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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Street Art
"Robot Tiki Man" - Original Red and Black Pop Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Fresh North Wind - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"The Inventor", Igor Samsonov, Surrealism, Figurative, Original Oil, 47x54 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Inventor" by Igor Samsonov is an Original Surrealist Oil painting that measures 47x54 in. Igor paintings are rich with symbolism and tell stories--some wel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anti-Target Practice - Original Gary John Pop Art Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
The Straight Path - Contemporary, Kid, Blue, Mystery, Ladybug, Red, Brown
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Straight Path, 2019
Oil on canvas
47 1/4 H x 39 3/8 W in.
120 H x 100 W cm
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and interpre...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Performance, Nude Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative art, Nude women painting
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Figurative Art,
Title: Performance,
Size: 47"...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"I Am" Pop Art inspired by Donald Duck Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
"Quadracolored Bottles" Original Gary John Colorful Pop Artwork on Poster Board
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Celestial Metamorphosis -Nude Sci-Fi Woman becomes a Flower in Outer Space
Located in Miami, FL
Legendary illustrator Wilson McLean depicts "Celestial Bodies" of all sorts floating in the inky black expanse of space. This is a story about a transition from a human to plant. A nude female holds a flower and she becomes the flower she holds while she floats in an inky black void framed by planets. This is a story about a transition from a human to a plant. The painting looks better in person... A Stellar Experience.
During the 1970s and 1980s, McLean was a dominant force in American Illustration with his work gracing the covers...
Sports Illustrated, Time, The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Playboy...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"True Hearts" - Original Red Heart Pop Street Art on Canvas by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,900 Sale Price
20% Off
Be A Man
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Beneath my sturdiness is a puddle surrounded by the moistness of fresh mud- soft and mushy- and it’s how I learned to nurture and love flowers.
I’ve been told my best trait has to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Batwoman Punch - Original Street Art on Newspaper by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was named one of 20 standout artists at the 2014 NY Affordable Art Fair. His works have been represented by Artspace Warehouse since 2013. His contemporary artworks continue to be exhibited at major international art fairs in the United States, Asia and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Celebrities and major art collectors worldwide have acquired his timeless artworks, which have seen a significant increase in value.
This original artwork is 23 inches high by 22 inches wide, and is a pop art composition painted onto Korean language newspaper. The artwork is signed and dated by Gary John in black along the lower left corner using the first two letters of his first and last names: "GA JO". This artwork is not framed and requires framing for proper display. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985. Originally from Seattle, Washington, he moved to Venice Beach, Los Angeles in 2003 and began selling on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
UNTITLED (PORTRAIT)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on wood. Hand signed and dated on front by Derek Aylward.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity inc...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
$13,125 Sale Price
25% Off
King Is Back (original painting on canvas)
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authentici...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,000 Sale Price
50% Off
That's Mikki - Figurative Mixed Media Oil Pastel Artwork
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
Within Arms Length (2022), Chris RWK street art, drips, graffiti illustration
By Chris RWK
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Within Arms Length" (2022), Chris RWK street art, aerosol, drips, graffiti, illustration, street artist, vintage comics, Staten Island, NY, New York, NYC, character, robot, robots w...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Magazine Paper, Permanent M...
Hmm Yeah Alright - Mickey Inspired Street Art Red and Black Original
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
WILD HORSES, 2016, subway train, curve, graffiti, street art, figurative, panel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
WILD HORSES, 2016, subway train, curve, graffiti, street art, figurative, panel. Acrylic on wood panel.
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"TOAST TO THE SEA"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"TOAST TO THE SEA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2008
40 X 30 INCHES
Toast to the sea is a depiction of the beautiful women at Miami beaches, sunny days, drinks, and having a good moment feeling.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Mal Muchacho (Bad Boy)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Armando Villagran, Mexican (1945 -1995)
Title: Mal Muchacho (Bad Boy)
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 47 x 39 inches [119.38 x 99.06 cm]
Frame: 49 x 41 in...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring Garden" landscape in the style of Paul Cezanne. Impressionism" original oil painting by Volskya Lilya
Magical iridescence of colors on canvas.
For...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Cardboard
Large Italian Modernist Surrealist Lady Mod Oil Painting "La Ragazza Ungherese"
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977), Framed oil painting "La Ragazza Ungherese" The Hungarian Girl. Dated 1961.
Framed: 36.25 x 28.5 inches. In good condition.
