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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
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Chartres Cathedral
Located in Storrs, CT
William Lee-Hankey, R.E., R.W.S., R.O.I. 1869-1952. Chartres Cathedral. Oil on canvas. 27 x 25. Signed, lower left. Price on the strecther, verso: $1000000. Provenance: Woodrugg Brot...
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1910s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Watercolor, Oil

Modernist English 1970's, Interior with an old record player Port decanter glass
Located in Woodbury, CT
Colin Ruffell is an English painter of interiors, cityscapes, and many other unique subjects. This bold and evocative 1970s painting by English artist Colin Ruffell captures a nosta...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

View of Charles Bridge in Prague-Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova-Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on panel realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century, depicting the most famous bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. Frames, good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Star III
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in the mid-20th Century. Mounted on a stretcher. Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elegant Vase Overflowing with Garden Flowers Classical Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bountiful Bloom Floral Arrangement, Continental School, late 20th century most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 20 inches pro...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

George Large, The Fungi Collectors, Cubist art
Located in Harkstead, GB
***Please note the glass will be removed for shipping*** For local and London deliveries the glass can be retained if agreed prior to purchase. George Large, R.I. (born 1936) Edible Fungi Signed and dated (19)91 Watercolour over traces of pencil 26¾ x 14¾ 37 x 24½ with frame ​​ George Large is a painter in watercolour and oil, born in Islington, London in 1936. He studied at Hornsey College of Art (1958-63), teachers including Maurice de Sausmarez, John Titchell and Alfred Daniels. Large spent some time in the display department of Simpson’s, Piccadilly, was part-time at Hornsey College of Art, then head of department at St Julian...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Six Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 6 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

'Dockside' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Alex Minewski, 'Dockside', gouache on paper, 1953. Signed in the image, lower left. Annotated 'April 1953, Minewski, ‘Dock Side’, verso. A fine, modernist re...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Seascape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the mid-20th Century by Fausta Settimj Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century California Oak Tree in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Oak Tree Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham Iconic California Oak tree during summer with golden tones and olive green foliage by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American, 1881-1983) circa 1960. Displayed in a new carved giltwood frame. A gem of a California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists. Medium: Oil paint on canvas Signed lower right "Louise Cunningham" Condition: Excellent Presented in new, gold gilt-toned wood frame Image, 16"H x 20"L. Framed size: 22"H x 26"W x 2.50"D A painter / architect/ pasteli, Louise Cunningham was born in Berkeley, California on May 4, 1881 of French parents. (Her uncle, Jules Jacques, was a distinguished Paris artist and a member of the French Royal Academy.) Louise Grossett began her art studies at age eleven at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco a program run by UC Berkley. She then spent most of her life as a resident of California, Berkley, San Francisco, Mt Lassen, Yosemite and then retired to Felton CA in 1955, She ran art classes from her studio on Lazy Woods Rd. She was the wife of Robert Cunningham...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Si...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Legend in Light and Shadow: Marilyn Monroe - Figurative Abstract 3D Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Park Spring (Impressionistic Figurative Painting of Figures in a Park Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern impressionist style figurative painting of a family in a colorful park landscape “Park Spring” painted by William Clutz in 1996 60 x 50 inches in a natural wood floater frame Wire backing, signed lower right This figurative oil on canvas painting was made in 1996 by William Clutz as part of a series of works called "Crossings". These paintings were a study of NYC dwellers engaging in the simple, daily activity of crossing the street. In this piece, Clutz captures a joyful moment of a mother and father walking in a sunlit park landscape with their young child. Bright sunlight radiates through lush fall foliage and fills the scene with a soft orange light. With broad, expressionistic brushstrokes, he discovers the extraordinary in the ordinary, by emphasizing the effects of sunlight on the human form. The painting is in excellent condition and is framed in a natural wood floater frame. More about the artist: In New York in the early 50's and 60's, abstract expressionism was the orthodox approach to art at the time. However, Clutz was committed to his personal style that focused on abstracted human figures within urban tableaux. Working in a context of artists who challenged abstract expressionism's popularity in New York, Clutz established himself as a significant proponent of abstract figuration. His paintings focus on human figures within the urban environment, often exposing the transfiguration of his subjects as they travel through the complex light of city streets or summer parks, as shown in two of his early works. Clutz's interest in working from direct observation of urban life was influenced by a long-standing interest in German Expressionism, as well as artists like Henri Matisse, Arshile Gorky, and Nicholas De Stael...
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Huge British Contemporary Portrait of Young Woman Green Skirt oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Green Skirt British artist, contemporary oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 40 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition For more any more info...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary hand painted acrylic on canvas pop art Disney red blue figurative
By Wizard Skull
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted acrylic on canvas - lives and works out of Brooklyn NY and is represented by Krause Gallery in Manhattan NY. signed on edge of canvas Pai...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Modern Impressionist French Oil Painting Lush Garden Scene with Seated Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern Impressionist French Oil Painting Lush Garden Scene with Seated Figure by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting si...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Muse Berkeley Figurative School by Patricia Gren Hayes 1975
Located in Soquel, CA
A Muse - Figurative Study in Oil on Canvas A nude man wearing a sailor hat while he looks down at a woman sitting on sheets of red and blue by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes ...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bobby - Large Scale Colorful Original Pop Art Textured Portrait Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alea Pinar Du Pre's original mixed media artworks portray human figures in a graphic pop-realist style. An enterprising autodidact merging technology and fine art, her vibrant contemporary pop-figurative artworks colorfully explore the territory between human reality and artificial reality. Her paintings portray the fact that our perceptions of solid reality are deceptively virtual. This unique collage is a part of her "Snapshot" series, as she explains: "We consist of the same atoms, created billions of years ago in a supernova. And here we are living and breathing and experiencing life, and we think we are all so different. I think we are all the same, it’s just that are masks and poses are different. I love humanity and this game we are playing. With snapshot I am trying to capture the unawareness of the fact that we are the greatest wonder of the universe". This one-of-a-kind 68 inch tall by 52 inch wide vertical artwork includes bright neon colors and sparkle. Pinar Du Pre's fusion of materials - acrylics, printed elements, and layers of gilt captured under an epoxy lens - represents the layered reality she aims to depict. The sides of this canvas are painted metallic and it does not require framing. Pinar Du Pre has signed, titled, and dated this original artwork...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glitter

