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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
This Week's Listings Only
Large Oil Portrait of a Young Boy in Vintage Clothing Signed & Dated 1928
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy signed and dated 1928 (indistinct signature) oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 31.5 x 22 inches canvas: 26 x 16.5 inches Provenance: Private collection,...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Leonid Petrovitch Baikov (1918-1994) - Mid 20th Century Oil, At The Dock
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a substantial wooden frame. Bought from auction with Christies provenance. On paper.
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Ladies in Poppy Meadow Picking Wild Flowers Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Path Across the Fields" by Paul Morgan, British 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 21 x 24.5 inches Board : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: ve...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid-20th Century Autumnal Parisian Street Scene with Flower Stalls Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Parisian Street Scene signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 13.5 x 15.75 inches Canvas: 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition Descr...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Floral Arrangement in a Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Floral Arrangement in a Vase By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 6.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Finally Home" Forbotnio Farm Buckingham PA Daytime Snow Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Buckingham PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed mu...
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20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 25 x 21 inches John Haskins is a ...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Art Deco Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Portrait of Woman in Winter Coat Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.5 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Would beneifit from a cleaning. Origina...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Turn of Century English Portrait of Mrs. Rogerson
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Victorian original oil portrait of Mrs. Rogerson by John Charlton Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer this fine example of Victorian portraiture of Mrs. Frances Mary...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Village Riverside Scene with Church Spire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Village Riverside Scene with Church Spire by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 13 inches (height) x 10.25 inches (width) Oil painting on card, unframed Con...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Elegant Lady with Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady by Pio Santini (French 1908-1986) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 28 inches canvas: 26 x 20 inches Provenance: Private collection, Lyon, France ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Mouth of the Little Rhone
Located in London, GB
'The Mouth of the Little Rhone', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1960s). The Petit Rhône, one of the two arms of the Rhône delta, marks the boundary between the Camargue and the...
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1960s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014). An impressionist vintage original oil on canvas in good...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Cyprus - Landscape Painting of Sun Drenched Eastern Mediterranean Country Scene
By David Mitchell
Located in Preston, GB
Cyprus - Landscape Painting of Sun Drenched Eastern Mediterranean Country Scene by 20th Century Artist, David Mitchell (1936-2020) Art measures 28 x 24 inches Frame measures 34 x 3...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Board

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside View of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside View of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Verso Oil paint...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Oil Painting Magical Realism Lionel Kalish Italian Home Fantasy Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Lionel Kalish (American B.1931) "A Villa on the Sea", c. 1980 Oil on canvas Hand signed lower right L.Kalish Bark Frameworks Inc. N.Y. label verso 16" x 24" Lionel Kalish born...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Walking Through a Sunlit Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Walking Through a Sunlit Park By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7 x 8.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boa...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932) Art measures 36 x 24 inches F...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

River port oil painting european art seascape urbanscape France
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - River port - Oil on canvas on board Oil measurements 22x27 cm. Frame 24x29. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan paint...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Mural Study Oil on board Signed and inscribed verso 9.5 x 18 inches 15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats at Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats at Harbour By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.25 x 8.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on card, unframed Con...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Basilica of Sacré-Cœur and Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Basilica of Sacré-Cœur and Street Scene By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 13.75 x 10 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Oil on canvas, Naked woman lying in front of her mirror
By Robert Louis Raymond Duflos
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Robert Louis Raymond DUFLOS (1898-1929), France, 1920s. Naked woman lying in front of her mirror. With frame: 95x61.5 cm - 37.4x24.2 inches - without frame: 73x40cm ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Tranquil Sailboats Along the Riverside
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Tranquil Sailboats Along the Riverside By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting o...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Classic English Marine Oil Painting Tall Sailing Ships on Choppy Seas off Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Ships at Sea English School, late 20th century oil on board, unframed board : 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition
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20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

La Masque Africain, Hommage to Picasso and the European Modernists.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Acrylic and oil on board in the modern form of a stylised African mask on a stand by French artist Créqule. Signed bottom right. The painting is presented in a plain wood frame, unde...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Board

