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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1930s
The Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser)
By René Gruau
Located in Paris, FR
René GRUAU (1909-2004)
"The Red Kiss" or "Rouge Baiser"
Oil on canvas
Signed with the monogram lower left
Painted in 1989
DIMENSIONS :
– 31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary 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
Framed Hand Painted on Canvas Wheel of Life Thangka 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This professionally framed "Wheel of Life" thangka is hand painted on canvas with 24K real gold.
Combination of vibrant colors with gold strokes and intricate work makes it a stunni...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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
Still life with a pewter pitcher, original oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Still life with a pewter pitcher
Reference number F445
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
50 x 73 x 2 cm (55 x 78 x 3,5 cm frame included)
This work is painted w...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Waiting Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dickens Chang
Born 1948
He designed posters for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Chang was born in Honan, his name was Zhang Jianguo before he came to the United States.
The fol...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Hand Painted on Canvas Mandala Thangka 24K gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This framed "Mandala" thangka is hand painted on canvas with 24K real gold.
Earthy tones of color marries perfectly with matt black and touches of gold gives it a beautiful look.
Measurement of art without the frame: 15" x 11"
A handout on process of making a thangka will be included with the purchase.
Mandala represents "wholeness" and is also used as an aid in meditation.
The term mandala has become a generic way of describing any circular geometric pattern. The word mandala originated from Sanskrit which means “Circle”. Early versions of the Mandala can be found in the Hindu faith where we would see geometric shapes representing deities. Buddhism took this concept one...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Awakening
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling.
Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside - bathers r...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage French Rural Family Farm Scene Oil Painting on Canvas 1981
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3943 Vintage French rural family farm scene
Signed lower right
Set in a wood frame
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Modernist Oil Stick Pigment Painting by Aaron Fink, Cherry. Pop Art
By Aaron Fink
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955)
"Cherry"
Signed and dated "Aaron Fink 1980" lower right. framed. there is a label that was on the board on back from Obelisk gallery. it is currently ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Pigment
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 Italian Full Length Portrait Oil Painting "The English Noblewoman"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5056 Full length oversized oil painting of a English Noblewoman
Set in a rapped canvas no frame required
Signed Robert Yarmola
Category
1980s 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
Vintage Impressionist Ballet Performance by Robert Yarmola
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5001 Vintage Impressionist oil on canvas set in a metal frame depicting a ballet performance
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Man Goes By
Located in New York, NY
"A Man Goes By" by Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero, 1984, and abstract figurative man walking by. The man figure is red against a yellow background. this artwork has a Rufino Tamayo look to ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The 8998
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling.
Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
DC On The Grow Tiger And Abstraction
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Yankel (Jacob) Ginzburg (Russian/American, Born 1945). An original Surrealist acrylic painting on canvas. Titled "DC On The Grow". A colorful work featuring a roaring tiger, among sh...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
New Orleans Jazz Group
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5040 New Orleans jazz group
Image size 10.5x 13.5"
Framed
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage American Young Girl Figurative Painting"Reflections Of an Older Me"1985
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5027 Impressionist painting
Gilt Frame
Signed D.Miller
Image size 12x8.5"
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Peasant woman of Ibiza Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Orvay (1938) - Peasants of Ibiza - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 27x22 cm.
Frame size 41x36 cm. (16,1417 in. and 14,1732 in).
Joan Orvay Orvay (Eivissa 1938) ART Painter. He st...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Paris, rue des Solitaires, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Paris, rue des Solitaires, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Reference number F489
The painting is framed with a natural oak floated frame.
65 x 50 cm (70 x 55 cm frame included)
This w...
Category
1980s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Women)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Large and impressive painting by Louis Harris, 1902-1970
Born in St. Louis, Harris moved to New York in 1920 and studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber. There he met other...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bay Area Figurative Nude Study - Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Figurative Nude Study - Oil On Canvas
Bay area figurative male nude study by unknown artist named Sumrall (american, 20th C). A male figure poses nude, facing to the left o...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Vintage Latin American School Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School titled "Mask" Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Fine example of Latin American School minimalist portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Peasants of Ibiza Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Orvay (1938) - Peasants of Ibiza - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 26x32 cm.
Frameless.
Joan Orvay Orvay (Eivissa 1938) ART Painter. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts i...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
Study for "The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot"; 1983; Gouache on Illustration Board; 14.5" x 13.75"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed.
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Alice Rose[1] Provensen (née Twitchell; August 14, 1918[2] – April 23, 2018[3]) and Martin Provensen...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Modern American Figurative Gypsy Woman Oil Painting Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3238a Gypsey figurative oil painting on artist board set in a vintage gilt frame
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Impressionist Ballet Couple Acrylic on canvas
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5002 Vintage Impressionist ballet couple acrylic on canvas .Un framed
Signed Robert Yarmola
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern American Impressionist Bathers Beach Figural Gouache Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4062 Modern beach bathers gouache figural painting on artist board.
