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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Realist
Style: Photorealist
Dating in the rain
Located in Zofingen, AG
A young man hurries after a beautiful young woman, wanting to meet her, despite the rain and bad weather. Maybe this is fate and love for life, and nothing will stop him. A large det...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

China - 21st Century, Flag, Red, Pink, White, Great Wall of China, Pagoda
Located in Berlin, DE
China, 2010 Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle) 14.96 H x 18.11 W in. 38 H x 46 W cm. The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flore...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Painting of Idyllic River Scene On the Lagan in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Idyllic River Scene On the Lagan in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995) Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

English 20th century portrait of an English Frigate in full sail at sea in oils.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 20th century portrait of an English Frigate in full sail at sea in oils. A very well painted oil on canvas with great detail of a ship cutting through the sea at I'm sure great speed. The piece is an oil on canvas with I think gouache added to the waves to make them a brighter white. The piece is signed Mason and with some investigation, we are attributing this painting to the talented English painter Barry Mason...
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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Witchcraft" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Witchcraft" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocative yet sensual style influenced by his natural Ukrainian exuberance. He understands and respects the art’s body which continuously is at the center of his paintings. His preference goes by drawing with pastels, oil and charcoal to create innovative paintings among which are such style as photorealism where the artist writes such paintings as the pictorial art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mother's Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery) About Artist Clinton Odhiambo popularly known as Clinton Artisto is a self-taught composite realism artist from Kibera Nairobi, Kenya whose work generally investigates and portrays the beauty of struggle faced by common people especially women in their daily life, environment, and the environment he faces. He uses women as a symbol of strength and hope for the future. His motivation comes from people around him and their environment, memories, photographs, and sometimes conceptualizing his ideas from dreams and imagination. His main inspiration has always been hope for a better tomorrow. He uses acrylic paint as a medium to portray his subjects in a realistic manner while he also uses color according to the mood he wants to support the story of his subjects. born in 1997 in Asembo Kenya, Clinton moved with his parents to Kibera slums in Nairobi to look for a greener pasture, he joined Kibera primary school and later started painting while in class seven in order to pay for his school fees. He has been featured in several group exhibitions Hamptons Fine Art Fair, NYCartwalk, Kenya Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Follower Ippolito Caffi (Roman school)- 19th century landscape painting - Tiber
By Ippolito Caffi
Located in Varmo, IT
Follower of Ippolito Caffi (Belluno 1809 - Lissa 1866) - Rome, view of the Tiber towards Castel Sant'Angelo. 54 x 69 cm. Antique oil painting on paper transferred to canvas, withou...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

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....
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

State of Mind
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition, only shown in a gallery. Griselda Ferrandez was born in the city of Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and open city. From her balcony she could contemplate the sea as well as watch the passing freight trains on their way to the mercantile port. At a young age, Griselda was bedridden from heart disease that left her with only books and her balcony view...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Vintage" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Vintage" Oil Painting 39" x 39 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2020 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"I had a dream last night" Oil Painting 24" x 28 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"I had a dream last night" Oil Painting 24" x 28 "inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2007 Comes in a custom frame Size with frame: 26" x 30" A look through Dmi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Within The Snow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Within The Snow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white house surrounded with a fresh snow fall. Bio/artist statement: Samantha B...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Ann" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ann" Hyperrealism Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocative yet sensual style influenced by his natural Ukrainian exuberance. He understands and respects the art’s body which continuously is at the center of his paintings. His preference goes by drawing with pastels, oil and charcoal to create innovative paintings among which are such style as photorealism where the artist writes such paintings as the pictorial art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Flamenco woman
Located in Zofingen, AG
Beautiful contrasting portrait of a woman in the move of Flamenco dance. Flamenco dance is a famous Spanish dance full of passion and love. High quality oil paints on linen canvas.
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Horses, a farmer with a dog in a farmyard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, purchased in London, UK, sold by the grandson of a prominent Argentinian businessman who said his grandfather acquired the painting in London sometime between 1910-1920 and has remained in their family until sold to Sebastian Deya...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Even Fall" a fun oil of a race horse with his jockey falling at horse race
Located in Charleston, US
Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting, "Even Fall I" is a fun oil of a race horse with his jockey falling off at a horse race or steeplechase. McEwen is renown for being an e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

