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Figurative Paintings For Sale
French Impressionist Oil Painting of A Tranquil Village View with Stone Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of A Tranquil Village View with Stone Bridge By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Apollo - small, detailed, expressive, male, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It is a striking portrait. Canadian artist Daniel Hughes is known for his stunning, realistic paintings. Hughes' attention to detail, the natural colour palette and ‘true to life’ re...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Second Coming" (2024) by Morgan Cameron, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “The Second Sighting” (2024) is an oil painting on panel that depicts a surreal landscape that has a wolf with piercing eyes standing in the moonlight. A...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Located in Atlanta, GA
J. C. Morey is a Spanish artist from the province of Alicante. He was born into a family of artists and connected to the art world since the 60s, which gave him the opportunity from ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

"Thinking It Over" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a vibrant, contrasting palette...
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2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Morning Pasture, 24x30 original impressionist figurative landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Set amongst the acres and acres of rolling blue cypress and kelly green colored hills and fields is the morning pasture where the dairy cows graze, feed and produce milk for the folk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Preparing the Trick
Located in Missouri, MO
Canvas Size: approx 26.5 x 18 Framed Size: approx 30 x 22 inches Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown (1831-1913) earned a reputation as one of 19th-century...
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Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seascape Painting of the Devon Coastline at Sunrise on South Coast of England
Located in Preston, GB
Seascape Painting of the Devon Coastline at Sunrise on the South Coast of England, by 20th Century British Artist, Bob Tucker. Art measures 30 x 16 inches Frame measures 34 x 20 i...
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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

6 Pink Cats - Original Quirky Figurative Animal Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"My What Do You Get When You Fall in Love Heart" Oil Painting with White Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Mixed Media

Henotic - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, People, Unity, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This is the country of people who seek lovelessness in love, and lovelessness in this country. Strangeness and fear on one, melancholy and worthlessness on the other…. But what will ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Mirrich – 2019 Mixed Media on Panel, Figurative Pop-Inspired Portrait with Cat
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Mirrich (2019) is a vibrant mixed media work by Inés Silvalde, created with acrylic paint, relief paste, and marker on panel. Measuring 27 x 21 x 3 cm and presented in a natural wood...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fernand Audet (1923-2016) French Signed Oil Elderly Lady Sleeping on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Park Bench" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches A fine oil painting by the listed French Impres...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street art Pop art figurative animal hand painted acrylic on panel contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted and stencilled on panel In 1999 BustArt began his artistic career with classic Graffiti. Until 2005, he became familiar with the whole spectrum of Graffiti and reached...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Wild Things Return Act III" - Oil Painting Buffalo Animal Art
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens' "Wild Things Return Act III" (2020) is an original oil painting capturing the essence of a bison with expressive and vibrant brushwork. Painted on Artefex ACM p...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Antique Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Sunset over the Mountain Loch Waters
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Close of Day" by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 24 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vue de Rolleboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figure in landscape oil on paper laid on canvas circa 1925 by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of Rolleboise, a commune in the Yvelines d...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Laid Paper

