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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1970s
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Caspiu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CONTEMPORARY Abstract Figurative UK Artist Ed Burkes 2023
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Ed Burkes (British, 1994) Inspired by the belief that music, language, and art deeply influence one another, Ed Burkes, a highly acclaimed painter, dedicates ...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Amethystina
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ballerina, Olga Smirnova performs a Grand Pas Classique among Laccaria Amethystina mushrooms.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emerald Lapels, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
With closed eyes and a subtle tilt of her head, a woman confidently flaunts her shimmery eyeshadow, tonal highlights, and plump red lips. Against the beige backdrop, her dolled-up face and glowing skin create a captivating contrast. The playful touch of green tips on her curly hair adds a fun element to the sensual quality of the piece. The artwork comes with a Larson-Juhl matte natural frame measuring 2.25 inches deep and 0.25 inches thick.


About the Artist
Malia Pettit sees her artistic process as an act of “liberating the paint” and “allowing for the unexpected to occur.” Her portraits of women stem from a fascination with glossy magazines and their portrayal of models, actors and celebrities. Her work has been especially influenced by Chantal Joffe and John Singer Sargent. She currently resides in Louisiana after having lived in both California and England for several years. When she’s not painting, she is a full-time mom and enjoys exploring estate sales, antique stores and used bookstores.


Words that describe this painting: portrait, woman, face, hair, lips, people, pop, oil painting, beige


Emerald Lapels...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large-Format Living Room Painting. Dionisian Women`s Gathering. The Bacchae.
Located in FISTERRA, ES
In this Monumental painting, Natasha Lelenco explores the mythological characters of the Bacchantes through a contemporary and uninhibited interpretation of Tiziano's Bacchanal of th...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic, Board

Iris Germanica Blue
Located in Valencia, ES
Every artwork is hand-made and supported with a certificate of authenticity. Made in Spain, 2024. The frame is included. Package: protected cardboard box. Dispatching terms: 2-3 work...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Sandstone

The primrose yellow dress Vladimir Ezhakov. contemporary Russian Artist
By Vladimir Ezhakov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
The main theme of his works are portraits. He chooses contrasting and sensual colors, making confident and powerful strokes. The image of a woman in the artist's works remains both c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boy
Located in Spetses, GR
Presenting an enchanting oil painting on canvas by the acclaimed Greek artist George Alekou, capturing the timeless beauty of youth. This figurative masterpiece portrays a young boy ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pizzicato:: Contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An ephemeral painting by Berlin, a hauntingly beautiful musician with a ghostly violin in her hands. ........"this piece is an amalgam because it takes the cone the cube and the sphe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little Angel Of NoLita, Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Located in Brecon, Powys
From Sax Berlin's "Sharp Edge 21st Century New York City Style Series" Berlin has loved Manhattan & New York City for decades. This love is passionately brought to life in the dynam...
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Marble

Cuban Games- 21st Century Contemporary Painting, of a group of people playing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Mitzy Renooy Cuban Games 100 x 100 cm Frame included in price, size with frame: 105 x 105 cm Dutch artist Mitzy Renooy, a former camera woman for national television, did follow art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

En allant au bord de la mer, Original Oil Painting, Seaside, Trees, House
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. Ready to Hang. Medium : Oil on Canvas. Artist : Gabriel Riesnert Subject : En allant au bord de la mer (Title), (EN : On...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mickey Mouse Walt Disney Manga Cartoon Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mickey Mouse Walt Disney Manga Cartoon Pop Art by Young British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg, entitled 'All That Glitters'. Chris Pegg is a self-t...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acryli...

