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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Victorian
Portrait of Young Child Antique European Oil Painting Fine Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child
European School, early 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 21 x 18 inches
canvas: 15 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: extensiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WILD ANIMAL
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
19th century English landscape with Oak trees, a stream and sheep on a pathway
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English landscape with Oak trees, a stream and sheep on a pathway.
A wonderful classic English landscape dating from the middle of the 19th century. This style of paint...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Grand Tour Venice - Large 19th Century Venetian Oil Painting Ducal Palace
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Grand Tour, Venice’ by Josef Carl Püttner (1821-1881).
The painting – which depicts a group of 19th century Grand Tourists on the Riva degli ...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Distance Bridged by a Bunny, bright colors
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a painting of a nude woman sitting on a bed with her leg extended and her foot pushed against a mirror behind the head of the bed. She is looking at the sleeping man next to...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract portrait with antique frame, 1950s/60s
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016).
Oil on masonite
Measures 25"L x 23"W.
Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame.
Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Breton Girl Combing Hair, 1989. Intimate Everyday Moment. Painted in Brittany.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Claudia Williams.
English ( b.1933 ).
Girl Combing Hair, 1989.
Oil on Canvas.
Signed lower left.
Image size 14.8 inches x 17.9 inches ( 37.5cm x 45.5cm ).
Frame size 17.7 inches x 21...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Victorian British Oil Painting Man Fishing Autumnal River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
T. Lawley (British late 19th century)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15 x 23.5 inches
canvas: 12 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and s...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
GOLDEN MASK
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
19th century English landscape with trees, a Harvest Field during Summertime
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English landscape with trees, a Harvest Field during Summertime.
A wonderful classic English landscape dating from the middle of the 19th century. This style of paintin...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
On the Sea (På havet, 1911) by Swedish Carl Wilhelmson
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting På Havet (On the Sea) by Carl Wilhelmson, created in 1911, stands as a remarkable testament to the artist's profound connection with the sea and its influence on his wor...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
19th century English landscape with a cottage, pond, trees at sunrise or sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful early to mid 19th century English Cottage landscape.
Oils on an oak wooden panel, this piece has a great feel and quality.
Framed in its original frame this piece is an e...
Category
1830s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Oil Painting Israeli Pinchas Litvinovsky Jerusalem Israel Bezalel School
By Pinchas Litvinovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Pinchas Litvinovsky (Russian/Israeli, 1894-1985)
A group of people, Jerusalem Types
Hand signed indistinctly (lower right) in English and in Hebrew Verso.
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 16 1/8 x 51 1/16in
Pinchas Litvinovsky (1894-1985) was a prominent Israeli painter, born in the Russian Empire (now Belarus) in Novo-Georgiyevsk, Russia. As a student he visited the Bezalel exhibition in Odessa and met Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Schatz persuaded the young, talented student to study art in Jerusalem at Bezalel. He immigrated to Palestine in 1911, where he became a key figure in the local art scene and was among the pioneers of Israeli art. Litvinovsky studied art in Odessa and later in Paris at the Académie Julian. In the 1930’s he traveled to Paris, France where he encountered the art of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and artists of the Ecole Juif Jewish School of Paris. (Marc Chagall, Modigliani, Chaim Soutine). Litvinovsky worked in many modernist styles, especially Cubism as reflected in the Russian constructivist paintings of the 1920’s His work, which includes landscapes, portraits, and biblical scenes, reflects a blend of European influences and Middle Eastern motifs. He was a member of the Bezalel group of artists and participated in the establishment of the Tel Aviv Artists' House. Throughout his career, Litvinovsky's art evolved, but he remained dedicated to exploring the unique light and landscapes of Israel, contributing significantly to the cultural fabric of the young nation.