C. Rivière (1859) - "Wheat mower" Oil on wood
Located in Geneva, CH
Old work on wood (1859) sold with frame. The total size with frame is 34x41 cm. Signed "C. Rivière" and dated.
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1850s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figures on the road to Dundrum Ireland in the Irish Mountain Landscape
Located in Preston, GB
Figures on the road to Dundrum Ireland in the Irish Mountain Landscape by William Yeaman. Original, Oil on Canvas presented in an ornate frame. Art mea...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Semi nude figurative portrait painting of a woman with arrows
By Aaron Nagel
Located in East Quogue, NY
Striking realistic portrait painting of a semi-nude woman with arrows titled "Marks" by Aaron Nagel. Oil on canvas. Size 46 x 30 inches. Offered unframed. Aaron Nagel is inspired b...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Audrey #1
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Audrey #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female model reclining on blue velvet fabric as she turns her face away from the viewer.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Small Nude / - Abstract Figurativity -
Located in Berlin, DE
Gustl Stark (1917 Mainz - 2009 ibid.), Small Nude, 1946. Oil on canvas, marouflaged, 54 x 25 cm (picture), 30 x 60 cm (frame), signed "Stark" top left, verso twice signed "Gustav Stark", inscribed by hand as "Small Nude" and dated by hand "1946". With label of the exhibition of the Bundeshaus Bonn from 1956. - Rubbed area in the lower third of the body, at the same level a retouch in the ochre background. I provisional frame. - Abstract Figurativity - About the artwork During the war, Gustl Stark suffered a particularly severe blow for an artist: he lost his right arm. Nevertheless, he continued to devote himself to art, and the painting, created in 1946, immediately after the end of the Nazi reign of terror, testifies to the dawn of a new era. At the same time, the work is a rare example of the artist's early figurative work, as Stark turned entirely to abstract painting as early as 1950. And even this painting is by no means purely figurative; rather, it already illustrates Stark's turn toward abstraction. We see a female nude, but one that remains faceless. This can be read symbolically and in relation to the immediate past epoch, which, in the face of horrors, silences and blinds - literally renders faceless. In this sense, the figure is positioned to 'look back'. But she does not look. While this meaning may resonate and make the painting an important work of the immediate postwar period, Gustl Stark is primarily concerned with something else here, namely art itself. The absence of the face leads to the body becoming something flat. Due to the de-individualization, we do not see a concrete person with his individual features, but a body surface. And indeed, the body is constructed through an extremely planar design. Even the contour lines that form the corporeality have a planar rather than a linear character, especially where they merge into shadow zones of almost the same color. And the surfaces themselves are not modeled. The incarnate parts do not show any plastic gradations; the corporeality is completely withdrawn into the plane, which is also true for the hair. In addition, there is no uniform background against which the figure could appear; rather, the area next to the hair is kept bluish, creating a succession of earth-toned colored areas, which again binds the figure to the surface. Last but not least, the flatness is also forced by the painting technique. Gustl Stark paints directly, a la prima, onto the coarse canvas, whereby the structure of the painting support remains visible in the picture, and in places - around the hair, for example - the canvas itself can be seen. This structural all-over lends the picture a certain flatness. Gustl Stark thus uses the very motif that stands for the corporeality of art par excellence - the female nude - to transform the spatiality of the traditional picture into a flatness characteristic of modern art. And yet, a strong impression of corporeality is created, without being produced by a painterly modeling of the body. The oscillation between flatness and corporeality creates the intense tension of this groundbreaking painting. In Gustl Stark's oeuvre, as a consequence of the abstraction we see here, the figurative is completely stripped away in a further step, which is also a loss when looking at this early key work. About the artist Gustl Stark was the son of a woodcarver and, after an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, attended the State School of Arts and Crafts in Mainz from 1936 to 1937. Although he was severely wounded in the war and lost his right arm, he studied at the Würzburg School of Painting and Drawing from 1943-1944 and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1944-1948. He won a state scholarship at the state art competition in Bad Ischl. Numerous study trips to Sylt, Paris, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Holland and Belgium followed. Gustl Stark worked in Mainz and was the first artist there to focus on abstract painting. His work quickly gained international recognition, including the Salon Réaliés Nouvelles in Paris. From 1963-1970 he taught at the State University Institute for Art and Work Education in Mainz and from 1970-1975 at the Johannes Gutenberg University. Gustl Stark became particularly famous for his color embossed prints, for which he invented his own technique. Gustl Stark received numerous awards for his work. He received the Art Prize for Painting of the City of Mainz in 1962, the State Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1984, and the Gutenberg Bust of the City of Mainz in 1987. Selected Bibliography Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts, Vierter Band, Leipzig 1958, S. 344. Hans H...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

