Figurative Paintings
27
to
275
1,024
588
889
117
864
695
61
325
362
433
271
233
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
358
205
118
107
78
72
59
49
24
4
4
2
1
1,148
681
415
400
305
198
152
96
88
86
76
70
66
60
47
41
39
33
30
29
929
2,223
12,026
28,991
262
268
535
727
582
781
839
900
1,037
968
434
59
15
15
14
13
1,491
1,119
616
593
230
Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1930s
Knight Looking Through Glass
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Norman Rockwell painted Christmas: Knight Looking in Stained Glass Window for the December 6, 1930 cover of The Saturday Ev...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Metamorphosis of a Persecuted Star
Located in Long Island City, NY
A monumental oil painting by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 80 x 67 inches, framed to 84 x 71 inches. Signed and dated 1938. By the early 1930s Benno had establis...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait d"une Bourgeoise Parisienne
Located in Paris, FR
French Post Impressionist Portrait of Madame, an elegant portrait made before the 2nd World War showing a Parisian burgeoise lady by that time . Big dimension.
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Heavenly Phenomena
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, IL, 1996-present
Exhibited
Bonestell Gallery, New York, May, 1940
Museum of Modern Art, 1943 (label verso)
42.25 x 34.25 inches framed
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Homage to Germany" Surrealist Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Homage to Germany painting with a portrait of two men. There is a verse written in German on the front of it. There is a glass of beer at the top w...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Bure Valley
By Edward Seago
Located in Missouri, MO
Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974)
"The Bure Valley" 1938
Oil on Artist's Board
Monogrammed and Dated Lower Right
Estate Stamped and Titled Verso
Panel: approx 11 x 14 inches
Framed: a...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Lillies
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010.)
Lillies, is an original watercolor on paper, signed, painted in 1936, currently unframed with an image dimension of 10.5 x 15 inches, excellent original condition, acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist.
Please contact our West Hollywood gallery...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
In the Woods - Original Oil Painting by Lucie Navier - 1931
By Lucie Navier
Located in Roma, IT
In the Woods is an original painting realized by Lucie Navier in the 1931.
Original oil painting on cardboard.
Hand-signed on the lower right corner.
Very good conditions.
Col...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Three Graces
Located in Missouri, MO
A designer of the Sarah Lee doll, a graphics artists of woodcuts, and a sculptor and painter, Sheila Burlingame was born in Lyons, Kansas, and settled in New York City. She also spent much time in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She created numerous reliefs for churches in Missouri, Colorado, Montana, and Arkansas.
Source: "Who Was Who in American Art" by Peter Falk
Born Lyons, Apr. 15, 1894; died St. Louis, MO, April, 1969. Painter. Sculptor. Printmaker. Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students' League in New York, the Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and at Kalamazoo College, MI. She was a pupil of Martha Walter & C.W. Hawthorne. Lived in Chicago in 1917 and in Clayton, MO from 1925-41 while spending her summers in Colorado. Created woodcuts for the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper from 1923-24 and for Harry Burke's 1924 book, From Day's Journey.
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Africa
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered original painting by one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avante-garde painting, Jessica Rice (1941-2016.)
Africa, is an original oil on canvas, s...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt.
Trio, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1976, good original condition, with an image dim...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Broken Mirror
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional ealry oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002).
The Broken Mirror, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Man of Wales
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Oil on Handboard
Literature:
Mabelle Glenn et al., eds., The World of Music: Song Programs for Youth; Adventure, Boston, Massachusetts, 1938, illustrated in color opp. p. 64
Douglas Allen...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tondu
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional figurative oil painting by American artist Maurice Green (1908-1993.)
Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with promi...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Latin Street View
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist street view with figures by Antonio Vasquez Parra (d.1984). OIl on canvas, circa 1975. Signed lower left, " A Vasquez Parra", Di...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Market
By Vilmos Aba-Novak
Located in London, GB
VILMOS ABA-NOVAK (ABA-NOVÁK) 1894-1941
1882 - Budapest - 1941 (Hungarian)
Title: At the Market, ca. 1939
Technique: Original Signed Tempera on Board...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Tempera
Surreal Portrait of a Young Girl and Doll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Surrealist American oil painting depicting a young girl and her doll. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Image size 16"L x 20"H.
