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Figurative Paintings For Sale
A French Room - Oil Painting by Alexander Sergeev - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
A French Room is an original oil painting on the board realized by Alexander Sergeev in the 1990s.
Very beautiful painting depicting a room with a sofa.
Includes frame
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Figural Abstract Painting w/ Gears of an Engine, Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches
"My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notio...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Fine 1950's English Oil Grand Interior Room Scene Ancestral Portraits signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guildhall, Worcester
English School, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed verso
oil on canvas
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition
The Worcester Guildhall was originally built as a meeting place for Worcester merchants around 1227. As with many other guildhalls, it became the centre for civic administration, a role it maintained after the merchant guild had disappeared.
The present Worcester Guildhall is a superb Queen Anne building, begun in 1722 by Thomas White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren. White was badly paid for his efforts, and he died in poverty in 1738, bestowing the money he was owed on the Worcester Royal Infirmary. The city finally paid its debt in 1753.
The exterior of the Guildhall is brick, dressed with stone. White himself is said to have carved the figure of Queen Anne over the entry, as well as those of Charles I and II, a reminder of the city's long history of royal support. The interior is superb, boasting exceptional period decoration. The Tourist Information Centre is now located in the Guildhall.
HISTORY
In 1227 Henry III granted the citizens of Worcester a royal charter granting them the right to establish a guild of merchants. The guild was responsible for controlling trade in the city, but their meeting place gradually became the main centre of administration for city government and acted as a courthouse. So, in effect, the Guildhall was the town hall, and though the city guilds have long since vanished, the Guildhall name lives on.
The medieval guild merchants would not recognise the building that faces onto High Street now. Their guildhall was a large timber-framed building, occupying the same site, with a piazza for shops fronting the street, courts of justice at each end, and a prison to the north of the building.
Part of the prison was a cell called 'the peephole', which gained a notorious reputation. There was a gaoler's house, and attached to it an alehouse from which the gaoler sold ale at extremely high prices to any prisoner who could afford the cost.
In 1717 the city administration decided on a new Guildhall, and they knew just who to call; upon to build it. Thomas White was not an architect in the way we think of it today, but a stonemason. In 1705 he had carved a statue of Queen Anne to stand in front of the medieval Guildhall and was made a Freeman of the City. The total cost of the fashionable new red-brick building was £3727. The Corporation only put forward £800, and the rest had to be raised by public subscription.
The centre section of the new Guildhall was finished by 1724 and has remained almost unchanged since then. The central facade is a wonderful example of early Georgian style, with three bays flanked by Corinthian pillars.
Over the entrance is a huge carving incorporating the Hanoverian royal arms. White's earlier statue of Queen Anne was placed in a niche over the door, and on either side were statues of Charles I, depicted holding a church, and Charles II, with an orb and royal sceptre. On the rooftop are figures of Labour, Peace, Justice, Plenty, and Chastisement.
North and south wings were added within a few years of the central block. The south wing was used as a judge's lodging when the assizes were taking place, but throughout the rest of the year it housed a coffee shop.
The most striking external feature of the Guildhall is a set of iron gates...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001).
81 x 45 cm; no frame.
Oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Palais Garnier" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil painting on canvas by the French artist Georges Gerbier, depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view of "Palais G...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Academic Drawing Portrait of Male Nude Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Young Male Nude
French, late 19th century
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
with further sketches verso
artist paper: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenanc...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Canary
Located in Dallas, TX
The overall dimensions including the frame are 70 x 42 inches.
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Voge...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Acrobats at the Circus', Mid 20th Century Vallauris Painting on Ceramic.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century painting on ceramic of two circus acrobats by Italian artist Giovanni Lombardi. The work is painted on 14 ceramic tiles which have been mounted on board, signed bottom left, in original period oak frame.
A wonderful energetic and vibrant work very much in the 1940s 'Modern' style showing a scene of two acrobats practising with a circus tent, carousel, Punch and Judy Show...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Vintage Oil Painting of River Sunset in the Woods of the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of River Sunset in the Woods of the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist. Painted using warm orange and green colours creating a unique atmosphere....
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La salle de répétition de l'opéra de Paris, 1968, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La salle de répétition de l’Opéra de Paris, 1968
Huile sur toile
Signée en bas à gauche
130 x 195 cm
Provenance:
Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
1964: c’est l’inauguration du nouveau plafond du Palais Garnier par Marc Chagall commandé par André Malraux alors ministre chargé des affaires culturelles. Commande qui fera couler beaucoup d’encre entre les partisans du modernisme et les tenants du conservatisme. Malraux tiendra bon, si ce n’est une légère concession: pour éviter de détruire l'ancien plafond et son décor, il sera masqué par une toile amovible de quelques 240m2 réalisée par Chagall dans les ateliers des Gobelins puis tendue par-dessus.
