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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
The Satyrs
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned Edmund F. Ward estate stamp on verso
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Gin Rummy Game
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Gin Rummy Game
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Story of a Bad Boy" Book Illustration
By Edward John Prittie
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "We Amused Ourselves for an Hour or More, Darting in and out Among the Crowd and Setting off our Crackers", The Story of a Bad Boy...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family Picnic, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 34.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover for The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, May 31, 1952. Clymer's coverscape takes you to Massachusetts' tidelands where the frost is on the pumpkin and the red and gold areon the trees. Gloucester harbor and the inlets roundabout-- for three centuries this haven has been the homeport of renowned and valiant fisherman. They were the Captains Courageous of Rudyard Kipling, the hero’s of Longfellow's The Wreck of the Hesperus and of James B. Connolly's tales of the sea. John Ford Clymer's success as an artist can be traced to his boyhood in the Kittitas Valley located in the central regions of Washington state. It was there that he developed an enthusiasm for the world around him and an abiding respect for historical accuracy. Over the years John Clymer received numerous awards and honors including the revered Prix de West in 1976, from the national Academy of Western Art. Other great achievements included both gold and silver metals for his oils and charcoal drawings from the Cowboy Artists of America, "Western Artist of the Year" from the National Wildlife Art Collectors Society, and both John and Doris were honored at the Ellensburg National Art Show and Auction for their contributions to western heritage. John's highest honor came in 1988 when he was awarded the prestigious Rungius Medal from the Wildlife of American West Art...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pose
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1970s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Watercolor

Coming up Roses
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left, "Hughes" Medium: Oil on Masonite Framed 24.50" x 26.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1957. The Post described, “...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Museum Quality, Nude with Pink Towel
Located in Miami, FL
Walkowitz creates a powerful composition with the tightly cropped nude figure pushed up-close to the viewer and occupying half of the picture plane. Smaller figures lead the eye back...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep by an Idyllic Tree Lined River Landscape in Ireland by Modern 20th Century Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons Art measures 18 x 14 inches Frame measure 21.5 x 17.5 inches Frank...
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1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Hawaiian Figurative Oil Painting -- Before The Luau
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's Original Hawaiian Figurative Oil Painting - Before the Luau Colorful figurative of three Hawaiian women as they prepare for a Luau, circa 1970. The lush tropical backdrop fra...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981. Mixed colored oil on canvas Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin Included a brown wooden...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Au bord de la riviere - Pointillist Figure in Landscape Oil by Joseph Lepine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil on artist's panel landscape by French painter Joseph Louis Francois Lepine. The painting depicts a view of the River Seine on a bright summer's day. A boat sai...
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1920s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Dawn Seascape Painting with Pink Sky and Waves by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Dawn Seascape Painting with Pink Sky and Waves by 20th Century British Artist, Norman Scott Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 18 x 14 inches Vintage Original Oil on Boar...
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1980s English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary David Atkins (1910 – 2012) Subway Train Departure 24 x 30 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1960s Signed lower r...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Flower Shop
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Flower Shop Girl by JEAN ROSE B. 1933 Oil on board, signed, 24 x 27 cm Jean Rose was one of the first women students at Corsham, Bath and worked under some of the postwa...
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1990s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s. Patrick Boudon. Art Informel. Ecole de Paris. Technique: oil on cardboard. This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Antique American Impressionist Framed Beach Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Bouquet of anemones, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Bouquet of anemones Pastel on paper Signed upper left 44.5 x 36.5 cm Framed : 53.5 x 45.5 cm Lucien Victor Guirand de Scévola was ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Mid Century Modern American Abstract Figurative Surreal Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstracted figurative painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Great color and composition. Nicely framed in a period modernist molding.
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair (1890 – 1955) Parade 20 x 15 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed lower right Fram...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Reverie - Neo-Impressionist Nude Figurative Oil Painting by Georges Lemmen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board nude circa 1905 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Georges Lemmen. The work titled 'Reverie' depicts a red-haired lady who is kneeling down and resti...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Children playing in the park Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Barcelona - Oil on canvas Oil measures 38x46 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic training at the age of nine, Gil Sala entered the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, ​​where he had as teachers Felix Mestres and Vicente Borrás. Already in 1930, being still almost an apprentice, he obtained the bronze medal of the School, and in 1936 he won by contest a scholarship to make a study trip through Spain. Those were the difficult moments of the outbreak of the Civil War and thanks to the help of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