Blue Moon
Located in Queenston, ON
Blue Moon. 15 x 20 inches. Oil paint on gesso primed wood panel. A study in moody cinematic blues. Available is custom built oak frame by Adam Markovic.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sisters in the garden, "Gardens of Resilience" series original art
Located in Sempach, LU
Gardens of Resilience: Cultivating Hope There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens." The "Gardens of Resilien...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Dances with Daffodils' - Colorful Textured Nude Woman - Vibrant Figurative
Located in Carmel, CA
This artwork by Kristy Chettle, titled "Dances with Daffodils," is a vibrant and textured figurative contemporary piece that showcases the natural beauty of reclaimed wood as a canva...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Summer stories. Evening fishing.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this circle of canvas, I captured a tranquil moment, where nature and the human spirit merge. The softness of the oils and the gentle brushstrokes evoke a sense of calm and reflec...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"An Autumn Memory, " Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"An Autumn Memory" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed in an arts and crafts frame and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a scene of tree...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer stories. Girl in a green boat.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I captured a serene moment of a young girl adrift in her thoughts, gracefully guiding her boat across the gentle waters. The interplay of light on the ripples c...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Lights Out, " Original Autumn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Lights Out" by Shawn Krueger (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is framed in a black frame and ready to hang. Krueger depicts a marsh scene of trees in the au...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Keep the Fire Alive" - Oil Painting Astronaut with Flame
Located in Denver, CO
"Keep the Fire Alive," an evocative piece from Andreas Claussen's 'FLOOD' series, is a 2023 oil on canvas that elegantly captures the essence of determination against a serene, wintr...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Passione' - Ballerina in Red - The Ballet Series - Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Titled "Passione," this 48" x 36" oil on canvas by Avelino Sanher is a striking example of contemporary abstract figurative art, and a proud part of 'The Ballet' series. Sanher utili...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French School - PS 124 Sweet Heaven or a season in Hell - Post Impressionist XL
Located in Sempach, LU
Portrait - Closeup of a woman Technique: oil, acrylic, ink on canvas 100x81cm (39.4 H x 31.9 W inch) 》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《 ❶ → Original signed work. Certificate of aut...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Cambell's Warhol Soup. Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Where once Warhol led the charge Sax Berlin has assumed the mantle and is in the vanguard of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism. This is a witty take on the famous Campbell Soup sc...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Hot lips
Located in Spetses, GR
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my work all the dots are spread out evenly...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

'Vivacita' - Ballerina in Orange - The Ballet Series - Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
This captivating 48" x 36" oil on canvas titled "Vivacita" is a stunning example of Avelino Sanher's 'The Ballet' series. The artwork showcases a solitary dancer in a mid-pirouette, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sleeping
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've immersed myself in the tranquil embrace of nature, capturing the essence of peaceful slumber. The rich textures and vibrant hues of blues and greens dance ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Lilies are here - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting 'Lilies are here', on canvas 60 x 50 cm, 2024. 
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Venice"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping across the boundaries of time to fuse iconic pre-war design with modern conceptions of ...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cry For Freedom, The Promise Of America, Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Delivering beautiful paintings is what Sax Berlin does and this striking piece is both beautiful and has a narrative. Neo-Expressionism and abstract in its construct Berlin delivers ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Green Garden Spirit, Floral Figurative Contemporary Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting on paper by Agnese Negriba- The artwork depicts a female garden spirit in a moment of rest. Artwork invites to enter a space that is full of fragrance, humming soun...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

From Olana (Expressive, Plein Air Landscape Painting, Home of Frederic Church)
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural, en plein air winter landscape painting of "Olana", the historic home of Hudson River School painter, Frederic Edwin Church Painted in the winter of 2023, by Hudson Valley b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

ZiZi de Montparnasse: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
An enigmatic portrait in oils from Berlin, stylised and elongated this person is a mysterious figure. ZiZi was a writer and poet who was a friend of the artist. It is certainly a re...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Andrea Bonfils - Untitled 1, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Untitled 1 Encaustic and Oil On Wood Panel Size: 30" x 40" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, encaustics, photog...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

Eliyahu Boxer, Facets and Faces (triptych), acrylic & ink on canvas 60x150 cm
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Eliyahu Boxer Facets and Faces (triptych), 2023 acrylic and ink on canvas 60 x 150 cm 24 x 59 in Eliyahu was born in the United States and moved to Israel with his family at a ver...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

"No King" (Dedicated To George Washington) Contemporary Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin wanted to pay tribute to the great American President George Washington. This piece reflects the colourful glory of Washington refusing to become King of his country and estab...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil

Summer stories. At the overgrown pond
Located in Oslo, NO
In this work, I sought to capture the essence of tranquil reflection, where time meanders as lazily as the pond's waters. Using oil on canvas, my brush strokes embraced realism tinge...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Remember Date Night" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Date Night" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a pink, red and yellow zig zag background. Felicia attended the Art Students League o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer stories. Fishing team.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've captured a serene moment of connection with nature—a child and her companion, immersed in the simple pleasure of fishing. The warm, gentle palette and soft brushs...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Z" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Z: Sax's object is purity of form and modulation of colour.  What kind of words could accompany this portrait. A study of the humanitarian in humanity.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

In Shelter Under Protection, original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Sempach, LU
In my latest painting, 'In Shelter, Under Protection', I, Tetyana Pchelnykova, respond to the tragic events of the bombing of Kyiv by fascist Russia during the New Year holidays. Thi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Distance Beyond by Sherrie Russ Levine, Square Landscapr Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sherrie Russ Levine is an artist noted for her paintings that capture the play of light and color as it appears in nature, and provide a welcome respite from the hectic environment o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Andrea Bonfils - Untitled 2, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Untitled 2 1/1 Encaustic and Oil On Wood Panel Size: 30" x 40" x 2" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, encausti...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

That Kat Coltrane, Neo Expressionist Portrait of John Coltrane by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Wherever one travels to in the world it's inevitable that one sees the heritage of wild-style graffiti. Graffiti writers are the most influential artists of their time; reaching so m...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

NO KINGS NO WAR: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a caring, compassionate man and his egalitarian outlook is translated into his art. This piece is large and impactful and shows this ascending star of the art world at ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Silver Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

Salud Johnny - Inspirational Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer
Located in Chicago, IL
William Blake’s oil painting asks us to perceive the powerful layers of history that shape both art and memory. In Blake’s painting is a man, but what Blake painted is an idea. Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory. Artist, William Blake channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. William Blake Salud Johnny, 2023 oil on linen 76h x 36w in 193.04h x 91.44w cm WIL049 Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war. The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision. For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

R. Poch Women Wuith Light Bulb acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
28.-Women wuith light bulb 130 x 100 cm acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production co...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Musical Emanations Contemporary figurative oil & goldleaf painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A glorious painting from Sax Berlin's studio. Richly clothed & adorned, the Muse sits in peaceful meditation, her guitar held to her breast. Muse of music, bringing joy & peace to t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

For Martha - Original Oil Painting of Nude Female Side in Warm Skin Tones
Located in Chicago, IL
For Martha is a female nude painting using light and shadow to create strong vertical lines accentuating the natural curves of the body using soft, almost undetectable brush strokes, This artwork is framed. Richard Gibbons For Martha oil on panel 32.50h x 26.50w in 82.55h x 67.31w cm Richard Gibbons 1972–1973 American Academy in Rome Archaeological Study Grant 1950 Born in Toledo, OH 1973 B.S. in Architecture, University of Notre Dame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

My Peregrinations 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artist painted this work during his trying times and expressed himself while passing through difficult situations to tell his stories of how he overcame every feature of the pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tempestas" - Contemporary Nude Figurative Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Braquet is a top-selling artist in New Orleans, and as his paintings sell out quickly at the Royal Street gallery that represents him we are thrilled to have been chosen to sho...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Andrea Bonfils - Beehives, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Beehives Beehives, Encaustic Beeswax, Fabric, Beehives Size: 18" x 46"/ 46" x 18" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Oil

“Oh god here it comes” Colorful Contemporary Figurative Surrealist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful dark humor painting by Memphis-based contemporary artist Alex Paulus. The work features a central figurative plant creature looking up into the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sun splashes. Golden sand series.
Located in Sempach, LU
"Sun splashes. Golden sand series. The sea, the sky, the splashes of waves, a sunny day and an Arabian horse. Harmony in the soul and harmony in nature. Modern, expressive summer la...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen, Canvas

"Elegance of trees in winter" landscape painting acrylic linen canvas 92x65cm
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Elegance of trees in winter" landscape painting modeling paste on canvas linen 92x65cm turquoise send in wooden crate at cost happiness, lightness of yellow, a moment of joy the ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Sandstone

“Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Exquisite orginal oil painting of the Place du Tertre in Montmartre, Paris by the well known artist, Jose Luis Leiva. Beautiful vibrant colors and use of light and shadows. The lan...
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist 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.

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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