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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Leslie Thrasher
Gum Kids
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two young children play an ill-advised game of gum stretching on the family couch in this charming composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression, Thrasher provided light-hearted images of the lives of everyday people to distract Americans from their troubles. These images appeared on the covers of Liberty Magazine, for whom he produced one cover illustration a week for six consecutive years.
Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 14.50" x 13.00;" Framed 23.75" x 21.75"
The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"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?"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'East, West, Hame's Best' Liberty Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, March 16, 1929
Category
1920s 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
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, October 17, 1931
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'None but the Brave, ' Liberty Magazine Cover, 1928
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover 3/31/28
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four Men Conversing, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, September 24, 1927
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trouble at the Garage
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 28.00" x 22.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Santa
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Salvation Army Santa looks on with a mixture of fatigue and disinterest as a group of children tell him their Christmas gift wish lists in this lighthearted composition by leading American illustrator Leslie Thrasher. This painting was created for the December 20, 1930 issue of Liberty Magazine, for which the artist illustrated covers on a weekly basis for six consecutive years. Thrasher is known for his scenes of everyday American life imbued with a sense of humor, qualities represented to great effect in this charming painting.
Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of everyday life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conference on the Mound, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1912
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Too Tight Fit, Liberty Magazine Cover, August 31, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 17.50" x 16.00;" Framed 19.00" x 18.00"
Liberty magazine cover, August 29, 1931.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, July 24, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00"
Liberty Magazine Cover, July 24, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, January 26, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of Liberty magazine, January 26, 1929
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
32- Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
January 27, 1934 Liberty Magazine Cover
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, September 18th, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00"
September 18th, 1926 cover of Liberty Magazine
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Newborn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sofa Talk, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Liberty Magazine Cover, December 14, 1929
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'You Moron', Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine, May 23, 1931.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Card Game, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Hearts and Flowers' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1926
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, December 11, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, March 28, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930s
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16.00" x 13.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of Liberty magazine, March 28, 1931. Woman spanking ch...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Eyes have "It" - Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, February 16, 1929
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mother Knows Best, 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 Cover, 5/12/28
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 22.00" x 9.75"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Ride Him Cowboy' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Siganture: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, August 31, 1929
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Hands on Hips- One Two Three Four' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Liberty Magazine Cover, December 3, 1927 "One Two- One Two- American Artist Label"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Heavy Going, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 17.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Heavy Going, Liberty Magazine Cover, January 19, 1930
Magazine Included
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Go Yankees, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1926
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Go Yankees, Liberty magazine cover, August 7, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Everything is going to Turn out Beautifully'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
5/5/28 "Everything is going to turn out Beautifully"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Tattooed Man, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 20.25" x 17.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, May 30, 1931
Exhibitions: It's a Man's World, Illustration Art by a...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Angry Man, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 15.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, October 13, 1928
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Departure at the Train Station, Liberty Magazine Cover, February 2, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Departure at the Train Station, Liberty magazine cover, February 2, 1929.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green-Eyed Monster, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 15.50" x 13.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, December 17, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December 17, 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Water Babies' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, April 12, 1930
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'I Dare You' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover 2/7/31 "I Dare You"
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 15.50" x 13.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, March 8, 1930
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"I'd Love To, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, November 2, 1929
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Getting Ready, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 15.00" x 13.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, 7/27/23
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Crashing the Gate, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1928
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, 3/10/28 "Crashing the Reception Clerk"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watch Your Step! Liberty Magazine Cover
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 5, 1927
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cuba Libre! Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
March 2, 1929 Liberty Magazne Cover
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1920
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover, 10/2/20
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New Provisions
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 21.00" x 17.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Opera Night, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, 4/13/29 "Opera Night"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tuned Out" Liberty Magazine Cover, 1925
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1925
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 22.00" x 19.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Tuned Out. Cover illustration for Liberty Magazine, June 6, 1925, ,featuring a father tuning out the sharp cries of his newborn with the assistance of a Ham Radio...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, May 25, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 5/25/1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 14.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She Loves Me...She Loves Me Not, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 19, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1926
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 17.00" x 15.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
She Loves Me ...She Loves Me Not, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 19, ...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children Playing Indians, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Contact exact dimensions.
Liberty Magazine Cover, April 12, 1930
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, Janua...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 15.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty Magazine Cover August 17, 1929
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Teacher and Student, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, April 25, 1931
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, November 6, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1926
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Liberty magazine cover, November 6, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover, February 21, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 13.00" x 9.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover February 21, 1931
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 19.75" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, April 7, 1928
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
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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