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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Post-Impressionist
"Immortality #1 , " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In this work, the horizontal flowing of paint alongside material possessions seems to insinuate some connection with notions of ownership. Household objects before morbid symbolism d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Immortality #3, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Immortality" series, Plusch explores how notions of beauty and deformity, eternal and momentary, and life and death intermingle and blur together. This work expresses how all...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Immortality #4, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In his "Immortality" series, Plusch explores how notions of beauty and deformity, eternal and momentary, and life and death intermingle and blur together. This work expresses how all...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Room #1, " Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Room #4, " Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Room #7" Acrylic and Varnish on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In Ivan’s "Room" series, we see the impression of a human figure against a background composed of imagery suggesting the dressings of an interior space. The treatment of the backgrou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"4 Red Balls, " Acrylic on Canvas - Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
In this work, the horizontal flowing of paint seems to insinuate some connection with the illusion of our material world. Although the scene appears precise in its rendering, there r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Into the Light
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just completed original oil painting by Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim. Into the Light, depicts a man rediating his own light, while the women above floating over his umbrella would all like to bask in his light. Only one canb join him as his true love, and she bears the read heart. Directions, is an original oil on canvas, signed, 2021 with an image dimension of 48 x 24 inches, just completed by the artist, the painting is currently unframed. Please contact the gallery for additional information, pricing and availability. About Artist Fidan Kim: Fidan Kim was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on the 21th of August 1997. 2014-2018 – BA FINE ARTS AZERBAIJAN STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS 2018-2020 – MA FINE ARTS AZERBAIJAN STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS August 2009 – “Young Talents Exploring Visual Arts” summer art courses at the Edinborough Art College August 2010 – “Art al Sole” summer art courses in Italy August 2011 - “Art al Sole” summer art courses in Italy October 2013 – a solo exhibition “The last day of the childhood” November 2014 – a solo exhibition “”Paradoxes” March 2015 – participation at a master class given by a renowned artist, Professor Inge H. Schmidt from the Berlin University of the Arts, Germany organized by ADRA June 2015 – VI International Art Festival June 2016 – an art exhibition “Futurismo Ora” at the “Lamborghini” salon October 2016 – participation at the Shopping festival Carrousel du Louvre Art in Paris December 2016 – art courses at the Georgian State Academy of Art within the exchange program Art) February 2017 – Gave art classes at Yarat contemporary art space April 2017 – an art exhibition “Live Life” in Moscow May 2017 – an art exhibition at the Embassy of Turkey in Azerbaijan May 2017 – an art exhibition Live Life organized in Geogria by Idea community June 2017 – Master Class given by Fidan Kim at Yarat Contemporary Art Centre Member of the Union of Artists May 2018 – solo exhibition in Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing, China November 2018 – Participation in Shanghai art...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Alabaster

“Square du Vert-Galant, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on board original painting of a beautiful summer’s day in the park along the Seine in Paris, France. Keith Oehmig, the well known Maine artist recently completed this painting. T...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Studio Fidan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just arrived original oil painting by Azerbaijani artist Fidan Kim. Studio Fidan, is an original oil on canvas, signed, 2020 with an image dimension of 43 x 35 inches,...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Occam's Razor
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and 3 mirrors on 9 canvases
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mirror, Oil

Royal Palms
Located in Kansas City, MO
Heather Farrell Title : Royal Palms Materials : Acrylic on canvas Date : 2019 Dimensions : 4' x 5'. (48 x 60 in.) Signed, COA provided Heather Farrell wor...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hot Coals
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Crazy Talk
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Village, Signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Village Signed and dated 27, lower left Oil on canvas In good condition 50 x 61 cm In its original frame : 65 x 77 cm Maurice Asselin is a painter an...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Self-Inflicted
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Belts
Located in Kensington, MD
Certificate of authenticity from the Agustin Fernandez Foundation is included.
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“The Toy Sailboat”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas laid down on wood panel painting of children playing at the beach by the French artist, Jean Lefort. The overcast skies do little to dampen the spirits of the children...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Metamorphosis of a Persecuted Star
Located in Long Island City, NY
A monumental oil painting by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 80 x 67 inches, framed to 84 x 71 inches. Signed and dated 1938. By the early 1930s Benno had establis...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait d"une Bourgeoise Parisienne
Located in Paris, FR
French Post Impressionist Portrait of Madame, an elegant portrait made before the 2nd World War showing a Parisian burgeoise lady by that time . Big dimension.
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Place de la République, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Edouard Léon Cortès
Located in Madrid, ES
EDOUARD LÉON CORTÈS French 1882 - 1969 PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE signed "EDOUARD CORTÈS." (lower right) oil on canvas 19-3/4 x 25-1/2 inches (50 x 64.5 cm.) framed: 27-3/4 x 33-3/8 inches (70 x 84.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Madrid An elegant night view of the Parisian Republic Square, with amazing light effects that catch us. This work executed based on brushstrokes of long and safe strokes that make the forms vibrate with vivid color. Parisian nightlife is trapped in this corner of Paris. The monumental sculpture that symbolizes freedom and that presides over the square serves as a reference behind the tram between a light chiaroscuro. Meanwhile, the effervecent and lively life of the cafes that surround it vibrate strongly with its bright lights. Èdouard León Cortés (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings. Cortes was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. His father, Antonio Cortés, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Knight in Armor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Born in 1946 Alfredo Sasso trained at the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts. From 1971 to 1973 he worked as an assistant to Jacques Lipchitz for the construction of three major monuments...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gaia and the Birth of a New King
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nathan Cartwright is a Los Angeles-based, mixed media artist and acclaimed founder/curator for The Hive Gallery and Studios, in downtown Los Angeles (founded in 2005). As an artist, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

