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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Surrealist
Figurative Surrealist Painting, "Maiden of Mysticism"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind surrealist figurative oil painting titled, "Maiden of Mysticism" by San Diego artist, Margaret Chairo. Its dimensions are 60" x 48" x 2". It is unframed. A ce...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Two Women with a Guitar', Large Tonalist Figural Oil, New Orleans, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed lower right, 'Kimball' for Harold Kimball (American, born 1929) and painted circa 1975.
Born in New York City, Harold Kimball lived for sever...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Huge Victorian Marine Oil Painting Fisherfolk Busy Coastal Seascape Scene Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, 19th century
Title: Busy Coastal Scene with fisherfolk
Medium: oil painting on canvas over board, framed
actual painting size: 23 x 35.25 inches
fr...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cossack Hat II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite, Ink
Follower of John Constable, Antique English Oil Figure Stormy Lake in Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century
Title: The Stormy Lake
Medium: oil painting on board, framed
framed: 14 x 17 inches
canvas: 9 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Antique Scottish Highlands Oil Painting River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Highland River"
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 12 x 20 inches
frame: 15.5 x 23.5 inches
Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower corner with one of his pseudonyms.
The painting captures this beautifully romantic view of the Scottish Highlands, the whole landscape warmed by the summer sunshine.
F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950)
We are extremely fortunate to have been handling the works of the enigmatic British artist, F. E. Jamieson since the year we began art dealing, 1989.
Over this time, coupled with our love of the Scottish landscape, we have bought and sold many hundreds of his paintings, in all their various guises and subjects and are considered by many to be a leading authority on the artist and his work. We are also in the early stages of publishing the Catalogue Raisonne for this artist, of which this painting will be featured.
Mr. Jamieson was largely a painter of Scottish landscapes and loch scenes. Born in 1895, Jamieson lived on the south coast of England and was contracted to a large department store to supply them with his paintings. He was an ambitious man and keen to sell more works than through just one shop. In order to do this, he started to sign his works with pseudonyms other than his own name, in order that he could sell his work to a wider audience. It worked and it is considered that Jamieson at least 15 different pseudonym names on his paintings.
In addition to selling through furniture shops, Jamieson would travel door to door offering his paintings to housewives and private buyers. In our years of researching the artist, we heard one story related to us by an old customer who remembers that Jamieson started selling door...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Antique Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Figure Walking beside Loch Eck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Mouth of Loch Eck"
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower corner.
The painting captures this beautifully romantic view of the Scottish Highlands, with a lone figure walking on the river path that leads to the ancient waters of Loch Eck (Argyll).
F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950)
We are extremely fortunate to have been handling the works of the enigmatic British artist, F. E. Jamieson since the year we began art dealing, 1989.
Over this time, coupled with our love of the Scottish landscape, we have bought and sold many hundreds of his paintings, in all their various guises and subjects and are considered by many to be a leading authority on the artist and his work. We are also in the early stages of publishing the Catalogue Raisonne for this artist, of which this painting will be featured.
Mr. Jamieson was largely a painter of Scottish landscapes and loch scenes. Born in 1895, Jamieson lived on the south coast of England and was contracted to a large department store to supply them with his paintings. He was an ambitious man and keen to sell more works than through just one shop. In order to do this, he started to sign his works with pseudonyms other than his own name, in order that he could sell his work to a wider audience. It worked and it is considered that Jamieson at least 15 different pseudonym names on his paintings.
In addition to selling through furniture shops, Jamieson would travel door to door offering his paintings to housewives and private buyers. In our years of researching the artist, we heard one story related to us by an old customer who remembers that Jamieson started selling door...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Rear View Portrait” Contemporary Abstract Figurative Magazine Collage of a Man
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract surrealist collage of a man by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features a portrait of a man from behind assembled out of magazine cuttings. Currently hun...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Magazine Paper
“The Old Bridge”
Located in Southampton, NY
Fabulous oil on canvas painting by the British artist, William Livingstone Anderson. Signed lower right and dated 1886. Condition is very good. The painting is its original elaborate...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Not Quite the Winner
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer
Not Quite the Winner
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Size: 36 x 36 in
Signed by hand
COA provided
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Each...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sailing Ship, Surrealist Painting by Gonzalo Endara Crow
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gonzalo Endara Crow, Ecuador (1936 - 1996)
Title: The Sailing Ship
Date: 1982
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 27 x 35 in. (68.58 x 88.9 cm)
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
19th century oil painting of a horse and buggy with a two figures, in landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century Austro-Hungarian oil on canvas of two figures in a buggy, out for a ride.
