Figurative Paintings
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Paper, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper, Stretcher Bars, Photograp...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Artist Comments
The delicate features of the woman are accentuated as she peers into a bamboo-like pattern of contrasting muted whites and grays. Skin tones pop against the h...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Linocut
1970s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
Created during the chilly winter, this piece is a celebration of warmth and light. Bathed in the hot spotlight, this dancer shimmies around the stage and help...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Encaustic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Linocut
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gesso, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This piece is number 118 from my Who are These Angels series.
About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career b...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Cardboard, Pastel
Artist Comments
I have always been fascinated by images from the past that exist today divorced from their original intent or context. Clearly, someone believed the image was...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Textile, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.