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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
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19th century English River landscape with figures, horses, cottage, sheep
By John Frederick Tennant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very interesting composition attributed to the English landscape painter john Frederick Tennant.
His work is very similar to ...
Category
1840s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toby Rosenthal (German painter) - 19th century figure painting - Male portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
Tobias Edward Rosenthal, known as Toby (Strasbourg 1848 - Munich 1917) - Portrait of a San Francisco gentleman.
123 x 92 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
- Work ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Very Large 1840s English Portrait of a Country Gentleman Holding Times Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Corn Bill"
English Artist, circa 1840's
oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt scrolled and swept frame
framed: 45 x 37 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition; please note the frame is very vulnerable and fragile and as such we are happy to include it free of charge with the painting but cannot warranty its condition on arrival.
Historically significant portrait of this early Victorian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique English 19th century marine scene
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding English late 18th / early 19th century marine scene by one of Britain's best known and sought after painters.
William (or Wiliam) Anderson (1757 – 27 May 1837) was a Scottish artist specializing in maritime and patriotic themes. He was well-regarded for his detailed and accurate portraits of ships under sail, exhibiting his works annually in London between 1787 and 1811 and then occasionally until 1834. Anderson influenced other artists, notably John Ward and others of the Hull school.
Anderson's early life is obscure, but he is known to have trained as a shipwright before moving to London to become a maritime painter when he was about 30. His training served him well as a painter, providing "a practical nautical knowledge" of his subjects. He earned a reputation for "accuracy and refinement of detail" and was admired for his bright, clear colours. He worked in both oils and watercolours.
He based his style on that of well-known Dutch maritime...
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Amor et Pietas - Large 19th Century Exhibition Oil Painting Royal Academy 1897
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956).
The painting – which depicts a group of children laying to rest their pet dog – is signed and dated by the artist. Ursula Wood’s ...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Victorian 19th century Marine scene with fishing boats sunrise at sea.
By Thomas Lucop
Located in Woodbury, CT
Thomas Lucop 1834-1911 was a Hull painter and Master Mariner, friend and pupil of the Henry Redmore. He was a careful delineator of shipping and it’s act...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th century English marine, The Thames at the Pool of London, original frame
By Bernard Benedict Hemy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Bernard Hemy - Bernard Benedict Hemy (1844 - 1910). Marine and Coastal painter in oil and watercolor. Born in Newcastle to Henry F. Hemy, brother...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harvest Scene With Farmer and Scythe, 1886
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Harvest Scene With Farmer and Scythe, 1886" is a captivating painting by the Swedish artist Alfred Thörne. Created during his travels through Germany, France, Italy, and Belgium bet...
Category
1880s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Calvary - Large 19th Century Italian Oil Painting Jerusalem City & Crucifixion
By Pietro Sassi
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Calvary' by Pietro Sassi (1834-1905).
This monumental exhibition oil painting – which depicts the Light of Heaven shining upon Christ at Calvary with thousands of people outside t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wissous - French Impressionist Landscape near Paris Road Haystack Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1901 oil on paper laid on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Gr...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board
Portrait of a Gentleman original Oil on Wood Panel 19th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Gentleman original Oil on Wood Panel 19th Century
Original oil on wood panel of a gentleman. Appears to be German, circa 1830-1850. Artist is unknown.
Period frame inc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Flemish School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Before the ball. Antique oil on canvas by Charles Baxter
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
A perfect example of Charles Baxter's work. Two beautiful ladies , one holding a flower, dressed in their best finery. Despite being unsigned, the paint...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Odalisque
Located in Stockholm, SE
An oriental odalisque standing holding her hands together upwards against the side of her head. Behind her a drapery and to the right further back an opening towards a terass with su...
Category
1890s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Parisian strolling in a public garden
By Jean Paul Sinibaldi
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Paul SINIBALDI
(Paris, 1857 - Bourg-en-Bresse, 1909)
Elegant Parisian strolling in a public garden
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
37 x 23 cm
A pupil of Alexandre Cabanel at t...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Listed Artist Samuel West (1810-1867) Antique oil on canvas, Dated 1860 Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Antique oil painting on canvas 19 century depicting a portrait of a British Gentleman by Listed British-Irish Artist Samuel West (1810-1860).
