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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
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Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Soo Young - Queen of Korea
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on hanji paper (Korean traditional paper)
15.9 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm without space + white frame
Kim Soo Young is a Korean artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Seoul, So...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Printemps Pomme II - contemporary, landscape, tree, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting of a tree was created by Peter Hoffer.
Canadian artist Peter Hoffer captures the glory of an apple tree in spring in this vividly coloured mixed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Jump Before the Little Woods - Oil Painting Figurative Landscape Field, 2008
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary figurative oil painting on canvas, a jumping figure seems to float over a field with arms outstretched while cumulus clouds float in the sky overhead. Signed, da...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wrestling Woman - Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Wrestling Woman is an original mixed media, ink and tempera, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1998.
Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on the lower left.
In good conditions.
The artwork represents a nude wrestling...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
Secret - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, Boy Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl at the Morning Toilet - Oil on hardboard by Francisco Ribera Gomez - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the morning toilet is a contemporary artwork realzied in 1962 by Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)
Mixed colored oil on hardboard.
Ha...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Portrait 469 Pop Art - ITALIAN SCHOOL
Located in Zofingen, AG
As an Antique sculpture, Dario Moschetta creates strength and movement in this artwork. Moreover, experimental technique brings an unique texture to the figure. Hair are waving alon...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Quick Draw Queen - Vibrant Figurative Cowgirl Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Other Medium
"Slim" Contemporary Abstract Colorful Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in orange set against a magent...
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
Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting - Quatros Mujeres
Located in Vilnius, LT
Amílcar Rivera M. is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico and now lives and creates in Vilnius, Lithuania. His inter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Radio City New York NYC Sunset by Contemporary British Urban Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Radio City New York NYC Sunset by Contemporary British Urban Landscape Artist Angela Wakefield
Art measures 31.5 x 31.5 inches
Frame measures 36.5 x 36.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Belarusian Contemporary Art by Tatiana Radsivilko - Pair
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Tatiana Radsivilko is a Belarussian artist born in 1968 who lives & works in Minsk in Belarus. She is graduated from the Belarusian ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady with Books 2 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 39x23in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Lady with Books 1
Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm .
Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging.
Framed !
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fire and Ice" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Fire and Ice" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male couple embracing. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Where we gonna play in the future. From The Light Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conversation 3 - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Beach
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
GOD WANTS ME TO FORGIVE THEM!?! - Oil Painting of a Frightened Bob the Tomato
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
A scene of distress is depicted in this work regarding Bob the Tomato, a primary character in the acclaimed children’s animation, VeggieTales. “God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!” challenges the formative life lessons we are taught from a young age that is not always easy to uphold. Based on a prophetic dream I had surrounding ideas of violence, familial relationships, estrangement, biblical references, revenge, and ultimately death, this painting begs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
London Turquoise and Teal - contemporary impressionism London oil painting
Located in London, GB
Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Upper Meadow in June (Contemporary Panoramic Plein Air Landscape Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Upper Meadow in June (Contemporary Panoramic Plein Air Landscape Painting) by Joseph Rapp
18 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas
19.75 x 37.75 inches framed in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Summer - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled III", painting by Lídia Masllorens (64x74in), 2022
Located in Paris, France
Untitled III by Lídia Masllorens.
Lídia Masllorens is attracted by a moderate abstraction, which allows the observer to interpret the painting with precision and to perceive implici...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Feeling Sassy by Judith Williams black and white nude on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
"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
Group of Men in a Field
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wish To See You Here II" Large Vibrant Landscape Painting In Blue, Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
"Wish To See You Here II" by Danish artist Steffen Bue is a captivating contemporary landscape painting that immerses you in a world of vibrant colors and dynamic forms.
Measuring 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Carmine - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Carmine is one of a new series of stunning acrylic abstract paintings by Vancouver-based artist Fiona Ackerman. Inspired by 17th century botanical illustrations by women naturalists,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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
"Mukwooru" Bright Contemporary Portrait of Central Texas Penateka Comanche Chief
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful contemporary portrait of the 19th Century Penateka Comanche Chief Mukwooru, also known as Mugara. An important leader and shaman since the 1820s, Mukwooru also trained Buffalo Hump and Yellow Wolf, two of the most important chiefs during the period between Texas Independence...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
"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
"My Purple Diamond Heart" Colorful 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
"My Magical Mystery Tour Heart" 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, Mixed Media
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
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
Lucky To Love You - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
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 create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe.
This original painting depicting one colorful heart painted on a black background measures 12 inches square. This thickly textured heart is applied with tactile brushwork. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Coulombe-Bégin’s work portrays from colorful hearts to specific parts of the human body, especially large close-up portrayals of the mouth and eyes, which are depicted with great contrasts of color and chiaroscuro. These symbols are constructed with specific gestures and drippings in which Coulombe-Bégin expresses an abstract universe full of movement, symbolism, and eroticism.
