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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
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Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed upp...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Villa the Private Pool-original abstract figurative painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Villa the Private Pool" by Iryna Yermolova is a captivating a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd Herding Sheep by the River's Edge Landscape Framed Oil Painting 1950's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Leading them Home
Belgian School. mid 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board, framed
framed: 20 x 25 inches
board : 16 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Deserving More
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In "Deserving More," the central figure, a man, sits solemnly on a chair, his gaze piercing through the canvas to meet the audience's eyes. A subtle sadness etches his features, refl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
A sailing Break, Contemporary Seascape Art, Affordable Art, Fowey Art, Cornwall
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
A sailing break' is an original painting by Gordon Hunt. it shows a group of people out sailing. They have dropped anchor to take time to enjoy the beautiful turquoise water and brig...
Category
2010s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Triptych-Autumn in London-plein air-British Awarded Artist -Large Oils
Located in London, GB
Nothing beats a British autumn. Autumn in London Series is one of the most personal projects of Shizico Yi; the sensitive colours, her signature expressive and confidant brushstrokes...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
"Winter Barn" (2024) By Sandra Pratt, Original Oil Painting of Landscape
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Winter Barn" by Sandra Pratt is an original oil painting that depicts an abstracted landscape with a white barn and grey storm clouds in the sky.
Artist Statement:
My work is insp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Summer, Original Watercolor, figurative painting, vertical
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting portrays a serene scene of a young girl on a radiant sunny day, lovingly watering a garden full of vibrant flowers. The interplay of light and shadow creates a striking ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pavillon de Cirque
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR
Spanish, 1891 - 1966
PAVILLON DE CIRQUE
signed "Lagar" (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches (38 x 46 cm.)
framed: 21-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches (54 x 62 cm.)
NOTE:
THIS W...
Category
1930s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th century Spanish Cafe scene with dancing and drinking figures in a bar
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating mid-century Spanish painting by Alfredo Opisso immerses the viewer in the lively atmosphere of a café or bar, where figures gather to drink, sing, and dance. Rendere...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Benavente Solis bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOA...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Place Du Tertre " Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures in Parisian Village
Located in New York, NY
This painting is a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century, depicting The Place du Tertre. This square is in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
untitled woman in boudoir original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection and in very good condition. It is original, numbered and signed by the artist in the plate and on the print. Guilde de la Gravure.
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Lithograph
ORIGINAL MODERN BRITISH Oil Painting - Beach At Beer Devon SUMMERTIME
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Stephen Brown RBA (1947-) British
TITLE: “On The Beach At Beer Devon”
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 75cm x 65cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Steph...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Le Marché à Martigues" Colorful Impressionist view of Market Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A strong Post-Impressionist oil on canvas painting by André Roubaud depicting the Market in Martigues in France, executed in wonderful colors and gestural brush strokes. With magnifi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinatown, San Francisco
By Edward Wilson Currier
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Oil on Canvas by Jallais, Boats in Port, 1960s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jallais, France, 1960s. Boats in port. In its pretty dark brown wooden frame. With frame: 68x58 cm - 26.8x22.8 inches, without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. 12F ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Bucks County Colorful Landscape Painting, Italian artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905–1981)
Bucks County, 1934
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
17.5 x 21.5 inches
25.5 x 29 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a f...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing Boats at Doelan - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Paul Madeline
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board landscape by French post impressionist painter Paul Madeline. This beautiful work depicts a view of the picturesque port of Doelan in Britanny, France. ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vue du Casino de Juan les Pins, les régates
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Marcel COSSON (1878-1956)
Vue du Casino de Juan les Pins, les régates
Oil on panel
Size : 46 x 61 cm
Signed lower left
Painting in perfect condition
Beautiful carved and gilded fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape from the North of Sweden by Swedish Artist Otto Lindberg, 1926
Located in Stockholm, SE
Otto Lindberg was a Swedish artist born in Söderhamn in 1880. Lindberg was known for his landscapes and marine paintings. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm an...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fortitude
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
A difficult time can be more...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The laundry is drying 1950s, oil on cardboard, 51x74 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The laundry is drying
1950s, oil on cardboard, 51x74 cm
Published in the book "Biruta Baumane", Anda Treija, Juris Petraškevičs, publisher Galerija Da...
Category
1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Variations in Orange and Blue
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Variations in Orange and Blue"
Watercolor Painting by Linda Clerget
This vibrant and expressive watercolor painting captures the dynamic interplay of warm and cool tones in a capti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Boulevard de la Madeleine Oil on canvas, 33, 3x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard de la Madeleine. Oil on canvas, 33,3x46 cm
Street in Paris at evening
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Chic Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Chic Lady
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Onigele Yii
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting "Onigele Yii" depicts a striking black African woman wearing a vibrant Ankara head tie, known as gele, in the Yoruba language. Rendered with oil on canvas, the artwork c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen/charcoal on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 9.5 (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen, Charcoal
Large Oil Painting Beach Scene with Children Henry Benson Americana Art Seashore
By Henry Benson
Located in Surfside, FL
Children Playing on Beach
Textured Oil on Canvas
Hand signed lower right
Image: H 40 x W 30 inches; Frame: H 40.5 x W 30.5 inches
Beautiful muted pastel tone colors
This depicts a ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paesaggio" Olio su tela cm. 60 x 52 1990
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso paesggio primaverile
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strasburg. Oil on cardboard, Figurative, Architecture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative landscape oil on canvas on board painting by Polish artist Magdalena Spasowicz. Artwork is in classic style, it resembles impressionism. Composition is painted with wide brush strokes. Colors are muted. Artwork depicts a cityscape of Strasburg in France.
