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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Academic
Style: Post-War
On the Beach, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Title: On the Beach
Size: 31.5" x 45" x 1''...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wrestler in a Green Singlet: Figurative Oil Painting of an Athlete by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic figurative oil painting of a muscular male athlete with a vintage green wrestling uniform
"Wrestler in Singlet", Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (a pseudonym in homage to the figurative painting of John Singer Sargeant and fashion photography by Bruce Weber)
Oil on canvas, signed upper left corner
30 x 20 inches, 34.5 x 24.5 inches in a black painted wood frame
Excellent condition, the frame exhibits some wear consistent with age which is the artist's intention as the painting was made by his fictitious persona "Bruce Sargeant" who painted during the 1930's - 40's.
Artwork description:
This vertical, figurative portrait painting of a muscular male in a green wrestler singlet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pleasure of the Sea, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: Pleasure of the Sea
Size: 27.5" x 35...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happy Day, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Title: Happy Day
Size: 31.5" x 43" x 1'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Girl and the Sea, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism
Title: The Girl and the Sea
Size: 27.5" x 3...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children on sea stone, Coastal, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: Children on sea stones
Size: 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By the Waves, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Title: By the Waves
Size: 27.5" x 35.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of my Young Daughter
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful oil on canvas from the end of the 19th century figuring the portrait of a young woman.
The painting is signed Y Pol on the bottom left .
The artist in his performance perfe...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Torah Scholar, Shimshon Holzman
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Shimshon Holzman (1907-1986)
Title: Torah Scholar
Year: 1962
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Size: 13.75 x 19.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed...
Category
1960s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Alone in the world, Oil on panel by Duwez Henri-Joseph (1810-1884)
Located in Gent, VOV
Alone in the world
Signature on the left
Presented in a period frame
Provenance: Sold in Paris on February 6, 1895, at Drouot, for 140 Gold Francs (Bénézit)
Biography Henri-Joseph ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The toy seller
Located in Roma, RM
Federico Del Campo (Lima 1837 - Venice 1923), The Toy Seller (1877)
Oil painting on panel 22 x 37 cm signed Campo on the left, on the back is an old label from Williams and sons ga...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fiori di primavera
Located in Roma, RM
Federico Del Campo (Lima 1837 – Venezia 1923), Fiori di primavera (1877)
Dipinto ad olio su tavola di cm 22 x 37 firmato Campo, situato Roma e datato 1877 in basso a destra, sul r...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Checco vuol un Soldo” (Checco wants a Penny)
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on wooden panel painting of a young child begging for a coin. The painting is attributed to the hand of Leopoldo Dumini. Circa 1865...
Category
1860s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“Montmartre, Rue Norvins et Sacre-Coeur”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original oil on canvas painting of a busy street scene in Montmartre, Paris. The scene is Rue Norvins with Sacre-Coeur in the background. Signed by the artist lower left. Titled on stretcher verso. Circa 1950. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in its original frame of chestnut wood with wide gold liner. Overall framed measurements are 21.5 by 23.5 inches.
Provenance: A Osprey, Florida collector.
Krafft, Andre (Born, Paris, 1911-1986). A French twentieth century painter Andre Krafft...
Category
1950s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Post-War Painting of Mournes from Duldrum Ireland by Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Mournes from Dundrum Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999)
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 36 x 26 inches (...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Oil, Canvas
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative Academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He was ...
Category
1960s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Woman in the field
By John Bellany
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Has an auction provenance.
About the artist: Another highly influential Scottish painter of this period. Born in Port Seaton, near Edinburgh, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art...
Category
1990s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"A Pompeiian Love Song" 19th Century Realism Antique Oil on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance:
Sold: Jackson's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Cedar Falls, Iowa, December 8, 2009, Lot 4
A Pompeiian Love Song" by Antonio Rivas (Spanish, 1845-1911) transports viewers back ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classical French TURKISH Orientalist Beauty Painting of a Woman w/ Mandolin
Located in New York, NY
Francois Martin-Kavel (1861 - 1931) was active/lived in France. He was a profiling painter of woman, especially orientalism
His auction records have exceeded over $20,000
Such a ...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pre-Raphealite Neoclassical Reclining GRECIAN Girl holding a BIRD
Located in New York, NY
Oliver Rhys (1876-1893) was an important English 19th century Pre-Raphealite Academic painter known for paintings of Grecian woman.