After Kupta, Portrait, Realism, Oil Painting, Texas Artist, Sawyer Yards
Located in Houston, TX
"After Kupta" 7 x 5 Framed 12 x 10 One of my favorite paintings is the Yellow Scales, a self portrait by Frantisek Kupka hanging in my home city museum, Houston Fine Arts, and whe...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fiona #1
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Fiona #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding purple velvet fabric tightly around her form to reveal the curves of her figure. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Fun Size, " Acrylic painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Fun Size" is an acrylic painting that depicts the closeup view of a red and yellow Volkswagen van hood Born 1969 in Californi...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Acrylic

A girl who loves the sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunny contrasting girl portrait at the sea coast. The waves crushing and the seagulls flying around. An artwork which brings summer and sea in to your home all year round. Profession...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Family Hearth" - Turn of the Century Cozy Interior Figurative Scene
By Charles Everett Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming turn-of-20th Century interior painting that takes the viewer back to simpler times with grandmother, grandfather, mother sewing and a young girl playing with her greyhound a...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Sailors at Cafe du Globe
By Charles Rocher
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Charles Rocher (1890-1962. Sailors, ca. 1920s. Gouache on paper. Sheet measures 19 x 25 inches. Considerable damage and loss as depicted. Signed lower left.
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Looking to Paris, Olympics 2024, Emerging Artist, Boxing, Steven Navarro
Located in Houston, TX
Looking to Paris 2024 Steven will most likely be on the USA Olympic Boxing Team. Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 Framed This is an original oil painting from emerging Miami artist Carlos Antonio Rancaño...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

CONTEMPORARY Fine Art Architecture Spanish Artist Bea Sarrias 2023 La Ricarda
Located in BARCELONA, ES
“The living room in movement” La RICARDA by Antonio Bonet Castellana architect Acrylic on linen 100x180 cm The artist, Bea Sarrias, has developed much of her work in Barcelona, wher...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

"Stretched back" nude acrylic paint on bristol paper 65x49cm
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Fascination" abstract acrylic paint on bristol paper linen panel 54x81cm 2014 The title is enough on its own… tonic color chords.
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of Gerardina Van Osch by Dutch artist Johan Hendrik Neuman (Dutch)
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful realist mid 19th century portrait of Gerardina Van Osch (Dutch, 1819-1898) by Jan Hendrik Neuman (Johan Heinrich Neuman) (German, 1819-1898). S...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Cadenza , Figurative, Oil on Panel, Style of Classical Realism. Florence Academy
Located in Houston, TX
Can be negotiated. Handmade frame. Framed size is 24 x 28 Cadenza II is painted from life, searching for accuracy beyond physical appearance . This is oil on Italian wooden panel...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Original Painting of English Village Street by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of English Village Street by 20th Century British Artist, Leon Pettersson Oil on Canvas, Signed. Good Condition. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 21 x ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View Of The City
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Early 20th Century European School, view of the city, with buildings in the background, gouache on paper unsigned in a beautiful custom made Haydenryk frame under glass.
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Ewaoluwa (The Beauty of God)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Her name is Ewaoluwa (The Beauty of God). Meaning the beauty of God in Yoruba origin located in western Nigeria. God created beauty in the loveliness of his nature. The beauty of Go...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