MAGDALENA SPASOWICZ Studied painting under prof. Jan Cybis and graphic arts with prof. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She received her diploma in 1953. Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad, among others in Warsaw, London, New York, Bratislava, Washington, Moscow, Berlin, Budapest, and are to be found in private and public collections around the world. In 2017 two individual exhibition of the artists took place - at the Regional Museum in Kozienice Palace and at the Museum of Western Mazowsze in Zyrardow. Magdalena Spasowicz has been spending every single moment on painting for many years now. Most of her paintings are monochromatically coloured landscapes, of places where eye cheers soul with a sight close to heart, known and well remembered. French painting of Pissarro and Utrillo has been a very important inspiration for Magdalena Spasowicz. A desire to still-frame every moment when the artist meets Nature and beloved places is an imperative, which obliges to come back to canvas and paint, paint with a total devotion. The artistry of the places represented in the paintings of Magdalena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Murols sous la neige - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figure in winter landscape oil on canvas circa 1915 by French Post Impressionist painter Victor Charreton, who was known as the painter of colours. The work depicts a man stro...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of A Chic Lady With Shielding The Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Day
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed
signed J.V
paper: 10 x 6.25 inches
double sided
very good condition
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
"A Day at the Beach" Impressionist Scene with Sail Boats and Figures Painting
Located in New York, NY
This captivating beach scene in Zandvoort, a Dutch coastal town west of Amsterdam, Netherlands that is a remarkable display of Van der Plas's true passion for outdoor genre paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
20th French Post Impressionist Oil Busy Summer Beach Scene Many Figures & Color
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sur la Plage
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches
Colors: Yellow gold and warm colors, red, blue and ora...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Two bathers” Vertical , ocean, blue, Impressionism , realism , figurative.
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures two swimmers emerging from the sea, encapsulating the essence of a serene seaside moment. The painting's use of color is striking, with the bright blue ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1930's French Oil Painting Introspective Portrait of a Woman in Deep Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in Thought
French School, early 20th century
indistinctly signed oil on board, glass covering framed
(please note the frame is a modern example)
framed: 13 x 9 in...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Feelings 1 -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Colourful, Silhouette, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Feelings" is a visual exploration of complex human emotions, relationships, and resilience. The layered figures, abstracted and partially overlapping, reflect the intertwined ident...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
The Grape Harvest Large 1920's French Signed Oil Harvest Workers Vineyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest
by Louis Faille (French 1878-1964
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32.5 x 40 inches
canvas : 22 x 31 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
LOUIS BUISSERET circa 1930 Nude Woman Standing Interior LARGE oil/canvas BELGIAN
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This oil painting by Louis Buisseret, a Belgian artist renowned for his mastery of realism and sensitivity to the human form, exemplifies his ability to capture the quiet elegance of...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
woman in white oil on canvas painting portrait
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - woman in white - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 73x60 cm.
Frame size 76x63 cm.
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joa...
Category
1940s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resilience - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Maxims Cafe Paris" Parisian City Street Scene with Maxims Cafe and Figures
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil painting on canvas by the French artist Georges Gerbier, depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view of "Maxims C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary oil portrait of a woman on canvas ""Woman with a red flower"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this captivating artwork "Woman with a red flower" , the artist employs a minimalist yet expressive approach to depict a woman whose presence resonates deeply, even in the absence...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1970's French Oil Painting Figurative Oil Painting Workers on Scaffolding
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Oil Painting of Workers on Scaffolding
French artist, circa 1970's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 51 x 38 inches
Provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Golden Brown Ireland Seascape Landscape at Dusk by Contemporary Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Golden Brown Ireland Seascape Landscape at Dusk by Contemporary Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons
Art measures 36 x 16 inches
Frame measure 41 x 21 inc...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On The Beach" - 1976 Original Textured Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"On The Beach" - 1976 Original Textured Oil on Canvas
Colorful abstract expressionist oil painting depicting the back of a woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (Ame...
Category
1970s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
France beach acrylic painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Acrylic on paper laid board.
Frameless.
Needs restoration
Category
1990s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Laid Paper
Dream Mystique
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Dream Mystique
Artist signed and titled, new frame canvas 24x20
Wallace Bassford was an American painter and illustrator, born in 1900 in St. Louis Missouri, he attended the St. Loui...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Young Women on Couch" by Wilson - Intimate Nude Women on Earth Tone Couch
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Two Young Women on Couch" 2012
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Two Young Women on Couch" by renown...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Top Hat and Tails, Original Figurative Oil Painting 150x200 cm by Ta Byrne
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil painting by Ta Byrne I love painting people, but I don’t want to paint portraits, I want my people to have a bit of character, a little of the night about them I want them to be ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Synagogue Interior Scene with Figure" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicting a religious figure seated in a Synagogue with decorated columns and in between arches. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what make t...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Affection Mixed Media
By Jürgen Görg
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Affection 1989
Artist signed lower right
Oil, graphite on linen canvas 38x30, framed 52x44 inches.
Jurgen Gorg was born in 1951 in, Dernbach Germany. His formative years were spen...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Graphite
Relentless - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Horse, Cowboy, Man
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century French Charcoal Portrait of a Woman in Profile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Charcoal Portrait of a Woman in Profile
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen/charcoal on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 11 (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ballpoint Pen
Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO GRAU SALA
Spanish, 1911 - 1975
ROND-POINT DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
signed "Grau Sala" (lower left)
signed, located and dated "GRAU SALA / PARIS 1967" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist 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.
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