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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Post-Impressionist
Pájaro en horizonte (Bird in the Horizon) (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César
Pájaro en Horizonte (Bird in the Horizon), 2023, (1/3)
Acrylic on canvas
69 x 49 in
This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images.
Rocca Luis C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Classical Music Orchestra Concert Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Orchestra
signed by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on canvas, unframed
painting : 32 x 40 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Captain Hardy of Lord Nelson Fame Signed British Naval Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Captain Hardy, Royal Navy
British School, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16.5 x 13.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 11 inches
provenance: private collection, London
cond...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Dress
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Red Dress" is a abstract figurative oil painting of a deep red dress.
János Huszti is a creator of the visual arts and conceptual thinker. Huszti places a large emphasis on figura...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charmed
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Charmed" is a abstract portrait oil painting with a purple overcast measuring 15.70w x 17.70h x 0.80d in
János Huszti is a creator of the visual arts and conceptual thinker. Huszt...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
ORIGINAL ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - Still Life Interior Composition
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Jacqueline Williams NEAC (1962-) British
TITLE: "Still Life Interior Composition"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 55cm x 70cm
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A ca. 1935 Painting of a Boxing Match in Mexico City by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 painting of a boxing match in Mexico by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 12" x 28". Framed size: 15 1/2" x 31 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Mini Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Figure at Sunset
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE AT SUNSET
Size: 29.5 x 29 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A brilliantly executed abstract figurative oil composition painted by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Admiral John Jervis British Naval Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Admiral Jervis
British School, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16.5 x 12.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good an...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paris Promenade" - Framed 20th-Century Impressionist City Painting
By Paul Renard
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming, beautifully framed and ready to hang gouache on panel by highly-listed Parisian artist Paul Renard. One of two Paris scenes I currently have on offer by Renard. Actual go...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Tramonto all'imbarco " Olio su cartone cm.
Located in Torino, IT
Suggestivo porto al tramonto
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
A Delightful 1940 Painting of Two Women Lounging by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A delightful 1940 painting of two women lounging in the Vermont wilderness by artist Harold Haydon. Haydon had a summer compound in Calais, Vermont, where he often painted. Images ...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judaica Polish Oil Painting Hasidic Jewish Prayers, Israeli Soldiers Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
Israeli Tzahal, IDF Soldiers and Chassidic men praying and dancing at the Kotel, Western Wall in jerusalem israel. Fine oil painting.
24 x 18 canvas, 32.5 x 27.5 inches with frame.
...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Flowers and Fruit', gouache on art paper, by French artist, Michel Debiève (1964). As is usual with this artist, the joy is in the detail he has rendered. What is no...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Tranquil Coastal Morning with Fishing Boats French Harbor 1930's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbour Boats
French School, circa 1930's
indistinctly signed
oil on board, framed in original vintage French frame
framed: 12 x 14 inches
board: 9 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing Boat in New York Harbor 1948 Original Signed Oil Painting Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
New York Harbor
by John Chapman LEWIS (American, 1920-1994)
signed & dated 1948
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 22.5 inches
Provenance: Private colle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category
1960s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Maria Vich Maternity Vertical Original pastel painting. framed
By María Vich
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
MATERNIDAD. Original pastel painting. framed
Maria Vich is an artist from the Balearic Islands. Influenced by her teacher Tito mCittadini, she focuses her work on reflecting the coun...
Category
Early 2000s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
'The White Camel', Paris, Cairo, Danish Modernism, De Tretten, Group of Thirteen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anton Hansen (Danish, 1891-1960) circa 1935 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Provenance: Airforce Captain A.P. Botved, a personal friend of the arti...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Mid 20th Century British Portrait of a Man with Mustache in a Hat oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Man in the Hat
British School, mid 20th century period
oil on thin curved board, unframed
board: 14 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Oil Painting Tennis Match Sports Scene After Leroy Neiman Sporting Art
By Paolo Corvino
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in., 27 x 21 in with frame.
This is a tribute painting, it was inspired and dedicated to Leroy Neiman. Paolo Corvino was born September 20, 1930 in Bronx, New ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Modernist Portrait of Black Haired Lady with Fringe Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Woman with Black Hair and Fringe styling
by Anton Sailer (French 1903-1987)
Signed & dated 1930
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 18 inches
Canvas: 18.5 x 13.5 inches
...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1960's French Fantasy Abstract Oil Painting Nude Lady Walking through Woods
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Walking through Woodland Glade
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 39.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century 1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Girl Reading in Woods
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Quietly Reading
by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 16 x 13 inches
condition: the painting is in very sound and presentable c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Modernist Portrait of Woman Monegasque Artist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
by Jonathan ZUTTER (Monegasque, 1928-1998)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Canvas: 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
This modern portrait featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - Outside the House
Located in Bristol, GB
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE
Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A calm and atmospheric mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swe...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original Triptych-Autumn in London-plein air-British Awarded Artist -Large Oils
Located in London, GB
This series Autumn in London is one of the most personal projects of Shizico Yi; the sensitive colours, her signature expressive and confidant brushstrokes are an instant classic of ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Friends chimney sweepers. 1983, paper, lithography, 53x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Josif Elgurt (1924-2007)
Born in 1924 in Kischinow in Romania. In 1947 resumed his art studies in Kischinow. Since 1952 he hase lived in Riga and until 1958 he studied at the Latvia...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Cubist Diptych of Human Figures, Sitting with Each Other, Black, Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form abstraction create a highly illu...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Acrylic, Rag Paper
Ukuvova (To Strain or Squeeze)
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Sibusiso Duma, born in 1978 in Mbumbulu, Durban, is a prominent South African artist known for his distinctive approach to art. Beginning his creative journey as a child, Duma quickl...
