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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Naturalistic
Field - A Western USA landscape oil painting
Located in New York, NY
An oil painting featuring a typical western USA mountains. The oil painting is based on a photographic base using photo graphic paper laid on the canvas. Ayline Olukman is a multim...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper, Stretcher Bars, Photograp...

"Sprung" Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Wyatt Mills
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sprung" Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Wyatt Mills ABOUT THE ARTIST: Wyatt Mills was born in New York in 1991. After earning a BFA in painting from The School of Visual Arts, he r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper

Monica Litho (Good Witch)
Located in Columbia, MO
Benjamin Parks is a Kansas City based artist whose primary focus is painting large-scale portraits and figurative work, though he also produces illustrations, interactive installatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Silenciado Sergio Moscona 21st Century painting Contemporary drawing portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper Hand signed and dated lower right
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Patterns in White, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Cow, The Dove and The Moon_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Animal
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "The Cow, The Dove and The Moon" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 102 x 56 in. ______________ Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Women Watch Eclipse_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Nude/Orange
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Women Watch Eclipse" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 61.5" x 62" Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Sheng Hui Landscape Original Oil Painting "Picnic Day In Park"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Picnic Day In Park Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crowned in Color - Vibrant Whimsical Abstract Feminine Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Nr. 5 - abstract contemporary art work multilayered assemblage
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Abstract Nr. 5" is a new 2024 unique acrylic on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. It debicts square or rectangular layers painted in an abstract expressio...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Mafia Pizza Break By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Mafia Pizza Break By Marc Zimmerman The caper is over,the boss got his dough and this fine group of folks are taking a well deserved break, Pizza Time for the mafia, This masterwo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Aunque usted no lo crea. Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aunque usted no lo crea, 2010, by Alvaro Barrios Watercolor on paper Image size: 33 H cm. x 20 W cm. Frame size: 38 H x 50 W x 5 D. cm. Unique Discover the captivating universe of ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Unmask -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa, Pattern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
At one point or the other, we try to hide away some inner truth about us as a result of what is known to each of us. Nevertheless, irrespective of those reasons personal to you and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Destroy the Gender - Acrylic by Anna Maria Caboni - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Destroy the Gender is a provocative acrylic painting and collage realized by the Italian artist Anna Maria Caboni. The collage depicts a statuary male nude covered by orange underwe...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Encounter with a bird - Acrylic figurative painting, Landscape, Vibrant Green
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ BOJDYS (born in 1967) Bojdys studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Graphics Department in Katowice. He graduated from project atelier of Tomasz Jury and painting...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Veil Of Now" - Mixed Media Abstract Figurative Portrait 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Crafted in 2024, The Veil of Now is an original mixed media on panel by artist Jon Wassom, measuring 16 x 12 x 1.50 inches. This striking figurative portrait demonstrates Wassom’s ad...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Adam Bartlett, Dessert of Love, Original Painting Still Life Painting, Naïve art
Located in Deddington, GB
Dessert of Love [2021] original Acrylic on Board Image size: H:52cm cm x W:63cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49cm cm x W:60cm cm x D:0.5cm Frame Size: H:52cm cm x W:63cm cm x D:3cmcm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look I wanted to bring together geometrics and plants with a tropical twist, the actual painting was completed through winter, ultimately it was a fun exploration in new ways of creating pattern, gradients and colour. Adam Bartlett, painter and print designer, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Adam Bartlett is a former fashion print designer who studied textiles at Manchester University and is now a full time artist, specialising painting and illustration; common themes are that of nature (jungle and tigers) and still life, both abstract and surreal, inspired by a mixture of Mughal and contemporary art. His recent clients include the Zizzi Restaurants, Easy and Ibis Hotel chains; producing large scale mural art...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Wild Rose, Original painting on paper, Nature, Rose, Flower
Located in Deddington, GB
This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Colour Pencil on Paper Sold...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Diana and the Stag
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cherries on Table - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Cherries on Table is an original oil painting realized by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2007 Mixed colored oil on canvas Includes frame Hand-signed and dated on the back Zhang Wei ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ethereal Emotions Elegant Neutral Colors a Contemporary Gestural Horse Painting
Located in Charleston, US
Abbie Gibson's large scale contemporary horse painting, "Between Two Worlds" is inspired by the horse and ethereal qualities surrounding the animal, while focusing on the subjects of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Devil You Know
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jolynn Reigeluth The Devil You Know Acrylic, India Ink, linocut and cut paper on wood panel Year: 2022 Size: 36x24x2.5 in Framed Size: 36x24x2.5 in Ready to hang Signed COA provided ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Linocut