BESAME (KISS ME) Oil on Canvas Realism Cuban Art Emerging Artist Framed
Located in Houston, TX
BESAME-KISS ME is a new painting from the studio of Cuban artist Cristian Mesa Velazquez. Kiss Me is an oil painting done in the Realist Style of contemporary painting which is oil on canvas. Cristian Mesa Velazquez is known for his figurative and portrait paintings done in the realist style. Cristian studied in several of the best art schools in Cuba and now lives in Barcelona, Spain. Cristian Mesa has won several art prices from several countries around the world including Luxemburg, Spain and Cuba. Born in Cuba, Mesa proposes an art that is reminiscent of the great masters of drawing, due to the cleanliness of his line that combines with highly contrasting tones. On February 18th 2013, the set of five buildings that make up the National School of Arts (ENA) and the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) was declared National Monument. The architects Ricardo Porro, Roberto Gottardi and Vittorio Garatti received in Italy the Vittorio de Sica Architecture Award 2012, in recognition of this majestic work. According to UNESCO, this compound is listed as one of the most important Cuban architectural structures and disseminated internationally. It is considered as a unique and representative monument of an unprecedented historical moment. It fulfills a social and practical function, and also has a high cultural and ideological value, being one of the most outstanding examples of the Modernist Movement in Cuba. Emergence of a sui generis place STATEMENT: The National School of Art arises from the need to create a system for arts education in Cuba and achieve its expansion throughout the country. Treasuring our cultural traditions, and conceived as a multidisciplinary center, it gathered the best examples of art in all its manifestations to create the first faculty. For the first time in history, an art school received students from all social classes and regions, making it majority´s right. The selection is based only on the ability and talent of the candidates, which are subject, prior to admission, to very rigorous and grueling tests. In the first academic courses, students had to overcome two levels of education (elementary and middle), but in 1976 it was created the ISA for university education of their students. Expansion of education at the National School of Arts The National School of Arts began teaching four specialties: ballet, music, drama and visual arts. Later modern...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Saint Bernard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel is an artist, a musician and an author. He has studied music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate), and art at the Boston Mus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pozi Bales, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Pozi Bales" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a stack of yellow hay bales. Bio/artist statement: Sama...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Lady @ Bar' Contemporary, Colorful, Night Scene, Oil/Canvas by Andrew Jackson
By Andrew Jackson
Located in Carmel, CA
'Lady in bar' oil on canvas by Andrew Jackson Working Fine Artist since 1991, Andrew Jackson brings to the Outer Edge Studio, his 20 year experience of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Nest IV, " Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This acrylic painting, titled "Nest IV," is an original creation by Ifeoluwa Alade, an artist based in Nigeria. The handmade piece showcases a Nigerian female model adorned with rose...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Wilson Arch Near Moab, Utah, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephen Day's (US based) "Wilson Arch Near Moab, Utah" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a desert trail dotted with foliage leading to a rock formation of red sandstone that is reminiscent of an Archway. Stephen Day was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, and, while growing up he lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aspen Colorado, and Durango, Colorado. He always felt the wonderfully unique beauty of the west but until he became an artist he really didn't know how to fully respond to that beauty. Day is now a full-time artist living in Taos, New Mexico. Working mainly in oil he paints various subjects from life but the landscape is his first love. He says of his working philosophy, "I paint almost exclusively from life trying to capture the feeling and the mood of the subject before me. This work philosophy forces me to paint quickly to get a spontaneous and fresh response, because everything around us (including ourselves) is in a constant state of change." Day frequently paints on location and uses these smaller paintings to create larger studio paintings. Artist's Background: 1976 - Bachelor of Arts Degree, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas 1980 - Master's Degree, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas Studied at the Art Students League of Denver with Bruce Cody...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Trust/Truth (Self Portrait)" Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Stunning monochromatic realistic contemporary figurative portrait painting by Sullivan Giles. Size 40 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas. The figures Giles de...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking likeness to Jack London by Robert Alexander Graham (American, ...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Winters Call" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rob Alexander's "Winters Call" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a snowy river running alongside snow capped blue mountains. Contrasting the enduring against the ephemeral, the eternal mountains against the short lived ice and snow...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Mid Century Young Blonde Girl Portrait Egg Tempera - Style of Thomas Hart Benton
By Robert Collins
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pointillist egg tempera portrait of young blonde girl by Robert Joseph Collins (American, 1922-2011), 1947. Signed "Collins" and dated "'47." U...
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1940s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

