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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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 ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,069 Sale Price
40% Off
"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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lavender Fields Provence Huge French Modernist Contemporary Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front
Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tiny Dancers and Fairies in The Blooming Pink Roses Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rose Dancers
Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed oil on canvas
canvas: 35 x 45.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
For more any more information...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$912 Sale Price
30% Off
Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper.
All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...
Category
1950s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
$5,560 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait of the Artist, Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011)
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right and dated ’36
33 x 27 inches
39 x 33 inches, framed
Kenneth Marcus Hugh was born August 14, ...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1950's French Signed Oil Painting Ladies Washing Clothes at Public Baths
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Les Lavandieres"
French School, mid 20th century
signed by the artist, M. Jantet
oil on canvas, framed in original period frame
framed: 29.5 x 34.5 inches
canvas: 24 x 28.5 inches
p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Golfers 45 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into the serene and orderly world of "Golfers 45," a char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow of May III by Chen Yiching - nihonga painting, flowers, earth colors
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Snow of May III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 38 x 46 cm (15 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Pigment
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Mural Study
Oil on board
Signed and inscribed verso
9.5 x 18 inches
15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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, ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lush Green English Countryside with Cottage & River by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Lush Green English Countryside with Cottage & River by British Landscape Artist, Lesley Hammett (Born 1955)
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame measures 19 x 15 inches
This paintin...
Category
1980s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Jonathan Winters Screenprint Canvas Painting Airplane Hollywood Hang Ups Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Overall 21 X 27 image is 17.25 X 23.5
This is a mixed media print on canvas by beloved comedian and artist Jonathan Winters.
This one depicts old biplane airplanes and parachutes
...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Jose antonio, Martes 7 de julio, Figurative painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Crayon
Figurative Painting Animal "Emerald Whispers", Oil Textured Mixed
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas. Animals emerging from within. This is an attempt to interconnect the coexistence of different species. I invite the viewer to reflect on the symbiotic and oft...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"074 - Plein Air-Lafayette, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "074 - Plein Air-Lafayette, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a landscape.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape painter and Color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Just Keep the Connection
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork elegantly blends classic and contemporary elements, depicting a young woman in a stylish black outfit holding a phone to her ear. She stands against an endless blue sky...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunrise Over A Fishing Port French Impressionist Art Nouveau period oil
Located in Norwich, GB
The 1903 painting by Henri Louis Ottmann (1877-1927) which is in the Musée d'Orsay depicts vast train station with all its dynamism. Our painting, created three years earlier, shows ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - 80
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on bristol paper
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"An Autumn Landscape" Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River School, Fall Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jasper F. Cropsey
An Autumn Landscape
Signed and dated J.F. Cropsey 1898
Oil on canvas
14 x 24 inches
Provenance
Private Collection Texas, acquired in the early 1900s
Thence by desc...
Category
1890s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Etruscan Equine Vase - Bright Red, Brown + Orange Still Life Painting with Plant
By David Pearce
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Golf players oil on canvas painting terramar sitges spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 54x81 cm.
Frameless
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$653 Sale Price
31% Off
Rookie -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Colourful, Silhouette, Men, Chess
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Rookie" explores the evolving nature of identity, growth, and self-awareness. The layered silhouettes symbolize the different stages of development past, present, and the yet-to-be-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Afternoon Glow" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Afternoon Glow" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an abstracted female figure.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Shape Up (diptych)", Barbershop Interior in Cut Canvas and Oil Paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Shape Up (diptych)" is an original artwork by Eustace Mamba and measures 24”h x 18”w x 1”d (left panel), 48”h x 24”w x 2”d (right panel). The artists cuts, arranges, sews, and coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Fabric, Canvas, Coating, Glitter, Oil, Spra...
