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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Mid Century Female Nude Figure, Sea Cliff Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Female nude figure at the beach by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Jon Blanchette" verso. Image size, 24"H x 18"W.
Jon Blan...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Nymphs in the Forest" Oil on Canvas Signed in Gilded Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Narcisse Díaz de la Peña, "Nymphs in the Forest. Oil on canvas signed "Diaz" at lower left. In its original gilded wooden frame bearing the name "Diaz 1807-1876" on brass plate.
Nar...
Category
1850s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs”
An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885.
Mas...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rustic Apples and Bread Food Still Life French Salon Academic Antique Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A remarkable work by Charles Nicolas Etienne Mayre, an academic painter born in Choisy le Roi near Paris in 1819. He studied with the masters Michel-Martin Drolling and Leon Cogniet...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 19th Century French Signed Portrait of Gentleman with Letter & Quill Pen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, mid 19th century
signed to the letter and dated
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 28 inches
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Red Converse shoes Oil READY TO HANG Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
🟢☀️Still Life Red Converse shoes☀️🟢
Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars as an iconic imagery from Pop Culture.
⭐Technique⭐: oils, acrylics and ink on old book pages, mounted on a woo...
Category
1920s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Glue, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
The People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The People, 1938, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 36 x 48 inches, label verso reads “348 / 89 / Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA / _____ The People / _______ Arnold Blanch ...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carmine - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Carmine is one of a new series of stunning acrylic abstract paintings by Vancouver-based artist Fiona Ackerman. Inspired by 17th century botanical illustrations by women naturalists,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Three Sisters in Blue Mountains, New South Wales Australia by Australian Artist
Located in Preston, GB
"The Three Sisters" in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia by Australian Artist, Alan Robert Colquhoun Grieve (1910-1970).
Art measures 21 x 17 inches
Frame measures 28 x 24 inches
(Original ornate period frame is commensurate with age) Vintage 1960's
Born in Sydney in 1910, Alan Robert Colquhoun Grieve studied at the Julian Ashton School and the East Sydney Technical College and with Australian artist Herbert Edward Badham. Alan Grieve has notably exhibited at Royal Arts Society in Sydney and was Vice President of the Australian Arts Society. His work is held in private collections the world over, including The Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Fred & Elinor Wrobel Collection in Sydney and the Howard Hilton Collection. He has won numerous art prizes during the 20th Century.
This painting was bought from Gordon Galleries in Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales in circa 1962 by Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew KCMG, CB, CBE, DSO - Governor of Western Australia from 1963 to 1974.
The Three Sisters are an unusual rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on the north escarpment of the Jamison Valley. They are located close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' best known sites, towering above the Jamison Valley.
The Legend:
The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Riverscape Impressionist Oil Painting by George Thompson Pritchard, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Riverscape, an original oil on canvas by George Thompson Pritchard, is a piece for the true collector. An impressively calming nature of this plein-air painting draws you in...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Mothers and Children on the Beach' by Don Hatfield - American Impressionism
By Don Hatfield
Located in Carmel, CA
Don Hatfield’s 'Mothers and Children on the Beach' is a captivating example of American Impressionism, showcasing his mastery of light, color, and composition. This framed 38" x 55" ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo); Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Vande Fackere, Bruges 1879 – 1946, Les Fleurs et Accessoires, Pastel
Located in Knokke, BE
Joseph Vande Fackere
Bruges 1879 – 1946
Belgian Painter
Les Fleurs et Accessoires
Signature: Signed bottom right
Medium: Pastel
Dimensions: Image size 54,50 x 65,50 cm, frame size 6...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Upper Meadow in June (Contemporary Panoramic Plein Air Landscape Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Upper Meadow in June (Contemporary Panoramic Plein Air Landscape Painting) by Joseph Rapp
18 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas
19.75 x 37.75 inches framed in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Everyday Shapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Everyday Shapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw is the youngest son o...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Samson Delilah
Located in Varmo, IT
French master (18th century) - Samson and Delilah.
81 x 119 cm without frame, 99 x 137 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in antique carved wooden frame.
Condition rep...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conversation 3 - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Beach
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antonio Diziani (Venetian master) - 18th century landscape painting Countryside
By Antonio Diziani
Located in Varmo, IT
Antonio Diziani (Venice 1737 - Venice 1797) - Bucolic landscape with characters and wagon.
