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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Photorealist
Style: Academic
18th Century oil painting of a travellers rest, circle of George Morland
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of George Morland (British, 1762/63-1804)
A horse at an encampment
With added signature `G Morland’ (lower left)
Oil on board
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7...
Category
18th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century, Norwich school oil painting of the road to market
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norwich School, 19th Century
The road to market
Oil on board
8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Winged Genius - original painting by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Winged Genius, oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in
Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod.
A ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children playing in the park, oil on canvas signed Joseph Dierickx dated 1903
By Joseph Dierickx
Located in Paris, FR
A "genre" painting representing a mother supervising her two small daughters at the Park.
Oil on canvas signed bottom right Joseph Dierickx and dated 1903.
Dierickx Joseph (1865-19...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ramaz Chantladze - Untitled 12
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Ramaz Chantladze is a Georgian artist was born in 1960 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He studied at Jacob Nikoladze School of Art. In 1979-1985 he studied at...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Good News by Andrea Landini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andrea Landini
1847-1935 Italian
Good News
Signed “A. Landini” (lower left)
Oil on canvas
A cardinal grins while contemplating the contents of a letter i...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lion
Located in Paris, FR
MONTBARD
(Active XIX-XXth c.)
"The Lion"
Oil on canvas
Painting: 78 x 62 cm
Framed: 93 x 78 cm
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Realist Oil Profile Portrait of Lady Beautiful Quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French realist artist of the 19th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 12.5 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Cafe Interior), Shimshon Holzman
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Shimshon Holzman (1907-1986)
Title: Untitled (Cafe Interior)
Year: 1962
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Size: 27.75 x 19.75 inches
...
Category
1960s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
In the Moment
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
By infusing his works with elements of portraiture, the surreal, and the classical, Jose Borrel...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Where You Touched Me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Where You Touched Me... Flowers Bloomed. The painting represents a woman and her feelings. It makes us think about our actions and how they affect others. :: Painting :: Photoreal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Chess Game By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Chess Game
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
This oil on panel by Belgian artist Georges Croegaert is a rich and...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Feeding the Young
By Edmund Adler
Located in Washington, DC
A rural interior scene by Austrian artist Edmund Adler. The scene is typical of Adler's paintings of Austrian culture and rural life. It is full of gemütlichkeit.
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Selfie (triptych), Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Janos Kujbus
Located in Yardley, PA
Original work - 3 big paintings (triptych) in contemporary pop art style from hungarian artist Janos Kujbus. Story about artwork: "Sometimes I feel we live a strange life. We d...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Petite fille et sa poupée
Located in Washington, DC
Charming example of nineteenth-century genre painting depicting a young girl, her doll, and sewing.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unrestrained
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery.
Josep Borell was born in Alcoy (Alicante) on January 25th, 1969. He was born into a family without a tra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lucky Packs
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
Joseph Badger (c. 1707–1765) was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.
This amazing painting depicting a young boy with a bi...
Category
18th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary painting, botanical art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Linen Board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Wheels of Industry Past and Present, Golden Age of Illustration - Standard Oil
Located in Miami, FL
This Golden Age of Illustration painting juxtaposes modern and ancient industrial practices. Giant eclectic generators from the current ti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Reclining Nude in Green" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Reclining Nude in Green" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 11.5 in H x 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
Al Pasino, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Al Pacino is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. The portrait is painted in oil on linen canvas. Realism. It is varnished, the sides are painted in the color of the painti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Meditation
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tiffany Stained Glass - Original Book Art on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
Formal Portrait of a Chinese Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Miami, FL
Dressed in traditional clothing, a handsome Chinese man is depicted as he sits resolutely with one hand on his leg and the other holding a baton. Female Artist Joyce Ballantyne...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British, 19th Century oil painting of harvest time in the English countryside
By David Hamilton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
David Hamilton (British, circa 1888)
Harvest time
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated `David Hamilton 1888’ (lower right)
20.1/8 x 16 in. (51.2 x 40.8 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Seaside Picnic”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a bucolic seaside picnic with a mother and her young children. Signed by the artist, F. G. Grust lower left. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in a period style gold leaf frame in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 31.5 by 41.75 inches. Provenance: A California estate.
