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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Bateaux sur la mer - French Naive Seascape Oil Painting by Camille Bombois
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas seascape circa 1920 by French naive painter Camille Bombois. This work depicts workers out at sea on a large sail boat with a few ...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I'm Not Alone
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez's "I'm Not Alone" is a powerful and emotionally resonant artwork that invites viewers to explore the depths of solitude, resilience, and self-discovery. Through its evocative visual imagery, the artwork encourages us to embrace moments of introspection as opportunities for growth and self-awareness.
As we stand before this mesmerizing piece, we are reminded that, even in our most solitary moments, we are in the company of our own strength, thoughts, and emotions. "I'm Not Alone" serves as a beautiful reminder of the human capacity for resilience and self-discovery, making it a truly unforgettable work of contemporary art.
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 Gallery)
About Artist
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez is an accomplished artist with a diverse background in contemporary painting, particularly Osogbo art. However, his true passion lies in abstract expression, where he seeks to promote African art, culture, and nature. Influenced by his artist father, he paints to preserve memories and connect with broader societal concerns.
Abiodun's artistic style is characterized by the abstraction and simplification of human compositions. He employs vibrant oil colors, often focusing on primary colors that transition into secondary and tertiary hues. His subjects stand out against neutral backgrounds, creating a harmonious balance in his paintings. A prominent feature in his works is the use of red, blue, and yellow tones, subtly blended to emphasize form and shape.
His artistic journey includes training under renowned bead painting contemporary artist Jimoh Buraimoh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
By A. Mathieu
Located in Soquel, CA
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
In the Hudson River School style by A (K) Mathieu (American, 19th-20th C). Harvest time at the Homestead with a hay wago...
Category
1940s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Stretcher Bars
Early 20th century Modern British Impressionist portrait of a mother and child
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite early 20th-century oil on panel by Dorothea Sharp captures the timeless and universal bond between mother and child in a tender Impressionist style. Painted circa 1900...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
150 Years From Now 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let love lead. Let's be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting. No jealousy. No comparison. Life is not a competition. At the end of the day, we will all transit to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
China Patch Abstract
By John Thomson
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling and vibrant oil abstract work by Monterey Bay artist and gallery owner John O. Thomson. Signed lower right. Signed on verso John O Thomson and titled "China Patch 6-5-11 S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Porto Moniz" (2024) By Sparky LeBold, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Wild Sea, Isle of Madeira" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a beautiful handmade oil painting that depicts rocky shore with dark storm clouds above.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sp...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brolly Day - Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape of Majorca Allen
By Denise Allen
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Denise has been painting professionally since the early 1980's, and has been teaching watercolours since 2002.
She says "my inspiration is the world around me... it is truly amazin...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paintbrushes - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber (Dutch artist)
Paintbrushes
30 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 33 x 23 cm)
Acryl on canvas
In the paintings of The Hague-based artist Heidi von Faber, light plays...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mixed Media, Collage of Female Figure with Text_Pop Art_Time by Greg Miller
By Greg Miller
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER
"Time"
Acrylic, Collage
48 x 48 in.
Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship with the spa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Toulouse Pont Neuf Sunrise" (2024) By Christopher Clark, Oil & Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's "Toulouse Pont Neuf Sunrise" is an original, handmade oil & acrylic painting that depicts an abstracted cityscape with a bright, colorful sunset above.
Christoph...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Soft Turbulences
Located in THOMERY, FR
In "Soft Turbulence," Linda Clerget masterfully blends the gentle chaos of nature with a symphony of colors. This captivating piece invites the viewer into a world where the serene a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roundel depicting St. Catherine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown French Art and Workshop, Middle 15th century
Roundel depicting St. Catherine (?)
Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum
Book of Hours folio attributed to the C...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pigment
Rare Angelic Figure by Animator Fred Mogubgub
Located in New York, NY
Fred Mogubgub (American, 1928-1989)
Untitled, c. 1970s
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 14 x 1 in.
Signed verso
Fred Mogubgub (1928–1989) was an animator and painter who first came to attenti...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981)
Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera
Oil on canvasboard
10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Magic Evening- Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas 60 x 50 cm, called 'Magic evening',
is meant to create a magic feeling of the ocean under the special orange sunset light.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Gold Rush Heart" Pop Art Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Glass, Mixed Media
Trees 23 June 16:22, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Forest
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sitting" figuratif nude acrylic on linen canvas 60x60cm 2010
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
figuratif "Sitting" acrylic on linen canvas 60x60cm nude 2010
the beauty of the body in opposition to violence.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lee Wells 'They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Red Velvet- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Red Velvet
50 x 50 cm framed (included in price) 53,5 x 53,5 cm
Oilpaint on canvas
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubic Family Figurative Shades of Gray Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3566 Deco style painting
Image size 11x11
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s Old Airfield in Capitola, California Landscape Oil Painting with Trees
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1950s-1960s oil painting titled 'Old Airfield in Capitola, California' beautifully captures a serene Northern California landscape. The scene depicts a lush countryside with vibrant trees, a charming white house with a green roof, a red tractor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danish School Late 19th Century Oil Painting.
Located in Holywell, GB
Danish School 19th Century
A typical Scandinavian composition showing a woman heading towards a gate. This genre of painting is designed to intrigue the viewer and ask the question,...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 19th Century "Susanna And The Elders" After The Old Master by Martinelli
Located in San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Mid 19th century old master "Susanna and the Elders" after Martinelli
Brilliant old master painting of Susanna and the Elders.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 26.5" ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Pink and Yellow Roses in a Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Pink and Yellow Roses in a Vase
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Wild Horses, " Oil Painting by Zoa Ace, Horses and Shells
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Wild Horses" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting seven horses with a coyote in the distance. The piece is on gallery wrapped stretched canvas and is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Institute
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original 1942 oil on board painting by American female artist Catherine Koenig depicting the interior of the Buffalo Art Institute which was home to the legendary Charles Burchfie...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Lilies of the Valley in a Vase- Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Canvas realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century.
