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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Oil Painting of Kingstown Dublin in 1910 by Modern Impressionist Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
An Original Oil Painting of George's Street Kingstown in 1910 by Modern Impressionist Irish Artist, Robert D. Beattie (1900-1979). The painting captures a historic moment...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
European Village in Winter Snow with Figures & Frozen Pond by German Artist
Located in Preston, GB
European Village in Winter Snow with Figures & Frozen Pond by 20th Century German Artist, Gunter Seekatz. This is a large painting measuring almost 4 fe...
Category
1970s Bauhaus Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique 19th Century Dog Painting of a Poodle Inscribed "Zoraida"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
The name Zoraida in Arabic means "captivating woman"
Large Antique 19th Century Dog Painting of a Poodle
Inscribed "Zoraida"
Oil on canvas, original frame
37 x 29-1/2 inches (41-1/...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fish Market in Cadaqués Spain oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Fish Market in Cadaqués
Artist: Shigeyoshi Koyama (1940, Osaka, Japan)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Style: Figurative Expressionism with Mediterranean influences
Dimensions (unfra...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Day in the Countryside by Henry John Yeend King
Located in Stockholm, SE
This delightful painting by the renowned Victorian genre and landscape artist Henry John Yeend King captures the serene charm of the English countryside. Depicting an idyllic riversi...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century French, Surrender of the French at Huningen Fort to the Austrians
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French period copy of the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, which the original is now in a museum in Paris.
This piece came from a private collection in New Jersey where it had been since it was purchased in France back in the 1950s. The previous owner was an Art dealer in NYC during the 1950s-70s and she kept some of her favorite paintings, this being one of them.
The piece was re-framed in the 1990s
In 35 years of dealing in paintings, I have never seen another example of this scene, it is very rare.!
History of the scene:
In the Siege of Hüningen (27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797), the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. During the time of this siege, the village was part of the Canton of Basel City and the fortress lay in an area contested between the German states and the First French Republic.
The siege occurred within the French Revolutionary Wars during which Revolutionary France ranged...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Sea Loch Mountains Castle Ruins Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Admiring the View
Scottish School, circa 1850
oil painting on canvas laid over board
framed size: 25.5 x 36 inches
condition: very good and presentable, minor retouches showing to th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silent Grace - 21st Century, Contemporary Oil and African Women Fabrics, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Silent Grace captures the serene profile of a woman, adorned in a bright yellow dress and matching hat, embellished with vibrant patterns. Her deep purple complexion contrasts be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Freedom"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a contemporary impressionistic painting measuring 40 x 40 x 4 cm from my series dedicated to the beauty of Austrian nature. Made by blending acrylic pouring with traditional ...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Connected" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Connected" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts four abstracted figures.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw is the youngest son of hig...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Madonna Orante 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
This is an early copy of the work by Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as Sassoferrato (1609 -1685), now housed in the National Gallery of Umbria (Palazzo dei Priori), wh...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"White Horse" Frederick Lester Sexton, Bucolic Barn, Farm Scene, White Horse
By Frederick Lester Sexton
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Lester Sexton
White Horse
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Provenance
Part of a Collection received from the Lyme Art Association.
Frederick Lester Sexton received a lot of reviews and exhibitions in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when he was at the height of his career. Because it captured the personal view of many people's wish to ignore national issues and simply live their lives in their homes, his work was favorably welcomed. The rise of modernist styles like Abstract Expressionism, which started to take over the American art scene in the 1950s, also contributed to Sexton's fall in popularity. As collectors and regular spectators discover once more that realism is a valid component of American art because it speaks directly and clearly to the beauty they perceive in their surroundings, many artists, like Sexton, are experiencing a renaissance.
Cheshire, Connecticut, was the birthplace of Frederick Sexton in 1889. His father, J. Frederick Sexton, was the Rector of St. Peter's Church in Cheshire and a well-known Episcopal clergyman. The mother, Mary Louise Lester, was an amateur painter and came from a pretty well-known Hartford family. Frederick was killed in an open-hearth fire when he was eighteen months old. His right hand was badly burned and was never to be opened again. The father kept the family together after his mother passed away when he was nineteen.