Cette commande, autant acte politique que intellectuel, intervient à une époque où Malraux, convaincu que l’art contribue au rayonnement international de la France, soutiendra notamment les commandes du Mobilier national dont Pierre Paulin sera l’une des grandes figures, et où la CGT (Compagnie générale transatlantique) lancera un de ses plus gros chantiers avec le mythique paquebot France...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Purple Mountain Landscape Wind Swept Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 12 inches
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resurrection of Christ. Study of the Master of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1550.
Located in Firenze, IT
Resurrection of Christ
Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son / Jan Mandyn (1500-1560)
Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm (without frame), 81 x 63 cm (with frame)
The work was exa...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Board
untitled abstract village with horses , original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Lithograph
"Dior in Paris" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited compositions are both dramatic and invigorating, capturing the fleeting moment of innocence swept up in bold color and seemingly controlled movement. "Dior in Paris...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
Swan and Boat Landscape By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley dated 1994 and inscribed verso
Title: By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex
Medium: gouache/watercolour/ pencil on artist paper, unframed
Painting : ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Pencil
Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting of Ballet Dancers Backstage Framed
Located in ludlow, GB
Modern Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas of Ballet Dancers Backstage. A small Framed Oil Painting of two Ballerina's adjusting their costumes backstage before their pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Madonna and Child 18th Century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Good condition overall. With beautiful carved wooden frame.
All of our works are covered by our own guarantee of authenticity which covers the work for its lifetime of ownership wit...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Mother & Child Walking Romantic Highland View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Walk
Scottish artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 14 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Harbor landscape of Berwick upon Tweed, England
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating Victorian harbor scene by H.L. Robinson, a distinguished English painter known for his evocative landscapes and views of Northumberland, offers a vivid and nostalgic...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in London, GB
'Le Jardin du Luxembourg', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Parisians are not equivocal about their park preferences. Some clearly favour the Tuileries, while others stand firmly with feet planted in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Perhaps this is analogous to residents' strongly-held preferences for either the Café Deux Magots or the Café de Flore, just down the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Back to the gardens though, I have always been captivated by the Luxembourg Gardens. It's the lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as the picturesque Medici Fountain...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Is There Anyone Here?..
Located in Zofingen, AG
A cozy café with three visitors: two in dark attire, one figure in a checkered coat. The interior is understated with retro details, and soft blue light filters through the windows. ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
THE MAPLE FOREST
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jay Patel
THE MAPLE FOREST
Acrylic on Board
Year: 2022
Size: 12x10x1.5in
Signed verso
COA provided
Ready to hang
Ref.: 924802-1114
"This vividly hued artwor...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Reading - original figurative abstract female form painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Reading a Book" by Irina Yermolova captures the essence of po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Purgatory Heaven" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Purgatory Heaven" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956
Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Stragglers- 21st Century Contemporary Mountain Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch Painter Michiel Schrijver lives and works in the center of the Netherlands.
The paintings originate from his memory. The first step is to mak...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Figure on a Path. An English landscape signed O T Clark. Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Octavius Thomas CLARK
Oil on canvas
Picture Size: 24 x 42" (60 x 105cm)
Outside Frame Size: 32 x 50" (80 x 125cm)
Signed bottom left
An impressive example of O. T. Clark's work. Su...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative art
Title: Nude
Size: 16" x 12" x 0.1'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon. Portrait Oil painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil on canvas. "Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon"
In this painting, a vivid and joyful spectacle unfolds before us, as if a sunbeam has penetrated directly onto the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Lovers in the forest oil painting european art landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Lovers - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ne...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Antique English Oil Painting Gentleman Squire with Horse outside Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Tavern
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: a...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Snow on 5th Avenue" Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Guy Wiggins Snow Scene
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of Snow on 5th Avenue New York City with figures walking and taxis in the distance. A cozy impressionistic street scene with colors of cobalts, light pink, white...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 play...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
School
By John Hartell
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery is honored to present a selection of paintings from the estate of American artist, John Hartell (1902-1995). John Hartell taught two disciplines at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: freshman architecture and graduate painting. He was a much-loved professor there from 1930 until his retirement in 1967; one of his most illustrious students is the architect Richard Meier. As an artist, Hartell's first solo exhibition was in 1937 at Kleeman Gallery in New York. He exhibited at Kraushaar Galleries in New York for four decades, beginning in 1943. The Hartell Gallery at Cornell University, under the Sibley Dome, is named for him. In describing John Hartell, the artist Michael Boyd...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century California Oak Tree in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Oak Tree Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham
Iconic California Oak tree during summer with golden tones and olive green foliage by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American, 1881-1983) circa 1960. Displayed in a new carved giltwood frame. A gem of a California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists.
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right "Louise Cunningham"
Condition: Excellent
Presented in new, gold gilt-toned wood frame
Image, 16"H x 20"L.
Framed size: 22"H x 26"W x 2.50"D
A painter / architect/ pasteli, Louise Cunningham was born in Berkeley, California on May 4, 1881 of French parents. (Her uncle, Jules Jacques, was a distinguished Paris artist and a member of the French Royal Academy.)