Good condition, framed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Nymphs in the Forest" Oil on Canvas Signed in Gilded Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Narcisse Díaz de la Peña, "Nymphs in the Forest. Oil on canvas signed "Diaz" at lower left. In its original gilded wooden frame bearing the name "Diaz 1807-1876" on brass plate.
Nar...
Category
1850s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo); Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on boar...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hummingbird V
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Natura Morta con frutta" Olio cm 80 x 70 1974
Located in Torino, IT
Natura morta,Frutta,Colori puri, Limon,i Uva
Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 – San Pietroburgo 2005)
Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva nasce nel 1924 in Georgia, ma già l’anno success...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maritime Scene with Sailboats
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating maritime painting, likely the work of an English artist, dates to the late 19th century and showcases a masterful command of light and texture. The composition featu...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Duet #2, Large Art Deco Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Duet #2" is an original painting on canvas measuring 48 x 36 inches by Erik Freyman. The artist is best known for his 80's style which draws heavily on Art Deco and Cubism.
Frey...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas 15.10.28
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954)
Title: Vanitas 05.10.28
Year: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso
Size: 30 x 60 inches
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Couple #2- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Couple #2
50 x 40 cm
Oil on wood
Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence.
For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections.
For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject.
This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples.
The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone:
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beauty of Love - Impasto Pop Art Purple and Colorful Romantic Heart Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman in the Field
By John Bellany
Located in Edinburgh, GB
John Bellany was an influential Scottish painter. Credited with pioneering a style of painting that melded the influences of Impressionism with Naive painting, Bellany’s work explored endemically Scottish symbolism and histories. "What he was doing in the mid-1960s in many ways changed the course of Scottish painting,” Keith Hartley, the senior curator of the Scottish National Gallery, has said of Bellany’s importance. “It was like a manifesto: I don't want to do paintings for Edinburgh drawing...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene with Figures at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995)
Art meas...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Boulevard des Italiens" French Impressionist City Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Paul Gagni
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an exceptional impressionistic cityscape scene by Paul Gagni of 'Boulevard des Italiens' in Paris. The boulevard des Italiens is one of the 'Grands Boulevards' in Paris...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Reclining \Nude
Located in St. Albans, GB
Rene Caty
French Impressionist
Exhibited at the Medici Society, London
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated Rene Caty 1962 bottom right.
23.5 x 27.75" (60 x 70cm)
32 x 36.25" (82 x 92cm)
Perhaps Rene Caty's finest work of art with loose brush strokes and wonderful highlights depicting a beautiful red headed girl...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking By The Sea
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Walking By The Sea.
Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (31 1/2 x 39 1/4in).
Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
BLACK DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
LARGE OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH
Original Antique Large late 19th/early 20th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Sea Scene...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Fine Victorian Scottish Signed Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles Leslie (British 19th century), signed and dated 1875
Title: The Panoramic Loch. Beautiful and majestic Scottish Highlands loch scene with figures walking alo...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Coronation of the Virgin 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The large scene depicts Mary, already assumed into heaven and supported on the clouds by little angels, receiving the Crown by the most holy Trinity.
Such a coronatio...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angels and Patrons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero portrays his niece examining Jules Bastien-Lepage’s 1879 painting of Joan of Arc receiving her life-changing vision. Set within a room...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oval Portrait of Lady on Copper Wooden Frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady (female saint?)
Italian School, 17th century
oil on copper, framed
frame: 9 x 8 inches
board: 5 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sweet & Sour, Bone & Flesh" (2023) By Destiny Bowman, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Sweet & Sour, Bone & Flesh" (2023) by Destiny Bowman is an original, handmade oil painting on wood panel that depicts a still-life featuring animal skulls, plants, fruit, and a dise...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Face and Phases - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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 Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavy Impasto Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse by Harald Dry Schmidt
Abstract expressionist portrait of a man by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). The...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting – Modernist City Scene With Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Artist: George Cecil Carter (1908–1993)
Medium: Oil on board
Size: Image: 16 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ in Framed: 20 ⅝ x 13 ½ x 1 ⅞ in
Style: Mid-Century Modern, Abstract Figurative
This striking 1950s oil painting by celebrated Colorado abstract expressionist George Cecil Carter presents a modernist portrayal of a couple, believed to depict Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe. Rendered in bold brushstrokes and a rich color palette, the piece showcases Carter’s unique ability to merge abstraction with figurative expression, creating a sense of movement and emotion.
Housed in a custom frame, this original mid-century artwork is a must-have for collectors of modernist and abstract figurative art.
Provenance:
From a private collection in Denver, Colorado.
About the Artist – George Cecil Carter
Born in Oklahoma in 1908, Carter became a leading figure in Colorado’s abstract expressionist movement, working alongside artists like Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Drawing of a Classical Bald Male Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Bust
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
"Birch" Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984 Snow, Forest, white
Located in Torino, IT
Birch,Snow, Forest, white, Art, shipping free
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Madrid" (2023) - Original Oil Painting, Impressionist Cityscape
By Jacob Dhein
Located in Denver, CO
Jacob Dhein's "Madrid" a 2023 original oil on panel, stands at 19.5 x 22 inches. This piece highlights Dhein's ability to capture the bustle and anonymity of a city post-storm, and h...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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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