Sexton's mother taught him art, and he went to public schools in New Haven. He received the prestigious Winchester Prize for a year of study in Spain while attending the Yale School of Fine Art, where he studied under Augustus Tack...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coll Bardolet. Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting.
virtual frame
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
''Eos'' Contemporary Underwater Portrait Painting, Girl Swimming in Pool
By Amy Devlin
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amy Devlin portrays people, animals, or nature in her works. But what really matters to her is light and water, which she wants to capture in the form of a physical memory. By following her passion for paint, she tries to represent reality and thereby express her feeling in the expressive colors she uses. Her paintings show a fascination with the movement and texture of water, which is depicted in vivid colors in her works. Her hybrid painting style combines realism with impressionism in a very interesting way, providing a different view of the world and our memories of it. Devlin loves the unexpected, looks at things from a crazy angle and imagines. Since 2014 she mainly paints underwater portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Mischievous Boy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an extremely rare, early oil painting by English artist Ernest Procter.
Ernest Procter was classically trained and extensively exhibited throughout his lifetime. Procter ...
Category
1920s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two nude woman sitting on their sofa- 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Cornelis le Mair (Eindhoven, July 3rd 1944) is a Dutch painter. This Romantic painter is famous because of his 17th century paintings. As a child, Le Mair already developed a talen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Interior
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Gardener - Mid 20th Century Modern British Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on canvas depicting a gardener with a ramshackle shed.
The work is very similar in style and execution to the paintings of Cedric Morris from ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Catch Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The Catch GGF
Description
OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING
19th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY
“Very Goo...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Open Sails
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Ballerinas putting on their Shoes - French Impressionist art oil painting ballet
Located in London, GB
This lovely Belgian Impressionist figurative oil painting is by noted artist Henri Moreau. Although Belgian by birth, Moreau spent many years in France, moving to Paris in 1920 and o...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Life's a Bowl of Cherries, Paper, Painting Kerry Louise Bennett naive art
Located in Deddington, GB
Colourful and witty portrait with lively patterns and still life elements. Painted in acrylic on paper and framed in a gorgeous chunky black wooden frame. A small painting with a big...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Baroque Italian painter - 18th century landscape painter - Sheperds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Arcadian landscape with flock and shepherds.
56 x 70 cm without frame, 63.5 x 79 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame.
...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My St. Barths Skies Heart" Pop Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fine Antique British Portrait of Elegant Lady with Flower Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
British School, late 19th/ early 20th century - circa 1900
oil on canvas, framed in oak wood frame
framed: 30 x 26 inches
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenan...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ohlone Mother and Child Walking Through the Santa Cruz Redwoods - Landscape 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of an Ohlone Mother and Child walking a forest path by Anton Dahl (Swedish-American). Ohlone Mother and child are walking through the North...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Le Marché Aux Fleurs - Place de la Madeleine" Post-Impressionist Parisian Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist Andre Franchet. He was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lac du Bois de Boulogne - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas laid on panel riverscape circa 1925 by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a boat being rowed on the Bois de Boulogne lake in Paris, France. It...
Category
1920s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Victorian English 19th century Autumn/Fall River landscape, with trees and hills
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English Victorian River Landscape.
Thomas O Hume was an English landscape painter who exhibited from 1864-1892.
He showed his paintings at t...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Playground
Located in Burlingame, CA
Born in Venezuela and based in San Francisco since 2019, Alexis' paintings showcase an exploration of his innermost self through abstraction. Each canvas or work on paper is a rhythm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Antique Cornish Oil Painting Sunset Over Rocky Shores Figures Collecting Fish
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset Over Rocky Shores, Cornish Coast
by George Henry Jenkins (British, 1843-1914)
Signed
oil on board, framed
Framed: 12 x 18 inches
Board: 9 x 15 inches
Provenance: Private coll...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blue Star" by Maura Petersen - Green and Blue Contemporary Abstract Woman Model
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Blue Star" 2019
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Blue Star", Maura Petersen uses expressiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Traditional English Oil Country Cottage Children Playing in Lane & Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane
by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below
signed
oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame.
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
canvas: 12 x 16...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floating II, Night Landscape, Figure Swimming in Midnight Blue Water, Moonlight
By KK Kozik
Located in Kent, CT
A graceful, fair-haired female figure swims with her back turned in inviting, dark midnight blue water. A round, luminous, glowing moon reflects on the water's rippling surface in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Large 17th century religious family painting - Mary with Christ and Anna
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th century Old Master painting depicting the Infant Christ with Mary and St. Anne attributed to Nicolas de Liemaker
The artist of the present work wonderfully captured the loving gaze of Maria, looking in awe at her child. One can sense the tenderness and love in her eyes. The eyes of Christ appears to be filled with wisdom and love and a finely painted aura crowns his and his mother's heads. St. Anne, Mary's mother, gently holds the infant whilst gazing adoringly at him. The painting is not only a beautiful depiction of Christ and his mother and grandmother, but also a sweet image of the tender bond between a mother's and their children. The vibrant and soft colours of the fabric create a soft cocoon around the figures and seem to further emphasis the beauty and importance of the depicted scenery and its protagonists.
