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Style: Modern
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'The Soul is Music' France, Provence, California, Post Impressionist Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'J.da Silveira' for Jose Da Silveira (French-American, born 1965), titled, 'The Soul is Music' and painted circa 2002.
Additionally signed and titled, and with figural drawing, verso;
Previously with: Chabot Gallery, Campbell, California
Born in a tiny jungle village in Mozambique to a Portuguese bullfighter and the daughter of one of the leaders of the French Resistance...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New Sun VI
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
"Spanish Moss, Georgia" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Southern Flora Painting
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Spanish Moss, Georgia
Signed lower right
Oil on artist's board
12 x 16 inches
Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to as...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fishermen
Located in London, GB
'The Fishermen', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1970s). Cassis is a small, Provencal fishing village in southern France, located about 45 minutes east of Marseille and 45 minute...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Lady with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French Modernist, dated 1940
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 14 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orpheus - Jean Cocteau Retro Book Original Artwork on Canvas for Narrow Wall
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen
Judy Rifka, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Paper Hockey Players
By Judy Rifka
Located in Surfside, FL
Judy Rifka (American, b. 1945) "Ice Hockey"
Acrylic or oil paint on Fabriano paper paintings featuring multiple hockey players executed in yellow, white, purple, and black hues.
Ha...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwestern Chicago artist Aaron Bohrod painted in 1931 this modernist industrial cityscape during the WPA of the 20th Century.
Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Citysc...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Couple - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The couple is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001).
81 x 54 cm; no frame.
Oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions!
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Boats - Paint by Mustapha Yehya - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by Mustapha Yehya in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
In excellent condition, it includes a coeval wooden frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marie Blue - Vibrant Pop Art Figurative Painting Original
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 61.5-inch high by 36-inch wide artwork depicts the portrait of a female figure on a white background. 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 as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Pinar Du Pre has signed, titled, and dated this original artwork on the back of the canvas and stamped it on the front.
Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Building on the synthetic intensity of digital art, her figurative style depicts a familiar but warped daily life. Alea Pinar Du Pre has been influenced deeply by the traditional fine art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"At the Café" Signed Oil Painting Moroccan Painting The Picasso of Tangier
Located in Pistoia, IT
Antonio Fuentes (Tangier 1905 - 1995) "At the Cafe. Oil on panel signed at lower left.
Also known as "The Master of Tangier" or "the Picasso of Tangier," Fuentes traversed the 20th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Santa Claus Laundry. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Capture the whimsical charm of the holiday season with this delightful original painting! Santa’s classic red suit, along with cozy Christmas pajamas and striped socks, hang on a lau...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Mid Century Boat Docks Pacific Grove Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Painterly scene of boats and boats being built at the docks in old Pacific Grove, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed"WHM" lower left. Presented in a fau...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Collection of 15 Small Paintings (35% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Philip Verhoeven
Collection of 15 Small Paintings
Acrylic and Marker on Canvas
Year: 2024
Size: 15.75 x 15.75 inches (each)
Signed and titled by hand (each)
COAs provided (individual...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Asleep Ballerinas - Original Oil on Canvas - Signed
By Micao Kono
Located in Paris, IDF
Micao KONO
Asleep Ballerinas,
Original Oil on Canvas
Signed bottom left and authenticated with the red seal of the artist
On canvas 46 x 55 cm (c. 18 x 22 in)
Presented in golden wood frame 60...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorful Samurai, Large-Scale Modern Figural Geometric Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Samurai, Large-Scale Modern Figural Geometric Abstract
Colorful modern figural abstract of a samurai figure fractured into fields of color and pattern by S. Baker (Susan Baker...
Category
1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Pac-Man Ready - Original Retro Pop Art Collage on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Market Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Market Scene" 1968 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Haitian artist Petion Savain, 1906-1973. It is signed and dated at the lower right...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Neoclassical Head in profile
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1950
Signed and dated lower left in ink (see photo)
Provenance: Washington, D.C. priva...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vanilla Cherry Fairy - Whimsical Green Bird and Food Painting
By JJ Galloway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for her whimsical paintings and sculptures that combine people, animals, and food. Using oils, watercolors, and mixed media, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper.
In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a joyful holiday celebration of the Torah reading in the synagogue in a sketch-like m...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Oriental Dancer - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental dancer is an artwork realized by a french artist of 19th century.
Signed lower left, unreadable.
Includes a wooden frame.
Good conditions.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I'm All Ears
Located in Napa, CA
Brett Hammond’s spray-painted canvas panels pay homage to pop art traditions as he explores his own interests in satire, drama, and romantic tension. Above all, his work is smart, fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Summer Bloom - Floral Figurative Portrait Feminine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elise Remender captures the romantic glamour of a bygone era in her contemporary figurative paintings that blend classical fine art and contemporary pop realism. Fantasy, mid-century fashion, and the glamour of travel and coastal living inform soft brush strokes and abstracted beauty; reminiscent of vintage advertisements and dusted sunlight.
