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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Lost in Paradise, Monumental Huge Pop Art Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Jerry Kearns is an American visual artist who was born in 1943. Several works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Seven works: Exit Art The First World portfolio' sold at Phillips New York, Chelsea 'Editions' in 2010. There have been Several articles about Jerry Kearns, including 'Art in Review; Jerry Kearns' written by Holland Cotter for New York Times in 1996. influences include Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Roy Lichtenstein. JERRY KEARNS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 "Kentucky Derby Benefit Party and Art Benefit Auction" 2006 “Scope MIAMI” Jack The Pelican Presents Gallery, Miami FLA. “What a War” White Box Gallery, New York , NY. Curator Eleanor Heartney “Gallery Artists” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “ WORD” Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX. Curator Brandon Krall “Hedonistic Imperative”, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX “The Studio Visit”, EXIT ART, New York 2004 “The Print Show”, EXIT ART, New York “25 Anniversary...
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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Top Songbirds
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

United Stress of America 3, 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Spiderman - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Spiderman is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2019. Hand-signed on the lower right. Technique, dimensions, and date are written o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Inside
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on panel
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

HUMANBIRD
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 fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Crayon, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm Normunds Braslinsh (1962) Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia 1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department 1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002 A professional photographer for art editions since 1989 Has participated in exhibitions since 1980 Pedagogical Experience Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art 1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art Solo exhibitions 2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Power, Equal Rights, 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Red Cowboy
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 includin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carmelo Niño, La arlequín con mascara dorada, 2021, 169 x 149.8 cm, 63 x 59 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño La arlequín con mascara dorada, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 169 x 149.8 cm 63 x 59 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Carmelo Niño, a Venezuelan artist originally from Maracaibo, Zulia State, an oil-producing region of Venezuela, is today one of the most outstanding painters in the plastic arts landscape in the country. Many years have passed since his birth in 1951 to the present, when he inaugurates this August 2022, a major exhibition at the Ascaso Gallery in Miami, with paintings from different dates resulting from the permanent and daily work of reflection, physical and intellectual, that he has always pursued in his creative life. Without neglecting a single moment of day-to-day life to be in front of the medium-sized canvas on the easel or of larger canvas hanging on a wall, he works in his large studio in the area of El Junco, outside the capital city of Caracas, surrounded by lush green vegetation, with a wonderful climate of pleasant temperature and poetic mist that invites to the reverie and glorification of his life as a painter. From a very early age Niño and his family discovered his vocation for drawing, a discipline in which he showed a special disposition and talent. From this moment on he dedicates his life to art, to the practice of painting, starting from a fantastic and strange world of fantasy, close to surrealism, unfailingly influenced by the circus of fantasy owned by his mother and a musician father. These circumstances will shape the artist's life. His traces and influences from the beginning will be present in his creative work, especially through the memories of the infinite curiosity to look, touch and be enraptured by the strange furniture and objects from his mother's circus that he knew were deposited in a room of the house. This universe of fantasy will leave an indelible mark on his subconscious and will serve as the thematic and artistic support for all his work. In an interview conducted by the critic Roberto Montero Castro in 1977, Carmelo Niño states, "the symbols of my painting come from the everyday life". His life has been one of continuous work and effort. At the age of fifteen he enrolled in the School of Arts of Maracaibo, graduated three years later, 1966, and immediately, with a scholarship, he travelled to Spain, took a few courses at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, strengthened his preparation in art workshops and in frequent visits to the big museums of this European capital. With a sensitive gaze he penetrates the mysteries of masterpieces of the great artists who have made the universal history of art. His life as a painter has been intense, of intense study, preparation and work. With much composure and modesty he talks about his life and his artistic production, recognized not only in Venezuela, but also internationally. His participation in exhibitions began in 1969 and as early as 1970 he held his first individual exhibition at the Fine Arts Center of Maracaibo. From these dates onwards successes started to come, with the participation in collective and individual exhibitions, in Venezuela and abroad, as well as the awards from 1971, when he won the Scholarship Award at the First National Salon of Young Artists in Maracay, Aragua State; in 1972 he was awarded the Second Prize at the Regional Salon of Maracaibo. 1975 is the year of awards, he received the First Prize at the IV Salon of Young Artists in Caracas; the Aurelio Rodriguez Award at the IV Avellan Salon in Caracas and the First Prize at the Salon of Young Zulian Artists in Maracaibo; he also participated in the group exhibition of History of Painting in Venezuela, at Casa de Las Americas, Havana, Cuba; and in 1976 he was invited by Jose Gomez Sicre to take part in the exhibition of Venezuelan painting...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Truth, 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Justice, 2017
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Not Available
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Navi, Chilling in Summer Shades
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is a quick reminder that people should not be afraid to use their voices. Your thoughts, opinions, and ideas are just as important as anybody else's. When you speak, sp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Pen