C...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgina Lara (fl.1840-1880) - Framed 19th Century Oil, The Faggot Gatherers
Located in Corsham, GB
The Faggot Gatherers, oil on canvas. Signed to the lower right and dated 1868. Presented in an attractive black frame with carved running details.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Perdu dans la Poesie - 19th Century French Oil Painting of Belle Epoque Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Perdu dans la Poésie’ by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)
The painting - which depicts a young Parisian society beauty reading beside an open window – is signed by the artist and present...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Continental School 19th Century Oil - Peasant Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting a peasant family and their dog in a landscape. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On board.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cavaliers Pets Period 19th Century English Oil Painting Cavalier Spaniels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavaliers Pets
English School, 19th century
after the 1845 painting by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 18 inches
canvas : 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 ...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Madame Hermann-Joseph REINACH, born Julie BÜDING (1828-1870)
Located in Paris, IDF
Frédéric Adolphe YVON
(Eschviller, 1817 – Paris, 1893)
Portrait of Madame Hermann-Joseph REINACH,
born Julie BÜDING (1828-1870)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on the left
65 x 54 ...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English River Scene on the Medway
Located in Woodbury, CT
This painting, titled On the Medway, is by George Stanfield Walters (1838–1924), a renowned British maritime artist celebrated for his atmospheric depictions of coastal and river sce...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique English Pre-Raphaelite Oil Portrait of a Young Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School Circa 1900
Title: Portrait of a young woman, head and shoulders
Medium: oil on board, framed within an antique 'Florentine' gilt frame.
actual pain...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Artist Fortuny Antique 19th c. oil painting on canvas, Genre scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an original antique 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a scene in the interior of a house with a male figure dressed in a traditional hooded robe seated at ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Victorian English 19th century Autumn/Fall River landscape, with trees and hills
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English Victorian River Landscape.
Thomas O Hume was an English landscape painter who exhibited from 1864-1892.
He showed his paintings at t...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Sea Loch Mountains Castle Ruins Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Admiring the View
Scottish School, circa 1850
oil painting on canvas laid over board
framed size: 25.5 x 36 inches
condition: very good and presentable, minor retouches showing to th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Antique 19th century oil painting on canvas Genre scene, Gorgeous Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is this amazing antique 19-th century original oil painting on canvas depicting a charming rural scene, capturing a moment of everyday life in the countryside. On the le...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century historical military oil painting of a French Cuirassier on a horse
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847-1911)
The Search Party
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1889
Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches
Size including frame: 27 inches x 23 inches
An excellen...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tattoo Parlor Sailor (WPA era woman artist)
By Helen Malta
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Helen Malta (b.1912). Tattoo Parlor, ca. 1935. Oil on canvas, 20 x 33 inches. Signed lower right. Metropolitan Museum of Art reproduction rights stamp on r...
Category
1930s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pekingese Family of Dogs - Oil on Canvas by F.V. Rossi - 1939
By Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi
Located in Roma, IT
Pekingese Family of Dogs is an original artwork realized in 1939 by Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi.
Original oil on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner.
Good conditions, except for some micro-holes on the canvas, very thin.
Beautiful artwork representing several Pekingese dogs...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historic American School Modernist WPA New York City Shipping Dock Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist New York City dock scene. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Lake view
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (dated 1873) - Mountain landscape with lake.
51 x 77 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly and dated lower left: "W. C ... 1873"...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful 19th Century French Oil Painting on Panel Portrait Lady in Red
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Red Dress
French artist, late 19th century
oil on wooden panel, framed in an ornate antique gilt frame.
framed: 16.5 x 13 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
prove...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cardinal Painting the Virgin Mary
Located in St. Albans, GB
This painting by Henri Brispot stands out amongst many pieces that he ever painted. It was sold in New York for $20 000 and is a wonderful example of his satirical nature shown throu...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Original Hudson River School Landscape - Fishing in Sierras
Located in Soquel, CA
1880s Century Original California School Oil Painting of Native Americans Fishing in Sierras by Ransome Gillet Holdredge
Wonderful landscape of Sierra Mountains in Hudson River Scho...
Category
1880s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Raw Linen, Stretcher Bars
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon Lake with Birds Migrating
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon
Landscape scene depicting three snowcapped mountains, also known as "The Three Sisters," surrounded by evergreen trees by John Englehart...
Category
Late 19th Century Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
19th century English Portrait of a Young boy in a Cavalier costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
This elegant English 19th-century portrait of a young boy dressed in a Cavalier costume, painted circa 1860, is a striking example of Victorian portraiture that seamlessly combines h...
Category
1860s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century English Oil Painting Mother & Child at Cottage by the Brook
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cottage by the Brook
attributed to Samuel David Colkett (British 1806 - 1863)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 14 x 16 inches
canvas : 10 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
YVES DIEY The Nude, Oil on canvas, 1930s
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), France – The Nude. A striking oil on canvas by the renowned French artist Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), depicting a sensual and elegant nude. This wo...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'La Taverne Pausset, Paris', Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independants, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1880. Titled with inscription, verso, on old backing, ''Taverne Pausset', grands boulevards a Paris".
A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably-dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor, period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterised by finely observed and fully-realized figures showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration.
Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880's, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891.