A Dutch Canal Town With Figures and Boats by Dutch Artist Adrianus Eversen
By Adrianus Eversen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Adrianus Eversen (1818-1897) was an artist who created outstanding paintings of cities, and his works are a time travel back to another era of archite...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Jolly Time -- German Genre Tavern Painting, 1918
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful German genre painting of 17th century tavern scene in style of Franz Hals by Karl Josef Muller (German, 1864-1942) dated 1918. Signed and dated lower left corner "Karl Muller - Hamburg 1918". Condition: Good; professionally restored: Canvas restreched on new stretcher bars; five repairs made to small tears in canvas (see image); cleaned and re-varnished with UV-resistant varnish. Unframed. Image size: 39.5"H x 55"W. We have the original frame which needs some extensive repair to the gesso. Happy to include the frame with the painting as is. Karl Müller was born in Hamburg-Altstadt in 1865. His wealthy Jewish parents Abraham Müller (1832-1896), citizen of the Hanseatic city since 1869, and Henriette "Jette", b. Burchard (born 1832 Neubuckow / Mecklenburg), had a cigar factory at Spielbudenplatz 5 in St.Pauli. When Karl Müller was ten years old, next to factory and warehouse, now at Speersort 11 (Altstadt), there was also a branch in Altona-Ottensen with the address Am Felde 68. The family lived at the time at Pferdemarkt 13 (Old Town). After attending the Jewish Foundation School at the Zeughausmarkt, Karl Müller completed a three-year lithography apprenticeship. From 1886 to 1888, he studied at the Royal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Dresden with the history and decoration painter Donadini, then with Professor Hanke of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. Karl Müller's painting style was conventional-realistic and did not follow modern trends. In 1891, the oil paintings "Preparation for the Service", "In the guardroom", tattoo", "gymnastics lesson", "covert patrol” and "return from the field service exercise”, whose main motive almost always soldiers formed.In 1893, he painted the" invasion of the 76er " as a horizontal format in black and white, the painting was acquired by the Museum of Hamburg History in 1930. The disposition of Karl Müller could be classified as "kaisertreu" and "national" (Maike Bruhns) at this time - not by chance he acted with his Nicknamed "Soldatenmüller", he successfully participated in exhibitions in Berlin and Hamburg before the turn of the century. Even at this time, the frequent change of residence is striking: 1893 Papendamm 25 (Rotherbaum), 1896 Bundesstraße 9 (Rotherbaum). In 1898 he was in the Hamburg address book as a "genre and portrait painter" with the residential address 1. average 43 (Rotherbaum) out. At the age of 38, Karl married in 1903 in the Hanseatic city of the Jewish Louise Hauer (born 12.2.1872 in Hamburg), called "Lieschen". Before her marriage, she lived with her mother at Grindelberg 78. Her father, Martin Hauer (1836-1897), also born in Hamburg and was a citizen of the city since 1862, owned a factory for soap and perfume. In 1904 and 1911, the two daughters Karla and Lotte were born. 1904, the family lived at this time in the Bogenstraße 20, Karl Müller commissioned a portrait of the emigrated hamburger Henry Jones opening the same lodge in the Hartungstraße 9-11. Already at this time he might have been a member of the Hamburg Artists Association of 1832. Starting from 1908 further change of dwellings on the basis of the telephone books are comprehensible: nearly yearly the family moved and moved thereby from the Grindel quarter over Hoheluft east to Harvestehude and Winterhude. Around 1912 she moved into an apartment in Sierichstraße 156. Here, the landlord Schröder provided the artist with an area of ​​around 45 square meters as a studio on the dry floor. But the building police criticized this use and after some disputes, the painter had to move once again with family and studio. The official telephone directory recorded as an address from 1914 to 1918 Klosterallee 20 (Harvestehude). Friedrich Jansa described Karl Müller's changed motif choice in his artist's glossary in 1912: "In recent years he has been watercolouring a lot in the Hamburg area and now mainly takes his motifs from Hamburg harbor...