Louise Grossett began her art studies at age eleven at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco a program run by UC Berkley. She then spent most of her life as a resident of California, Berkley, San Francisco, Mt Lassen, Yosemite and then retired to Felton CA in 1955, She ran art classes from her studio on Lazy Woods Rd.
She was the wife of Robert Cunningham...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Cuzco School - A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish, 1800s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anonymous, Cuzco School
A Portrait of Archangel Raphael With Fish
oil on canvas
1800s
canvas dimensions 22.24 x 15.74 inches (56.5 x 40 cm)
frame ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Artist White Suite, Wild Tie" Modern Abstract Cubist Figurative Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features his signature Cubist-inspired bearded male figure wearing a brightly colored t...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
1958 Mid-Century Landscape – Dramatic Red Sunset Over Field, Oil on Canvas
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A stunning mid-century landscape oil painting by Danish artist Max Victor (1919-1993), signed and dated July 3, 1958.
The beautiful composition portrays a vast, open field under a ...
Category
1950s Land Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unknown Dutch Italianizing Painter Large Pastoral Scene in a Landscape, 18th
Located in Roma, IT
The painting, large in size and with a notable decorative impact, comes from an important private collection, divided between Rome and Paris, and depicts a rural episode set in a lat...
Category
18th Century Flemish School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lovely 1950s Park Painting
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wicket basket with Anemones a humble festive gift 19th century floral still life
Located in Norwich, GB
A charming 19th Century painting of Anemone flowers in a wicker basket. It has a warm, seasonal and festive feel. I love the great simplicity and sincerity it exudes. French in origi...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist: "Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horseman" dated 1903
André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX)
Oil on canvas
Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique
20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg girl in green
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin.
Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922"
Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter.
Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W
Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W
Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Devilish" mixed media collage on wood with neon
By Amy Smith
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community.
In her Collage Portrait Series, Amy Smith uses photography, and layers of hand cut stencils, and torn recycled fashion magazine pieces to simultaneously represent her love of fashion and her contempt for excessive consumerism. In addition, she showcases female portraits to empower and unify, creating a space to feel connected to oneself and to each other.
Smith’s mixed media collages have been shown at Wallspace, Saatchi’s The Other Art Fair, La Art Fair to name a few and been part of auctions such as revered Julien’s Auctions...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Neon Light, Mixed Media
1850's Large Mid 19th Century French Portrait of a Young Gentleman Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Gentleman
by Paul Goubil (French mid 19th century)
signed and dated 1855
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30.5 x 25 inches
canvas: 29 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collecti...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Secret Peek - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece i...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Contemporary Art, Oil on Canvas And Textures, Man-Animal And Flower. “The Gifts”
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil on canvas in textured mixed technique. This piece is part of a series where I explore our connection with animals through the human and magical. It represents a man-animal lookin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Madonna and Child with St Catherine and Putti - Italian 17thC art oil painting
By Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Located in London, GB
This stunning Italian 17th century Old Master religious oil painting is by Baroque artist Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chari. Painted circa 1684 it is a large and vibrant oil painting of the Madonna and child. To their left is Saint Catherine and to their right four putti or cherubs look upon a sleeping Jesus. The detail in all the figures faces and hair and the colouring is just superb, especially the Madonna's sumptuous blue robe. A really fabulous 17th century religious work with previous full attribution and excellent provenance which was once attributed to Carlo Maratta (1625-1713).
Provenance. With Vangelisti, Lucca, Italy, 1966, from whom acquired by the family of the previous owner, and thence by descent.
Red seal stamp verso
Christies April 15th 1912
Christies March 23 1956
Condition. Oil on Canvas. Image size 44 x 54 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an original Carlo Maratta frame, 62 inches by 52 inches framed and in good condition.
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), also known simply as Giuseppe Chiari, was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mostly in Rome. Born in Rome, he was one of the main assistants, along with Giuseppe Passeri and Andrea Procaccini, in the studio of an elder Carlo Maratta. His father had opposed the career, but his mother, on the recommendation of a painter named Carlo Antonio Gagliani. By the age of 22, he had frescoed the lateral lunettes (Birth of Virgin and Adoration of Magi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Opaque" Oil Painting by Calvin Lai Featuring Female Figure
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Opaque" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a seated female with her face in profile and dappled in light. The painting is framed, with overall dimensions of 18 x 15 inches,
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and personal growth. He found early on that drawing was something he loved, and to make a picture appear lifelike became his goal. Through constantly drawing, his work began to breath, and his fascination with value and perspective led Calvin to become a student of realism. Eventually he moved from where he grew up in Los Angeles to San Francisco. There he studied drawing and printmaking at San Francisco State University. In 2008, he enrolled in the Academy of Art for illustration, but began painting instead. He found that he preferred the fine arts over commercial illustration...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Little Iris Icon" (2022) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera on Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "White Orchid" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2023, this piece features a blooming branch of white orchids, resting over a deep red backgro...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sitges beach's day Spain oil on canvas painting spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antonio Sala Herrero (1927-2012) - Sitges - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 38x46 cm.
Frame size 48x56 cm..
Sala Herrero, Antoni, Barcelona- 1926 - 2012
From...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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