"The Road Beneath the Snow (Le Chemin Sous la Neige)" Eugène Bégarat
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Road Beneath the Snow (Le Chemin Sous la Neige)" Eugène Bégarat (French, 1943) Oil on canvas Signed lower left 15 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches Saturated with winter's light glinting off...
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1970s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Pastel Landscape of the Vosges Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Pastel Landscape of the Vosges Mountains by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size:...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid-20th Century Pastel of Hilltop Ruins and Forest Path in France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of Hilltop Ruins and Forest Path in France by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 11 inches (height) x ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Figures In The Rain in Charming Village Original French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Life by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 10.75 inches gouache painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid-20th Century Pastel of Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter’s Dome in Rome
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter’s Dome in Rome by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 11.75 inches ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Bright Green Impressionist Landscape with Figure in Dunes Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Landscape by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19 x 22 inches Canvas : 13.5 x 16.5 inches Inscribed Verso Provenance: private collect...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid-20th Century Purple Tracked Parisian Boulevard Scene with Flower Stalls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Boulevard Scene signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 13.5 x 15.75 inches Canvas: 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Description: ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Carriages at Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian City Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bell Tower of a Spanish Village oil on canvas painting urbanscape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bell Tower of a Spanish Village Artist: Joaquín Asensio Mariné (1890-1961) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Framed: No Period: First half of th...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman Reading" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Beatrice Stuart, 1917-2003. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.75 x 8.25 inches (heigh...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 4.5 x 6.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, unf...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
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20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Parisian Flower Market" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Parisian Flower Market scene in Paris, France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist Cagliani most of his works were produced in t...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young woman in folk costume
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 68 x 50 x 4 cm
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition:...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Original Mid Century San Francisco Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Mid Century San Francisco Oil Abstract Expressionist Painting of Coffee House Musician by Jean Hyson Vivid abstract expressionist painting by Jean...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces, 1927
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer an exquisite painting by Finnish artist Reino Partanen (1889–1972), titled Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces. Created in 1927, this impressive work measures ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

untitled abstract village with horses , original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Lithograph

