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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

'La Taverne Pausset, Paris', Salon d'Automne, Salon des Indépendants, Benezit
By Edouard-Jean Dambourgez
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'La Taverne Pausset, Paris' by Edouard-Jean Dambourgez. Salon d'Automne, Salon des Indépendants, Benezit ----- Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), inscribed, 'Paris' and painted circa 1880. Titled with inscription, verso, on old backing, ''Taverne Pausset', grands boulevards a Paris". A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably-dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor, period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterised by finely observed and fully-realized figures showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration. Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880's, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891. In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting, 'A Cheese Shop', for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Postcard

Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928) Title: Landscape, Paysage aux Bories Year: Circa 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches Signature: Signed lo...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Argus and Mercurios"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Jan Both (1610–1652) – Attributed "Argus and Mercury" Circa 1650 Oil on canvas Framed: 107.5 x 92 cm Nosignature This exceptional Baroque mythological painting is attributed to t...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Till It All Withers 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
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. About Artist Samson Olatubos...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night, original oil-UK award artist-Summer Roses
Located in London, GB
Taking on the inspiration of the legendary poet, Dylan Thomas, the poem, Do not go gentle into that good night, is a painting celebrates life in its ageing; as Rosa Albertine only flowers once in early Summer with the most festive blooms and heavenly scents, a symbol of a fully lived life. Painted Plein Air, in Artist's own garden of her very own planted memorial roses. This is Rosa Albertine, the first Old English variety Artist Shizico Yi planted in 2016 in her garden before her late dog died; Old English Roses...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Gesso, Wood, Oil, Acrylic

LARGE OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER Chester Harding (1792 - 1866) FINE 19th CENTURY
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ATTR to CHESTER CHARLES HARDING (1792 - 1866) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH Original Antique Large Early 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Se...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine 1800's French Oil Figures by Monastic Ruins Stream Bucolic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Monastic Ruins by a Stream French School, early 1800's oil on canvas, framed Framed 15 x 19 inches Canvas : 12.5 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very go...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique Oil Painting "Old South During Civil War Couple " By HD Becker 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1663 Over sized oil painting pf a parting couple during the Civil War
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Adhesive, Oil

A Country Lane - Green Abstract Landscape Oil Painting with Trees + Buildings
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Nicholas Turner b. 1972 A Country Lane, 2025 oil on board 25 x 30 cm 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in signed, titled and dated verso Born in London, Turner spent many years in Bristol before movin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Snow on 5th Avenue" Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Guy Wiggins Snow Scene
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...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

GenZ Lovers -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Couple
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Ola...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage French Seascape Woman with Yellow Swim suite on The French Riviera
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3208a oil on artist board Set in a restored vintage frame Image size 17x8.8"
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1960s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Medieval Plot, Portrait Figurative Classic Art, Original oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait Figurative Classic Art, Original oil Painting Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Classic ...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Dutch Old Master Large Oil Painting Portrait Gentleman in Ruff Collar Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Ruff Collar and Robes Dutch School, 18th century oil on canvas laid over panel, unframed board: 28.5 x 24 inches provenance: private collection condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century English River Scene on the Medway
Located in Woodbury, CT
This painting, titled On the Medway, is by George Stanfield Walters (1838–1924), a renowned British maritime artist celebrated for his atmospheric depictions of coastal and river sce...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

"Feeding the Fish"
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Feeding the Fish" is an original oil painting by Contemporary realist Megan Eisenberg about snorkeling in the beautiful tropical water of the Cayman I...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

36 Years - Original Oil Painting, Solitary Male Figure Smoking in a Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting confronts the art world's prejudice towards age. The book on the table is a copy of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The seated figure is meant to c...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1600's French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Figures in Landscape Oil on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures in Wooded Landscape French School, 17th century oil on wood panel, framed framed: 25.5 x 21.5 inches board: 20 x 15.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condi...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Golf players oil on canvas painting terramar sitges spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 54x81 cm. Frameless
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Female Figure, Flora, Classical Art, Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Eve In Blue and White" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 120 x 42 inches 120.5 x 42.5 inches framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Framed Art Nouveau Period Painting A Greek Love Affair Theseus And Ariadne
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Follower of Antoine Calbet. French ( b.1860 - d.1944 ). Theseus and Ariadne, Circa 1890 - 1910. Mixed Media. Watercolour, Gouache & Pastel Image size 16.5 inches x 11.2 inches ( 42cm...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

Edouard Goerg, Les 3 Brunes, Large Oil on Canvas, 1955
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Large oil on canvas by Edouard GOERG (1893-1969), France, 1955. LES 3 BRUNES. With frame : 114x95cm - 44.9x37.4 inches ; without frame : 92.2x73 cm - 36.3x28.75 inches. Format 30F. S...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

YVES DIEY The Nude, Oil on canvas, 1930s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), France – The Nude. A striking oil on canvas by the renowned French artist Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), depicting a sensual and elegant nude. This wo...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Threshold - Large Scale Painting of a Nude Male Seated on a Green Chaise Lounge
Located in Chicago, IL
An intimate moment is interrupted as the viewer gazes upon this scene. Thresholds, a portrait of a nude male sitting upon a green chaise lounge with his eyes cast down in deep thought, is illuminated by an unknown light source highlighting his finely sculptured physique. This use of strong directional light is a hallmark of Hall's paintings. Nathan Brad Hall...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