Select Group exhibitions
Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Arie Allweil, Ludwig Blum, Nachum Gutman, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel, Reuven Rubin, Shmuel Schlezinger,
Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Sionah Tagger, Elias Newman,
A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, 1940
Artists: Moshe Mokady, Jakob Steinhardt, Anna Ticho, Joseph Budko, Mordecai Ardon, Moshe Castel, Abel Pann, Hermann Struck,
Rina Gallery, Jerusalem
Artists: Motke Blum, Efraim Fima (Roytenberg, Ephraim) Zelig Segal, David Sharir, Joseph Halevi, David Caftori, Menashe kadishman, Dedi Ben Shaul, Raffi Lavie
Exposition des Artistes de Jérusalem Grand Palais, Paris, France
Artists: Samuel Ackerman, Marek Yanai, Zvi Tolkovsky, Zvi Miron Sima...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Expressionist Landscape Oil Painting - Sea Catch
Located in Bristol, GB
SEA CATCH
Size: 54.5 x 87 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed and lively mid-century modernist composition in oil, painted onto canvas.
In this scene, we see ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Madonna. Oil on canvas, 53x48 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madonna. Oil on canvas, 53x48 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes w...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century English village scene with cottages, horses landscape and people
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgine Lara
English Village landscape
A painting by Georgina Lara depicting a 19th-century English village scene offers a charming and evocative portrayal of a bygone era, captur...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
GOLDEN MASK
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Aaron Berkman (1900 - 1991)
“Bowling in Central Park” New York
Oil on canvas
10 x 14 inches
Signed and titled verso: Aaron Berkman 1950
Provenance:
Private collection, USA
Aaron Ber...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait. Oil on canvas, 64x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Oil on canvas, 64x50 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WILD ANIMAL
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) A Still life, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927)
A Still life,
signed lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm
Framed : 53.5 x 63.5 cm
Another fine example of Henry Ottmann's original art, this still life ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
FANTASY WORLD
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
A fantasy world to immerse yourself in. It is inspired by great masters of painting such as; Chagall, Miró, Picasso.
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Cherish, Original Figurative Oil Painting by Sava Harris, Turkey
Located in Sempach, LU
In "Cherish," I wanted to show my feelings after the trauma I experienced. This painting is full of bright colors and symbols.
"I cannot sleep at night, drowning in my thoughts. I fa...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
WILD ANIMAL
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Huge Dutch Winter Scene 19th Century Oil Painting Figures Playing on Ice
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cutting the Ice
Dutch School, circa 1880's
signed with initials AW and dated 1888
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32.5 x 56 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Over and Above: No. 6, Surreal Cat w/ Fish Bones, 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904–2000)
Over and Above: No. 6, 1963
Oil, sand & fish bones on canvas
Signed and dated upper left
53 x 31 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achie...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Donald McIntyre. Girl and Chapel, North Wales. Modern British. Rural Welsh Life.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Donald McIntyre.
English ( b.1923 - d.2009 ).
Girl and Chapel, North Wales.
Oil on card.
Signed with monogram twice lower left.
Image size 12 inches x 15.6 inches ( 30.5cm x 39.5cm ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1960s snake painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1967
Casein on board
Signed lower right
7.75 x 5.5 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a lev...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
An ink drawing Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait of an old Jewish man. Coming over from Europe on a ship crossing. The work is signed "Ben-Zion".
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. In 1920 he settled in America, where he found little interest in his writing. He began teaching Hebrew to support himself and then in the early 1930s returned to painting. He used his art to comment on the rise of fascism in Europe, events he felt could not be adequately explored with words. Largely self-taught, Ben-Zion visited the museums of New York City to learn his new trade. His first painting on a large scale, Friday Evening (1933, Jewish Museum, New York), depicts a Sabbath dinner table as recalled from his family home. Ben-Zion supported himself by working odd jobs until the establishment of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Under the auspices of the wpa, Ben-Zion thrived and galleries began to show his work. In 1936, after his first one-man show at the Artists' Gallery in New York
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Hillside and Stream, early 20th century modernist Cleveland School painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964)
Hillside and Stream, 1916
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 18 inches
25.5 x 21.5 inches, framed
A graduate of the Cleveland Schoo...