In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting, 'A Cheese Shop', for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Postcard
Charming 1800's Painting of an Elderly Man and Boy in a Pastoral Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Pastoral Landscape
oil on canvas, framed in period French Empire gilt frame
Framed: 13.5 x 12.5 inches
Canvas : 9 x 6.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Cond...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
British still life with chille peppers, a melon, grapes
By George Lance
Located in New York, NY
Richly detailed still life by George Lance, featuring an opulent arrangement of fruit and vegetables—grapes, pomegranates, chili peppers, a large melon, and apples—set on a stone led...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Cornish Oil Painting Sunset Over Rocky Shores Figures Collecting Fish
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset Over Rocky Shores, Cornish Coast
by George Henry Jenkins (British, 1843-1914)
Signed
oil on board, framed
Framed: 12 x 18 inches
Board: 9 x 15 inches
Provenance: Private coll...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romantic Painting French school Medieval Knight Lady Art nouveau 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school after 1890
The knight's farewell
Oil on canvas
124 x 64 cm
This painting is at once monumental, moving but very cheerful at the same time. Because the main subject, the knight's farewell to his beloved, represented in a tight framing shows a very naturalistic background with its meadow, its flowers, its wood, its river and its very beautiful colors.
The painter is from the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century, and undoubtedly French as indicated by the canvas merchant's mark on the back of the stretcher (the Jules Chauvin house which was active at 33 rue du Dragon in Paris between 1895 and 1937). The style of our painting is romantic, even picturesque. The knight carries the “Reichsadler”, the imperial eagle of the Holy Germanic Empire and the lady a bag with different signs including bear paw prints. The style is naturalistic and reminds of the English painters of the 1890s inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites and Art Nouveau on religious and medieval themes and very close to nature with their decorations of meadows, flowers and wood. The English art historian John Christian spoke of the last English romantics about to these painters of the end of the century, Burne-Jones, Stanley Spencer and John William Waterhouse.
We recognize in our painting the naturalistic motifs of the meadow, flowers, woods and river that we often see in Waterhouse paintings. As regards the composition, one thinks in particular of the English woman painter of Austrian origin Marianne Stokes...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
C. H. Renneman - 1867 Oil, Unwanted Attention
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking genre scene depicting a man trying to embrace a woman in a dimly lit interior. The woman attempts to push him away as a bystander watches the scene unfold from the doorway...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century landscape oil painting of a harvest in Derbyshire
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Turner
British, (1843-1910)
Harvesting near Barrow-on-Trent
Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)86, further inscribed verso
Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches
Size includ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trees - Paint by Jean Dreyfus-Stern - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is a modern artwork realized by Jean Dreyfus-Stern in the 1930s.
Oil on Wooden Panel.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique German Oil Painting Portrait of a Family Group - Restoration project
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Family Group
German School, late 19th/ early 20th century
oil on board
board: 17.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: sound condition but with various surface ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Surreal Interior Scene Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 30 by 35 inches overall and 25 by 30 painting alone.In excellent original condition. Handsomely fram...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters.
Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Victorian English Oil Painting for Restoration Family Playing Games Outside
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School 18th/ 19th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 35 x 40 inches
canvas: 28 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: the painting requires ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
W. Colley - 1895 Oil, Spectator of the Duel
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with foliate running patterns. On board.
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Soir dans une gorge Boisee" Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Plein-Air Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Soir dans une gorge Boisee, 1850-55
Signed lower right
Oil on board
13 1/2 x 9 inches
Provenance:
Dutilleux, Paul Tesse, etc.
Quincy Adams Shaw
Pauline S...
Category
1850s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Franceso Vinea
By Francesco Vinea
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique oil on panel costume genre painting by the celebrated Northern Italian artist, Francesco Vinea (1845-1902), the painting dated signed and dated 1873.
Vinea studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and then worked as a designer of illustrated periodicals, he returned to Florence and studied under professor Enrico Pollestrini. Vinea unapologetically produced incredibly high quality humorous and whimsical scenes that were always elegant and depicted figures in period costume situated in lavishly ornamented interiors. Vinea became quite famous and wealthy in his lifetime and his work was particularly sought after in France, England and The United States. The 19th Century American art collector James Jackson...
Category
1870s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge 1800's Italian Romantic Golden Sunset Classical Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Classical Landscape, most likely a Grand Tour painting
Figures in an Extensive River Landscape
early 19th Century Italian School
Oil on canvas, 36" x 48" (91.5 x 122cm)
plus elab...
Category
Early 19th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
Amor et Pietas - Important 19th Century Royal Academy Exhibition Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956).
The painting – which depicts a group of children laying to rest their pet dog – is signed and dated by the artist. Ursula Wood’s ...
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement 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.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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