This original 50-inch square painting evokes a sense of delight and playfully nods at summery vintage aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind painting is painted with acrylic paint on canvas. It is signed by Remender on the front bottom right corner of the artwork. The sides are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Free delivery within the local Los Angeles area. This artwork includes a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery.
Remender grew up in Arizona and is based in Southern California, but she has traveled all over the world gaining inspiration for her work. Her most recent series, Bathing Beauties, which captures the human form and abstracts it through light and reflection, was inspired by the vintage elegance and history of Southeast Asia’s historic hotel pools and gardens. It evokes a bygone era when Ernest Hemingway and Jackie O. were among the clientele.
“I’m a bit of an old soul and there is a sense of elegance and beauty that has been lost in modern-day society, and I seek to recapture this essence in my work. I’m creating a sort of fantasy world of luxury, leisure, and old Hollywood glamour.”
Her work has appeared in galleries in the US and Asia and in GQ Magazine, Architectural Digest, Dwell, California Home, People, among many other publications. Her paintings hang in luxury properties including The Ritz Carlton San Francisco, The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, and Hilton properties across the United States, as well as in the homes of celebrity collectors including Ryan Seacrest and Kylie Jenner.
REPRESENTATION:
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “The Beauty Myth”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “All American Inspired,” Merritt Gallery/Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
“At the Shore,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA
“Color in Motion,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA
“Having a Ball,” Jules Place, Boston, MA
Meritt Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
Studio E. Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2017 “Distant Memories,” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Merrit Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD
“Holiday Gift Guide...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape with Trees - Oil on Cardboard by Alberto Zardo
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Trees is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian painter Alberto Zardo in the first decades of the XX Century.
Original oil on cardboard.
Hand-signed by ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Woman with Black Cat - Fauvist Nude Figurative on Blue
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
A whimsical modern figurative piece depicting a reclining woman with a black cat on a bright blue background by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed on verso a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Patrick O'Neill
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 35 x 25 inches
A beautiful colourful ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Posed Lady Sat In Large Arm Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Posed Lady
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Painting size: 39 inches (height) x 32...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French/ Polish Modernist Oil Painting Interior Room Figures Reading & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 34 x 30 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Harriet Toby, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Of Monochrome Flower Arrangement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French School Still life Pineapple Starwars - Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐ Pineapple Starwars ⭐
Still life _ painting of vegetables. Dripping creates movement and dynamic.
Technique: oil, acrylic, glue, ink on pan...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and child
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8 x 5.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Calipso #2 - Colorful Original Figurative Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Graphite
20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1964)
Barn Scene
Oil on canvas mounted to masonite
Signed lower right
16 x 20 inches
21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
A major painter of American sce...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Figurative, Brush & Ink on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Untitled
Brush & Ink on Paper
8.2 x 5.8 inches, 2023
(Unframed & Delivered)
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Alway...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled, Figurative, Dry Pastel on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Untitled
Dry Pastel on Paper
8.2 x 5.8 inches, 2022
(Unframed & Delivered)
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Always...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 12 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characterfu...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Honor and Gucci - Original Playful Origami Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emilio Rama's captivating pop art-inspired paintings featuring origami animal figures are a distinctive and original contribution to the realm of contempor...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting
By Jerry Opper
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Tighties
c. 1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" blue lacquered frame 18.5"x1.75"x21.5"
Unsigned
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Untitled, Figurative, Black & White, Ink on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Ink on Paper
6 x 4 inches, 2025
( Unframed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Always a powerfu...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mountain Landscape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waves. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing in a water. Colors a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with bust of Horace Vernet - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with Bust of Horace Vernet is an original modern artwork realized by the Circle of Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 Januar...
Category
1830s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bibi & Babu, Tempera on Board, (Set of 2) Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw
Untitled (Bibi)
Untitled (Babu on the Hookah)
28 x 22 Inches
Tempera on Board, 2016
( Set of 2 works )
( Framed & Delivered in a teak frame )
Style : Known widely f...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Board
Girl on a Rock with Mask , Florence, Italy
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on Canvas , Made in Florence, Italy
Daylight explores a playful world where dreams and reality meld together to create surreal moments. When engaging with Piussi's work, we enter an arena where we are immersed in childlike delight. We experience snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, in a seemingly comic-book style that has echoes of Giotto and Paolo Uccello, and even of medieval illuminations.
