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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1930s
Native American Mixed Media Portrait
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3064 Native American Portraits gouache/watercolor on board, male portrait, displayed in a black/wood frame, signed lower left by A.Jarret. Image size 14 H x 21.75 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Young Female Ballet dancer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WPA era ca. 1930s portrait of a ballet dancer signed F. Miller.
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in contemporary frame.
Signed on back.
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robots, or "Strange Self-Sufficient Machine" by Giuliano Ghelli
Located in Firenze, IT
Robots, or "Strange Self-Sufficient Machine" by Giuliano Ghelli ( Florence, 1944- 2014, Chianti).
Painting in a wooden frame with glass.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions with frame cm 69...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Oil
'Roberta' Movie Art Poster, 1935
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvasboard
Signature: Signed 'Jacob Rosenberg'
This piece was commissioned for the movie "Roberta" (1935), directed by William A. Seiter. Painting is by Jacob Rosenb...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Young Girl Reading a Book, Pointillist Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
"A Young Girl Reading a Book" is a captivating portrait by Swedish artist Gustaf Arnolds.
Arnolds was a prolific painter whose roots began in Vingåker and later in Ronneby from his teenage years.
His educational journey in art took him through prestigious institutions such as Althins målarskola and the Tallbergska grafikskolan in Stockholm,
followed by a significant period at the Konstakademien, Stockholm, between 1904 and 1909. His talent and dedication were recognized early on, earning him a scholarship to Paris, a city that would deeply influence his artistic direction.
This particular work, likely painted shortly after his return to Sweden, reveals a profound influence from his time in Paris. It portrays a young girl absorbed in reading a book, a simple yet profound subject that Arnolds imbues with a sense of tranquility and introspection. The background hints at a serene landscape, dotted with quaint houses, a nod to the everyday beauty surrounding us. What sets this piece apart is Arnolds’ technique, reminiscent of pointillism but distinguished by longer, more expressive brush strokes that add a vibrant texture and depth to the canvas. This method showcases Arnolds' unique adaptation of the techniques he encountered during his Parisian studies, particularly during his interactions with Nils Dardel...
Category
1930s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
“Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Exquisite orginal oil painting of the Place du Tertre in Montmartre, Paris by the well known artist, Jose Luis Leiva. Beautiful vibrant colors and use of light and shadows. The lan...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mission San Juan Bautista, 1971 - Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mission San Juan Bautista, 1971 - Original Oil Painting
Oil painting of Mission San Juan Bautista by Gorman Woody (American, 1907-2000). The viewer l...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Modern British, Interior with an old record player, port decanter and glass
Located in Woodbury, CT
Colin Ruffell is an English painter of interiors, cityscapes, and many other unique subjects.
His styles have varied and include iconic cityscapes of London, New York, Venice, Hong ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
“Mother and Child” Early Figurative Portrait Painting of a Black Woman and Child
By Buford Evans
Located in Houston, TX
Early figurative portrait painting by Houston-based artist Buford Evans. The work features a black woman dressed in a green dress gingerly caressing her young child. Signed by the ar...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
“God Save the Children” Early Figurative Portrait of an Anguished Black Man
By Buford Evans
Located in Houston, TX
Early figurative portrait painting by Houston-based artist Buford Evans. The work features a black man looking to the sky with an anguished expression on his face as a young child cl...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Surreal Modern Female Acrylic Faces of Women Figurative Painting 1970
By Ernestine Madaleine
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2744 Figurative acrylic on artist board
Displayed in a black wood frame
Image size 13.5x16"
Signed Ernestine Madaleine
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Impressionist Artist Studio Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3049 French Artist Studio,a 1970's figurative painting , oil on canvas displayed in a wood frame, signed by C.smith lower left.Image size 18.5 H x 23.25 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism
By Maurice Kish
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism. 16 x 16 inches, Oil on board, Signed and dated 1938 lower left.
...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bad Ischl Austria
By Franz Weidinger
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique watercolor painting by well listed Austrian artist Franz Weidinger. This work is signed and titled lower left and housed in a be...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Watercolor
Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 100x97 cm.
Frame measurements 107x104 cm.
Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Teacher's Strike, Oil Painting by William Waithe
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting by William Waithe depicts a teachers strike, possibly the infamous teachers' strike in 1970 by Newark teachers which at the time was the longest teachers' strike in the...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist cubism acrylic on board painting picassian
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Picasso Cubism - Acrylic panel
Acrylic measurements 81x100 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes f...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Jerusalem Samovar Israeli Judaica Eliezer Weishoff Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Eliezer Weishoff (Israeli, 20th century)
Still life of kettle (Russian samovar) over a warmer, 1973
Acrylic or oil on canvas
Signed, dated and signed ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"God Bless Our Home" is an interior and figurative scene of a woman sitting on her couch in serious and proper expression. The Americana style painting was created by American genre ...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Post Impressionist Barn landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
Landscape river and barn _ from Georges Gratigny
Georges Gratigny was a French painter from XIX -XX. (1881-1970) Normandy
He was member of the society of Normans painters.
There are influence in his art of his friends André Hardy...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Figurative Surreal Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3057 Figurative Surreal oil painting
Set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Figurative - "Lovers’ Embrace"
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Abstract Expressionist Painting - "Lovers’ Embrace"
Wonderful example of a vibrant abstract expressionist figurative of couple embracing by Ka...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Sepia colored monoprint of a male figure "reflecting and remembering." A nude male figure sits with his head facing down...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Mexican Market Scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Mid-century painting depicts what is probably a Mexican of Latin American market scene. Oil on canvas glued down to panel measuring 9.75 x 15.25 inches; 11 x 16.5 inches fr...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Interior Scene "Friday Nite Bar PickUp" 1970's
By E.Blick
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3034a Vintage figurative acrylic on masonite displayed in a white wood frame
Signed lower left by E.Blick.
Image size 13.5 H x 10.5 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Zoomorphic composition, 1979, India ink on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Alena NADVORNIKOVA (née en 1942)
Zoomorphic composition, 1979
India ink on paper
Signed and dated "1979" lower left
50 x 32 cm
Frame : 60 x 40 cm
A Czech artist born in 1942 in Lipn...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Dva svety (Two Worlds), 1979, India ink on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Alena NADVORNIKOVA (née en 1942)
Dva svety (Two Worlds), 1979
India ink on paper
Titled "Dva svety", signed and dated "79" lower left
50 x 32 cm
Frame : 60 x 40 cm
A Czech artist bo...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Vintage Greek Island Two lovers Figural Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3613a Acrylic on artist board
Set in an ornate vintage frame
Image size 14.5x12.5"
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Surrealist orixa Brazil acrylic on board painting surrealism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Orixa - Acrylic on panel
Acrylic measurements 61x91 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes from a f...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Modern Abstract Expressionist Woman Portrait
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3723 Acrylic on board
Set in a custom wood frame
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Boulevard Haussmann - Post Impressionist Painting by Antoine Blanchard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on canvas figures in cityscape circa 1970 by French post impressionist painter Antoine Blanchard. The work depicts a bustling scene at the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, France. Lights illuminate the shopfronts and the street lights as people walk along the paths in their coats and horse drawn carts pass along the cobbled street.
Signature:
Signed lower right and stamped with artist's cachet verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 27.00" x 29.00" (68.6cm x 73.7cm)
Unframed: 18.00" x 22.00" (45.7cm x 55.9cm)
Provenance:
The Boydell Galleries - Liverpool
Antoine Blanchard trained at the École de Beaux-Arts in Rennes for three years. Then from 1932 attended the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris for four years. He painted exclusively Parisian street scenes in which the view is of an idyllic Paris in any season, but always in 1900.
Blanchard received his initial artistic training at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes, Brittany. He then moved to Paris in 1932 where he joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Prix de Rome.
Like Edouard Cortes (1882–1969) and Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941), Antoine Blanchard essentially painted Paris and the Parisians in bygone days, often from vintage postcards. The artist began painting his Paris street scenes in the late 1950s. And like Cortès, often painted the same Paris landmark many times, in different weather conditions or various seasons. The most recurrent topics were views of the capital city on cloudy or rainy days. Showing streets busy with pedestrians in a rush to go home, and bright storefronts reflecting on wet streets.
Many of the French Quarter art...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Wagons, Bucks County, PA 20th Century Farm Landscape
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905–1981)
Two Wagons, Bucks County, PA, 1934
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
20 x 24 inches
30 x 34 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small villag...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of Venice, Original Antique Oil on Canvas, Impressionist, Large, Signed
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
This maritime scene is reminiscent of the Impressionist fascination with water, light, and atmosphere. The painting features a lighthouse and architect...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman portrait oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antoni Vives Fierro (1940) - Portrait of a woman - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 46x38 cm.