Girls and vine. 2021. Oil on canvas, 82x79 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girls and vine. 2021. Oil on canvas, 82x79 cm Normunds Braslinsh (1962) Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia 1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department 1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002 A professional photographer for art editions since 1989 Has participated in exhibitions since 1980 Pedagogical Experience Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art 1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art Solo exhibitions 2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract Red and Green Toned Interior Painting of a Nude Female Figure
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a central seated female nude set against a bold red and gr...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Resilience
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Jimi - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Jimi is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2022. Hand-signed. Perfect conditions.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

XXI Century - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
XXI Century is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2016. Hand-signed on the lower right. Technique, dimensions, and date are written ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.5
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.5 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Preserving, Original Signed Contemporary Surrealist Gouache Painting on Panel
Located in Boston, MA
Preserving, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2012 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist. This muted, dream-like surrealist painting by artist Megan Frazer features a small, pale girl sitting upon an oversized hand that is jutting out from the gray Earth. The child is licking a large red lollipop, staring out at the viewer, as she sits below a night sky that glows from the light of the full moon. Artist Commentary: Surrealistic image of a young girl with a lollipop conveyed above the night sea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Wood Panel

Self Possesed
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Wrangler - Pop Art Acrylic Painting Colors Lilac Blue Orange Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Wrangler" is a painting by Maestro Pancho Malezanov. About the painting: TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, Oil painting on canvas STYLE: POP ART, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight:...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Wayfinding" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Wayfinding," is an original oil painting on 4 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Pear Never Break - LOVE - Contemporary Art, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Chaoji Zhang Born in 1985 Shandong China, and currently living in Beijing When drawn an object or a group of objects, the parts out of the object will naturally become...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Gerard Tunney, Night Dreamer, Original figurative painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerard Tunney Night Dreamer Original Painting Sold Unframed A ballet figure suggested by a ballet suite of “A midsummer night’s dream” The figure rests d...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Self Portrait (2021) - vibrant, expressive, red, male, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this haunting self-portrait by Canadian realist Dan Hughes, the artist’s face seems to emerge from a rich red background. Hughes is known for his sensitive and engaging figurative...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Looking Right on the Right Side
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Textured Figurative Painting - Water Series No.1
Located in Beijing, CN
textured Figurative painting- Water Series No.1 by He Wenjue Dimension : 30 x 20cm Material :oil on canvas Date: 2009 About Water Series He Wenjue grew...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"NYC Brooklyn Bridge" Acrylic & Ink on Paper Framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Marz Jr. is a focused freelance artist and illustrator, creating original and limited edition works in paint and ink. He also works in animation on various digital media platforms. H...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

"African Diaspora" mixed media portrait of woman, gold headdress and graphic top
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Crimson Love - Modern Expressive Abstract Oil Painting, Large Format, Red
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