45 x 101.5 cm without frame, 55.5 x 111.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on canvas, ...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sitting" figuratif nude acrylic on linen canvas 60x60cm 2010
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
figuratif "Sitting" acrylic on linen canvas 60x60cm nude 2010
the beauty of the body in opposition to violence.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Henrietta Milan, "Claude's Countless Blessings", 48x30 Lily Pond Monet Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Claude's Countless Blessings" is a 48x30 oil painting on canvas by artist Henrietta Milan. Step into a quaint garden lily pond scene depicting Claude Monet's Garden in G...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stopping to water the driven horses Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous European figurative of a simpler time. Horses being watered in the plains by Janos Viski (Hungarian/American 1891-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Fine 19th Century Victorian Oil Painting Angler in Scottish Highlands Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, 19th century, indistinctly signed lower corner
Title: The Angler in the Scottish Highlands, beautiful landscape scene.
Medium: oil painting on canv...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gazing Boldly 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men Hat, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Gazing boldly is an act of defiance against the uncertainties of life. It embodies the spirit of facing challenges head-on, with unwavering confidence and clarity. This phrase evokes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid 19th Century "Susanna And The Elders" After The Old Master by Martinelli
Located in San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Mid 19th century old master "Susanna and the Elders" after Martinelli
Brilliant old master painting of Susanna and the Elders.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 26.5" ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Belle Epoque Period Oil Painting c1900
Located in Holywell, GB
Alexandre-François BONNARDEL (1867-1942)
French School Belle Epoque Period Oil Painting c1900
An exquisite painting of a young woman, probably the artist’s daughter, set amongst the...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Presence" (2024) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Hartshorn's beautiful original impressionist oil landscape "Presence" (2024) depicts an American midwestern plains scene, focused on the skyscape above, with a farm and mou...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Port de Honfleur Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Reflections
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Port de Honfleur Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Reflections
By F.T. Roussel
Signed: yes
Size: 11.25 x 14.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on paper, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Siege of Orléans
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I capture the intense atmosphere of a historical battle, focusing on the stoic bravery of a young Joan of Arc amidst chaos. Her reflective gaze, contrasting viv...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Duet #2, Large Art Deco Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Duet #2" is an original painting on canvas measuring 48 x 36 inches by Erik Freyman. The artist is best known for his 80's style which draws heavily on Art Deco and Cubism.
Frey...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Angels and Patrons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero portrays his niece examining Jules Bastien-Lepage’s 1879 painting of Joan of Arc receiving her life-changing vision. Set within a room...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstracted Figure, Female Figure_Women Pick Fruit by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Women Pick Fruit"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
69 x 81 Inches
69.5 x 82.5 In. Framed
Signed painting by America Martin.
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
FINE Original Antique By H. Carnier 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD FINE Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Good Condition Canvas. With one repair overtime , Professional Cleaned & Re-vanished ,
Ready to hang. " Origi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
China Patch Abstract
By John Thomson
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling and vibrant oil abstract work by Monterey Bay artist and gallery owner John O. Thomson. Signed lower right. Signed on verso John O Thomson and titled "China Patch 6-5-11 S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean Kevorkian, Un Jour d'Été, Original Oil Village Scene
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 96.5cm x 129.5cm / 38" x 51"
Signed lower left.
This stunning original oil landscape painting by Jean Kevorkian depicts a beautiful little village next to a tranqu...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady with Books 2 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 39x23in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Lady with Books 1
Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm .
Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging.
Framed !
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 20th century Modern British Impressionist portrait of a mother and child
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite early 20th-century oil on panel by Dorothea Sharp captures the timeless and universal bond between mother and child in a tender Impressionist style. Painted circa 1900...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique French Rococo Oil Painting Elegant Figures Dancing outdoors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Figures in the Park
French, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 26.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: with some former restoration and m...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joker, Found Objects and Oil Paint on Canvas and Wood by Mihail Sorin
By Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin
Title: Joker
Year: 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame adorned with Mini Playing Cards
Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm)
Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil
"Vue plongeante sur la porte d’Amont – Etretat" - Normandy, France
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Vue plongeante sur la porte d’Amont – Etretat" - Normandy, France
"Overlooking the Porte d'Amont - Etretat" - Normandy, France
Oil on canvas signed lower right, 92 x 60 x 2,5 cm, ti...