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Plage
By André Lhote
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANDRE LHOTE
"LA PLAGE"
PASTEL, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1927
17.75 X 24 INCHES
André Lhote
1885-1962
Lhote was born in Bordeaux, France in 1885. H...
Category
1930s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Woman on the Beach in Blanket
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Woman on the Beach in Blanket
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 25.5 in. x 32 in. (64.77 c...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Camilla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Camilla", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stan Spohn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Stan Spohn", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York Gymnasium
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare painting from American artist Ron Blumbergs New York series, "New York Gymnasium", has just arrived.
Ron Blumberg was classical...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Corner Boys
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green.
Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Auto Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize award...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Backstage
Located in West Hollywood, CA
"Backstage", is a large theatrical Art Deco painting by French artist Paul Alex Deschmacker.
The painting depicts two theater performers, one se...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Corner Barber Shop
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe.
His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academies on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute.
The Corner Barber Shop...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mademoiselle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original figurative charcoal by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including fi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
A Walk in the Clouds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
C
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early watercolor by American artist Ron Blumberg.
"Morning in New York" is from the rarest period of the artist; an original watercolor, signed, dated 1934, off...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Repose #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier for the first time in more than twenty years, the paintings of Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995).
...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Le Vin Nouveau
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental oil painting by French artist Maurice Georges Poncelet, “Le Vin Nouveau” (The New Wine), is original oil on canvas, singed, dated 2931, with an image dimensio...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
"Sirenes"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, gener...
Category
1930s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait in Green Shirt
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early, 1940, oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg.
Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Self Portrait in Green Shirt...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Repose #2
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier for the first time in more than twenty years, the paintings of Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995).
...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Repose #3
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier for the first time in more than twenty years, the paintings of Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995).
...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
The Art Gallery
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Clyde Frederick Kelley (1886-1965) lived and worked in New York as an illustrator before settling in San Diego in 1924. Throughout his career he specialized in figurative, genre subjects that depicted American life in the 1930s-1950??™s; his paintings mirrored the paintings of the American...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ladies Night
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Clyde Frederick Kelley (1886-1965) lived and worked in New York as an illustrator before settling in San Diego in 1924. Throughout his career he specialized in figurative, genre subjects that depicted American life in the 1930s-1950?€™s; his paintings mirrored the paintings of the American WPA movement, yet retained a sense of expressionism.
Ladies Night...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Before the Bath
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948.
"Before the...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Penguin
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. Due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life.
This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993.
“The Penguin...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
"Les Heures"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, generally depicting the constant struggle of good vs. evil. This is consistently reflected by images of beautiful women interacting with skeletons, gargoyles and demons.
"Les Heures...
Category
1930s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006)
Title: Woman with Flowers
Year: 1976
Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. (and ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Surveyor
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Stude...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Artist and Muse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental vintage oil painting by French artist Antoine DeRoux.
“Artist and Muse” is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1934, with an image dimension of 37.5 ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Caller
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012)
Title: The Caller
Year: 1974 - 1976
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 91.5 x 31.5 in. (232....
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Crossing
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early,rare oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg.
Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"The Crossing...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ceramic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first pr...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Amour: Helen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first priz...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Japanese Farm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948.
"Japanese Farm...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beautiful Dreamer - Uniform Series
Located in New York, NY
Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her...
Category
1970s 85 New Wave Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Fashion Show for Fiorucci Line at Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
I'm not Blond and I'm Not Dumb
Located in New York, NY
Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
The Living Environment, Earth Angel
Located in New York, NY
Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Justine at Banco Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Colette Lumiere, better known as Colette is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and the constructed photograph. She is also known for her...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
The Pink Dress
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and professional graphic artist.
"The Pink Dress...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Harrison on the Hill
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Harrison on the Hill", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his ...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Badmitten
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional WPA style oil on panel, "Badmitten", c.1938 with an image of 15 x 25.5 inches.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Salome'
By Friedemann Hahn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a large original oil on canvas, "Salome;" by French artist Friedman Hahn.
"Salome'", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1940, with an image dimension of 46 x 27 in...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.