Nicolaas de Liemaecker (also spelled as Liemaker or Liemackere) was a Flemish painter born in Ghent in 1601. He was also known under the name Nicolaas Roose. His father was Jacobus de Liemaecker, a painter upon glass. Nicolaas is reported to have been trained by his father and Gaspard de Crayer II (1), an apprenticeship with Otto Van Veen has also been suggested. In 1624 he worked at the Court of the Bishop of Paderborn and for Ferdinand of Bavaria. He later returned to his native city, where he focused on religious and historical paintings. He was a very accomplished and celebrated artist who attained a high rank in his profession. He witnessed the baptisms of Pieter and Janne-Marie Van Hulle...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victorian Tavern Scene Three Gentlemen in Conversation Over Drinks Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Discussing Ailments
by ALEXANDER AUSTEN (1859-1924)
signed with monogram
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13.5 x 17 inches
canvas: 9 x 12 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Yorkshir...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 4.5 x 6.25 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unf...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Boats - Paint by Mustapha Yehya - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by Mustapha Yehya in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
In excellent condition, it includes a coeval wooden frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers
Original figurative nude painting of a redhead woman surrounded by butterflies and magenta flowers, by possibly an u...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Defined Imagination", Colorado Landscape Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's "Defined Imagination" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts am atmospheric landscape.
"My paintings are all about light and mood," says Colorado native ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting
Set in a white frame
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Stabat Mater-21st Century Contemporary Narrative Triptych Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Stabat Mater
207 x 250 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
Canvasses (3) are framed in a scaffolding in which the side panels can rotate and close.
It is possible to have the paintings framed i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Steel
Antique Israeli Modernist Street Scene Framed Cubist Early 20th Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Israeli modernist street scene painting by Jacob Eisenscher (1896 - 1980). Gouache and watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 20 by 25 inches overall and 13 by 19 pai...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century figure painting - Virgin Child
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th century) - Madonna of Sorrows with Crown of Thorns.
99 x 74 cm without frame, 107 x 83 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Textures" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Textures" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 30 x 24 inches. This original artwork features an abstract composition of figures, rendered with rich tex...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Impressionistic Street Scene with Figures in Aloupak Crimea by Russian Artist
By Anatoliy Lukash
Located in Preston, GB
Impressionistic Street Scene with Figures in Aloupak Crimea by Russian Artist. Anatoliy Lukash was born in 1956 and is based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He is a well-established pai...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Geometric Painting Of Purple Tulips In A Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Rock Tombs Outside Jerusalem - Oil Paint by Carl Schirm - 1884
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Schirm was a German painter of landscapes. Between 1880-1881 he made, together with Eugen Bracht, a long journey to Egypt, Palestine and Syria, at the end of which emerged lands...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
COLOR AND SHAPES
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
100% hand made painting, unique piece.
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Salt Marshes, Cape Cod Landscape, Early 20th Century New York Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kate A. Williams (American, 1877-1939)
Salt Marshes, Cape Cod
Oil on board
Signed lower left
16 x 20 inches
21 x 25.25 inches, framed
KATE ANTOINETTE WILLIAMS (December 15, 1877 – A...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting of Young Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Au Jardin" 20th Century French Oil Painting Figures in a Garden Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting depicting figures in a garden picking flowers executed in the 20th Century. Duteurtre was known for his charming intimate figurative scenes portraying life in Europe. He was active, picking up subjects from the markets, beaches, parks, restaurants, and home life. This painting comes housed in a stunning carved giltwood frame. Signed lower left.
Art measures 20 x 24 inches
Frame Measures 26 x 30 inches
Pierre Eugene Duteurtre...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Man
French School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed top right, 'Valadon'?
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 28 inches
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist, William Stockman (1935-2021).
Art measures 31 x 15 inches
Frame measures 36 x 20 inches
Fishermen mend...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lumberville in Winter, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snow Landscape
By Laurence A. Campbell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Lumberville in Winter" is a 14 x 20 inches winter landscape by American Impressionist painter, Laurence A. Campbell. This regional, Pennsylvania scene is an excellent example of the...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Expressionist Composition on Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and dynamic abstract composition by Ross H. Pollette, who also paints under the pseudonyms 'Max West' (American, b. 1948). Pollette has used oil, in...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, 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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