WHITE CHAIR
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne WHITE CHAIR, 2022 Acrylic, t-shirt and African wax print sewn on canvas 205 x 200 cm 80 3/4 x 78 3/4 in Exhibition: RAPHAEL AD...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Mating In The Orange Bay - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Joyful, Colourful
Located in Salzburg, AT
The interesting three-dimensional effect of the paintings is created when the paint is wet. The artist pulls a layer of paint with a special tool, thus creating thin concave lines. Jakub Żeligowski...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Local #2
Located in Nashville, TN
Artist Nathaniel Covington constructs bold, colorfully sculpted papier-mâché monster masks and large, pop art creature paintings. His art pieces have simple lines, set against solid color backgrounds. For Nathaniel, the process starts with rough sketches on paper, wood, skateboards - just about anything he can draw on, allowing him the vision to finalize his art. The making of masks started about 3 years ago and he fell in love with the process. It’s an opportunity to bring to life all the “Creatures” and wildly funny things living in my head. He says, "I’d like the art pieces that I make to evoke some sort of emotion when they are seen.” He’s predominately influenced by 1969’s-1980’s “Creature Feature Films”, horror soundtracks, Sci-Fi magazines, plus a dash of Ed Roth.
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ET story No.8 - Contemporary art, Geometric, Abstract
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Da Hong Born in 1984 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing He graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramic University in 2007 The artist enjoyed piling up the blocks on the c...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Seat by the Fire" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Seat by the Fire" is an gouache painting that depicts a campfire beckoning among the the dense thicket of trees and cool blue light Bio/artist statement:...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she ende...
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1970s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Hugged - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
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

A council - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
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

"Red Shift" (Large Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Honor and Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emilio Rama's captivating pop art-inspired paintings featuring origami animal figures are a distinctive and original contribution to the realm of contempor...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

STYLE MY GIRL
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne STYLE MY GIRL, 2021 Acrylic, colour pencil, oil pastel and African wax print sewn on canvas 160 x 205 cm 63 x 80 3/4 in Exhibition...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

BANGALY
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne BANGALY, 2021 Acrylic, African wax print sewn on canvas 200 x 203 cm 78 3/4 x 79 7/8 in Exhibition: RAPHAEL A...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Galka - Lolita
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Galina Navodnitchaia-Malfoy alias Galka is a French artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Callians near Cannes in France. At the School of Fine Arts in Brest, Bel...
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Contemporary Art by Galka - Charme
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen Galina Navodnitchaia-Malfoy alias Galka is a French artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Callians near Cannes in France. At the School of Fine Arts in Brest, Bela...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

ODOLEY
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne ODOLEY, 2022 Acrylic and African wax print sewn on canvas 150 x 102 cm 59 1/8 x 40 1/8 in Exhibition: RAPHAEL ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Message in the Morning
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

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Heir - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Heir is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2020. Hand-signed on the lower right. Technique, dimensions, and date are written on ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"MIA Vietnam" Red, Blue, and Black Figurative Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and black abstract figurative painting by Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features a central figure with the text "NAM.MIA RA16Q42081" set about an abstract background of red, blue, and black rectangles. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Ariadne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
David Wightman (b. 1980, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK) is a British painter and printmaker based in London, UK. He creates beautiful paintings and prints of fictional landscapes...
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2010s Post-Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

The War, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - The War - 60 x 42 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on them. Thi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Solace (2022), figurative portrait, floral, flowers, pink, street art, muralist
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Solace" (2022), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state Figurative portrait, face, profile portraiture, hair, braids, fl...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Melanie", figure painting of nude female lounging in home office chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large scale acrylic painting with gold oil paint elements of female nude lounging in her home office chair. Bold, confident, and bright, this painti...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Arctic Tundra (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, pastels, polar fauna
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Arctic Tundra (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, pastels, polar fauna "Arctic Tundra" by Alexis Kandra. Figurative oil painting with holographic foil on wood panel. Arctic tundra ecosystem, animals of Tundra biome, Arctic Circle, North Pole, South Pole, Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Antarctica, fauna. Arctic hare, polar bear, caribou, Arctic fox, Arctic tern...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Foil

Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This is a delightful piece of art. It expresses the hope of the common man amidst the everyday experiences that beset him. He is challenged to look beyond the current hardship and vi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 64 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv‭, ‬a storyteller with a deep‭, ‬pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression‭. ‬Her medium spans the gamut‭ - ‬sculptures‭, ‬pa...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Giclée

The Chestnut And The Moon - Contemporary Figurative Nature Oil Painting, Trees
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born 1979 in Warsaw. Works in painting and photography. Between 2001and 2006 she studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professors Jaroslaw Modzelewski and Grzeg...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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