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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS, Far From The Madding Crowd
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This spellbinding late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS (1848-1910) depicts a young woman wearing a white pelerine and a jacket trimmed w...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figures in a Street - Normandy - Impressionist Figurative Oil - Stanislas Lepine
By Stanislas Victor Édouard Lépine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1860 by French impressionist painter Stanislas Lepine. The piece depicts a daytime view of a bustling street in Normandy on a cloudy d...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastoral Landscape Meeting on Bridge Early 19th century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Summer rustic scene depicts an idyllic picture of country life in which harmony and happiness reign. The muted, slightly blurry colors convey the artist's inner world and mood, while...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
19th Century English Coaching Scene Oil Painting Horse Carriages outside Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Black Lion Hotel
English artist, late 19th century
(double sided painting with a hunting scene to the reverse).
oil painting on board,
unframed board: 13 x 10.75 inches
prov...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le repos des le moissonneurs - Barbizon Figurative Pastel by Leon Lhermitte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape pastel on canvas circa 1885 by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts two children resting beside a large haystack in farmland...
Category
1880s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
19th century Dutch / European school, man out in a landscape with his dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century Dutch / European oil on mahogany panel, landscape with a man out walking his dog.
Wonderful painting, circa 1870, painted on one sheet...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pietro Torrini (Florence, 1851 -1914). The Pope's Chef.
Located in Firenze, IT
Pietro Torrini (Florence, 1851 -1914).
The Pope's Chef.
Oil on canvas.
Size with frame: cm 55 x 51.
Size without frame cm 31 x 26.5
Carved and gilded wooden frame.
Label present (Ge...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) Les Oliviers, oil on panel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)
Les Oliviers, A landscape with olive trees
signed "EODV Guillonnet" lower right
Oil on wood panel
38 x 46 cm
Framed : 44 x 52 cm
Provena...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Harbor of Trouville After Boudin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on panel attributed to Eugen Boudin representing a Norman navy
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Oil Painting Gentleman Squire with Horse outside Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Tavern
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: a...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romantic French Painter - 19th century figure painting - Gallant interior
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th century) - The arrival of the letter from the suitor.
35.5 x 29 cm without frame, 52.5 x 46.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a contemporary ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse British painter - 19th century figure painting - Hunting knight
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (19th century) - Rider and hunting greyhounds.
28 x 22 cm without frame, 40 x 33 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a gilded wooden frame.
Condition r...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Victorian School Late 19th Century Oil - Sisters in the Drawing Room
Located in Corsham, GB
Victorian school - young sisters seated in a grand drawing room. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century British Oil Painting Country Gentleman Shooting in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sporting Gentlemen
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18.5 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: from a collection in the UK
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Capitola, California, 1950s Framed California Seascape Marine Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Capitola (California) is an oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) circa 1955. Marine seascape painting with crashing waves and buildings along the coast painted in shad...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
F. Guarana (Venetian painter) - 19th century Venice view painting - Rialto
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (c. 1880) - View of the Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in Venice.
50 x 70 cm without frame, 58 x 78 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame.
Work sign...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Leaving the masked ball in the early morning
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy in Wonderland
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Oil Painting by Henry Stacy Marks "The Lady's Tailor"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Henry Stacy Marks "The Lady's Tailor" 1829 -1898 Leading London painter of life and historical scenes. Member of Royal Academy and St Johns wood clique. Oil on panel...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne in Paris - France
By Fausto Giusto
Located in PARIS, FR
Fausto GIUSTO
(Naples, 1867 – Zurich, 1941)
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne in Paris
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
28 x 46 cm
Fausto Giusto is an Italian painter who has built an in...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled abstract expressionist mid-century painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on masonite
8 x 10 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
RICHARD ANDRES
American, 1927–2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on canvas
signed lower left
10 x 7 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Headscarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 21.5 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: basic good condition but ver...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Original Oil Painting - Prehistoric Deer Migration
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Oil on Canvas Painting - Migration of a Prehistoric Herd
A striking Mid Century original oil painting of deer reminiscent of the paleolithic art found in the cav...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting of San Francisco Bay Shorebirds at Surf's Edge
1950's abstract expressionist painting of shorebirds at water's edge by San Francisco arti...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor
Early Victorian English Oil Portrait of Dapper Young Gentlemen gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artist, circa 1830
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 18 inches
canvas: 16 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection, Dorset, England
Condition: The painting is in overall ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman holding a gun
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel
French, (1839-1929)
The Sportsman
Oil on panel, signed & dated 1905
Image size: 10.75 inches x 7.75 inches
Size including frame: 19.5 inches x 16.5 inches
A beautifully detailed genre painting of a gentleman with a hunting rifle and smoking a clay pipe by Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel. The man, who is dressed in 17th century costume is seated next to a table containing game, a wine decanter and silver gilt standing cup with cover. All of the props including the 17th century wheel lock...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Church courtyard at Siena, oil on canvas
Located in Gent, VOV
German school.
Name and date lower left "Siena Juli (18)83".
Illegible signature lower right (monogram) "A.S. ou J.S.".
Provenance: A private collection from the Rhineland.
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
View taken in the Park of Saint-Cloud near Paris
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Alexandre-Hyacinthe DUNOUY
(Paris, 1757 – Jouy en Josas, 1841)
View taken in the park of Saint-Cloud
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
H. 31.5 cm; L. 24 cm
Around 1820
Provenance:
-Per...