L. S. F. vibrant abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 L. S. F., 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, dated and titled verso 48 x 65 inches 48.75 x 65.75 inches, framed R...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Hot-Air Balloons Above the San Francisco Bridge- Oil on Canvas by Patrick Heughe
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting by Patrick Heughe depicts a view of two hot-air balloons floating above the iconic San Francisco bridge. With meticulous attention to detail, Heughe captures the essenc...
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Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 30 x 34 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
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...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor

The King, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 The King of Diamonds Accepts Challenges, 1982 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 47.5 x 47.5 in...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical por...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Hope : Between Earth and Heaven" Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas by Eugene Hawkins
Located in Pasadena, CA
In the "Fantasy/Metaphysical" series by American artist Eugene Hawkins, the convergence of surrealism and metaphysics unfolds as an exploration of existential themes common to all. C...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Maternite - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil Painting - Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. The work depicts a mother seated on a yellow change feeding her young baby. Signature...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Latin American Cuban Painting by Julio Antonio Devoroción (Devotion), 1992
Located in Washington, DC
Major painting by Cuban/American artist Julio Antonio (b. 1950). Painting is acrylic on canvas and titled "Devoroción". Painting is signed and dated 1992. Measures: 70" W x 78" H. ...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Challenge, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 The Challenge, c. 1982 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 60 x 41.5 inches Richard Andres was...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

La Route by Maurice de Vlaminck - Landscape painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. La Route by Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) Oil on canvas 64.8 x 81 cm (25 ¹/₂ x 31 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Vlam...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right 24 x 20 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed Richard Andres was born in B...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Fragment, abstract expressionist mid-century painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 19.5 x 24 inches 20 x 25 inches, framed Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 12 x 10 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 12 x 10 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Instit...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Surrealist acrylic on board painting surrealism picasso style
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Surrealism - Acrylic panel Acrylic measurements 80x100 cm. Frameless. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo, 1994) comes from ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

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...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Young woman with shawl and basket of flowers
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Two Brothers by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Two Brothers is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Valérie de Sarrieu, dimensions are 83 cm × 116 cm (32.7 × 45.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Canvas

Abstract portrait with antique frame, 1950s/60s
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016). Oil on masonite Measures 25"L x 23"W. Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame. Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 i...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Emancipation" Painting 25" x 20" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emancipation" Painting 25" x 20" inch (1997) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Emancipation, 1997 Ink & Acrylic on Paper. Signed & dated The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflectiv...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

At the Bend - Abstracted Russian Landscape Yuri Gusev
By Yuri Gusev
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist landscape of a river at the edge of the woods by Yuri Gusev (Russian, b. 1928). There is a kneeling figure between the trees in the foreground. Presented in a pink-hued...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

At the fair
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait Boy" Oil Painting 14.5" x 20" inch (1930) by Shaaban Zaki signed & dated Shaaban Zaki came from a lower-middle-class family who was mostly government employees, but he wa...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and he...
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1940s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun circa 1960 Signed Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
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20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pastel

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow
Located in New York, NY
Colliers Magazine 1947 American Scene Social Realism Modern Families in the Snow Katherine Wiggins (American 20th Century) "The Shrimp" 20 x 24 inches Egg tempera on masonite. c. 1...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Masonite

Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
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1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind work by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid", acrylic paint, wood, plaster and mirror. Noche ...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

"Still Life of Tomatoes" Oil Painting 10" x 14" inch by Mohammed Ismail
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still Life of Tomatoes" Oil Painting 10" x 14" inch by Mohammed Ismail 1967 ABOUT THE ARTIST Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993) Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936 in Zagazig in Egyp...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a painting by Rodolfo Morales. The painting is signed lower right, "Rodolfo Morales". The framed piece measures 37 3/4 x 39 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. Rodolfo Morales was a Mexican painter...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink Roses In White Jug
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

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Gouache

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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