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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Vintage French Oil Painting Of Harvest Workers In Golden Hay Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
dated 1941
Size: painting: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
At the Winery - Hungarian Art
Located in London, GB
This original painting is hand signed by the artist "Scheiber H" in the lower left corner,
and dated "1940" below the signature.
Exhibited: Hugo Scheiber - Bela Kadar, Galerie Le Mi...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache
Their Most Wonderful Time
Located in Westmount, QC
Normand Hudon, Canadian, 1929-1997
The Most Wonderful Time, 1991
Oil on masonite,
12x24 in
Signed and dated lower right ; titled lower left
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fauvist Floral Figurative Still Life
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3325a Figurative Still Life painting,vintage acrylic on artist board displayed in a wood-black frame,signed by E.Zoran .Image size 18 H x 14 w
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Urban Edge, Neo-expressionist black and white figurative artwork on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Welcome to Heritage, our carefully curated collection of French vintage and antique paintings. We scour the flea markets and fairs for these gems: poignant portraits of long-gone Me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Poultry Seller - Jewish School of Paris
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is hand signed by the artist "I. Ryback" in the lower left corner.
This painting was created in the early 1930's
Provenance: The authenticity of this work has been...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Market Scene - French Impressionist art 1914 watercolour painting indis signed
Located in London, GB
This charming French Impressionist watercolour painting was painted in 1914 and is indistinctly signed. The composition is a market scene with various stalls under trees. The colouring is lovely and it is housed in a superb, gilded oak frame...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monet Cane
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art.
With their subversive approach and intere...
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Flamenco Dancer Original French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flamenco Dancer
by Georges Regnault (French 1898-1979)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 13 inches
board: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: private...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures in Winter Snow Ski Chalet Landscape Vintage French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 13 inches.
Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jeune Femme Au Bouquet
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm (25.6 x 21.3 in)
Unique artwork
Golden wooden frame (82 x 71 cm) - (32.3 x 28 in)
Signed by the artist
Certificate of authenticity
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wild Horses Watercolor Painting Asian early 20th Century Unframed
Located in FR
Wild Horses
Watercolour of horses and their driver
Hard to read the signature
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cowgirl in the Studio - Figurative Study in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cowgirl in the Studio - Figurative Study in Oil on Canvas
A woman in a vest, cowboy hat, and boots by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The model is sitting on a stoo...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Painting French March Through Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 13 x 20 inch...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) - Moonlight Over Krokvattnet (near Glafsfjorden)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) was a Swedish artist known for his portraits, romantic landscape paintings of Värmland, and caricature drawings. We are privi...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Paul Richards (b.1949) EXPRESSIONIST FRENCH Modernist Oil Painting PORTRAIT LADY
By Paul Richards
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Paul Richards (1949-) British
TITLE: "Female Portrait"
SIGNED: unsigned - from the artists French studio and painted on a French origin canvas ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucia Ponga (Venice) - Pair of 19th century landscape paintings - Venice view
Located in Varmo, IT
Lucia Ponga degli Ancillo (Venice 1887 - 1966) - Venice, imaginative views.
25 x 35 cm without frames, 44.5 x 55 cm with frames.
Pair of antique oil paintings on wood, in wooden fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage French Oil Painting Figures Playing Rugby In Vibrant Green Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed
Size: painting: 13 x 19 inche...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judaica Oil Painting, Synagogue Miami Beach
Located in Surfside, FL
Painting of Jewish Temple in Miami Beach
Modeled after the Great Synagogue in Oran, Algeria, it endures as an historical landmark in the Art-Deco cityscape of Miami Beach. Architect...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Tall Autumnal Tree With Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 12.75 x 9.75 inches...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Frans Mortelmans, Antwerp 1865 – 1936, Belgian Painter, Acacia Dealbata Mimosa
Located in Bruges, BE
Mortelmans Frans
Antwerp 1865 – 1936
Belgian Painter
Acacia Dealbata Mimosa
Signature: Signed bottom left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 80 x 40 cm, frame size 104 x 6...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Of Two People Fishing In Grey Summer Day Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 13 x 20 inches.
Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting Mid 20th Century Harvest Workers in Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
dated 1940
Size: painting: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil South of France Fishing Nets Drying in Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Drying the Nets
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 18 inches
board: 10.5 x 15
provenance: private collection, France
condition: might benefit f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
Standing nude woman from behind by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
20th Century French Oil Figures in North African Street Market with Old Pots
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Market Sellers
French School, mid/ last quarter 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 7 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Couple - Oil on Canvas by Giovanna Picciau - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
The couple is a work of art realized by Giovanna Picciau (1977, Turin) in 1987.
Oil on Canvas.
Cm. 90x100.
Very good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Purple Mountain Landscape Wind Swept Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 12 inches
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fisherman-3, Oil on Canvas, Yellow, Green, Brown, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shipra Bhattacharya - Fisherman-3
Oil on Canvas
35 x 40 inches (unframed size) , 1989
( Framed & Delivered )
Style :
Shipra , is a leading contemporary mid career artist of India....
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
James Allen St. John, Portait of a Lady
Located in Larchmont, NY
James Allen St. John (American, 1872-1957)
Portrait of a lady, Early 20th Century
7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Framed dimensions: 17 1/2 x 15 x 3in.