"Artist White Suite, Wild Tie" Modern Abstract Cubist Figurative Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features his signature Cubist-inspired bearded male figure wearing a brightly colored t...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

A Dynamic Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude in an Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Abstract, Standing Young Female Nude in a Studio Interior by Noted Chicago, Artist Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 40” x 13”; ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charming, Colorful 1930s Oil Painting of a Woman in Rowboat by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful 1930s oil painting of a young woman in a rowboat by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). This vibrant harbor scene was most likely paint...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Les Trois Chevaux - Modernist Animal Oil Painting by Louis Anquetin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel circa 1895 by French modernist painter Louis Anquetin. The piece depicts three white horses. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 16.5"x20" Unframe...
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1890s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin. Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922" Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter. Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

El Jazmin y la Rosa, by flower painter Bibi Zogbe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Excellent example of the artst.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern nude study of red-haired woman reclining seated by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1979. Signed and dated on verso Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work Unframed. Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W. Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

School
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery is honored to present a selection of paintings from the estate of American artist, John Hartell (1902-1995). John Hartell taught two disciplines at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: freshman architecture and graduate painting. He was a much-loved professor there from 1930 until his retirement in 1967; one of his most illustrious students is the architect Richard Meier. As an artist, Hartell's first solo exhibition was in 1937 at Kleeman Gallery in New York. He exhibited at Kraushaar Galleries in New York for four decades, beginning in 1943. The Hartell Gallery at Cornell University, under the Sibley Dome, is named for him. In describing John Hartell, the artist Michael Boyd...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Devilish" mixed media collage on wood with neon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community. In her Collage Portrait Series, Amy Smith uses photography, and layers of hand cut stencils, and torn recycled fashion magazine pieces to simultaneously represent her love of fashion and her contempt for excessive consumerism. In addition, she showcases female portraits to empower and unify, creating a space to feel connected to oneself and to each other. Smith’s mixed media collages have been shown at Wallspace, Saatchi’s The Other Art Fair, La Art Fair to name a few and been part of auctions such as revered Julien’s Auctions...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Neon Light, Mixed Media