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village de Laroque, Aveyron, France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village de Laroque, Aveyron, France By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on b...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Enormous Oil Painting after Seurat's Bathers at Asnieres
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bathers at Asnieres by Peter Darnell, signed and dated 1991 to the reverse after the earlier original painting by Seurat (bears that signature to the lower front corner) oil on canva...
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1990s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large Antique Oil Painting The Mona Lisa after da Vinci's Famous Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Mona Lisa after Leonardo da Vinci French artist, 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: good and sound condi...
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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Charles Kvapil, "On the edge of the lake", ca.1920
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles Kvapil, France, ca.1920. "On the edge of the lake". with frame: 78x58.5x6 cm - 30.7x23x2.4 inches - without frame: 65x46 cm - 25.6x18.1 inches. 15M format. Signed lower left "Kvapil" Charles Kvapil was born in Czechoslovakia on November 1, 1884, and died in Paris in 1957. He takes courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. His first works are exhibited in 1908, at the Salon of Antwerp. In 1911, he exhibits in Munich; his works show a definite cubist influence in a well-tempered, organization and simplification bill. Arrived at a young age in Paris, he sets up his studio in Montmartre in the Hamlet of Artists, between Lepic Street and No. 11 Junot Avenue near those of Utrillo and Valadon; it is there that he will die. In 1912, he exhibits at the Salon des Independants. In 1914, he presents his works again in Belgium at the Brussels Triennal. After the war, he lives a very poor life but, with an optimistic temperament, he hopes to break through; he has to work to survive and he paints especially in the evening, especially during his first years in Paris. It is at the Salon des Independants in 1920 that Kvapil is revealed to the Parisian public. He exhibits six paintings: "My campaign", "portrait of woman", "Houseboat", "Poplars", "Bras St. Jean (landscape)" and "Still Life". He is domiciled at 233, rue d'Alésia in Montparnasse." "In the wake of the legendary figures of Montparnasse, in their shadow, and by them held at a relative discretion (the behavior of artists entering many into the brilliance of their career and the exclusive attachment to their production, without extension" social " " condemning them to darkness), is Charles Kvapil. He frequents the Parnassus café [...] and is exhibited there in a small group organized by A. Clergé, "the Company of professional painters and sculptors", which manifests itself in 1921. The preface is written by Romoff. A second follows shortly. It includes 102 participants, including Friesz, Lagar, Zorate Ortiz, Scouëzec, Astoy, Roysen, Loutreuil, Krémègne, Gallien, Goncharova, Lebedeff, Ramey, Kvapil. He remains attached to the folklore of the Bohemian painter whose Montparnasse is the field of exploits and the model of life "(Jean Jacques Lévêque" The Roaring Twenties, 1918-1939 - The Triumph of Modern Art ", 1992). He exhibits at the gallery Colette Weill. In 1923, his works are hung at Marcel Bernheim, then at Dalpeyrat, in Limoges, where he shows mostly landscapes. Subsequently, he participates in the Salon d'Automne; to that of 1941, he presents "Phlox", and in 1944 "At the window". In 1951, at the same Salon, he exhibites "Plaisir d'été" and "Le Goûter". He exhibits during his lifetime in Paris, Munich, Brussels, Geneva, Italy, Stockholm, London and New York. He is now represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the museums of Le Havre, Libourne, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Amsterdam and Tunis. Charles Kvapil is known mainly as a painter of characters, especially for his representations of naked women for which his friend Ginette often served as a model; he painted models in the studio, sometimes in front of his window with the Montmartre hill in the background; often bathers or female nudes placed in groups of characters, in the manner of Courbet and the Impressionists at their beginning. He is also creator of many portraits; but he did not disdain either the still lifes, especially the bouquets of flowers, or the landscapes, which form an important part of his work. He painted many regions, including Corrèze, where he "knew how to grasp the character of the country that is not his, with his usual mastery" (SSHA Bulletin Corrèze), the Mediterranean coast, Corsica, where he stays regularly in the 1920s and 1930s; in Paris he participated in exhibitions of painters of Corsica in 1925 and 1933. In 1939, at a new exhibition of Art Corse, at the Gallery The Team, still in Paris, he presented two paintings titled "Costa Brugiata, Cap Corsica "and" View of Rogliano ". He is also the creator of "On the Island" (1923), "Querciolo, Rogliano" (1923), "Corsican Woman" (1924), "Landscape of Corsica" (1933) (information Cronica di a Corsica). Charles Kvapil was influenced by fauvism and a very temperate cubism; Paul Cézanne and to a certain extent Matisse (as a colorist), also marked his style. The desire of construction of the artists of the group to which Kvapil belongs, "did not lead to distortion, except once or twice at Kvapil" .... Kvapil and his friends "thus engaged in thorough technical studies according to the masters, all without exception have loved the beautiful solid and dense material. Their work is related, moreover, not to the classical tradition of transparent painting, but to that of the opaque painting of Frans Hals, Rembrandt and Chardin, almost alone in force since the beginning of the nineteenth century [...] so they paint all in dense pasta but without excessive excess "... (Germain Bazin," the love of art ", 1934). Charles Kvapil's paintings are original and modern, his nudes and bouquets of flowers are strong and powerful. His palette is rich in cobalt blue and warm colors. His technique is voluntary and powerful. His works in oil are often of modest size, sometimes painted on panels, or on cardboard. He also practiced with great skill the technique of pastel. P. Béran, in a study he has dedicated to him, praises the richness of his material and all that his art owes to the joy of living. "A work modeled on a life totally devoted to the pleasure of painting. (Jean Jacques Lévêque, ibid.) He was an indefatigable worker, and this is what he says: "the painter must speak little, but he must comb a lot" Bibliography Jean-Daniel Maublanc, Charles Kvapil, painter of figures, 72 p. Jean-Daniel Maublanc (preface by Louis Parrot), Perspectives - Marcel Lemar, François Eberl, Marcel Roche, Jacques Villon, Charles Kvapil, Charles Jacquemot, Pierre Bach...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Small Boats Anchored by the Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Small Boats Anchored by the Shore By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boa...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) plus gilt swept f...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Black & White Abstract Geometrical Oil Painting, Late 20th Century Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches 31 x 31 inches, framed "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting wit...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me for best shipping rates and speediest delivery. Ellen Powell Tiberino, matriarch of the Tiberino artist dynasty that includes her artist-husband Joseph and three artist-children (Raphael, Gabriel, and Ellen), often looked to Black women and girls as subjects, in the contexts of motherhood, pregnancy, and childhood, as well as subjects drawn from her neighborhood communities. Her work is expressionistic and passionate with dramatic gestures and dark colorism in her figures, but it is also intimate and highly personal. At this point in her career, Tiberino had been struggling with cancer, and as a result, her palette became brighter and more colorful than her former dark palette. "Three Sisters" includes Ellen Powell Tiberino’s self-portrait in the front of the composition, nursing an infant. Tiberino’s two sisters, Joyce and Anne, sit behind her. Tiberino likely paints from memory or imagination here, since her four children were well beyond nursing age when she created this painting. "Three Sisters" is likely among the last large-scale canvases Tiberino completed, opting to work on a smaller scale and while seated as her illness progressed. Tiberino ultimately lost her battle in 1992. "Three Sisters" comes from a private Main Line, PA collection, acquired directly from the artist immediately upon its completion. Framed in original wood strip frame. It is in excellent condition. Tiberino graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1959, where she was awarded a prestigious Cresson scholarship to study in Europe. After returning to the US, she lived and worked in New York until she married fellow artist (Joseph) and returned to her hometown of Philadelphia where she continued to create oil paintings, oil pastels drawings, sculptures, murals, and mosaics. In Philadelphia, she was part of social and professional circles that included Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, Walter Edmonds, Charles Pridgen, Leroy Johnson, John Simpson, James Dupree...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Port Saint-Denis - Le Soir - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1920 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an autumnal scene of the the Porte Saint-Denis (St ...
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1920s 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.

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.

Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.

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