Naturalistic Field with Trees Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic landscape painting of a field of trees painted with egg tempera. The piece is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and framed in a dark wooden frame with black acce...
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1970s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Eleanor Woolley, Street Shadows 1, Landscape Art, Cityscape Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Street Shadows 1 [January 2021] Original Figurative Oil Painting on Gesso board Size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm x D:1.9cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indicatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Dancer in Yellow
Located in San Francisco, CA

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Flight II" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Encaustic Painting of Bird Wings
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Flight II" (2023) is an original, mixed media using encaustic on wood panel that depicts a pair of colorful abstract bird wings on a light blue background...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Contaminating the Innocent - Young Girl Swimming Surrounded by Plastic Waste
Located in Chicago, IL
"Contaminating the Innocent" is a bold statement on our society today. Plastics are everywhere and what they are doing to the environment is devastating. What they are doing to the next generation is even more catastrophic. Bruno plays with this idea by bringing this angelic child to the forefront of the issues at hand. We are drawn in by her innocence yet taunted by her surroundings. Bruno Surdo Contaminating the Innocent oil on canvas 48h x 48w in 121.92h x 121.92w cm BRS072 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

All Are Welcome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Ryan Wilks Title : All Are Welcome Materials : Holy Water, Watercolor, Glass Shards, and Black 3.0 on Arches Paper Date : 10-01-2020 Dimensions : 2...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Figure No. 8, 2012
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Figure No. 8, 2012' by John Goodman. The artwork is 52 x 32 inches. Artist signed and dated in ink verso. Condition is excelllent. Goodman’s signature restrained palette and impast...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Evening Miracle - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova, 70x50 cm., realized in 2022. Excellent condition.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Friend or Foe?
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jolynn Reigeluth Friend or Foe? Acrylic, India Ink, linocut and cut paper on wood panel Year: 2022 Size: 24x18x2.5 in Framed Size: 24x18x2.5 in Ready to hang Signed COA provided Ref....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Linocut

Still Life with Mask and Books - Oil Paint by Antonio Sciacca - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Mask and Books is an artwork realized by Antonio Sciacca (Catania, 1957) Oil painting on canvas 60x80 cm. Hand signed on the lower and rear Original inscription ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rebirth" Woman with Vulture in Abstract Environment
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rebirth" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 58"h x 46"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's practice as s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Etienne - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer ge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Woman at Le Cafe La Nuit in Arles, France by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a French Woman at Le Café La Nuit in Arles, France by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Provençal eatery with a charming terrace said to have inspir...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Snowy forest watercolor landscape with birches by fine italian painter
Located in Milan, IT
Nicola Magrin was born in Milan in 1978. In 2004 he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan with a thesis on Miquel Barceló. In 2008 he was selected for a three...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Aerie I
Located in Bozeman, MT
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She lives in New York. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Ber...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Bathsheba's Garage
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work… This painting reimagines the moment when Cleopatra contemplates suicide after her battlefield loss to Octavian. In this revisionist history, Cleopatr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Mother and Daughter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the American contemporary artist, Nadine Campbell Hoskins. Signed lower right. Circa 1985. Condition is excellent. Overall framed measurements are 16.75 by 14.5 inches. Provenance: Steel Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida. Nadine Campbell Hoskins, born in 1912 was a self-taught artist and Coral Gables jet-setter who was a staple of Miami Herald social columns in the 1960s and '70s. She began her career at the Lowe Art Museum's clothesline sales. New artists could hang paintings on clotheslines. Her paintings are in [Lowe's] permanent collection. Hoskins had a studio at Douglas Entrance -- the historic Gables building that's now a luxury office...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - HOKUTO's Sigh
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University of E...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache

