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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Docked Fishing Boat in Gloucester, MA, by Mystery American Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery American Artist
No. 9 Glouchester, c. Early 20th Century
Oil on artist board
16 x 20 in.
Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed lower left
Inscribed verso: Dolitsky / No 9 Glouch...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1944 Boats in a Harbor American Painting Signed Nowotny
Located in Larchmont, NY
JJ Nowotny
Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44)
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Outside French Bar
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed pencil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 6.25 x 9.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1966 North African Street Scene by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled (North African Street Scene), 1966
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 in.
Framed: 24 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Inscribed verso: Original oil painting
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Agnes Mills (American, -2008)
Untitled (Girl Eating an Apple), c. Late 20th - Early 21st Century
Watercolor (?) and pastel on canvas
30 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 37 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 1 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Watercolor
1987 Adrianne Wortzel Acrylic on Paper
Located in Larchmont, NY
Adrianne Wortzel (b. 1941)
Gold Columns, 1987
Acrylic on paper
Sight: 22 x 30 in.
Framed: 27 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and titled verso on stretcher bar
ADRIANNE WORTZEL'S early ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
1983 American Impressionist Riverscape by Geraldine Sanger
Located in Larchmont, NY
Geraldine Sanger
Untitled, 1983
Oil on canvas
22 x 27 3/4 in.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Broadway Costume Design Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fabulous illustration depicts a costume for Broadway production. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 10.5 x 16.5 inches; 15 x 22 inches framed.
Excellent condition in ori...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Old World
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Old World, by 1943, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 43 ½ x 30 ½ inches, artist’s name and title inscribed verso; exhibited 1) Romantic Painting in America, Museum of Modern Art, N...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ernő Tóth Surrealist Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Ernő Tóth (Hungarian, b. 1949)
Untitled, c. 20th-21st Century
Oil on board
32 3/8 x 22 3/4 in.
Framed: 36 3/4 x 27 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower right
Exhibition labels verso
Ernő Tóth was born in 25. December 1949 in Sajóecseg, Hungary. Schools: 1964-68, Secondary School of Fine Arts; 1974-79 Academy of Fine Arts. His masters: Szilárd Iván, Jenő Barcsay and László Patay. Membership: National Association of Hungarian Artists, Hungarian Artist’s Association, Hungarian Painters’ Society, DunapART Art Society, Inner City Artists’ Society, Hungarian Art Workshop Society.
His works were shown - apart from Hungary - also in Sweden, Finnland, Austria, and Germany. He made study trips in France, The Netherlands, USA, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. At various national and international exhibitions he was awarded several prizes, among others the international first prize for painting at the Humor-Satire Art...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Couple by Hungarian Artist Erno Toth
Located in Larchmont, NY
Ernő Tóth (Hungarian, b. 1949)
Szabadban [Outdoors], 1982
Oil on board
19 1/2 x 27 in.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 32 x 1 3/8 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Exhibition label verso
Ernő Tóth was born in 25. December 1949 in Sajóecseg, Hungary. Schools: 1964-68, Secondary School of Fine Arts; 1974-79 Academy of Fine Arts. His masters: Szilárd Iván, Jenő Barcsay and László Patay. Membership: National Association of Hungarian Artists, Hungarian Artist’s Association, Hungarian Painters’ Society, DunapART Art Society, Inner City Artists’ Society, Hungarian Art Workshop Society.
His works were shown - apart from Hungary - also in Sweden, Finnland, Austria, and Germany. He made study trips in France, The Netherlands, USA, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. At various national and international exhibitions he was awarded several prizes, among others the international first prize for painting at the Humor-Satire Art...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s French Interior Scene Lady Seated at Chair Fauvist Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in the Interior
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Harvest Workers Threshing Machine French Post Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers
French Post-Impressionist circa 1930's
pastel drawing board, unframed
board: 21.5 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Ballerinas on Stage
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Louis Marcel Cosson (1878-1956)
Marcel Cosson was born in Bordeaux, France in 1878.