His paintings have sold in sothebys and Christie’...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait (American Post-War, Impressionist, Suite - FREE U.S. Shipping)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Alex Tschernjawski
Self Portrait
Oil on Canvas
1960s
Size: 38x26x0.5in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1827
*Condition: Good vintage condi...
Category
1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"A Surprising Visit" 19th Century Antique European Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A Surprising Visit" by Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) invites viewers into a sumptuous journey through 19th-century European luxury. Eduardo León Garrido, a distinguished Spanish artist born in 1856 and leaving an artistic legacy until 1949, displayed a remarkable ability to capture the essence of his time through his brushstrokes.
This antique masterpiece, rendered in oil on panel and measuring 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches, unveils a world of opulence within a Royal European...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Post-War Painting of Clew Bay County Galway Ireland by Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Vintage Oil Painting of Clew Bay County Galway Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Denis Thornton (1937-1999)
Art measures 36 x 18 inche...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Oil
Nude Boy Discovered in Barn - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
Norman Mills Price depicts a handsome, nude blond boy with classical good looks. He is lying on his stomach in straw in the loft of a barn with his buttocks exposed. The artist captu...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Board
"Alpine Village I" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village III" Pastel on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Sever Frentiu (Avant-garde painter) - 20th century figure portrait painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Sever Frentiu (Săcuieni 1931 - Bucharest 1997) - Male portrait.
65.5 x 39.5 cm without frame, 76.5 x 50.5 cm with frame.
Mixed media on paper, in a wooden frame.
- Work signed low...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Classical Seated Female Nude', by Charles G. Bockman, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 38 x 32 inch painting, is an oil on canvas titled 'Female Nude,' by artist Charles G. Bockmann. The painting depicts a 3/4th portrait of a nude woman wh...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Short Break from Work" Oil On Canvas / Board By John George Brown
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"A Short Break from Work" captures the essence of a fleeting moment in the life of a young boy, skillfully portrayed by the artist John George Brown in oil on canvas or board. The sc...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
” La Maschera ” 19th Century Antique Realistic Oil Painting On Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
“Mom and Her Kids,” an exquisite oil painting on canvas by Gaetano Chierici, also known as La Maschera, captures a timeless domestic scene with remarkable attention to detail and emo...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph and Potiphar
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Tricase, IT
Circle of Jacques-Louis David
Joseph and Potiphar
88x72 cm oil on canvas.
The story tells of Joseph's duties in Egypt. Sold as a slave to Putiphar, chief of the king of Egypt's guar...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Rudolf KLINGSBÖGL Austrian Viennese painter and teacher. Chassidic rebbe with Shtreimel.
Klingsbogl was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops, pubs and cellars. His style is very distinctive. rare to find good jewish work that survived the holocaust as so much of it was destroyed.
Other works by Rudolf Klingsbogl (sometimes known as Klingsberg}: Rabbis Studying Around a Table, The Huntsman, The Pet Bird, Blacksmith Interior Scene, Three Men with Chat and Drink, The Sailors, The Old Drinker, Debating the News, Sunday Afternoon, Man Looking at Pocket Watch. Game of Cards in a Tavern, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a Child, Franz Schubert at the Piano, Johann Strauss (The Younger).
Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting and blessing a child in a European marketplace...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
" At The Port" 19th Century Academic Realist Landscape Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"Sunrise on the Shore" by Andreas Schelfhout stands as a testament to the extraordinary talent of the Dutch artist, born in The Hague in 1787. A prominent figure of the Romantic move...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Asian girl portrait Teddy bear innocence toys pink soft colors fine art classic
Located in Sempach, LU
Girl with Teddy bear / Tender innocence
This is one of my favorite artworks painted from nature.
Painting are on stretched canvas come ready to hang. This is the “hidden frame”...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love & the Jester - Oil Painting of Sacrifice
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a Love and Sacrafice by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse.
Oil on Canvas. 18 x 18 inches.
THE MAN: Jesús Nodarse Valdés was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba in 1973. He studi...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait (American Post-War, Impressionist, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Suite)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Alex Tschernjawski
Self Portrait
Oil on Canvas
1960s
Size: 37.5x25.5in
Framed: 39x27xin
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1826
*Condition: G...