Both people are well dressed which makes me think they are of the upper classes and the artist was known to paint scenes of people of wealth in various compositions.
Whilst little is known about the painter the style and composition of this piece are typical of some Central European painters who painted such subjects, always with great skill and detail.
This is a particularly large example of one of these subjects.
The artist has achieved the effect of motion very well.
The painting is framed in a Vintage French frame.
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Effect-6 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Effect" series, we see how Plusch gives location - places and spaces resembling the world around us - the same treatment once reserved for his abstract human forms. Effective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Room 6, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Plusch’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the assembly of an ordinary room. The treatment of the backgrou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Effect-1 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Effect" series, we see how Plusch gives location - places and spaces resembling the world around us - the same treatment once reserved for his abstract human forms. Effective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Effect-5 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Effect" series, we see how Plusch gives location - places and spaces resembling the world around us - the same treatment once reserved for his abstract human forms. Effective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Immortality #1 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In this work, the horizontal flowing of paint alongside material possessions seems to insinuate some connection with notions of ownership. Household objects before morbid symbolism d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Immortality #3, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Immortality" series, Plusch explores how notions of beauty and deformity, eternal and momentary, and life and death intermingle and blur together. This work expresses how all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Immortality #4, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Immortality" series, Plusch explores how notions of beauty and deformity, eternal and momentary, and life and death intermingle and blur together. This work expresses how all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Room #1, " Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Room #4, " Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Room #7" Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"4 Red Balls, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In this work, the horizontal flowing of paint seems to insinuate some connection with the illusion of our material world. Although the scene appears precise in its rendering, there r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Into the Light
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just completed original oil painting by Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim.
Into the Light, depicts a man rediating his own light, while the women above floating over his umbrella would all like to bask in his light. Only one canb join him as his true love, and she bears the read heart.
Directions, is an original oil on canvas, signed, 2021 with an image dimension of 48 x 24 inches, just completed by the artist, the painting is currently unframed.
Please contact the gallery for additional information, pricing and availability.
About Artist Fidan Kim:
Fidan Kim was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on the 21th of August 1997.
2014-2018 – BA FINE ARTS AZERBAIJAN STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
2018-2020 – MA FINE ARTS AZERBAIJAN STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS August 2009 – “Young Talents Exploring Visual Arts” summer art courses at the Edinborough Art College
August 2010 – “Art al Sole” summer art courses in Italy August
2011 - “Art al Sole” summer art courses in Italy October
2013 – a solo exhibition “The last day of the childhood” November 2014 – a solo exhibition “”Paradoxes”
March 2015 – participation at a master class given by a renowned artist, Professor Inge H. Schmidt from the Berlin University of the Arts, Germany organized by ADRA June
2015 – VI International Art Festival
June 2016 – an art exhibition “Futurismo Ora” at the “Lamborghini” salon
October 2016 – participation at the Shopping festival Carrousel du Louvre Art in Paris December
2016 – art courses at the Georgian State Academy of Art within the exchange program Art)
February 2017 – Gave art classes at Yarat contemporary art space April 2017 – an art exhibition “Live Life” in Moscow
May 2017 – an art exhibition at the Embassy of Turkey in Azerbaijan
May 2017 – an art exhibition Live Life organized in Geogria by Idea community June 2017 – Master Class given by Fidan Kim at Yarat Contemporary Art Centre Member of the Union of Artists
May 2018 – solo exhibition in Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing, China November 2018 – Participation in Shanghai art...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Alabaster
Studio Fidan
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just arrived original oil painting by Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim.
Studio Fidan, is an original oil on canvas, signed, 2020 with an image dimension of 43 x 35 inches,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Occam's Razor
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and 3 mirrors on 9 canvases
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mirror, Oil
Royal Palms
Located in Kansas City, MO
Heather Farrell
Title : Royal Palms
Materials : Acrylic on canvas
Date : 2019
Dimensions : 4' x 5'. (48 x 60 in.)