17th century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen at the age of 26 in 1628, Franz Kessler
This highly decorative portrait depicts the 26 year old Caspar Roemer...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
By Albert Genta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Albert Genta (French, 1901-1989)
Title: "Jardin des Tuileries, Paris"
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on panel
Panel size size: 10.85 x 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cardinal Painting the Virgin Mary
Located in St. Albans, GB
This painting by Henri Brispot stands out amongst many pieces that he ever painted. It was sold in New York for $20 000 and is a wonderful example of his satirical nature shown throu...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,880 Sale Price
25% Off
"Joan" by Maura Petersen - Stunning Contemporary Couple in Light and Shadow
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Joan" 2021
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
Maura Petersen’s Joan captures a quiet, in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
"Enfant" portrait of a child by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993).
This portrait is one of rare Monoty...
Category
1930s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Monotype
$1,202 Sale Price
35% Off
A Scene From William Shakespeare's "King Lear" Original Oil Painting c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Original Oil Painting by Mystery Artist c.1950s
A scene from William Shakespeare's "King Lear"
Oil on Paper, lined on canvas.
The quali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
WHAT IS LOVE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic , acrylic spray on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube,
From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'The Lover's Duet', Dutch Interior Scene, Bach Trinity, Violin, Romance, Guitar
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Lover's Duet' by Adrien Ferdinand de Braekeleer, 1854.
Dutch Interior Scene, Bach Trinity, Violin, Romance, Guitar
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Signed lower right, 'De Braekeleer' for Adrien Ferdinand...
Category
1850s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Portrait Siberian Kitten Cat - FRENCH SCHOOL
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait of a Siberian kitten
Technique: oil, acrylic, glue, ink on old book pages on wooden frame 40x40cm ■■ 15,7 x15,7inch
⭐Sustainability⭐: Wooden frame is made by the artist b...
Category
2010s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Paper
$474 Sale Price
80% Off
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...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Autumn, New England" Charles Warren Eaton, Tonalist Gloaming Sunset in Woods
Located in New York, NY
Charles Warren Eaton
Autumn, New England
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, Connecticut
A contemporary critic wrote that the paintings o...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Category
1680s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Walking out to Porthtowen by Eleanor Woolley, original painting, landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
Walking out to Porthtowan [August 2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract impressionist nature acrylic on paper "Serenity in the mountains"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract impressionist nature painting, infused with a touch of modernity and expressive flair, is titled "Serenity in the Mountains."
Vibrant and evocative, this ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,500 Sale Price
75% Off
Fine Victorian British Oil Painting 1896 Figure Walking Highland River Pathway
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Pathway
by Harry Sticks (British, 1867-1938)
signed oil on canvas, framed in elaborate gilt swept frame
dated (18)96
framed: 18 x 14 inches
canvas: 15 x 11 inches
Prov...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique 19th century English Landscape of Children playing by a Lake or Loch
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edgar Longstaffe (1852–1933)
Children Playing by a Lakeside landscape , oil on canvas, circa 1890
This serene and luminous landscape by Edgar Longstaffe, painted circa 1890, capture...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Learning to Fly
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape at the water's edge
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Studio Portrait of a Nude Lady Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Model
French Impressionist artist, circa 1890's
oil on canvas: 27.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Parisian Street Scene" Impressionist Oil Paint on Canvas of a Paris Cafe Framed
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School of the 18th Century : Mythology, Bacchanalia - Oil on canvas
Located in Paris, IDF
French School of the 18th century
Mythology : Bacchanalia
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
On canvas 43 x 34 cm
Presented in a gilded carved wooden frame 58 x 49 cm
Very good condition, smal...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School.
The Return of the Ark on the Covenant,
Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame,
canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm)
Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
38 x 82 inches (96.5 x 208.3 cm)
$10,000 + $900 framing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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Ukrainian Christmas
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ukrainian Christmas" is a vibrant portrayal of the traditional celebrations and rich folklore that characterize a Ukrainian Christmas. The painting is alive with ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,621 Sale Price
30% Off
Water Garden. Large Contemporary Triptych Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Francesca Owen is one of the foremost Expressionist artists in the UK. Her works are heavily influenced by the sights, sounds and colours of India where she travels extensively and w...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fisherman in Scottish Highlands Loch Maree Signed British Oil Painting Framed
By Donald Ayres
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing on Loch Maree
by Donald Ayres (Briths b. 1936)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 22 x 18 inches
board: 16 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,234 Sale Price
30% Off
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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