exhibition Guy Hepner...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Sustension, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Provocative hyperrealist oil painting created with breathtaking detail. Artist David Shepherd used water and flowers to create a feeling of life, and to serve...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Flendon" Abstract Expressionist Figuration
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold large-scale abstract with organic forms evocative of wild animals, floating across a patterned canvas of bright red and purple by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mary Dwyer, Nellie Bly, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
Located in Darien, CT
The inspiration for Mary Dwyer's work revolves around storytelling, historic events, a love of political cartoons and early portraiture paintings. An integral part of this work is research. Spurred by an innate curiosity, she creates political, historical and personal paintings. In the last few years Dwyer has been researching and painting the American Suffrage movement. In this research she discovered that the people working as both Suffragists and Abolitionists also started their own newspapers and published their own pamphlets. They became journalists, as no one was covering their story. Dwyer's paintings are a celebration of both the voter’s rights activist and the visual pageantry of the Suffrage movement. The use of color in her Suffrage paintings speak to the vibrant pageantry and the visual marketing used during the movement. Sashes, button, banners, flags and ribbons were made by women and marketed for women. The significance of free press is paramount in a free and fair society. The importance of journalist has become a theme that has continued in her present work. Recently she has been working on a Memorial Paintings...
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2010s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Archival Paper, Acrylic

American Pie
Located in Delray Beach, FL
American Pie, acrylic on canvas gallery wrap. Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Arts and ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fade to Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Pink Flag - bright, pop-art, Canadiana, figurative, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A Canadian flag flies from the top of a pole that swoops into the center of a taffy pink sky in this unique painting by artistic polymath Charles Pachter. In this painting, the arti...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Float Away from This Land", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Float Away from This Land" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman cradling an origami boat as other origami...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

On a carpet - XXI Century, Still life, Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARZENA MISKIEWICZ She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at UMCS in Lublin. She is a member of ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists and Designers). She is an author of more than...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Buddhist inspired, neoclassical, figurative painting, A Meditation on War
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Part of Giancarlo Impiglia's iconic "camouflage" series, in which, deviating from his signature style, he expresses his classical education, flawless technique, and concerns about th...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

CLAUDE LAGOUCHE (French 1943-2020) LARGE MODERNIST PAINTING - EMBRACING LOVERS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020), see provenance details below. Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Small Humming Bird- Purple - Oil painting by English Artist Jamel Akib
Located in Battle, East Sussex
Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1960's French Portrait Wacky Smoker Caricature of Young Man with Cigarette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches (frame not included in purchase) Superbly decorative 1960's Fre...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Seated Figure in Geometric Space. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A figure study in oils on paper combines the organisation of space, characteristic of Japanese painting with western figuration signed
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Fire - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled - Figurative painting, Realistic, Vibrant colors, Still life, Flowers
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The River Devils
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas mounted on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Subject matter features a mottled blue ground with a male kissing a woman, the foreground with a man holding gun...
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Pink Gator
Located in New Orleans, LA
JOHN ISIAH WALTON was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently lives and works as a fine artist. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spanish Contemporary Art by Leticia de Prado - La Picina
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas infused with rhinestones & silk mixed media Leticia is a Spanish artist who enjoys creating art from everyday used and mostly disposed off items bringing them back in ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dark storm clouds loom over a surreal, desolate beach landscape, which is populated by several male figures in different states of being, in this contemplative symbolic contemporary painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2013-2014. In the left foreground we see part of a bearded man's face, as if witnessing this scene with the viewer. Next a male figure in bright red bathing suit faces the ocean, his back to the viewer, while a more distant nude male at three quarter view points down at something in the sand. Finally, on the right appears the bearded man as a classical sculpture bust on a pedestal...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Brian Leo 'Hang in There'
Located in New York, NY
Brian Leo Hang in There 2020 Acrylic on stretched canvas 36 x 24 inches Brian Leo was born in New Jersey in 1976, and is currently living in New York Ci...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Woman Sitting In The Chair
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Woman in the chair, heavy oil impasto on canvas framed. Elisabeth Sabala Abelló (Barcelona, 1956). She studied industrial design at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona ​​and has a degree in Fine Arts, a specialty in painting, from the Central University of the same city. Sabala is a convinced figurative who has given all the prominence of her work to the representation of the human being in its most trivial aspects. At a time when the artistic landscape extols abstract and conceptual art focused on the great universal themes, Sabala continues to focus on the small defects that bring us closer to the collective and the human. The artistic progression of Sabala takes place, at first, from a bleak period to another vitalist and, later, from the representation of isolated characters (In the super, Reading the stories of the paintings) to the recreation of great concentrations of its peculiar individuals characterized in an endless number of situations (The Great Dance, The Girls of the Choir). Sabala's work is vital and touching, as well as scathing and satirical: it confronts its characters in the most varied situations, capturing, at the same time, the viewer's attention with an unusual juxtaposition of colors that do not seek chromatic harmony, but expression and movement through matter. In 1980 he won the first prize of a painting of the City of Castelldefels, and the following year he debuted individually in the Caixa Catalunya room, in Barcelona. In 1984, she was selected for the XXIII Joan Miró Drawing Prize, taking part in a traveling exhibition in Japan. Sabala won the first prize in the International Painting Competition of Pollença (Mallorca) in 1985, and the following year she took part in a collective held at the Martano gallery in Turin. That same year of 1986 she obtained the Scholarship of Plastic Arts of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He continues to hold personal shows in Barcelona, ​​Mallorca, Madrid, and Italy, and in 1989 he debuted in New York with an individual exhibition held at the Scott Alan Gallery. Since then she will reiterate his presence both in that city and in Paris, Berlin, Monaco, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Hong Kong, etc. His works have been present at Interactive, ARCO, Art Forum, Art Jonction and New Art, as well as in various Spanish museums. • Studies: Fine Arts, University of Barcelona • Industrial Design, School of Arts and Crafts, Barcelona Main exhibitions Spain: • Barcelona: ◦ Arcs & Cracks, 1990, 1992, Anna Benach 1993, Helena Ramos 1993 ◦ Maria Jose Castellvi 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 “a wedding is a wedding” + Performance “Ella” ◦ 2004, 2006 “Fashion satisfaction” + Performance ◦ 2008 “Women's weapons” • Girona: ◦ Helena Ramos 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 ◦ Cyprus Art...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