19th Century English Impressionist Oil Painting Girls & Dogs on Beach in Spring
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Breeze after a Bathe’ by Walter Duncan ARWS (1847-1932). The painting – which depicts three young Victorian ladies and their dogs on Bournemouth beach after a swim – is signed b...
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1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Golden Egg - Early 19th Century Oil Painting of the Lovers from Mother Goose
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Golden Egg’ by Richard Morton Paye F.S.A. (1750-1820). The painting – which depicts the moment the young lovers in Thomas Dibdin’s Georgian pantomime discover the solid gold eg...
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Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Pastel Palette of the Panhandle
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Two Friends, Figurative, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Two Friends Watercolour on Paper 26 x 20 inches, 1978 ( Framed and delivered ) Born : 1935 Kolkata Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Autumn Landscape" Colorful Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape in the Autumn season with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Vintage Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist. Art measures 33 x...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Centennial Skies" by Michael Magrin, Oil Painting, CO Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Magrin's ( US based) "Centennial Skies" is an original, handmade oil painting of a brilliant blue sky contrasted with a vast expanse of clouds. ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Edinburgh Town circa 1930
By Charles Eddowes Turner
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Famous Edinburgh scene with the foggy Castle on the Mount from the North Bridge, and a bustling city scene below. Impressionist style, dating to mid 1920s/1930s, presenting a glimps...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Architectural whimsy with Roman ruins, column and ancient arches.
Located in Firenze, IT
Architectural whimsy with Roman ruins, column and ancient arches. Year 1718. Oil on Canvas. Original canvas. Roman school of the early 18th century. The painting is part of the seri...
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Early 18th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A bird"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture of the helicopter with a flower collage elements was painted 2 weeks before the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne (1907-1991) "Snowy City Scene" 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas. c. 1930s Signed lower lef...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Piazza San Marco, The Doges Palace, Venice, School of Raoul Dufy
Located in Cotignac, FR
The Piazza San Marco and the Doge's Palace, Venice, oil on board, by Mario Bonamici. The painting is signed bottom right and titled to the back board. Presented in a custom gilt fram...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

London Calling Nr. 1 - contemporary art figurative London skyline landscape
Located in Hamburg, DE
"London Calling Nr. 1" is a 2023 unique oil on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. 100 x 100 cm. It depicts in soft colors ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Size: 1...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Potter, oil on canvas, Pueblo Indian Potter Gay Betts, American Indian
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Potter, oil on canvas, Pueblo Indian Potter Gay Betts Born and raised in New York City, Grace (Gay) Betts (1883-1978) became a peripatetic painter of Western and Southwest landscapes and Indians, and her subjects included Yosemite National Park and Arizona tribal members. She was also a muralist who did backdrops for animal displays...
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1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Showgirls Cartoon for Life Magazine, 1934. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, matting window measures 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet measures 19 x 15 inches; Matting panel measures 20 x 23 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition with discoloration and toning in margins. Unframed. Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ. For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony. In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques. He found that talent in Barbara Shermund. For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice. Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence. “Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League. In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.” “While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund. And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Antonio Sasso (1834-1905) After Sassoferrato - Italian Oil, The Mater Dolorosa
Located in Corsham, GB
Antonio Sasso & Son (1834-1905) After Sassoferrato. A fine late 19th century copy of the Mater Dolorosa - the sorrowful Virgin Mary. Captured half-length, looking to the front, with ...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Port Saint-Denis - Le Soir - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1920 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an autumnal scene of the the Porte Saint-Denis (St ...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Boats on the Beach" Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures & Boats on Water
Located in New York, NY
This captivating scene in the beach in the Netherlands is a remarkable display of Van der Plas's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. A wonderfully rich boats scene executed in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Quantum Leap 4
Located in Denver, CO
This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Oil on Canvas “Cher” by Christina Major 58 x 81
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting: I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow. All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagina tion th...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Important 18th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting of Georgian London Festival
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820). This large and important 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s eveni...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Amsterdam Harbour Scene with Figures Dutch 17th Century art marine oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch 17th century Golden Age Old Master cityscape oil painting of Amsterdam is by noted artist Jacobus Storck. Painted circa 1670, ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Into The Unknown 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Ola...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on board, frames Framed: 29 x 23 inches Board : 22 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Andre Picot Paris Street Scene "Porte St Denn"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Andre Picot: 1919-1992. Listed French painter with auction records over $2000. Oil on canvas measuring 36 inches wide by 24 high. The fabulous vintage frame me...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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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...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

Charcoal and Graphite Study of Hands Gently Clasped Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Hand Sketch pencil drawing on artist paper painting: 9.5 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and sound condition
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

Piccadilly Circus in London City at Night with Red Bus by Urban Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Piccadilly Circus in the City of London at Night with a Red London Bus, by Contemporary Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 24 x 24 ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Fine Early 1800's Scottish Pastoral Landscape Ancient Castle Figures & Sheep
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, early 19th century Title: a large panoramic Scottish landscape, with ancient castle standing to the centre, with various figures enjoying the landsc...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Etruscan Equine Vase - Bright Red, Brown + Orange Still Life Painting with Plant
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Pearce b. 1963 Etruscan Equine Vase, 2024 acrylic on board 61 x 50.5 cm 24 x 19 7/8 in signed with initials and dated David Pearce is a British painter. After travelling wide...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mickey's Dreamland - Original Pop Art Painting with Cartoon Character
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Set of Four English 19th century Horse Racing scenes in extensive landscapes.
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century set of four oils on card, two horse racing scenes, and two-point to point scenes all in extensive landscapes. Edward Algernon Stuart Douglas...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Beneath the same sky"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Beneath the same sky" is a large mixed-media painting (oil and acryl paint) measuring 90 x 90 cm, part of my landscape series "The Geometry of Letting Go". This series is about mem...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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

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

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

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

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