March aux Fleurs, L'Arc de Triomphe
Located in Missouri, MO
Francois Gerome (b. 1895) "Marche aux Fleurs, L'Arc de Triomphe" c. 1950 Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Right, "F. Gerome L'Etoile a Paris" Canvas Size: 20 x 24 inches Framed Size: appr...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Le Panier de Fleurs, L'Arc de Triomphe
Located in Missouri, MO
Francois Gerome (b. 1895) "Le Panier de Fleurs, L'Arc de Triomphe" c. 1950 Oil on Canvas Signed "F. Gerome" Lower Right Canvas Size: 20 x 24 inches Framed Size: approx. 26 1/2 x 30 ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Quai de Louvre
Located in Missouri, MO
Antoine Blanchard "Quai de Louvre" Oil on Canvas Signed Canvas Size: approx 13 x 18 Framed Size: approx. 22 x 26
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The Power" Compelling, Authoritative Painting of Three Figures
By Claudio Pinto
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in 1954 in São Paulo, Brazil, Claudio began his artistic life early. At 4 years old, he already began to model small clay animals with great ease and that was when his uncle Ber...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Creatures of Prometheus, Surrealist Oil Painting by Barooshian 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - ) Title: Creatures of Prometheus Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated Size: 31 x 41 in. (78.74 x 104.14 cm) Frame Si...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Ocean Park Bench
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting qn exceptional oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002) Ocean Park bench, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957, painted ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

White Mantilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RICHARD KIRK "WHITE MANTILLA" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED AMERICAN, C.1960 36 X 23 INCHES Original Frame Richard Kirk Born 1932 Kirk was born in West Virginia in 1932. He ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Baltic Angst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - ) Title: Baltic Angst Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. and signed, titled and dated verso Size: 70 in. x 48 in. (177.8 ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Guitar Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a wonderful example from the late `1950's period of American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.) "Guitar Serenade", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1959, with an image...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Time Bond
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - ) Title: Time Bond Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso Size: 84 x 48 in. (213.36 x 121.92 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Balancing the Budget
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - ) Title: Balancing the Budget Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso Size: 60 x 84 in. (152.4 x 213.36 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ruins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Kostabi, American (1960 - ) Title: Ruins Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on canvas, signed verso Size: 62 x 68 inches (157.5 x 172.7 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Practice Session
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil painting from the, “Post Impressionist” period, c.1957, of American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Practice Session.” After his classical training in Paris, Bl...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Many-Headed Man
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alejandro Colunga, Mexican (1948 - ) Title: Many-Headed Man Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper Mounted to Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 56 x 42 inches Fr...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Before the Mirror
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.) "Before the Mirror", is a large original oil on panel, signed, c.1957...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Two Models
Located in West Hollywood, CA
About the Artist A rare original oil on canvas by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.) "Two Models" is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957. ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Security Checked' Conceptual Nude Portrait
Located in Rye, NY
‘Security Checked’ is a large vertical contemporary surrealist figurative oil on canvas painting created by Vietnamese artist Dinh Y Nhi in 2008. Featuring a vivid palette made of red, orange, pink and black tones, the painting depicts a frontal view of an angular nude figure, bending her knees down. The pink tones of her skin stand out dramatically on the red painted background made of large strokes contrasted with black fields that seem to frame the subject. This piece exemplifies Y Nhi's style of paintings as her success with two-colors; red, blue or black and white, addresses modern themes and issues devoid of gender. Her figurative surrealism style of stick figures is warped and elongated, stretched out of proportion. Each figure tilts and twists at painful angles. They bring to mind the famous harrowing faces in Edward Munch's ‘The Scream’, or the difficult distorted ones from the portraits of Francis Bacon. But most of the faces Y Nhi paints are miniature ones devoid of details, deceptively random and simple brush strokes. There is a playfulness that reflects the outer images the painter projects of herself. Her style also allows her to convey complex textures, and emotions, in her images. Dinh Y Nhi is a graduate of Hanoi's School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in many shows in Vietnam. She is receiving much notice among the Vietnamese press and art patrons in the United States, Australia and Asian countries. With its strong presence and large proportions, this surrealist oil on canvas painting will be a definite conversation piece in any home, whether placed above a sofa, console table or enfilade. Exhibitions 2011: Group Exhibition Art Asia Miami, Florida, AiBo Fine Asia Art 2011: Portrait, Dinh Y Nhi & Le Thiet Cuong...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Security' Conceptual Nude Portrait
Located in Rye, NY
‘Security’ is a large framed contemporary surrealist figurative oil on canvas painting of vertical format, created by Vietnamese artist Dinh Y Nhi in 2010. Featuring a cold palette mostly made of grey and black tones, accented with blue and beige touches, the painting depicts a frontal view of a nude figure. This piece exemplifies Y Nhi's style of paintings as her success with two-colors; red, blue or black and white, addresses modern themes and issues devoid of gender. Her figurative surrealism style of stick figures is warped and elongated, stretched out of proportion. Each figure tilts and twists at painful angles. They bring to mind the famous harrowing faces in Edward Munch's ‘The Scream’, or the difficult distorted ones from the portraits of Francis Bacon. But most of the faces Y Nhi paints are miniature ones devoid of details, deceptively random and simple brush strokes. There is a playfulness that reflects the outer images the painter projects of herself. Her style also allows her to convey complex textures, and emotions, in her images. Dinh Y Nhi is a graduate of Hanoi's School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in many shows in Vietnam. She is receiving much notice among the Vietnamese press and art patrons in the United States, Australia and Asian countries. With its powerful presence and great proportions, this surrealist oil on canvas painting will be a definite conversation piece in any home, whether placed above a sofa, console table or enfilade. Set inside a frame, the painting is titled in the lower section. 1967: Born in Hanoi, Vietnam 1989: Graduated from Hanoi Fine Art University Exhibitions: 2011: Group Exhibition Art Asia Miami, Florida, AiBo Fine Asia Art 2011: Portrait, Dinh Y Nhi & Le Thiet Cuong...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surreal Portrait of a Young Girl and Doll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Surrealist American oil painting depicting a young girl and her doll. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Image size 16"L x 20"H.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Woman Dancing', Spanish Surrealist Figural, Geneva, Museum of Paris, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Úbeda' for Augustin Úbeda (Spanish, 1925-2007) and painted circa 1965. Formerly in the collection of Jean Negulesco, the artist and Hollywood Film Director....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Iris Garden
Located in Miami, FL
Iris Garden is a painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist. This piece is a part of a flower series, defined by their distinct brigh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Trapeeze Act
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an outstanding, theatrical oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg. American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Anxiety
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler: Visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painting...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Equanimity: Pusher Love Girl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by American artist Darren LeGallo. "Equanimity: Pusher Love Girl", is one of the lifetime masterpieces by American artist Darren LeGallo, and it has just been released for sale, This painting was conceived and executed in the studio while the song, "Pusher Love Girl", was being recorded for, the 20/20 Experience album by Justin Timberlake.. “Equanimity: Pusher Love Girl”, was exhibited at the premiere solo exhibition of American artist Darren LeGallo, “Darren LeGallo: Nothing You Don’t Know”, a retrospective of original oil paintings and drawings, February/March 2013. The exhibition was produced by Trigg Ison...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil

The Wish
By Karen Kiefer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional early oil on canvas by American artist Karen Kiefer. Karen Kiefer continues to paint and teach fine art in Hawaii, the focus of her pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

La Carpa
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental early oil painting by Cuban artist Yuri Martinez Ramos. "La Carpa", The Tent, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1997, ...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Venus
By Edmond Vandercammen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional and rare mixed media watercolor by Belgian artist Edmond Vandercammen. Vandercammen was classically trained and well ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of the Genie
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Federico Castellón (1914-1971) was a Spanish-American painter, sculptor, printmaker and illustrator of children's books. Portrait of a Genie, is an original pencil signed etching,...
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Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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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