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Virgen con niño
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada El estado de conservación de la obra se puede ver, presenta varios repintes y restauraciones Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 50 cm. de altu...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Life Under Construction, Modern Landscape, Architectural Painting, Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
As a graduate of the Art Academy Utrecht (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), Justyna has specialized in painting. Justyna’s paintings push the boundaries between abstraction and representa...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Wild Flowers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed original oil on board painting by the American artist, George A. Traver. Signed lower right. Signed and titled verso. National Academy of Design exhibition label verso. (1923) Condition is very good; no issues. The painting done in an impressionist style depicting a mother and her child picking wild flowers in a field. A beautiful variety of greens and blues dominate the composition. The figures are painted with a soft white palette are equally well done. The painting has recently been professionally cleaned. The painting is housed in its original wood frame with a hand hammered copper metal wrap over wood. The frame is from the arts and crafts period and is in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 18.75 by 4.75 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. In 1864, George Traver was born in Corning, New York. George Traver was working as an artist in New York City by the 1890's. He studied with J. Alden Weir, Henry Siddons Mowbray and Thomas Wilmer Dewing...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Peruvian Expressionist Oil Painting Miguel Aybar Modernist Latin American Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions: (Frame) H 28.5" x W 35.5" (Painting) H 22" x W 30" Miguel Ángel Aybar Llauca, an artist specializing in expressionist painting, was born in Huancavelica and lives in the city of Ica where he began drawing from a very young age, drawing from its beautiful valleys and customs. In 1970 he began his studies in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at the Regional School of Ica. He is a graduate of the National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts of Peru (1971-1976) with honorable mention, forming the promotion "Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru". "Iqueño Expressionism" is the title of the exhibition that will be available to the public from May 25 to June 13 in the "Paracas" Room of the "Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins" Regional Museum of Ica. Av. Ayabaca block 8°. Miguel Angel Aybar is a painter who characterizes expressionism in Ica without a doubt. His songs speak of longing, and secret friendships with the hurango, the palm tree of Huacachina or the silent and still sand of Ica. His work is primarily characterized by color. The contrasts between the intense dark contrasted with the radiance of reds, oranges, yellows or greens, achieve a positive effect on the observer. Its warm tones reach high levels like an Ica sun at noon. However, among those quasi Servulian colors , Andean prints maintain their presence. Hats, ponchos or skirts hidden from a root bound by blood or memories. The perfect textures of his works give him the seal, the personality that characterizes a curdled and experienced Aybar who no longer needs to dialogue with the brush; they just flow, hand and brush. When entering the exhibition hall, you do not need to read the signature, he is an Aybar. There is no room for confusion. Although there are not a few artists from Ica who use these boiling tones, and I translate it as a tribute to that Sérvulo that touches you in the depths of your being, if you are an artist and you live in Ica, you want to be possessed by the ghost of the disturbing Sérvulo Gutiérrez turned legend. Servulus still catches the spectator being absorbed, as if observing a volcano, fearing that it might erupt, but with an inexplicable delight that he stops you next to him and captures you. However, Aybar no longer needs Servulo's shadow, he has gained an important space in the artistic world of Ica. He is an artist and a close friend of poets and musicians. Painter recognized by the Ica society and deserving of all the medals and recognitions by the different institutions. He not only paints with mastery, as Alberto Dávila predicted, when he said that his maturity would give him the position that corresponds to him. He now sings in public to the delight of his closest friends. Ica recognizes him as a son and has given him the place that corresponds to this remarkable painter whom I congratulate. DATA ABOUT THE ARTIST Miguel Angel Aybar Yauca, was born in 1952 in Huancavelica. He has lived in Ica since he was very young; he began his art studies at the Ica Regional School of Fine Arts. He later moved to Lima to study at the National Autonomous School of Fine Arts of Peru from where he graduated in 1976. His teacher Alberto Dávila described him as: a restless, imaginative young man with a sober and dramatic color. His forms acquire poise and great eloquence . Aybar also had the painter Carlos Aitor Castillo...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

11:05 - Contemporary Beach Landscape Pink Clouds Blue Sky Ocean, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in oil on canvas mounted on panel, two figures stand by the shore of a beach, gazing out at the deep blue ocean, while fluffy, pale salmon pink cumulus...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Carnival, Portraits Women Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2020 Style: Figurative Art Title: Carnival Size: 27.5"...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girls 3 - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Realism, Women Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Old Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized in 1930s. Painted on both sides, recto and verso. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud
Located in Pasadena, CA
François Charles Cachoud (born in 1866 in Chambéry, Savoy and died in 1943) is a painter known today for his night effects and his chiaroscuro...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maja with Parrot - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1974. Hand signed. It includes a tailor-made wooden frame realized by the Artist cm 91x55 Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Officer in costume
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Wooden frame 44 x 37.5 x 3 cm
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fauvist Israeli Landscape, Going to Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting
By Melitta Schiffer
Located in Surfside, FL
Melitta Schiffer, painter. b. Trieste, Italy. In her youth, moved to Weimar, Germany with her parents. Studied at Art Academy, Weimar, Germany; Advanced studies with artist Mildan; 1...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Saint Michael the Archangel, Sevillan school
Located in New York, NY
An engraving by Jerónimo Wierix after Marten de Vos's Saint Michael the Archangel (Iglesia de San Miguel, Córdoba) may have been a source f...
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940's French Impressionist Oil Portrait of Young Blonde Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Blonde Lady by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide condit...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Barcelona and Its People oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Barcelona and Its People Artist: Josep Maria Martínez Lozano (1923–2006) Year: 1979 Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 29.13 x 21.65 in Condition: Unfr...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Board