Set in a vintage carved walnut frame
Image size 14x21.5"
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Silence
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987)
Title: Silence
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches
Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches
Signature: Signed, da...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionist mid 20th century view of Trafalgar Square, Nelsons Column London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Hopi Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Serigraph
Serigraph of a Kachina Eagle Dancer by Hopi Pueblo artist Kyrate Tuvahoema (Native American, 1914-1942). The Kachina Eagle Dancer wears a vib...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
La Porte Saint Denis, Paris - Post Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Lucien Genin
By Lucien Génin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on original canvas figures in landscape circa 1930 by French post impressionist painter Lucien Genin. The work is centred around the Porte Saint-Denis - a triumphal arch located in Paris, France. The street is bustling with city-goers and cars pass by the tall buildings painted in red, yellow and white.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 27"x31"
Unframed: 20"x24"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Lucien Génin came from a family of stone-cutters. He first studied at the art school in Rouen, then in 1919 entered the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He settled in Montmartre early in the 1920s, and in 1936 moved to the Latin Quarter. Although he had received a thorough training, he created his own completely spontaneous technique aiming at approaching his subjects with a fresh look. Beside a few views of Rouen, Lorient, Dinan and Villefranche-sur-Mer, Génin specialised in the popular theme of views of Paris. He worked swiftly, making rapid jottings, and thus could produce many paintings. At auction his pictures were sometimes sold in lots. He painted both in oils and in gouache.
Lucien Génin showed work at the Salon d'Automne in 1926 and 1930. His work featured at the Marcel Aymé and the Painters exhibition, Galerie Roussard...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Charles PICART LE DOUX, Bouquet of Wild Flowers, 1934
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1934. Bouquet of Wild Flowers. Artwork typical of the manner of Charles Picart Le Doux. However, the robust and contrasti...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Donas 2.Original crayons paper painting
By Agustin Rio
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
A. Rio .Original gouache paper painting .
AGUSTIN RIO ( Barceona 1923 – Barcelona 1997)
Formed in Llotja i al Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc He appeared individually in 1953 in the ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Cardboard
English Impressionist mid 20th century view of Piccadilly Circus, trams London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Signed artist catalog with a drawing
By Keith Haring
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A wonderful drawing by Keith Haring on the first page of a catalog of his artworks exhibition. printed by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1982
Signed lower right. Hand signed Marker...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Magazine Paper, Permanent Marker
"BULLFIGHTER" MATADOR MEXICO MEXICAN CIRCA 1950s PORFIRIO SALINAS ARTIST
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas
(1910-1973)
San Antonio Artist
Size: 16 x 12
Frame: 20 x 16
Medium: Oil
"Bullfighter"
Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Tex...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Donas 1.Original crayons paper painting
By Agustin Rio
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
A. Rio Barcelona .Original gouache paper painting .
AGUSTIN RIO ( Barceona 1923 – Barcelona 1997)
Formed in Llotja i al Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc He appeared individually in 195...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Cardboard
Impressionist mid century view of Hammersmith Bridge over the Thames London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Modern painting of a nude woman with the Sausalito landscape in the background by American painter, P...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
MAURICE BECKER (1889-1975)
'Neon Lighting
17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Oil on masonite
Signed, dated 1936 and titled on verso
BIO
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age.
At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
English early 20th century portrait of two dogs, terriers in a landscape
By Lilian Cheviot
Located in Woodbury, CT
Investing in a late 20th-century Victorian-style portrait of two terrier dogs in a landscape is an opportunity to bring a touch of nostalgic charm and timeless elegance into your liv...
Category
1980s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Vintage Latin American School Original Minimalist Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract Expressionist Painting of Minimalist Face — Acrylic on Paper
Gorgeous example of 1980s vintage L...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cadaques Spain oil on canvas painting fauvism spanish seascape urbanscape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas.
Work measurements 61x50 cm.
Frame size 66x55 cm.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seated Figure
Located in Rockland, ME
Sally Michel Biography
American, 1902-2003
Sally Michel Avery was an American painter known for her lyrical depictions of everyday life. Though she used techniques and stylized form...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paris, Saint-Martin canal, c. 1989, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Emilio Trad (né en 1953)
Paris, Saint-Martin canal, c. 1989
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
25,5 x 31,5 inch
Emilio Trad, an artist of Lebanese origin bo...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Palma de Mallorca Spain oil on canvas painting Majorca seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Sarquella Escobet (1928-2000) - El Arenal Palma de Mallorca - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 27x35 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Douarnenez" France Oil cm. 20 x 14 1930
Located in Torino, IT
Sea, France, Brittany France, Impressionist, 20th, 1930, Gray, Blue, Celestial
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt
The Artist's Wife (1930)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"
24" x 20 ½" x 1 ½" framed
Dated 1930 lower right recto. Annotated "To Elsa HB Louise Burkhardt 1930. HB" verso.
...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Side Stretch Nude 2" 1984 Figure Gouache and Pastel American Modernist
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Side Stretch Nude 2"
9/7/1984
Gouache and pastel on paper
20"x26" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
In this modernist masterpiece, Jack Hooper deftly navi...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
City Nocturne
Located in Lawrence, NY
Irving Lehman was a New York School artist whose work was influenced by constructivism and cubism. He exhibited at the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and many other institutions. This work shows an abstracted view of New York rooftops...
Category
1930s Constructivist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Impressionistic View over Strandvägen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) is a captivating visual narrative of Stockholm's serene beauty. Oscarsson, a student of Caleb Althin's painting school and the Royal S...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barcelona Spain spanish urbanscape acrylic painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jose Luis Florit - View of Barcelona - Acrylic paper glued to canvas
Canvas measurements 73x92 cm.
Frameless.
José Luis Florit Rodero (Madrid,...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Canvas
"Apple tree" pastel cm. 45 x 35 ( frame cm. 60 x 70)
Located in Torino, IT
with frame is cm. 70 x 60
no frame cm. 45 x 35
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Poseidon - Ink and Tempera on Paper by Lucie Navier - 1933
By Lucie Navier
Located in Roma, IT
Poseidon is an original painting realized by Lucie Navier in 1933.
Original Ink and tempera painting on paper.
Dated on the lower right corner (23-6-2033).
Fair conditions except...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Ink
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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