F. G. Grust was a Dutch painter born in 1889 who was best known for his domestic interior and exterior scenes of a mother with her young children. He is the son of artist Theordor Grust (1859 - 1909), who also painted Dutch genre...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian beginning 19th oil canvas oval Mythological Bacchus and Apollon child
Located in PARIS, FR
Italian school from the beginning of the 19th century Oil on canvas (2) 99 x 65 cm (103 x 78 cm with the frame) Old frames with gadroons and palmette decoration Excellent condition
...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Guardian
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Umbria" Ornate Bowl with Figs Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Victoria Novak’s "Umbria," a 2012 oil on canvas, is an intimate portrayal of still life that measures 15.70 x 15.70 inches, enclosed in a frame that bri...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Apparition - Large, Fine 1884 French Oil Painting - MAKE OFFER
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunningly dramatic and well-rendered oil on canvas painted by French artist Antoine Marie Roucole in 1884. With the ornate antique gilt plaster frame, and with its size, it has t...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joy / Swimming / Pool / Underwater / Photo-transparency Painting / Eric Zener
By Eric Zener
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Joy"
18 x 24 inches
Unique
Photo transparency with resin, paint and silver or gold leaf, on a wood panel.
Eric Zener (b. 1966) is a self-taught photorealist artist recognized fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Foil
Tuck
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Burning I" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Burning I" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dollar bill in flames.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved to C...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flight
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s composition...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Signed (center right)
Oil on canvas
In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a young Moroccan woman in a moment of tranquil contemplation. Seated on the floor of what is almost certainly an opulent riad, the young woman wears an intricately embroidered Moroccan kaftan and headdress. The sumptuous patterns on the floor and in the background lend an additional warmth to the strikingly vivid red hues which dominate the composition and are a hallmark of Landelle’s work.
The symbols behind the young woman may represent either the Jewish Star of David or the Islamic Seal...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"1959 Chevrolet El Camino, " Acrylic painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Chevrolet El Camino" is an acrylic painting that depicts the closeup view of the taillights of a red 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
“Return from the Field”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas backed onto wooden board of a worker with a scythe returning home from a day of labor. In a picturesque Swiss village. The painting is attributed to the hand of Karl Adolph Weber, the Swiss artist. Signed “K. Weber” lower right. Circa 1935. The painting is a contemporary wood frame in a mahogany finish. Overall framed measurements are 19 by 15.25 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.
Karl Adolph Weber was a Swiss artist born in 1899 and died in 1978 known for his rural landscapes and figurative paintings of Switzerland...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Fairest Rose - French Academic Nude Oil Painting by Delphin Enjolras
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed nude in interior oil on canvas circa 1900 by French academic painter Delphin Enjolras. The piece depicts a red-haired nude resting on a bed in a lush boudoir with a sheer scar...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le pont de Saint Gérmain de Couilly (sur le Grand Morin)
Located in Washington, DC
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1879 (no. 647)
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Children's Book Cover - Mid-Century Blond Girl - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Female Illustrator Barbara Briggs Bradley was an in-demand illustrator in the 1950s. Merrill Publishers of their famous children's books hired Barbara Briggs Bradley to d...
Category
1950s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil
Daydreaming
Located in Washington, DC
Ideal head by 19th-century American painter.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Pink Rose, Realist Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt 1976
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe.
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, Ameri...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dionysus: Bringer of Love" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Dionysus: Bringer of Love" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 29 in H x 21 in W.
About the Artist:
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chess, Portrait, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Chess
Sise: 39.5x31.5 inches, (100x80 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind, Ready to Hang
Introducing our "Che...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Antonia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Antonia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 30 in H x 38 in W.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fragility of Fate, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Fragility of Fate" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blood Orange, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Garuda" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Lenaia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Lenaia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 21 in H x 29 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as I ca...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Solitary Confinement, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Solitary Confinement" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 22 in H x 26 in W.
About the Artist:
For a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Luminalia" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Luminalia" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a candle with a dusky evening sky.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wax
"Crew Practice" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Crew Practice" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts an aerial view of a rowing team rowing through a calm current.
Artist...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Olivia Unveiling to Viola (from Twelfth Night)
Located in Washington, DC
Exhibited:
Birmingham Royal Society of Artists, 1879
“Autumn Exhibition of the Birmingham Royal Society of Artists.” The London Times, 25 August 1879. T...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Muse Box, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Muse Box" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open box of multi-colored donuts with colorful toppings
Gre...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Beauty
Located in Washington, DC
An Orientalist figurative or genre painting by Conrad Kiesel.
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Metus (Fear)
By Yonder Castillo
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Two sisters wrapped in webbings and covered in spiders. This artist has dove deep into the fear of arachnophobia. When looking at this piece people at first spot the dew on the webbi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
"Garlic Scapes" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Garlic Scapes" is a handmade, original oil painting that hyper realistically depicts curly sprouts of garlic with a dark background....
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Sweet Roses
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and titled lower left
Category
1870s Academic 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.
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