Signed,
COA provided
Heather Farrell wor...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hot Coals
By Andy Golub
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crazy Talk
By Andy Golub
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
English shipping scene with sale boats, war ships and a quayside harbor.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted English 19th century Victorian antique marine scene.
The style of the piece is typical of the mid-19th-century marine painters such as C.M.Powell, Robert Salmon, and George Webster...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-Inflicted
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Belts
Located in Kensington, MD
Certificate of authenticity from the Agustin Fernandez Foundation is included.
Category
1980s Surrealist 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
Breton Chores
Located in Missouri, MO
Clement Nye Swift
"Breton Chores" 1870
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Canvas Size: approx 27 x18 inches
Framed Size: approx 34 x 35 inches
Provenance: Private Midwes...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Lovely Reflection
Located in Missouri, MO
Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1890)
"A Lovely Reflection" 1874
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated Lower Left
Site Size: approx 17 x 14 inches
Framed SIze: approx. 27.5 x 24 inches
Provenan...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Fresh Catch
Located in Missouri, MO
Alfred Guillou (French 1844-1926)
"A Fresh Catch"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
Canvas Size: approx 18 x 24 inches
Framed Size: approx 24 x 30 inches
Alfred Guillou was born in C...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Poor Man's Flock
Located in Missouri, MO
George W. Chambers
“Poor Man’s Flock” 1897
Oil on Canvas
23.5 x 37.5 inches/42 x 57 inches framed approx.
In Original Frame
Provenance: The Artist thence by Descent; to Private Mi...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Study
By Hans Hamza
Located in Missouri, MO
Hans Hamza (Austrian 1879-1945)
In the Study
Oil on Panel
Signed
Site Size: approx. 8 x 6 inches
Framed Size: approx. 14 x 12 inches
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Knight in Armor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Born in 1946 Alfredo Sasso trained at the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts. From 1971 to 1973 he worked as an assistant to Jacques Lipchitz for the construction of three major monuments...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gaia and the Birth of a New King
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nathan Cartwright is a Los Angeles-based, mixed media artist and acclaimed founder/curator for The Hive Gallery and Studios, in downtown Los Angeles (founded in 2005). As an artist, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Épanouissement
Located in Missouri, MO
KPM Porcelain
After Angelo Asti (French, 1847-1903)
"Épanouissement" c. 1900
With Original Gold Gilded Frame
Image Size: approx. 6 x 4 inches
Framed Size: approx. 9 x 6 inches
Eve...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
Queen Louise
Located in Missouri, MO
KPM Porcelain
"Queen Louise" c. late 19th century
Original Hand-Painted Porcelain
Signed "R. Dittrich"
Since 250 years, the royal sceptre brand stands fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
Marguerite
Located in Missouri, MO
Marguerite
Hand Painted Porcelain
w/crown stamp #107
Signed "Wagner"
Original Gilded Florentine Frame
approx 6 x 4 inches /approx 14 x 8 inches framed
Since 250 years, the royal sc...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
Ruth
Located in Missouri, MO
KPM Porcelain
"Ruth" c. 1900
Original hand-painted KPM Porcelain
In Original Gilded Florentine Frame
7 x 4 (16 x 9 framed)
Since 250 years, the royal sceptre brand stands for finest...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
Queen Louise
Located in Missouri, MO
KPM Porcelain
"Queen Louise" c. 1900
Original hand-painted KPM Porcelain
approx. 14 x 11 inches
approx. 21 x 15 inches framed
Since 250 years, the royal ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
"The Power" Compelling, Authoritative Painting of Three Figures
By Claudio Pinto
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in 1954 in São Paulo, Brazil, Claudio began his artistic life early. At 4 years old, he already began to model small clay animals with great ease and that was when his uncle Ber...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Creatures of Prometheus, Surrealist Oil Painting by Barooshian 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - )
Title: Creatures of Prometheus
Year: 1957
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated
Size: 31 x 41 in. (78.74 x 104.14 cm)
Frame Si...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century American cattle/cows and chickens in a stable with calves
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-painted American turn of the 19th-century animal scene of an interior of a barn with cows, calves, and chickens
The piece has a great deal of charm and is very ...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Mantilla
By Richard Kirk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RICHARD KIRK
"WHITE MANTILLA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN, C.1960
36 X 23 INCHES
Original Frame
Richard Kirk
Born 1932
Kirk was born in West Virginia in 1932.
He ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Baltic Angst
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - )
Title: Baltic Angst
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. and signed, titled and dated verso
Size: 70 in. x 48 in. (177.8 ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Time Bond
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - )
Title: Time Bond
Year: 1988
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 84 x 48 in. (213.36 x 121.92 cm)
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Balancing the Budget
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - )
Title: Balancing the Budget
Year: 1988
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso
Size: 60 x 84 in. (152.4 x 213.36 cm)
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ruins
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - )
Title: Ruins
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on canvas, signed verso
Size: 62 x 68 inches (157.5 x 172.7 cm)
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Many-Headed Man
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alejandro Colunga, Mexican (1948 - )
Title: Many-Headed Man
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper Mounted to Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 56 x 42 inches
Fr...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
'Security Checked' Conceptual Nude Portrait
By Dinh Y Nhi
Located in Rye, NY
‘Security Checked’ is a large vertical contemporary surrealist figurative oil on canvas painting created by Vietnamese artist Dinh Y Nhi in 2008. Featuring a vivid palette made of red, orange, pink and black tones, the painting depicts a frontal view of an angular nude figure, bending her knees down. The pink tones of her skin stand out dramatically on the red painted background made of large strokes contrasted with black fields that seem to frame the subject. This piece exemplifies Y Nhi's style of paintings as her success with two-colors; red, blue or black and white, addresses modern themes and issues devoid of gender. Her figurative surrealism style of stick figures is warped and elongated, stretched out of proportion. Each figure tilts and twists at painful angles. They bring to mind the famous harrowing faces in Edward Munch's ‘The Scream’, or the difficult distorted ones from the portraits of Francis Bacon. But most of the faces Y Nhi paints are miniature ones devoid of details, deceptively random and simple brush strokes. There is a playfulness that reflects the outer images the painter projects of herself. Her style also allows her to convey complex textures, and emotions, in her images. Dinh Y Nhi is a graduate of Hanoi's School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in many shows in Vietnam. She is receiving much notice among the Vietnamese press and art patrons in the United States, Australia and Asian countries. With its strong presence and large proportions, this surrealist oil on canvas painting will be a definite conversation piece in any home, whether placed above a sofa, console table or enfilade.
Exhibitions
2011: Group Exhibition Art Asia Miami, Florida, AiBo Fine Asia Art
2011: Portrait, Dinh Y Nhi & Le Thiet Cuong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Security' Conceptual Nude Portrait
By Dinh Y Nhi
Located in Rye, NY
‘Security’ is a large framed contemporary surrealist figurative oil on canvas painting of vertical format, created by Vietnamese artist Dinh Y Nhi in 2010. Featuring a cold palette mostly made of grey and black tones, accented with blue and beige touches, the painting depicts a frontal view of a nude figure. This piece exemplifies Y Nhi's style of paintings as her success with two-colors; red, blue or black and white, addresses modern themes and issues devoid of gender. Her figurative surrealism style of stick figures is warped and elongated, stretched out of proportion. Each figure tilts and twists at painful angles. They bring to mind the famous harrowing faces in Edward Munch's ‘The Scream’, or the difficult distorted ones from the portraits of Francis Bacon. But most of the faces Y Nhi paints are miniature ones devoid of details, deceptively random and simple brush strokes. There is a playfulness that reflects the outer images the painter projects of herself. Her style also allows her to convey complex textures, and emotions, in her images. Dinh Y Nhi is a graduate of Hanoi's School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in many shows in Vietnam. She is receiving much notice among the Vietnamese press and art patrons in the United States, Australia and Asian countries. With its powerful presence and great proportions, this surrealist oil on canvas painting will be a definite conversation piece in any home, whether placed above a sofa, console table or enfilade. Set inside a frame, the painting is titled in the lower section.
1967: Born in Hanoi, Vietnam
1989: Graduated from Hanoi Fine Art University
Exhibitions:
2011: Group Exhibition Art Asia Miami, Florida, AiBo Fine Asia Art
2011: Portrait, Dinh Y Nhi & Le Thiet Cuong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
'Woman Dancing', Spanish Surrealist Figural, Geneva, Museum of Paris, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Úbeda' for Augustin Úbeda (Spanish, 1925-2007) and painted circa 1965.
Formerly in the collection of Jean Negulesco, the artist and Hollywood Film Director....
Category
1960s Surrealist 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.