The dunes - 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

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Canvas, Acrylic

German Contemporary Art by Frank Suplie - Eutin/Ostholstein, Schlossallee
Located in Paris, IDF
Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North German Realists s...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

"DUAL CITIZEN", oil painting on panel, two heads, faces, rose, pink, landscape
Located in Toronto, Ontario
DUAL CITIZEN, an oil painting on panel by Anna Ortiz, depicts a mysterious two-headed totem in the middle of a landscape both strange and familiar – painted in rose and pink tones, w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

' Pink Dip ' oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
' Pink Dip ' 2011 oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm signed on reverse by artist. Unique work. About the artist : Katherine Russell is a London based Painter. Her current body of work ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Prismatic Polygon IV: geometric abstract painting in pink, blue, yellow patterns
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Jay Walker's "Prismatic Polygon" paintings on archival artist's paper are signed and dated on the back. Walker's paintings work particularly well in groupin...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

WTF
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic painting by American Primitive Artist Robert Sellers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

Walking Creature, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Walking Creature, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract by Michael William Eggleston Bold and imaginative contemporary figurative abstract by San Francisco artist Michael William...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"OFRENDA", oil painting on panel, offering, deity, statue, sky, altar, rose
Located in Toronto, Ontario
OFRENDA, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, depicts a deity or statue in a landscape of rock and scrub, lying outstretched on the ground with an offering on it's body – whether...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Indian making smoke signs - 21st Century, Acrylic Figurative Painting, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ BOJDYS (born in 1967) Bojdys studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Graphics Department in Katowice. He graduated from project atelier of Tomasz Jury and painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

On the Edge
Located in Park City, UT
Capturing the unrehearsed compositions and offhand smiles between family and friends. A visual language that communicates more than the spoken word. Candid and sometimes intimate. Th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Alek Gerber, Couple with a bicycle, tenderness, Acrylic on canvas, Valentines
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Alek Gerber, Couple with a bicycle, acrylic on canvas, thick layers of paint, figurative work,Tenderness, Israeli artist, Israeli art, bright colors
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

ROGER HERSON (1922-2008) SIGNED FRENCH ABSTRACT PAINTING - SURREALIST FIGURES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Figures" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed lower left hand-side, gouache painting on card, unframed painting: 16 x 23.5 inches Superb original abstract painting by the very well listed French abstract and surrealist artist, Roger Herson (1922-2008). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate in northern France. Roger Herson (1922-2008) was a French abstract, cubist and surrealist painter from Rouen, France. Influenced by Picasso, Braque and Léger, he infuses the canvas with a frenzied and tonic movement, a rigorous construction and a personal graphic power. Painter of woman, desire and fantasies, Herson draws his inspiration from the verve and surrealist movement inspired by Georgio de Chirico...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Morning glory. Surrealistic artwork. Oil on canvas, 65x92 cm
By Leonid Purygin
Located in Riga, LV
Bizarre scene of Lady in bed dreaming socially diverse erotic activities.
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vaders on pink (patterns small square oil painting figurative abstract StarWars)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Vaders on pink" a cultural icon is painted repeatedly in rows. From a distance, the pattern looks complete, but on closer inspection, it reveals it's nuances and shortcoming. The...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Wood, Oil

Deansgate in the Rain Manchester City Street Scene England by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Deansgate in the Rain - an Original Painting of a City Street Scene in Manchester, England, by British Cityscape Artist Angela Wakefield. It captures the changing nature of Mancheste...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

WOMEN OF THE NIGHT pink aclylic on canvas
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on canvas, height 40 in, width 30 in, the painting shown on the wall may not be proportional to the room size.
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Couple Sitting Among Lanterns, Cover for Vanity Fair
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel, Gouache, and Black Crayon on Paperboard Sight Size 22.88" x 17.50", Framed 31.75" x 26.50" Signature: Signed EVERETT SHINN and Dated Vanity Fair Cover...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Pastel, Gouache, Board

"Habenero, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's (US based) "Habenero" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an orange Habanero pepper halved, so that it's seeds and core are ex...
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2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

REALIDAD ALTERADA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers...
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2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Ganesha, Indian God, Pastel on Paper, Mauve Pink, Red by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanatan Dinda - Ganesha - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size) Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper Proposed Frame Size : 3 inches mount on all sides and 1 Inch frame Supported by Artist's Authent...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Paper, Conté

Cubes Divided Equally into Three #16: geometric abstraction w/ very peri & blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Objectivity 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Schoo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Ben
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted at night, a portrait of contemporary painter, Ben Fenske. Lit from above, Fenske sits in a chair, comfortably extending one leg, holding a green beverage bottle. A coat hangs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Painting -
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Lady in Red Medium: watercolour on artists paper Size: painting: 15 x 19.75 inches Provenance: private collection,...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

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.

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