My work is simple: the subject matter is stripped to basics, so all that is engagement, controversy and links to reality is taken away, and what remains is an icon with an aura of philosophical suspension, and a window into the enigma of existence. Piussi’s work is directly influenced by artists Alex Katz and David Hockney, and his style reflects a comprehensive understanding of the work of Giotto and Paolo Uccello.
In "Girl on a Rock with Mask”, the figure represented in this painting conveys a blank mood, such that the viewer is invited to examine their own intimate feelings that arise when observing the image. Piussi creates a universe of more profound truths in his examination of the tranquility of everyday life: he reminds us of our need for reflection, shows us a fearlessness in the face of stillness and the passage of time.
The broad repertoire of his paintings, with their naturalistic color and semi-abstract shapes, presents us with Piussi’s views concerning our contemporary lives. Rather than mimic the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, in visions that are devoid of distracting details. Women stand on the shores of quintessentially peaceful seas; they are self-contained, at ease. These women are unwitting replicas of classical goddesses. Or we see a proud diver echoing Neptune, holding his trident.
Piussi was born in 1967 in Udine and raised in Florence, where he majored in sculpture at the Institute D’Arte. He completed his artistic education at Milano's Brera Art Academy where he majored in painting. Piussi went on to live in Florence, where he now pursues his passion for painting, bronze, terracotta sculpture and bas-reliefs. Giacomo Piussi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brothers
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Brothers" by Ademola Ajayi encapsulates the enduring bond shared between siblings with heartfelt authenticity. Inspired by the poignant sentiment expres...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Original Antique American Landscape Fishing Delaware River Oil Painting Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
A lovely scene adeptly painted by listed American artist and illustrator Jan Nosek (1876 - 1966) who was active in the late 19th and early 20th Century. This scene created in the ea...
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Leta and the Hill Myna
By Mel Ramos
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Leta and the Hill Myna" is a painting by American Pop artist Mel Ramos. The work is signed verso "Mel Ramos".
Mel Ramos is a California based Pop artist best known for his paintings of superheroes and female nudes, including Marilyn Monroe and Scarlet Johansson, with pop culture imagery. Many of his subjects emerge from Chiquita bananas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
what do you think
Located in Zofingen, AG
the ground disappears from under your feet when you lose support in the form of consciousness. you don't know whether to trust your eyes or not. it would be much easier if it weren’t...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
20th Century French Cubist Modernist Interior Cafe Scene with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cafe Interior
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 26 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Recollection in Tranquility - Large Original Mixed Media Surrealist Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Interior Scene Still Life of Writing Desk Bureau with Table Lamp Glow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson, British contemporary, signed initials lower right corner
Title: Interior scene with a writing desk or bureau, illuminated b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
Morris Kantor New York (1896 - 1974)
Paris from the Ile St. Louis, 1927 (view of Eiffel Tower)
Oil painting on canvas
Hand Signed lower left.
Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution ( bears label verso)
Size: 20 3/4"H x 28 1/8"W (sight), 28.75 "H x 36"W (framed)
Morris Kantor (Belarusian: Морыс Кантор) (1896-1974) was a Russian Empire-born American painter based in the New York City area.
Born in Minsk on April 15, 1896, Kantor was brought to the United States in 1906 at age 10, in order to join his father who had previously relocated to the states. He made his home in West Nyack, New York for much of his life, and died there in 1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is distinguished by its stylistic variety over his long career. Perhaps his most widely recognized work is the iconic painting "Baseball At Night", which depicts an early night baseball game played under artificial electric light. Although he is best known for his paintings executed in a realistic manner, over the course of his life he also spent time working in styles such as Cubism and Futurism, and produced a number of abstract or non-figural works. A famous cubist, Futurist, painting of his "Orchestra" brought over 500,000$ at Christie's auction house in 2018
Kantor found employment in the Garment District upon his arrival in New York City, and was not able to begin formal art studies until 1916, when he began courses at the now-defunct Independent School of Art. He studied landscape painting with Homer Boss (1882-1956). In 1928, after returning to New York City from a year in Paris, Kantor developed a style in which he combined Realism with Fantasy, often taking the streets of New York as his subject matter. He did some moody Surrealist Nude paintings and fantasy scenes. In the 1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor himself was an instructor at the Cooper Union and also at the Art Students League of New York in the 1940s, and taught many pupils who later became famous artists in their own right, such as Knox Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Sigmund Abeles and Susan Weil...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ladies in conversation
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
38.7 x 31 x 1.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid Century Modern Shore Bird and Lake
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful study of a shore bird by a lake by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller Clark" with pallet and two brushes, lower right. Unframed.
Image, 24...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
A Day in Venice
By Enid Smiley
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Enid Smiley.
Enid Smiley (1924-2004) American New York.
Born as Enid Ginsberg and later the family name changed to Gilb...
Category
1970s Modern 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.
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