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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Ron Blumberg
Artist: Purvis Young
CONGREGATION
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on glossy paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 8 x 9.5 inches. Frame size approx 14 x 16 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
LONELY
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on glossy paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 9.87 x 7.87 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 14 inches.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
LONG HAUL
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on 8.25 x 11 inch paper mounted on 11 x 14 inch paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Frame size approx 14 x 17 inches.
Artwork is in excellent conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Mark...
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Mark...
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Large Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Mark...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood
Large Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Mark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Mark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Massive Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life. Marking(s); notes: signed. C...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood
SIDE BY SIDE DIPTYCH (PAINTING ON METAL)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Diptych of 2 original mixed media paintings on metal shelves. Each is hand signed on front by the artist. Each piece measures 36.25 x 15.5 in.
Artw...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
ABSTRACT WITH EYES OF SYSTEM (PAINTING ON BOARD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on board with carpet/rug trim. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable of...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tapestry, Mixed Media, Board
UNTITLED (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on wood.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be cons...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
The painting measures 65 x 48 inches. We love that in the middle of ...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
JIVE TALKING
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on canvas.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
FERTILITY IV (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original mixed media painting on wood.
The artwork is in excellent condition and comes with a Certificate of Aut...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
City Street: Fifth Avenue
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered oil painting from the earliest period, c.1932, of American artist Ron Blumberg.
After completing his fine art studies art at La Grande Academie Chaumier...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OVERTOWN (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included....
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
VOYAGE HOME
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original mixed media painting on plastered canvas. Artwork size 25.25 x 25 inches. Frame size approx 30.75 x 30.25 inches.
The artwork is in ex...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Mixed Media
UNTITLED (COLLAGE OF PAINTINGS)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Collage of paintings on paper mounted on board. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Board
SCHOOL DAYS (PAINTING OF WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist. Frame size 37.25 x 28.25 in.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reas...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
THE TOWER (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original mixed media painting on wood.
The artwork is in excellent condition and comes with a Certificate of Aut...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
UNTITLED (PAINTING ON BOARD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on board. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
EYES WIDE OPEN, EYES SHUT (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
MEN ON HORSEBACK (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Purvis Young, City Angel, Acrylic on Wood circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on wood painting of an angel over the city by Purvis Young.
From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn F...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Flamenco
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an magnificent original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002)
Flamenco, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1955, with an image dimension of 12 x 9 ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purvis Young, Transcendence, Acrylic on Wood, 1989-1999
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on wood of six heads by Purvis Young.
From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Purvis Young, Jazz Angel, Acrylic on Wood circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on wood of an angel playing the piano by Purvis Young.
From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of O...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban
Young was an American artist from Miami....
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Purvis Young, Untitled Pink Book circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painting and drawings glued into book by Purvis Young.
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media
New York Morning
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early oil painting from the, “New York” period, c.1932, by American artist Ron Blumberg.
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg spent ten years in New Yo...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purvis Young, Nine Heads, Acrylic on Canvas circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas of nine heads by Purvis Young.
From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cowboy Cavalcade
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
One of the rare commercial projects realized for a Hollywood production by American artist Ron Blumberg.
In 1939, Blumberg painted actor Chester Conklin as associate for the produ...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite
The Conductor
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 Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
The Sculptor
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 bec...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Park Bench
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting qn exceptional oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002)
Ocean Park bench, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957, painted ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Broken Mirror
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional ealry oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002).
The Broken Mirror, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Guitar Serenade
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a wonderful example from the late `1950's period of American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.)
"Guitar Serenade", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1959, with an image...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Trumpet
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil painting from the, “Post Impressionist” period, c.1957, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Trumpet”
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg sp...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Farmer
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare early oil painting from the, "WPA" period, 1941, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Farmer”
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg spent ten years in N...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Practice Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil painting from the, “Post Impressionist” period, c.1957, of American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Practice Session.”
After his classical training in Paris, Bl...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Before the Mirror
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.)
"Before the Mirror", is a large original oil on panel, signed, c.1957...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Street Singers
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.)
"Street Singers", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957, painted when Blumberg was using exclusiv...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Models
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
About the Artist
A rare original oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.)
"Two Models" is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957. ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Extrovert"
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A magnificent painting by American artist Ron Blumberg, from one of his rarest periods, the, "Psychological Period", which lasted only from 1948 - 1952 and was never replicated. This...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Hypnotist
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Hypnotist is a rare painting from the, “Psychological Series”�, of American artist Ron Blumberg which was executed from 1948-1952. The Hypnotist, is original oil on canvas, signe...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York Gymnasium
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare painting from American artist Ron Blumbergs New York series, "New York Gymnasium", has just arrived.
Ron Blumberg was classical...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Happy Couple
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 Happy Couple...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
C
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early watercolor by American artist Ron Blumberg.
"Morning in New York" is from the rarest period of the artist; an original watercolor, signed, dated 1934, off...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Trapeeze Act
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an outstanding, theatrical oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg.
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait - The Red Shirt
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
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.
Painted just after the artist returned from New York, c.1945, "The Red Shirt...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L'ingenue
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 b...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Gouache, Paper
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
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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