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1910s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Dive into the sea" Mediterranean, swimming, Sea, Green, Oil cm. 40 x 40
Located in Torino, IT
Water,Swimmer,Yellow,Green,Summer,sea Birgitte LYKKE MADSEN (Odense, Denmark, 1960) 1981-86, Educated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Odense First solo exhibition in 1983 Artist statement: “I am a painter. I am fascinated by the difference in cold and warm colors and the different atmospheres that it creates in our mind. My hereby presented oil paintings are describing people in water...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lev Khodchenko (Ukrainian painter) - 20th century Soviet still life painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Lev Pavlovich Khodchenko (Shimanovka, 1912 - 1998) - Still life of fish and vase. 60 x 80 cm without frame, 72 x 92 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in wooden frame. - Work signed on...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage California Mountain Pond Landscape with Ducks by Luke Stamos
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning California landscape of a small reflective pond with tall trees, big boulders, and ducks rendered in crisp detail by Luke Stamos (American, 20th century). Signed "L. Stamos" lower right. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 20"H x 16"L. Luke Stamos graduated from San Jose State in 1960 with a B.A. in fine arts. He is a wildlife/landscape artist, focusing primarily on the area in the remote back country of Santa Clara County behind Mt. Hamilton. He has had two one-man shows and his work can currently be viewed at the Los Gatos Museums Gallery in Los Gatos, CA. Artists statement: "I was born in Chicago, and began studying art at the Chicago Art Institute at age 5. When my family moved to San Francisco in 1944, I became aware of California’s splendid outdoor life, and began to pursue a life-long hobby of hunting and fishing. While attending high school in Daly City...
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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Coffee Run
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition, only shown in a gallery. Griselda Ferrandez was born in the city of Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and open city. From her balcony she could contempla...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life with basket. Spanish Contemporary Figurative Realism. Oil on panel
Located in Segovia, ES
Still life with basket ("Bodegón con canasto #2"). Spanish contemporary figurative realism. Oil on panel. Dimensions: (H) 61 x (W) 100 x (D) 2 cm. / Inches 24.02 x 39.37 x 0.79 " Framed: (H) 73 x (H) 112 x (D) 4 cm. / Inches 28.78 x 44.09 x 1.57 " The fruits contained in an overturned basket are scattered on the table around an old bottle covered with esparto grass, giving a rich note of color and contrasting textures. The warm light projected on the entire scene, the roughness of the back wall with its shadows, and the brightness of the horizontal plane of the table, constitute the environment of this delicate composition. Juan Carlos Ospina Ortiz (Colombia 1963), practices realistic figuration with themes of clear Spanish influence. The artist settled in Andalusia (Spain), where, searching for his roots, he immersed himself in the music, folklore, and traditions of that country. In his timeless classic still lifes, we can see the influence of the great masters of 17th century Spanish painting such as Zurbarán and Sanchez Cotán.
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Moments of Reflection Depicting a Woman Sitting by the Fire, Original Oil Paint
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to present a captivating painting by the artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964). This beautiful artwork depicts a woman from Dalarna, sitting in front of a warm, glowing fire. The entire painting is bathed in a soft, radiant light, particularly illuminating her face and traditional white/red attire. The woman appears contemplative, lost in thought, perhaps thinking of someone dear to her heart. She is depicted in a kitchen, taking a moment to relax after a day's chores in her home. Sam Uhrdin's artistic journey began in the early 1900s, he traveled to Stockholm in 1903 to further continue his studies in painting. He worked as a painter during the day and attended various evening schools in the evenings. In 1906, he journeyed to