Category
1810s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of women portraits
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Charles CHAPLIN
(Les Andelys 1825 – Paris, 1891)
Portraits of women
Pair of oils on rectangular canvases
H. 60 cm; L. 50 cm
Signed
Student of Michel Martin Drolling at the École des...
Category
1850s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait After John Constable, Sotheby's Provenance
Located in Larchmont, NY
After John Constable (British, 1776-1837)
Portrait of A Man, c. 1800
Oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.
Framed: 34 x 29 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.
Sotheby's Provenance
John Constable was bor...
Category
19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
José Jiménez Aranda, Hussars at Rest
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA
Spanish, 1837 - 1903
HUSSARS AT REST
signed, located and dated “Jz. Aranda. / Paris 1884.” (lower left)
oil on wood panel
21 x 26-5/8 inches (53.5 x 67.5 cm)
fram...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Robert Thorburn Ross RSA, Carding, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Thorburn Ross RSA (1816-1876) depicts a seated woman carding wool within a rustic interior.
Robert Thorburn Ross RSA was...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Femme se Coiffant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Dayez
1907-1991
Georges Dayez was born on July 29, 1907. His father Jules was a commercial printer. In 1909, the Dayez family moved to Vaires-sur-Marne. Dayez’s father fough...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
When I was a Boy. Upper Class Country Pursuits Interior. Victorian. Edwardian.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Arthur Lomax.
English ( b.1857 - d.1923 ).
When I was a Boy.
Oil on Panel. Signed.
Image size 9.5 inches x 11.4 inches ( 24cm x 29cm ).
Frame size 17.3 inches x 19.5 inches ( ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Lovely 1950s Park Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sketch of a dandy portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1840
Sketch of a dandy portrait
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
H. 21 cm; L. 20.5 cm
Category
1830s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Very Large Early 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting Figures Far Reaching Views
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures before Far Reaching View
attributed to William Alfred Delamotte (English, 1775-1863)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, England
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Napoly bay with the Vesuvius
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Attributed to Carl-Wilhelm GÖTZLOFF
(Dresden, 1799 -Naples, 1866)
The Bay of Naples and Vesuvius from the Pausilippe
Oil on canvas
H. 66 cm; L. 98.5 cm
Trained in Dresden by Caspar ...
Category
1830s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Italian School Portraits of Children, c. 1800s
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled Pair of Portraits, c. late 19th century
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 in.
Framed: 22 x 19 1/4 x 1 in.
One painting initialed lower right
Both inscribed verso on stretcher bar
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sandvig - Mid 19th Century Oil, A Harbour View
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and inscribed illegibly to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame. On canvas.
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman hunter
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel
French, (1839-1929)
The Sportsman
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1903
Image size: 9.75 inches x 7 inches
Size includi...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Untitled #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wissous - French Impressionist Landscape near Paris Road Haystack Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1901 oil on paper laid on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Gr...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Oriental Man Wearing a Fez. 19th Century.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine portrait of an oriental bearded man, wearing a fez and holding a walking stick, second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas. Relined. Unknown artist but probably Swedish.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vicente Cristellys, Oil on canvas "Gina Lollobrigida", Late 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Vicente CRISTELLYS (1898-1970), School of Paris, late 1950s. "Lolo", portrait of Gina Lollobrigida in Notre-Dame de Paris (film).
Arriving in Paris during the 1920s,...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Baron's Charger - 19th Century Oil Painting English Nobelman & Battle Horses
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Baron’s Charger’ by John Frederick Herring Jr. (1815-1907).
The painting – which depicts a 17th century Caroline nobleman with his battle horses and attendant hounds – is sign...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
BELLY Camel Arab Soldier orientalist naturalist french painting 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Léon BELLY (Attributed to)
Saint-Omer, 1827 - Paris, 1877
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
45 x 37 cm (57 x 50 cm with the frame)
Beautiful 19th century frame decorated with laurels
L...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Oil - A New Puppy
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt composition frame with ornate foliate scrolling. On canvas.
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Regina dei Fiori - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Portrait of Italian Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Regina dei Fiori’ by Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933).
The painting – which depicts an aristocratic Italian beauty sitting beside a porcelain vase full of peonies – is signed by th...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century Portrait of Dutch Man and Woman - Pair - Original Oil on Line
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 19th Century Portrait of Dutch Man and Woman - Pair - Original Oil on Line
Exceptional Dutch School portraits of young man and woman. Some craquelure through due to age. Laid d...
Category
1830s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Goddess Hera - 19th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting Ancient Greek Myth
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Hera’ by Eduard Niczky (1850-1919).
The painting - which depicts the Greek queen of the gods in golden diadem and yellow robe - is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commis...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Une Affection Tacite - Large 19th Century Oil Painting of Young Lovers
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Une Affection Tacite’ by Adèle Kindt (1804-1893).
The painting – which depicts a young woman and her ardent admirer – is signed by the artist and dated 1862.
Born into a family o...
Category
1860s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Melancholic Sappho - Large 19th Century Pre-Raphalite Oil Painting Greek Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orientalist Oil portrait of a Pair of Siblings by Burgess
By John Bagnold Burgess
Located in London, GB
Orientalist oil portrait of a pair of siblings by Burgess
English, 19th Century
Canvas: Height 72cm, width 51cm
Frame: Height 85cm, width 64cm, depth 5cm
This superb Orientalist pa...
Category
19th Century 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.
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