Lazzaro Donati was b...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Five Bird Rule, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Five birds gather around three women as fish float behind them. An upside-down umbrella perched on a railing heightens the scene’s surreal quality. In this pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Extravagant Coat" (2021) By Yuko Montgomery, Original Oil Painting of Vulture
Located in Denver, CO
Yuko Montgomery's "Extravagant Coat" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a vulture in front of a surreal landscape with an eclipse in the sky ab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
From Insight Out, Nude Figurative Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative woman art original oil painting
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Surrealism,
Title: From Insight out
S...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pool Player (male portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970's portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on masonite panel measures 8 x 11 inches. Signed and dated lower right.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Modern Pose" Original Colorful Abstract Figurative Pop Art
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
"Three Kings" (2023) By Cody Jimenez, Original Acrylic Painting
By Cody Jimenez
Located in Denver, CO
Cody Jimenez's "Three Kings" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a surreal portrait of three birds with piercing white eyes on a vibrant green background.
About t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Lemon Yellow Flowers - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
You Are Exposed - Original Street Art Painting
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting - Pink Red Abstract Pierrot Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
canvas: 32 x 21 inches
private collection, France
The pain...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,950 Sale Price
30% Off
"Rene Magritte"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this oil painting, I explored a junction of surrealism and futurism, where the ordinary meets the fantastically impossible. I have manifest towns with vibrant, whimsical architect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Within the Hollow" (2024) by Morgan Cameron, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Within the Hollow” (2024) is an oil painting on panel that depicts a surreal portrait of a woman with white hair and antlers letting the snow from a pine...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bite The Bullet (original painting on canvas)
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authentici...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
11.5 x 14 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal drawing, she beautifully portrays a quiet moment between mother ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Mention, Portrait Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism, Portrait
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Portrait Art,
Title: Mention,
Size: 31.5" x 47" x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marionettes, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), American (1938 - ) - Marionettes, Year: 1964, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed 'Atirnomis' and dated l.r., Size: 50 in. x 36 in. (127 cm x 91.44 cm)
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Modernism" Original Soup Can Mouse Warhol Pop Street Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Graphite
"Fuchsia de Mirabilibus" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Fairy Flower
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Fuchsia de Mirabilibus" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green fairy in a suspended flower.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian art...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Surrealist Magical Realism Circus Seaside Kiss Me Quick Oranges Browns Nostalgia
Located in Norfolk, GB
Recalling Britannia, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 40cm, 2023
Even in his most realistic images, there is a beautiful exaggeration in the paintings of Peter Rodulfo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Environs of Rome
Located in Miami, FL
Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time.
This work is a pers...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Angel's Whisper, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2018
Style: Surrealism,
Title: Angel's Whisper,
Size: 35" x 48" x 1'' inch, 89x122.5x6 cm,
Fr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"I Know Not How to Find the Spring, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "I Know Not How to Find the Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers in he...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
"Polkadot Revolution" Original Gary John Contemporary Pop Artwork on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Recall, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alla Bartoshchuk's "Recall" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure in the company of laughing blue and purple women, wher...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Dancing Wiseman, Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism Oil Painting
Artist Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2014
Style: Figurative Surrealism,
S...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
1970’s French Large Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting Pink Green Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1973, French surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist composition
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 27 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
private collection, France
The pain...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,316 Sale Price
30% Off
IN HER HEAD IN THE END, Spray Paint and Marker on Old Iranian Rug Signed by the
By Nafir
Located in Palm Desert, CA
IN HER HEAD IN THE END (2021) by Nafir
Spray Paint and Marker Pen on Vintage Persian Rug, 200 x 90 cm. Wall Carpet with visible antique signs of use. Artwork in mint condition. The u...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Felt Pen
"Rough Seas" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Rough Seas" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a larger than life hummingbird perched on a landlocked boat.
About the...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Character On Its Own 2
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic on cardboard canvas.
Unique original artwork with lots of character.
With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is cre...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"Muse" Colorful Figurative Pop Art Original by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Twin Hot Dogs - Original Gary John Street Art Food Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Wee One 9 (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Wee One 9 (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 14x11in
Framed: 15x12x1in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1903...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Inspiration, Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Woman, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Artist: Tigran Hovumyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"India" (The Birth of the Universe), Oleg Turchin, Surrealism, Figurative, 58x30
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"India" (The Birth of the Universe) by Oleg Turchin is a Figurative Surrealism original oil on canvas painting measuring 58x30 in. This surrealist painting has a beautiful woman from...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My First Headshot - Original Gary John Painting
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
On Top (cupcake rasberry lady dessert americana vintage surreal painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A young woman in a vintage dress and cloche hat perches solemnly atop an enormous raspberry mousse dessert, her poised figure seemingly unaware of the surreal scale beneath her. Rend...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ShaoHua Nong Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Embrace"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Embrace
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2015
Artist: ShaoHua Nong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Statue of Liberty painted on a red background with architectural framework, surr
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
SoHo 4 a.m. Neo Expressionist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Sharp Edge" style from Sax Berlin
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
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.