America to work as a sign painter, but he mainly ended up working as an upholsterer. Returning to Leksand in 1909 via London and Paris, his artistic talent gained recognition, and with the help of some patrons, he began studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1911, occasionally attending Althin's painting school in Stockholm. Financial circumstances cut his study time short, and his skill as a portrait painter earned him numerous portrait commissions, which further occupied his time. In 1921, Uhrdin received a scholarship from the Royal Academy, enabling him to embark on a study trip in 1922 to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, which he had to cut short due to his wife's illness. He later visited places like Spain and Portugal. Uhrdin's breakthrough came with his portrait of the former Prime Minister Nils Edén, which he executed in 1919. In 1921, he portrayed the participants of the Swedish Academy. Among other representatives of official Sweden captured by Uhrdin were Gustav V, Manne Siegbahn, Ludvig Stavenow, and bishops Gottfrid and Einar Billing. In 1932, he held a solo exhibition at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, and he participated in various exhibitions, including the Swedish Artists' Association in Stockholm in 1917, Swedish Art at Valand-Chalmers in Gothenburg in 1923, Dalarna Artists displayed at Liljevalchs Konsthall in 1936, and the National Museum's traveling exhibition "Barnet i konsten" (Children in Art...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Locked, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face. About th...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Slow Rise, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Eric G. Thompson's "Slow Rise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red clay teacup steaming with warmth with a cast shadow on the silver background. About the Artist: Eric G. Thompson captures stillness. He captures moments. Whether he is painting in oil, egg tempera or watercolor, he is seeking to evoke a haunting memory, a lost feeling. In a fast-paced world of deadlines, obligations and busyness, Eric invites you into the peace that he has enveloped within this momentary glimpse in time. Believing that we all seek silence, without even realizing it, he implores you to dwell on something you otherwise would have overlooked, or have long-forgotten. Literally and figuratively, he sheds light into the attics of our lives, even if it is just to awaken a feeling buried deep within the viewer. A major influence on Eric’s work is the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of imperfection, age and patina, often referred to as “flawed beauty.” Balance and light are also key elements found in every painting he creates. Like the characters of the objects, figures and houses Eric paints, his technique has been refined through life experience. He is completely self-taught, and believes this process has led him to find a unique voice and vision, through perseverance, trial and error. A painter since 1989, Eric now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and has been selling his work professionally since 2002. He paints from his travels and the treasures discovered along the way, and he chooses his medium based on the mood he wishes to convey. Eric will continue to paint, evoking our memories, shedding light on the beauty and solitude of ordinary moments once forgotten, now glorified before us in fluid brushstrokes. Eric seeks to find greatness in the most humble of subject matter, illustrated by Elbert...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Silver

Donald Duck and Le Petit Ecolier, Early 20th Century Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century oil on board portrait of a young schoolboy 'Le Petit Écolier', with Donald Duck, by Pierre Villain (French, 1880-1950). Signed top ri...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Sky 52" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 52" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Sky 60" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 60" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.

While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.

Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.

Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.

Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.

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