Reunited (monkeys orangutans iceberg arctic surrealist oil painting light blue)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a pair of orangutans cuddling on top of a small iceberg. keywords; americana, surrealism, monkey, iceberg, vintage, oil painting, anima...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Barbizon landscape of a riverside
Located in New York, NY
Pristine condition.
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19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Fisherman and his Fishing Basket 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman Portrait by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 47.5 x 24 inches condition: overall very good, minor surface s...
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Late 20th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Figure I - Her" Oil Painting 40" x 30" inch by Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Figure I - Her" Oil Painting 40" x 30" inch by Casey Baugh Medium: oil and ash on wooden panel ABOUT THE ARTIST: Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic reali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very good A beautifully colorful and characterfu...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Hyena head
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph Urbain MÉLIN (Paris, 1814 – Avon, 1886) Hyena head Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 40,5 x 32 cm without frame 65 x 57 cm with frame 1854 Born in Paris on Februar...
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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fresh Cut (Abstracted Pink/Purple Flowers in Vase against Window)
Located in Hudson, NY
Fresh Cut (Abstracted Pink/Purple Flowers in Vase against Window) by David Konigsberg 2023, oil on panel, 19 x 23 inches Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across media an...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Huge 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Elegant Court Figures Musical Soiree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's. Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches Provenanc...
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Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stuart Denyer NEAC - large English original STUDIO NUDE Oil Painting R.A. LONDON
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Stuart Denyer NEAC (1953-) British TITLE: "The Studio At The Royal Academy London" SIGNED: lower right and dated 1981 MEASURES: 120cm x 89cm inclusive of frame CONDITION...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Stolen" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Stolen" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting. About the Artist: Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Scottish early 20th century River landscape, the Moriston River Scotland
Located in Woodbury, CT
The image shows a captivating early 20th-century Scottish river landscape painting by Joseph Henderson, a renowned Scottish artist celebrated for his evocative depictions of nature, ...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Distant Call Whispers - Original Vibrant Mixed Media Surrealist Figurative Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Light - Figurative Ocean Fish Swimming Realism Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Erotic Scene - Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the second half of XIX century by an anonymous Japanese artist of XIX century, From a collection of twelve Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", mounted under a yellow cardboard Passepartout, cm 37 x 26.8, this modern artwork of little dimensions, but of extraordinary quality represents an erotic scene between two young Japanese lovers portrayed in their intimate situation and with their sophisticated traditional costumes and hairstyle. Without ever being vulgar or too explicit but with extreme elegance, our ancient Japanese artwork...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

John Falconar Slater, Interior With Woman Reading
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by English artist John Falconar Slater (1857-1937) depicts a rustic cottage interior with an elderly lady reading. Slater was an accomplished, Ro...
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

DREAMLAND
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper by artist Daria Kusto Shipped well protected, unframed
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Permanent Marker

"Lust for Life" Oil Painting by Claudia Griesbach-Martucci, Whimsical Fox
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Lust for Life" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a fox in a red velvet suit licking his chops in a forma...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Z58
Located in Fresno, CA
"Z58" Oil on Canvas with heavy impasto range of Blue pigments. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Village"Russia, impressionism, countryside oil cm 40x 21 1982
Located in Torino, IT
Green,Village ,Russian Art,Impressionist ,countryside Nikolaj LATYSHENKO (Artjomovsk, Ucraina, 1937) Born in Ukraine in 1937, he first studied in Saratov and in 1957 he joined the R...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

John Duffin, Tube Light 1, Contemporary Art, London Cityscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Tube Light 1 [2015] Original Figurative Oil paint on canvas Size: H:76 cm x W:51 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look London tube...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Of Pink Orchids
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
William Lester Stevens Winter Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 32 x 36 inches Born on June 15, 1888, in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens displayed his artistic abilities ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Xavier (Brother)" Hyperrealistic Young Man in Botanical Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Xavier (Brother)" is an original artwork by Alain Jean-Baptiste and measures 60"h x 48"w. This oil work on canvas reflects on the buildup and aftermath Jean-Baptis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait Siberian Kitten Cat - FRENCH SCHOOL
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait of a Siberian kitten Technique: oil, acrylic, glue, ink on old book pages on wooden frame 40x40cm ■■ 15,7 x15,7inch ⭐Sustainability⭐: Wooden frame is made by the artist b...
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2010s Tonalist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Paper

"Sunshine Sally" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on cold pressed paper with deckle edges. It features a warm contrasting yellow-gold and pink palette with a...
Category

2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Large Colorful Backyard Landscape Still Life
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Backyard Landscape Oil on canvas Signed lower right 5'10" x 6'7" Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, was a painter and teacher through...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small city center. 2013. Cardboard, oil, 97x123 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Street view. 2013. Cardboard, oil, 97x123 cm
Category

2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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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