Category
1990s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paysage de Provence
By Patrick Reault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Paysage de Provence" c.1990, is a oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Patrick Reault, born 1955. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 21.75 x 18 inches, framed size is 28.85 x 22.5 inches. it is framed in original wooden painted white frame. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
After growing up on the banks of the Dordogne , in 1975 he became a theater actor and musician in a group formed in Clermont-Ferrand . In the early 1980s , he moved to Marseille where he began his career as a painter, after observing a watercolor artist on the Place aux Huiles . Self-taught, he paints in his cellar, drawing inspiration from the painters Nicolas de Staël and William Turner . He sells his first watercolors on the quays of the Old Port of Marseille, and Cassis . He then moved to Paris, where he continued painting. Patrick Reault exhibits in Asia, the United States and France. The first of his lithographs was published in 1994 by Art Cadre Paris. The Hazan publish posters of his Provençal landscapes. He now exhibits permanently at Opera Gallery. Patrick Reault paints Provençal and colorful landscapes in his so-called Provençal period and proclaims his love for the skies and their spray in his maritime paintings. He used different painting techniques, having started with watercolor, then continued with oils for about ten years. Since then he has mainly used acrylic .
Exhibitions
• April 1982 : Galerie La Poutre, Marseille
• 1984 : Giorgione Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand
• 1984 : Group exhibition in Cannes , Aix-en-Provence , Le Lavandou and Nice
• 1986 : Mont d'Arbois under the initiative of Baron de Rothschild
• 1986 : International Consortium of the Arts. Art Expo in New York .
• 1988 : Menton , Galerie Montgibello.
• 1988 : Group exhibition Geneva, Switzerland, Consortium des Arts.
• 1989 : Front de Mer Gallery La Baule...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dawn Seascape Painting with Pink Sky and Waves by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Dawn Seascape Painting with Pink Sky and Waves by 20th Century British Artist, Norman Scott
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame measures 18 x 14 inches
Vintage Original Oil on Boar...
Category
1980s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Untitled # 3
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
FADING INTO STONE 1 original surreal painting oil/canvas Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Fading into Stone 1", original, unique painting, 80x60cm / 27.5x23.5in
Shipped stretched ready for display.
“Fading into Stone 1” presents a striking fusion of sculpture and interi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude
By Rip Matteson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" c.1970 is an oil painting on panel by American artist Rip Matteson, 1920-2011. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The panel size is 24 x 18 inc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Vibrant Ceremonial Gathering at the Chapel Breton France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ceremonial Gathering at the Chapel
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10.75 x 9.75 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with mino...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase of Orange Gerberas, Hubert Glansdorff, Brussels 1877 – 1963 Knokke, Signed
Located in Knokke, BE
Vase of Orange Gerberas
Hubert Glansdorff
Brussels 1877 – 1963 Knokke
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charming 19th Century Oil Painting of Rural English Cottage Scene with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural English Cottage Scene
English School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 12 x 16 inches
Canvas : 8 x 12 inches
Provenance: privat...
Category
19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Figures at the Ball outside at Night'. A framed oil painting by Gabriel Griffon
Located in St. Albans, GB
Gabriel Griffon
Born in 1866 and died in 1938
Picture Size: 29 x 36" (74 x 91cm)
Outside Frame Size: 36 x 43" (91 x 110cm)
A signed and framed antique oil painting
Griffon was born ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lee Wells 'They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
English Impressionist scene of two women in a canoe, on a river landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
English Impressionist scene of two women in a canoe on a river with a landscape during an English Summer time.
Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a traditional Impressionist manner. He exhibited in London and many of his paintings are held in private collections.
He was influenced by the work of Edward Seago, Edward Wesson...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Soo Young - Queen of Korea
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on hanji paper (Korean traditional paper)
15.9 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm without space + white frame
Kim Soo Young is a Korean artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Seoul, So...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Milena in Black Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative art
Title: Milena in Black
Size: 16" x 12" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"At Dusk" 2024 oil painting on brass, fireflies in Tuscan garden, sunset horizon
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on brass painting of the artist's back yard, at dusk. The distant pale yellow sky above a mountainous horizon is intersected by a tall cypress tree. Dark green hues make up th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Pink and Yellow Roses in a Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Pink and Yellow Roses in a Vase
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figure 2
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 2 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a pink-toned nude male model kneeling on a blue surface.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel, Pencil
La Madeleine – Le Soir Impressionist Cityscape Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Eduoard Cortes. The work depicts a view of La Madaleine, a Catholic parish church situated on Place de la Madel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Green Martini - Original Pop Art Cocktail Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Summer - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary 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.
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