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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Ron Blumberg
Artist: Purvis Young
Self Portrait in Green Shirt
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early, 1940, oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg.
Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Self Portrait in Green Shirt...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gravity
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Saxophonist
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
The Surveyor
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Stude...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Black Depths
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
A Friend
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Dancing
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Violin Solo
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Bernie
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Three Graces
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Three Graces...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Waiting
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
The Crossing
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early,rare oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg.
Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"The Crossing...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conflict
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Critical Thbinking
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Animal Act
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"An imal Act", is a rare original oil painting on panel, c.1957; a period when the artist was utilizing strictly pallet knife on panel. This technique gave works of this period a true post impressionist feeling. This painting is from Ron Blumberg's, "Historical California...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
I Live in the Forrest
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
The Critic
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"The Critic...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Guitarist
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"The Guitarist...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Sceptic
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
The Rollercoaster
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
John Caradine - Casey_ Grapes of Wrath
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
One of the only commercial projects realized for a Hollywood film by American artist Ron Blumberg.
In 1939, Blumberg painted actor John Caradine as, "Casey", in the John Ford film, "The Grapes of...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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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