Category
1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Mandolin Concert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andrea Landini
1847-1935 Italian
A Mandolin Concert
Signed “A. Landini” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A cardinal delights in a musical performance in this painting by Italian Card...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Music in the Parlor" 19th century antique realism oil painting on, Signed
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed
Description:
Frederico Andreotti (1847-1930) was an Italian painter celebrated for his exquisite genre scenes and historical subjects. Born in Florence, Andreo...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“The Drunk ” 17th Century Dutch Oil Painting On Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The Drunk" is an oil on panel painting created by Dutch school student. This artwork provides viewers with a captivating glimpse into the past, offering a detailed and vivid portraya...
Category
17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Marat
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 102cm x 102cm, (109cm x 109cm framed)
Yankel Feather was a British painter, and a member of the Liverpool...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Beach, Coastal, Impressionism, Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Impressionism
Title: Beach
Size: 24" x 30" x 0.8'' inch, ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn in the Yard, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Impressionism
Title: Autumn in the Yard
Size: 18" x 14" x...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Letter By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Letter
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
A cardinal pauses while composing a letter in this oil on panel by Belg...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subject of the painting depicts th...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Swiss Chalet" Landscape Oil Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Swiss Chalet" Landscape Oil Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1950
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Flower Sellers, Figurative, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Impressionism
Title: Flower Sellers
Size: 16" x 20" x 0.8'' inch, (41x51x2cm),
Unframed, Stretched on wooden bar, Ready to Hang,
Artist Bio
Ara H. Hakobyan is an Armenian artist and art critic, Doctor of Sciences (arts, 2017), professor (2018) and a member of Artist Union of the Republic of Armenia (1999).
Ara H. Hakobyan was born in 1973 in Yerevan in the family of art historian Hravard Hakobyan. In 1997 Mr. Hakobyan graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Arts, Department of Painting. During 1997-2000 Ara Hakobyan...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Swiss Countryside II" Landscape Oil Painting 8" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Swiss Countryside II" Landscape Oil Painting 8" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1950
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibiti...
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Young People on the Rocks, Figurative, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Young People on the Rocks
Size...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waves, Seascape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Impressionism
Title: Waves
Size: 20" x 27.5" x 0.8'' inch...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Painter's Studio - original painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Painter's Studio", oil on canvas, 39x27.5in / 100x70cm
The artist's studio and art objects part of his life and work. A sculpture, an antique head and a painting that reminds u...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mephistopheles and the Faust" Mid 19th c, Antique Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Alfred Jacomin
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is dated and signed on the bottom left side.
Description:
Alfred Jacomin was a landscape and genre painter. He was a student of his father, Jean-Marie Jacomin, the Swiss...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Woman offering corn, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Title: Woman offering Corn
Size: 22" x 28" ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Painful Necessity
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
Born at Edinburgh, he was son of an architect, who placed him at the age of fifteen with a seal- engraver there. He was a student in the Trustees' Academy from 1831 to 1834, when he ...
Category
1850s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Farm, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2018
Style: Impressionism
Title: Farm
Size: 16" x 20" x 0.8'' inch, ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The gift of flowers
Located in Berlin, DE
Conrad Kiesel (1846-1921), The gift of flowers. Oil on wood, 43 x 35 cm, 69 x 61 cm (frame), signed at lower left "Conrad Kiesel pxt [pinxit]", about 1900. In a magnificent gilt stuc...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th-century Orientalist Antique Oil Painting on Wood Panel Signed and Dated
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed and dated 1872 in Algiers
Description:
Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (1840-1920) was a French painter renowned for...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Stony Beach, Cliffs, Impressionism Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Impressionism
Title: Stony Beach
Size: 24" x 30" x 0.8'' inch, (61x76x2cm),
Unframed, Stretched on wooden bar, Ready to Hang,
Artist Bio
Ara H. Hakobyan is an Armenian artist and art critic, Doctor of Sciences (arts, 2017), professor (2018) and a member of Artist Union of the Republic of Armenia (1999).
Ara H. Hakobyan was born in 1973 in Yerevan in the family of art historian Hravard Hakobyan. In 1997 Mr. Hakobyan graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Arts, Department of Painting. During 1997-2000 Ara Hakobyan...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Little Girl, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Title: Little Girl
Size: 22" x 28" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dance 19th-century Large Antique Nude Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed & Dated
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Exhibited at the Paris Salon, exhibition label on reverse.
Description:
Édouard François Zier (1837-1924) was a French painter known for his captiva...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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