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Oil Painting of a Reclining Woman, L'Europe by Skilling
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on board of a reclining nude woman in a classical setting with a lyre, titled L'EUROPE and executed in a distinctive Victorian parlor painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fred Morgan, ‘The Hero of the Hour’, Large Victorian Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Fred Morgan, ‘The Hero of the Hour’, large Victorian oil painting
English, Late 19th Century
Canvas: Height 86cm, width 120cm
Frame: Height 122cm, width 154.5cm, depth 11cm
This su...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting Victorian London
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette - 19th Century French Revolution Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Arrest of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Varennes’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts the King and Queen of France’s failed attempt to...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Figurative -- Seated Samurai Original Oil on Canvas
A quiet mood of this warrior is captured by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century historical Italian genre scene of a woman & baby sat next to a man
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Willem Johannes Martens
Dutch, (1838-1895)
The Admirer
Oil on canvas, signed & transcribed with title to stretcher
Image size: 19.25 inches x 24.5 inches
Size including frame: 28 in...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Signed Modernist Oil Painting Nude Figure in Room Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Interior
by Maurice Delavier (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated 1944
oil on board, unframed
board: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Irish Oil Canvas Fishing Maritime Painting William P Rogers Dublin 1870
By William P. Rogers
Located in Portland, OR
A good & whimsical oil on canvas painting by the Irish painter William P. Rogers (fl 1846-1872). The work depicts a fisherman mending his nets, with baskets & ropes to the foreground...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Still Life with Apples, Mid 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Still Life with Apples, 1940
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated upper right
18 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Day in the County - Large 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floral painting, abstract floral large scale oil painting
Located in Basalt, CO
This 60" x 48" original floral oil painting called "Charmed" is one of the first in Tania's recent body of large format flower-inspired oil paintings. On a sprawling 60" canvas, hues...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oval Antique British Oil Painting Village Lane Cottage with Figure Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Lane
British artist, early 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 7 x 8.5 inches
board: 6 x 7.5 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good an...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paco Gorospe Filipino (1939-2002), Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paco Gorospe Filipino (1939-2002)
Oil on canvas
Abstract painting of figures with fishing nets
Canvas dimensions: 18.25" x 24.25" (on stretcher, no frame)
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Signed French Oil Painting Fisherfolk on the Shore Sunset Sunrise
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bringing in the Catch
French artist, 19th century
indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 19.5 x 29 inches
canvas: 16 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, France
con...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dynamic jungle drummer scene by unknown NYC American artist. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 26 inches. Signed "T 42" in ink on verso. Anco stretchers and Grumbacher NYC store stamp con...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover Desdemona, and her senator father – is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commissioned bespoke gold metal leaf frame...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Dance
Located in Bristol, GB
DANCE
Size: 42 x 49.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An endearing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
In the painting, two couples engaged in a dan...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Via di San Leonardo, Florence (Italy) - Oil Paint - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Via di San Leonardo, Florence (Italy) is an oil painting on pressed cardboard realized at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Good condition (light color degradation).
Frame included.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Large Oil Painting Christ Preaching to Crowd
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ Preaching to the Crowd
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Modern Figurative Oil Painting - The Lonely Diner
Located in Bristol, GB
THE LONELY DINER
Size: 63 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An emotive mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1962.
The focal point of the ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blue Girl" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Montmartre, Place du Tertre', Paris, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965.
The first woman to serve as president of the Carmel Art Assoc...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
19th century English village scene with cottages, horses landscape and people
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgine Lara
English Village landscape
A painting by Georgina Lara depicting a 19th-century English village scene offers a charming and evocative portrayal of a bygone era, captur...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Portrait of a Nude Male Model
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Portrait of a Nude Male Model
Handsome example of a vibrant figurative of a nude male model by Katherine Kallick (American, b. 1952).
Med...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lanscape with river - Oil Paint - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with River is an oil painting on cardboard realized at the beginning of the 20th century.
Good condition.
Frame included.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - Garden Vacation
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN VACATION
Size: 67 x 59 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A charming mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish artist Fabian ...
Category
1960s Modern 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.
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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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