Cosson exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français where he won an honorable mention in 19...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
John Winters (1904 - 1983)
"At the Opera"
17 x 14 inches
oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1943 lower r...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Historical Naval Battle Scene Engagement at Sea Signed English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Naval Battle
by F. C. Fagan, British 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
artists label verso
framed: 35 x 23 inches
board : 30 x 17 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hudson River School Style Painting, Signed Brundell
Located in Larchmont, NY
G. Brundell
Untitled, c. Early 20th Century
Oil on canvas
Sight: 10 x 18 in.
Framed: 19 7/8 x 27 7/8 x 2 in.
Signed lower left
Category
Early 20th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame m...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape Oil Painting View of Castel Sant'Angelo From Tiber River Italian 20th
Located in Roma, IT
The painting is typical genre scene of Rome of the 17th century, a daily life along the Tiber river. with the river Tiber, Castel Sant'Angelo.
Fishermen and characters are on the b...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original American Pop Art Multi Media "Pancake Eater" Plexiglass Artist's Proof
By Red Grooms
Located in Portland, OR
The Pancake Eater, 1981 by Red Grooms (b. 1937), an Artist's Proof, 2 of 9 (apart from the edition of 31).
Multi-layer lithograph and silkscreen in 31 colors with gold radiance powder.
Cut out collage and vinyl window shade with pull-cord in original acrylic box frame. A wonderful & whimsical piece of Pop Art by one of America's most famous Pop Artists, please see the video attached.
Signed and dated in red pencil, lower right, an Artist's Proof numbered 2 of 9 on a brass plaque affixed to the reverse of the original acrylic box frame.
Co-published by Brooke Alexander, Inc. and Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York. Condition is excellent.
Born in Nashville Tennesee in 1937 Red Grooms is a; "Sculptor, painter, installation artist, filmmaker, and printmaker. An eager participant in late 1950s happenings, in the 1960s he developed high-spirited, mixed-media environmental sculpture on an enormous scale. In these “sculpto-pictoramas,” as he has called them, multiple, life-size, cartoonish figures inhabit sharply observed localities, usually areas of New York. Related to pop art, his zany work often carries a sarcastic edge but not at the expense of good-natured hilarity. It also plays on nostalgia that stems from the artist's evident affection for his acutely rendered subjects, as befits an admirer of Edward Hopper's paintings. Charles Roger Grooms left Peabody College there to enroll in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year. He then decamped for New York to continue his studies at the New School for Social Research (now New School). He also attended Hans Hofmann's summer school in Provincetown. In the late 1950s, along with Allan Kaprow...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Lithograph
'The Green Shoes', SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, California, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
Self Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
“Untitled #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg Tapping On Easter Sunday By Hubert Ritzenhofen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hubert Ritzenhofen
1879-1961 German
Egg Tapping on Easter Sunday
Signed and dated "H. Ritzenhofen 05" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This grand domestic tableau was painted by estee...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern
Located in New York, NY
Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern
*William Kienbusch (1914 – 1980)
Shooting Gallery, Sixth Avenue
Post...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
untitled impressionist lanscape Paris
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting framed is part of my private collection. Lucien Durand was a French painter. I have several of his pieces.
HI art work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monday Grays - Original Figurative Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Monday Grays - Original Figurative Oil on Paper
Original oil on paper figurative painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Hues of grays and pinks make up this...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Man and Woman Kissing in Swamp
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Unknown
Signature: Unsigned
Contact for exact dimensions.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
"My Name is Freddie" - Portrait of Black Woman with Headscarf
By Lucille H. Olpin
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, painterly portrait of a young black woman with colorful headscarf and sarong by Lucille H. Olpin (Ethel Lucille Harman Olpin), (American, 1909-1990). Signed "Olpin" lowe...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Flowers & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Wild Red Flowers & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde. The painting depicts two children playing under a tree by a Rive...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kafr Shokr Farmhouse" Pastel Painting 10" x 12" in (1978) by Inji Efflatoun
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of the Av...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
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
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
In the Meadow, Springtime Dutch
By Cornelis Bouter
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Springtime, 'In the Meadow' by Cornelis Bouter (1888-1966) is a Dutch painting with figures and landscape in an impressionist style with early spring blossoms. Idyllic scene by a river under tree blossoms, this fine oil on canvas painting is very well presented in an original frame. Children play while mother peels apples in a pleasant afternoon setting. Sure to please this Easter!