Category
2010s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Man Working in Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working in the Fields
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 26 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Jockey & La Propietaire - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by E Grau Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated figures in landscape oil on canvas by Spanish post impressionist painter Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts a large group of jockeys and horse owners talking...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man with Pipe Mid 20th Century's French Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with Pipe
signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 18 x 15 inches
condition: This painting is in very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Break of Day, Lobsterman an oil and egg tempera painting by Edward Christiana
Located in Hudson, NY
Edward Christiana's oil and egg tempera painting of a lobsterman on his boat. Signed "Edward Christiana '52-'65" lower right. Framed dimensions 28" x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera, Panel
Did you see the moon tonight
Located in Zofingen, AG
When the sun hits and the moon is shining, when dreams are confusing and the picture in the trees hides my thoughts, you immediately saw these frames
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Located in Soquel, CA
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.)
I...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Parisian Street Scene" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas with Figures
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy streets of Paris from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sunbather, Abstract Modern Human Figure Painting in Blue, Watercolo Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form abstraction create a highly illu...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Figure In Peaceful Village Scene by the Water Charming Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Peaceful Village Scene by the Water
signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 13 x 16 inches
condition: This painting is in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemplative Fisherman by River Oil Painting Early 20th C. French Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman
French artist, early 20th century
indistinctly, circle of Max. Luce (French 1858-1941)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board: 5 x 8 inches
Inscribed verso
Condition: The pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of an Artist"
By Eugene Ivanoff
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional early painting by Russian/American artist Eugene Ivanoff (1897-1954.)
"Portrait of an Artist", is a unique, original oil on canvas, signed, painted c.1935,...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
what do you think
Located in Zofingen, AG
the ground disappears from under your feet when you lose support in the form of consciousness. you don't know whether to trust your eyes or not. it would be much easier if it weren’t...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning's "Women Singing"
Colorful and dynamic abstract expressionist figurative mixed media painting contemporary piece, featu...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Magazine Paper, Stretcher Bars
1960's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting South of France Coastal Town Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed and dated lower right
Title: Sleepy coastal town, South of France, painted in soft muted green tones.
Medium: oil painting on b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seymour Remenick Still Life Table Scape Oil Painting with Bottle and Fruit
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.75 X 14.75, board measures 11 X 12 inches
Seymour Remenick (1923-1999) American; Philadelphia, PA. Oil on canvas painting Folk Singers and musicians.Seymour Remeni...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1972 Gestural Oil Painting Boat in Harbor Figural Abstraction Raoul Middleman
Located in Surfside, FL
Raoul Middleman (born 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American painter. Middleman has been a member of the Maryland Institute College of Art faculty since 1961. American University Museum at the Katzen Center has described Middleman as a "Baltimore maestro [whose] nudes are not pretty—they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions. They are intelligent, messy, and utterly masterful."
From an interview with RM "I was doing abstract art. Then Roy Lichtenstein came around, and I wanted to be current. I remember Grace Hartigan said, “You’ve gotta go to New York, seize destiny by the hand.” My friend Jon Schueler took my slides up to Eleanor Ward, who had the Stable Gallery. My Pop art paintings were discovered. I moved to New York into Malcolm Morley’s old loft down on South Street. Agnes Martin was upstairs... People who interest me come from different quarters. I knew guys around Schueler, like B.H. Friedman. But I also knew the Pop world pretty well – Al Hansen, Richard Artschwager, Lichtenstein. I became friends with Raoul Hague...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Loading. 2018, oil on canvas, 70x110 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Faust. 2021, oil on canvas, 36x60 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
1...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman - Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He was born in Mila...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nu Debout by HUGUES PISSARRO - Nude Painting, Human Figure, Oil on Canvas, Art
Located in London, GB
Nu Debout by HUGUES PISSARRO (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
92 x 65 cm (36 ¼ x 25 ⅝ inches)
Signed lower right, Hugues Pissarro.
Dated on the reverse, Monte-Carlo 1963 and inscribed, Hugue...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- The Search
By Winifred Lucy Shaffer
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Figurative Landscape - The Search
A dreamlike landscape by Winifred Lucy Shaffer (American, 20th Century). Several figures are clustered together in a forest setting. Th...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Children Conversing in the Meadow, original oil on canvas, early 20thC
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Charles Theunissen (1871 - 1948) was a painter who was born and lived in Belgium.
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage nude oil painting, reclining nude, French nude, figurative art
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage oil painting of a reclining nude by French artist Léon Laurent Galand. This gem of an oil painting on thick board sits within a pretty and complimentary vintage frame. A ta...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas by Jallais, Boats in Port, 1960s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jallais, France, 1960s. Boats in port. In its pretty dark brown wooden frame. With frame: 68x58 cm - 26.8x22.8 inches, without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. 12F ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
Located in Missouri, MO
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
Arthur Sarnoff (American, 1912-2000)
Signed Upper Right
28 x 24 inches
31.5 x 26.5 inches with frame
SEE PHOTO:
**Used for the Bi-Cen...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed with initials center left. Measures 32" x 23.5" including the frame.
Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC
Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine
Brought to...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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