"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
Chuzo Tamotzu Tama, Mimi, Chan, circa 1950 Signed lower left Oil on canvasboard 40 1/2 x 28 inches Tamotzu was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1888. He was educated in poli...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Fine 1950's English Oil Grand Interior Room Scene Ancestral Portraits signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guildhall, Worcester English School, mid 20th century indistinctly signed verso oil on canvas canvas: 20 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition The Worcester Guildhall was originally built as a meeting place for Worcester merchants around 1227. As with many other guildhalls, it became the centre for civic administration, a role it maintained after the merchant guild had disappeared. The present Worcester Guildhall is a superb Queen Anne building, begun in 1722 by Thomas White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren. White was badly paid for his efforts, and he died in poverty in 1738, bestowing the money he was owed on the Worcester Royal Infirmary. The city finally paid its debt in 1753. The exterior of the Guildhall is brick, dressed with stone. White himself is said to have carved the figure of Queen Anne over the entry, as well as those of Charles I and II, a reminder of the city's long history of royal support. The interior is superb, boasting exceptional period decoration. The Tourist Information Centre is now located in the Guildhall. HISTORY In 1227 Henry III granted the citizens of Worcester a royal charter granting them the right to establish a guild of merchants. The guild was responsible for controlling trade in the city, but their meeting place gradually became the main centre of administration for city government and acted as a courthouse. So, in effect, the Guildhall was the town hall, and though the city guilds have long since vanished, the Guildhall name lives on. The medieval guild merchants would not recognise the building that faces onto High Street now. Their guildhall was a large timber-framed building, occupying the same site, with a piazza for shops fronting the street, courts of justice at each end, and a prison to the north of the building. Part of the prison was a cell called 'the peephole', which gained a notorious reputation. There was a gaoler's house, and attached to it an alehouse from which the gaoler sold ale at extremely high prices to any prisoner who could afford the cost. In 1717 the city administration decided on a new Guildhall, and they knew just who to call; upon to build it. Thomas White was not an architect in the way we think of it today, but a stonemason. In 1705 he had carved a statue of Queen Anne to stand in front of the medieval Guildhall and was made a Freeman of the City. The total cost of the fashionable new red-brick building was £3727. The Corporation only put forward £800, and the rest had to be raised by public subscription. The centre section of the new Guildhall was finished by 1724 and has remained almost unchanged since then. The central facade is a wonderful example of early Georgian style, with three bays flanked by Corinthian pillars. Over the entrance is a huge carving incorporating the Hanoverian royal arms. White's earlier statue of Queen Anne was placed in a niche over the door, and on either side were statues of Charles I, depicted holding a church, and Charles II, with an orb and royal sceptre. On the rooftop are figures of Labour, Peace, Justice, Plenty, and Chastisement. North and south wings were added within a few years of the central block. The south wing was used as a judge's lodging when the assizes were taking place, but throughout the rest of the year it housed a coffee shop. The most striking external feature of the Guildhall is a set of iron gates...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001).  81 x 45 cm; no frame. Oil painting on canvas. Good conditions. 
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa (Framed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian paint...
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1890s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Liberty Head, Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic and offset lithograph on archival paper. Paper Size: 30 x 24 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Published by Via Max, New York; painted by Peter Max, New Yor...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Only Pay if We Win (Funny, Billboard, Legend, Iconic, ~26% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Annieo Klaas Only Pay if We Win (Yester Oaks and Montlimar) 2024 Oil on Wood Panel 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm) Signed verso COA provided *Ready to hang Annieo Klaas’s Alabama...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Synchronized Swimmers, Pop Art Figurative Abstract on Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid contemporary pop art style acrylic painting on paper of two synchronized swimmers posed in unison on a bright blue background by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947), 2007. Th...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Rabbit Hunters
By Roger Medearis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rabbit Hunters, egg tempera on Masonite, 12 x 9 inches, 1947, signed and dated lower left, signed, titled and dated verso “Rabbit Hunters Egg Tempera Roger Medearis 1947,” exhibited at Medearis' solo show at Kende Galleries, New York, in 1949 (Medearis’ record book, a copy of which is held by Vose Galleries in Boston, MA, indicates this is painting “No. 23” and that is was completed in 1947 and sold via Kende Galleries (at Gimbel Brothers...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Board

Terrace on the Sea - Oil Painting on Panel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Terrace on the Sea is an original painting realized in the 19th century by an anonymous artist. The artwork is a colored oil panting on panel. Signed on the ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Evening Reading - Paint by Emile François Rouseau - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Emile François Rouseau in 1910. Hand signed, dated and dedicated by the author. Includes a coeval gilded wooden frame.
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1910s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Grammy, Album Art, Music, Iconic, Disco)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1625 *Black frame with a mirror-gl...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Vibrant Pop Art Flower Original Simon Bull Floral Giclee Canvas Painting Edition
Located in Surfside, FL
Simon Bull, British (Born 1958) Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas "Whisper" (white flower) Hand signed Lower Left, Numbered 283/350 on Obverse side. Measures 16" x 16" image, frame measures 24-1/8" x 24-1/8" Simon Bull (born in March 1958) is an English-born artist living in America. Early years and education. Simon Bull was born in Bedfordshire, England. The second of four children. His father, Ian Bull served as an officer in the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department of the British Army. Ian’s extensive military postings stationed the family around the world in Guyana, Hong Kong, Germany, and Northern Ireland. Simon went to boarding school in Yorkshire, attending Ripon Cathedral Choir School from 1965 to 1969 and in Surrey, at the Royal Russell School from 1969 to 1976. In 1976 he took a one-year Foundation course at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design and went on to graduate in 1980 from Leeds Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He studied printmaking and Fine Art under Norman Webster and Norman Ackroyd RA. His time at Leeds was marked by his interest in and study of the masters, such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and Rembrandt; he wrote his dissertation on watercolorist John Sell Cotman. In his graduating year he exhibited his etching Jackie at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and his works were acquired by Leeds City Art Gallery. His art is currently represented exclusively, by his own company Simon Bull Studios of Carmel CA and MEUSE gallery on Carmel’s Ocean Avenue. Simon Bull Studios contracts with and supplies a network of fine art galleries around the world including Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, Park West Gallery and others. He has been represented in the UK by, London Contemporary Art and DeMontfort Fine Art; as well as in the USA with Media Arts Group. His worldwide licensing agent is Art Brands Group. In 2007 he was invited to create a series of paintings that celebrated the life of Muhammad Ali. Many of these works are now on permanent display in the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. He has spoken on behalf of the Muhammad Ali Center at the Vancouver Film Festival for the premiere of the movie Facing Ali. In 2009 he was commissioned to paint US President Barack Obama by boxing legend Muhammad Ali. His two joint portraits of Barack Obama and Muhammad Ali were unveiled at the Kentucky Bluegrass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