James Allen Saint John was born in Chicago,...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Figurative Lady With an Umbrella
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3170a Impressionist style painting of a woman with an umbrella
Set in a vintage wood frame
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Judaica Modernist Oil Painting 'Know Thyself' Israeli Kibbutz Pioneer, Prophet
Located in Surfside, FL
Mortimer Borne, Printmaker, painter, sculptor, and educator was born in Rypin, Poland in 1902 and emigrated to the US in 1916. He studied at the National Academy of Design, The Art Students League, The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and with Charles Webster Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown. Painted in a thick impasto style similar in technique to Samuel Rothbort and David Burliuk.
Borne himself taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967. From the 1920s through the 40s he was a prolific producer of New York City cityscapes and genre scenes. In later decades, he adopted a more modernist style apparently influenced by Picasso, producing color drypoints of abstracted figures. His works were widely exhibited in museums in the U.S. and abroad from 1931 and later, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute, and Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers in London. He taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967, and at the Tappan Zee...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Oil Painting Modernist Impressionist Painting Farmer with Sack
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Chauski (b. 1935)
Born in Lithuania, Chauski studied at the Vilna Art Academy.
Post-graduate studies, Warsaw He received the first prize for young artists in 1953.
He immi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Christ Expelling Money Changers - British 30's surrealist art religious interior
By Augustus Lunn
Located in London, GB
Painted by "Modern British" artist Augustus Lunn this oil/tempera on board depicts Christ Expelling the Money Changers. He exhibited widely at The Cooling Galleries and The New Engl...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1998 Oil - Marrakesh Market
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful market scene in Marrakesh, Morocco with crows of people buying and selling goods under the midday sun. The artist captures the scene in an im...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Barn. Contemporary Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject.
Colour was her main interest and she...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil, Gouache
Oil Painting of Native American Father and Son Hunting
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Amick was an American painter, illustrator, and teacher who specialized in romantic paintings of the early western history of the United States. He received his education at the Art Students' League of New York and the Yale School of Fine Art. He is best known for his American Old West art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children with geese in the light of a summer evening
Located in Berlin, DE
Magda Kremer (*1942 Hengelo), Children with geese in the light of a summer evening. Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm (inside measurement), 52 x 62 cm (frame), signed by hand with "M.[agda] ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Philippe Swyncop, Fontarabie, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Philippe Swyncop (1878-1949) depicts a colourful street in Fontarrabie, Spain.
Fontarrabie, or...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Surrealist Circus Scene, Children with Balloons Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
14.5x10.5 framed, 9X5 without frame
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 – 1989) was a French painter known for surrealism and absurdist art. Jean-Pierre Serrier was born in Montparnasse, Paris and attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
the son of Louis and Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year-old, he and his mother fled Paris for Corrèze in southwest France. Childhood memories of close escapes from German bombardments would later influence his absurdist philosophy of life. Passionate about drawing, in 1951 he applied and was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art in Paris. He shared an attic apartment in the 16th arrondissement with fellow student Jean-Baptiste Valadié. For income, he decorated shop windows. A trip to Spain provided motifs for early works. His student work might be characterized as art naïf...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900's French Portrait of Lady with Earings Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady with Earrings
French School, early 1900's
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 12 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neige - Le Château d'Eau d'Arromanches by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié
Located in London, GB
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Neige - Le Château d'Eau d'Arromanches by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (B. 1935)
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm (39 ³/₈ x...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's French Modernist Signed oil Painting Three Fishing Boats in Sleepy Harbou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sleepy Harbor
French artist signed and dated 1976
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in White Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
inscribed and dated verso (1978)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 14 inches
inscribed verso
condition: ov...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Female Nude By George J. Illian
Located in Norwood, NJ
Female nude by George John Illian (1894-1932), American exhibited at the Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition. George John Illian born in 1894 and was largely inspired by the 1900s and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Figure Chopping Wood In A Cabin In The Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 13 inches
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Figure Hiking Down The Snowy French Alps
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 13 inches
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Geometric Painting Of Purple Tulips In A Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting - Mother and Child in Red
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Machiel Hopman (1928–2001), Portrait of an African woman, oil on paper
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Machiel Hopman (1928–2001)
Portrait of an African woman
Signed bottom right Nzama (pseudonym)
Oil on paper
Dimensions: approx. 39 x 32 cm. (excl. pa...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Vintage French Oil Painting Man Fishing Over Bridge Into Clear Blue River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed
dated 1947
Size: painting: 12...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Piazza di Spagna Roma
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Piazza di Spagna, Roma' oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (1933). At the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome. It owes ...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Of Neon Purple House In Bright Green Open Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed
Size: painting: 13 x 19 inche...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Patterns and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Patterns and Stripes" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a muted color palette. The painting is framed in a new, gold frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Arno" Italian Village by the River Oil Painting by Bruce McCracken
Located in Pasadena, CA
This oil painting from the 65s by California Artist Bruce McCracken derives its title and inspiration from the mythical Arno River in Tuscany. Dividing the historic city of Florence into two distinct parts, the Arno has long captivated the collective imagination and continues to be a subject of exploration for many contemporary artists.
Set against the backdrop of the Arno's picturesque banks, the artist likely sought inspiration from the vantage point of the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence. The painting is divided into two distinct horizons. The upper section showcases architectural buildings poised upon a medieval arch...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Pounds and Shillings, 20th Century Female Artist, Signed and Framed Painting
Located in London, GB
Gouache on card, signed lower right
Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (42 x 29.25 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
St Valentine's Day, 20th Century Female Artist, Signed and Framed Painting
Located in London, GB
Gouache on card, signed lower left
Image size: 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (36 x 31 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious artist an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
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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