Adelai Bischoff / oil on canvas - interior scene in vivid color
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Adelie Bischoff sits in a chair while William Rushton looks on. The two artists met at an opening reception at the launch of an art exhibition both were participating in. Rush...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Head Crying in the Wood - 21st Century, Flame, Tears, Hero, Yellow, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Head Crying in the Wood, 2017 Acrylic on canvas 27.55 H x 27.55 W in. 70 H x 70 W cm The artwork represents a crying head of a man in the wood. The fear paralyzes the facial expression of the man and several droops come out of his eyes. The face expression...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Musicians, Playing Drums, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Yellow, Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - Untitled - 36 x 72 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with Five Athletes
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with Five Athletes n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 35.5 x 86 inches (90.2 x 218.4 cm) $9,500 + $850 framing This w...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

If Only We Knew - Charlie Mackesy, Original Oil, Musician, angel, piano, gold
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
An original painting in oil by British artist Charlie Mackesy - Mackesy's clever work and style here, provide us with a sample of his talent when he creates in the medium of oil pain...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Who Are These Angels CXVIII
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This piece is number 118 from my Who are These Angels series.

About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Perfect Empire #9", Classical Greek Sculpture Portrait Figurative Study on Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary figure study of a classical Greek sculpture of a man, depicted with expressive brushstrokes on a bold, deep red background, by UK-based Filipino artist...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amit Bhar - Untitled Acrylic & Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches (Shipment in a roll form) About Artist : Born and brought up in Hoogly, Chinsurah, in 1973, Ami...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Original Modernist Oil Stick Pigment Painting by Aaron Fink, Cherry. Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955) "Cherry" Signed and dated "Aaron Fink 1980" lower right. framed. there is a label that was on the board on back from Obelisk gallery. it is currently not attached. it is unframed. Floated against a foam core backing so that the edges of the sheet are visible. The two tiny tears are probably at site of old tack holes, where the tacks pulled through the paper due to the weight. Born in Boston, Fink received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA from the Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, the Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, and Colorado State University, Fort Collins. In 2002 a monograph on Fink’s work, Out of the Ordinary, was published, with text by Eleanor Heartney. In 1983 Fink met the collector John Powers, who remained a strong supporter of his work until his death in 1999. Fink’s work is represented in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hara Museum, Tokyo, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, among many others. Fink currently divides his time between Boston and Rockport, Massachusetts. S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S Art Institute of Chicago Bank of America Boston Public Library Bouwfonds Netherlandse Gemeenten, The Netherlands Brooklyn Museum of Art Castelli Collection, New York Chase Manhattan Bank Chemical Bank Childrens Hospital, Chicago Choate Rosemary Hall...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Pigment

Monkey, owl and raven- Polish Master Of Art, Animals pyramid, Pastel
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. Initially, his art was considered t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Pastel

29 May 1985, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cafe Breakfast
By Matthew Crane
Located in Buffalo, NY
Matthew Crane is a figurative painter whose work seeks to find a balance between violence and grace. As a self taught artist, Matthew merges abstract exp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Super Harmony
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Rider Series #28
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"My Dusty Teal Heart" Teal Green Pop Oil Painting on Wood w White Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Mixed Technique Collage, Textile, Acrylic on Canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Textile, Acrylic

Lullaby in Bloom "Gardens of Resilience" series, art by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the latest addition to the "Gardens of Resilience" series, the artist presents a deeply symbolic portrayal of innocence and hope. The painting captures the serene image of a sleep...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Venice Beach
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Depicts Carole Garland reveling in a hot summer day at the Venice Beach. Colorful beach umbrellas shield the timid from the burning sun while sunbathers bask in the searing heat. Yellow and blue ribbons floating on the wind celebrate Venice’s chaos and its whimsy. To focus the figure of a preteen who stands sentinel, Garland fades out the foreground sunbather on right and obfuscates the crouching man on left. The artist leads us to the groups of mysterious standing and sitting figures in the shadows and beyond. Garland’s collection of figurative work speaks to a contemporary sensibility in her approach to painting, while expressing a curiosity about the human form and an irrepressible concern for the human spirit. Carole Garland graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. She has worked privately with artists Keith Finch and Ron Pekar, taken numerous workshops and was mentored by David Gallup...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

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.

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