Frame measurements 67x59 cm.
He was born in Barcelona in 1940. He is a versatile painter ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Female Figurative Painting " A Pensive Moment"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3032 Acrylic on canvas applied to a board, displayed in a white wood frame,
Signed byFrench A.Paolini.
Image size 15.5 H x 8.5 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mediterranean Sea, Impressionist Seascape, Original Vintage Oil on Canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
This oil on canvas by Louis Jacques Vigon captures the essence of Impressionism, a movement originating in France in the 1860s. Impressionism is charac...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
" Summer evenings " Oil cm. 70 x 75 1976
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ua 1915 – St. Petersburg 2000)
Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was born in Ukraine and spent part of his childhood in Saratov. His father, Alexander Ivanovic...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Swing Jazz Quartet. Satchmo, Louis Armstrong!
Oil Painting on board. Hand signed and dated 1974
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is ...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Circus Acrobats - ( Friends with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo )
Located in Miami, FL
As they take center stage, four acrobats are depicted, forming an architectural structure composed of contorted human bodies. The small gallery of onlookers displays a variety of ex...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walk. Oil on cardboard, 70, 5 x 65, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Walk. Oil on cardboard, 70, 5 x 65, 5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Sar...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
La Paternale
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surrealist carnival acrylic on board painting surrealism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Carnival - Acrylic on panel
Acrylic measurements 61x91 cm.
Frameless.
The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes from ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
"Dampfzug bei Nacht" (1970) Original Öl auf Leinwand Signiert vom Künstler
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Größere Ölgemälde auf Leinwand von Roland C. Stegemann sind eher selten. Das hier angebotene Kunstwerk „Dampfzug bei Nacht“ hat die Größe 100 x 70 cm. Es entstand im Jahr 1970 und is...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Figurative Oil Painting "The Art Student" 1977
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5047 Oil On canvas set in a custom wood frame
Signed on verso T.Torrenti
Image size 13.5x10.5"
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Regatta - 20th Century English Impressionist Figurative Rowing Oil Painting
By Walter John Beauvais
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 20th century oil on canvas board by the very popular English impressionist artist Walter John Beauvais. The work depicts fashionable ladies at the finish post of a rowing...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Pastel Repose' - Reclining Young Nude
Woman - 1970's Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Carmel, CA
'Pastel Repose' is a 30.125" x 29.125" oil pastel on paper by Chris Ferrigno that employs vibrant, contrasting colors and bold, gestural marks that are indicative of an expressionist...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Carnevale in Rio Figural Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2894 A bold figurative painting ,acrylic on canvas applied on board ,signed lower left by A.Flanigran ,displayed in a white wood frame.Image size 10.5 H x 13.5 W
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Posed Lady Model On Chair 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25.5 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the s...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Expressionist Figurative Swedish Oil Painting - Garden Dance
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN DANCE
Size: 54.5 x 46.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An enchanting and playful figurative landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas by Swedish artist Uno Vall...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Modern French Girl with Her Cat
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5007 Vintage Modern French girl with her cat acrylic on canvas
unframed
Signed Somia 1972
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage American Female Figurative Oil Painting"Old Stuguesant"1977
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5048 Vintage female gigurative oil painting on canvas
Set in a custom wood frame
Image size 13.5x10.5"
Signed T.Torrenti 1977
Matching painting to # 5047
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arctic Stream in Forest Landscape with Lush Green by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Arctic Stream in Forest Landscape with Lush Greens & Blues by 20th Century British Artist, Jack Strickland
Art measures 16 x 20 inches
Frame measures 19 x 23 inches
Original, Oi...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Homage to the Spanish Republic by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the love he had for his homeland of Spain, as well as strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands looking down ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Violin Serenade - Blue Grass in the Nude Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Violin Serenade - Blue Grass in the Nude Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
A nude reclining in an emerald green chair gives an interesting o...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Latvian Israeli Surreal Gouache Illustration Art Painting Tel Aviv
Located in Surfside, FL
Maris Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia. In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate from the Latvian Art Academy with an interior design diploma. In 1972 he emigrated t...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mein Vater
By Heinz Otto Laub
Located in Wien, 9
Heinz-Otto Laub was born 1944 in Cologne (Germany), studied at the KA Munich under Mac Zimmermann and is actually working in Bonn. He is known in the first place for his surrealistic...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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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