Blushing Roses in a Golden Vase Still Life Large Scale Classical Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blushing Roses in a Golden Vase Continental School, late 20th century most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 24 inches provena...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Let the Good Times Rolls" Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts iconic Logos with vintage news paper clippings from the mid century. We find Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lower left, with other Americana imagery through out. Celeb...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint, Canvas

"Modernist Nude" Mid Century Bold Colorful Abstract Nude Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950s by Russian, American painter Helen Stein. Mostly known for her abstract figures on canvas, this piece...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Under the Rain - Oil paint by Eliano Fantuzzi - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Under the rain is a contemporary artwork realized by Eliano Fantuzzi. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed on the lower margin and on the back. Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Mountain Monastery
Located in Bristol, GB
MOUNTAIN MONASTERY Size: 74 x 52.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A large and captivating mid-century modernist geometric abstract painting, executed in oil onto canvas. The co...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Figurative Oil Painting -The Expectant Nude
Located in Bristol, GB
THE EXPECTANT NUDE Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative portrait of a reclining pregnant nude...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Soleil en Aout a Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height of summer....
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Artist and his Model"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a classic oil on canvas painting by Nicholai Cikovsky circa 1960 of the artist and his model. Signed lower right. ACA gallery label verso along with Association of American Artists label verso. Original handcarved frame with wear. Overall size framed 43 by 36 inches. Cikovsky was born in Russia in 1894 where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910-1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Figure - Painting by Behçet Safa - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized by the artist Behçet Safa (1934-2018). Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back.
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil

French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Jasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2)
Located in New York, NY
Shepard Fairey Jasper Johns Red, 2010 Silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood. Hand signed twice - on both the front and the back 23 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches Frame included Edition HPM...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen

A Young Oriental Woman Looking at the Mirror-Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A young woman is an original modern artwork realized in Late 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. The artwork depicts a young woman with veil and mirror. Unreadible signatur...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist, William Stockman (1935-2021). Art measures 31 x 15 inches Frame measures 36 x 20 inches Fishermen mend...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Liberty Head, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head Year: 2005 Medium: Mixed Media on archival paper Size: 30 x 24 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed b...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Modernist beach scene; signed lower right; image size is 11.5 x 8.5 inches, framed it measures Ruth Gikow (January 6, 1915 Ukraine - 1982 New York City) was an Important American Jewish woman visual artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures interacting with an urban environment. Ruth Gikow was born in 1915 in the Ukraine. Her father, Boris, was a photographer and her mother was named Lena. In 1920 she emigrated to New York City due to civil war and pogroms against the Jewish community. The pilgrimage took around two years. Once in New York City, the Gikow family found themselves in poverty, rather than the middle-class comfort they enjoyed in Ukraine. Ruth Gikow's skill was prominent even in youth, as she excelled in drawing in elementary school and entered Washington Irving High School at age thirteen in which she furthered her art prowess. Later, she studied at the Cooper Union Art School, where she studied under school director Austin Purvis, Jr. and regional artist John Steuart Curry. In her second year of Art School, she was awarded a scholarship which she used to work with fellow painter Raphael Soyer. She joined the New York City WPA Federal Art Project in 1935, where she was allowed to dedicate herself to her artwork full-time. In 1939, inspired by the muralists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, she applied and later won a commission to paint murals for Bronx Hospital, Rockefeller Center and the New York World's Fair. After the events of Pearl Harbor and once the Federal Arts Project was abandoned, Gikow's murals were sought after by New York department stores wishing to commission wall paintings. Gikow became disillusioned with mural painting due to the commercial aspect of these commissions. With other associates, she founded the American Serigraph Society (along with Anthony Velonis, Lena Gurr, Robert Gwathmey, Leonard Pytlak, Harry Shoulberg, Russell Twiggs...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background) Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has d...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board

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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