Imported by Saltire...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paris, Un Coin De La Place St. Michel" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist,
Francesco Pagliazzi. Pagliazzi was a French painter known for his colorfully rich cityscapes depicting the times of his gene...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Pick Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Red Pick up" c.1970 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist John Schweikhard, b.1938. It is signed and titled on the back. The artwork (hardboard) siz...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Modernist Oil Painting Expressionist Vase, Flowers WPA Artist Ben ZIon
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben-Zion (1897-1987)
Flower Piece with Black Vase
Oil on board, Hand signed 'Ben-Zion ' lower right, with the artist 's label and label from Duveen-Graham gallery, NY.
16 x 7 3/4 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French 20th Century Modernist Red Pastel Female Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Portrait
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
pastel on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Young Dutch Girl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and inscribed Milano. Observed in frame, the painting is in good condition. A minor loss to the left center edge. Inspection under UV lig...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vicente Cristellys, Oil on canvas "Gina Lollobrigida", Late 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Vicente CRISTELLYS (1898-1970), School of Paris, late 1950s. "Lolo", portrait of Gina Lollobrigida in Notre-Dame de Paris (film).
Arriving in Paris during the 1920s,...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hans Baluschek Sommer an der Havel ( Summer On The River Havel ), 1934
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Baluschek ( 1870-1935 ), Germany. "New Objectivity" Style. Mixed media on paper, 1934. Signed and dated lower right: HBaluschek.34. Framed. Height: 26.18 in ( 66,5 cm ), Width:...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Julie by Rene Leroy, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Chinese Shop Window, Lower East Side
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
The Musician. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Detailed in this painting are themes dear to Sax Berlin’s heart; music, poetry, and culture, both ancient and modern. There’s a subtle aura of myth and mysticism surrounding this pie...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Boulevard a Paris" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
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...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alfred Broge, Courtyard With Thatched Cottage & Seated Woman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Alfred Broge (1870-1955) depicts a rustic courtyard with thatched cottage and seated woman.
Amidst the gritty and grimy changes...
Category
1920s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'The Green Hat', California, SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper
Firing. Setting & Detonation of Explosive Charges Underground Welsh Coalminers
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Valerie Ganz.
Welsh ( b.1936 - d.2015 ).
Firing.
Oil on Artist’s Board.
Signed lower right.
Image size 15.4 inches x 19.3 inches ( 39cm x 49cm ).
Frame size 20.9 inches x 24.6 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed 20th Century Oil - Thames Barge in Full Sail
Located in Corsham, GB
Indistinctly signed to the lower right. Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with a decorative running motif. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Figure Sitting by Michel Debieve Mid-Century French Cubist Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Debiève was born on May 29, 1931, with his twin brother Raymond, in a popular suburb of Maubeuge (North of France). Very early, encouraged by Emile, their father, the two brot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
John Edwards (b.1914) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Cornish Sailing Club
Located in Corsham, GB
An original oil painting by John Edwards. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a charming cream coloured frame. On board.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Captain James Cook Portrait Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Captain James Cookl
European School, late 20th century
painted after an earlier work
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire, Englan...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Hand Painted Medicine Buddha Thangka on Canvas 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This professionally framed "Medicine Buddha" thangka is hand painted on canvas with 24K real gold.
Medicine Buddha is believed to have healing power.
Measurement:
Including the fram...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
20th Century French Modernist Black & White Painting Jesus's Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jesus On The Cross
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.25 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
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Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
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