Born in Miami, Coulombe-Bégin grew up in Quebec City where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from Laval University. Starting very young, her parents focused a great deal on both the arts and athletics which helped her develop her own mode of expression.
“I am particularly interested in the fragmented corporal shell, which I emphasize through spontaneous movement and vivid colors.” stated Coulombe-Bégin. “My experience with painting has led me to see things differently, to self-discovery and to great astonishment."
Coulombe-Bégin's works have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Inspire moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul
2021 Le Corps à Coeur, Galerie Corno X Beauchamp, Montréal
2019 Rêve moi, Centre Boréart, Granby, QC
Feel Moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2017 Wildest Dreams, La nuit des Galeries, Québec
Salon d’habitation d’automne, Qébec
2016 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Québec
2015 Polyphonie, Palais Montcalm, Québec
2012 Le feu à la bouche, SSS, Québec, QC
2011 Le Moulin La Lorraine, Lac Etchemin, QC
2010 Lunetterie du faubourg, Quebec
Les futures Déesses désirées, Le Cercle, Quebec, QC
Trafic d'organes, Clocher penché, Quebec, QC
Corps et Corporalités, Studio Party...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary 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
"Composition #17", Mixed Media Figure Drawing on Stretched Canvas with Collage
Located in St. Louis, MO
Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents an action-based assem...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish, Mixed Media, Pencil
''Cauliflower II'' Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting of a Cauliflower
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters.
Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aesthetics, harmony and atmosphere,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sky Before the Storm, Dreamy Urban Landscapes Diptych, Purple, Blue, Black, Rock
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such as inequality, emptiness, borders, balance, misalignment, or periphery.
Details:
Title: Sky Before The Storm
Medium: Acrylic and Spray Painting on Papyrus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Sisterhood 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sisterhood is also about growth and transformation. As we go through life, we change and evolve as individuals, and our relationships with our sisters change and evolve with us. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Triptych - "Freeform" - Abstraction, Expression, Pop, Street Art, Joyful
By Paweł Myszka
Located in Salzburg, AT
A single painting is 70x60 cm in size, All together next to each other 70x180 cm. Please ask me about the shipping costs because we can send the paintings much cheaper, the system h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rainy Night In Knightsbridge- contemporary impressionism London painting
Located in London, GB
Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
pop art contemporary President currency figurative color pop mixed media framed
Located in New York, NY
This is a 1/1 original currency with wood cutout framed - It's all hand done with spray paint and acrylic and pencil on currency, framed with non glare glass.
TBOY is a British a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Resin, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
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 Mormon Family, Swimming—After a Photograph by George Beard, 1895
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
My Mormon Family, Swimming—After a Photograph by George Beard, 1895
2005
Signed and dated, u.r.; Also signed, titled, and dated, verso
Oil on canvas
48...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Portrait "Reading Stendhal"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures those rare moments of peace when the world makes no demands, and one can simply exist. A woman in a deep burgundy dress is immersed in a book, sitting by a lar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My.Heart.Beats.Here. - colorful, minimal, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vancouver artist Pat Service has always found inspiration in nature for her beautiful paintings.
This series of florals documents a variety of single blossoms. A Grouping of four fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Unchained Soul
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting captures the strength and beauty of a black African girl who gazes directly at the viewer with a thought of total liberation. The use of oil on canvas creates a vibrant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
A French Room - Oil Painting by Alexander Sergeev - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
A French Room is an original oil painting on the board realized by Alexander Sergeev in the 1990s.
Very beautiful painting depicting a room with a sofa.
Includes frame
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pink on Black - Series Blobs - Colourful Expression, XXL Format Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artist about his work:
BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT
Flowing peacefully in the slow current of a narrow trickle between the feeling of senselessness and some deeply hidden ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Figurative Painting Nude Female Portrait with Dripping Pink and Red
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Amore" (2024) is an evocative acrylic on canvas by Inés Silvalde, measuring 73 x 100 cm. The painting depicts a nude female figure holding a melting heart with delicate care, a symb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Nile by Night VII" Landscape Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile by Night VII" Landscape Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished schoo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fill my Heart with Song- 21st Century Romantic painting of a girl with a Robin
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Liseth Visser
Fill my Heart with Song
73 x 73 cm
(Frame is included, framed 88 x 88 cm)
Oilpaint on wood panel
Dutch Female Artist Liseth Visser is no stranger to the world of portr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cinder
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Joel Tomlin (b. 1969)
Cinder, 2004
Oil on linen
Signed and titled verso
183 x 157 cm.
Provenance:
Joel Tomlin;
MW Projects, London, 2004;
Permanent Collection, Saatchi Gallery;
Chri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
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.
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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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