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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Realist
Style: Expressionist
Terrace Theater - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Oilbar and charcoal on paper 2020 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Abandon
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Inquisitive
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Mexican Landscape Scene of Mother with Children" Expressionistic Style Painting
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1962 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his portraits in countryside landscapes with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. Art measures 21.25 x 25.5 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century, it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. For the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher, he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into the imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient's light of science.” By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Antonio Lopez Garcia - red, blue, male, figurative, portrait, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian realist painter Dan Hughes pays homage to fellow painter and member of the "New Spanish Realists," Antonio Lopez Garcia. The glowing hyper-realis...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mobile hyperlaxity-Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Oilbar and charcoal on paper 2020 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Patrick's cave - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Oil pastel, India ink and charcoal on paper 2020 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art se...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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India Ink, Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Gloutorama - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and charcoal on paper 2020 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

"Question" Oil painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Question" Oil painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2020 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provocative yet sensual style influenced by his natural Ukrainian exuberance. He understands and respects the art’s body which continuously is at the center of his paintings. His preference goes by drawing with pastels, oil and charcoal to create innovative paintings among which are such style as photorealism where the artist writes such paintings as the pictorial art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Large Oil Painting Titled: Prince
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Designers: Custom framing is available for this item) Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New Yo...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique Painting, 19th Century, European Monogrammist, "The Emigration".
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed and dated. Dimensions are without frame. Including certificate of authenticity. Frame has slight damage in places.
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Survival colour - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and charcoal on paper 2020 Signed Unique work Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France. In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Crisis
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Drunk
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Che...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Watching
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Che...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Venetian scene", 19th Century oil on canvas laid on cardboard by Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN SCENE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas laid on cardboard 8 ...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

Michael Patrix Oil Painting "Head of Woman"
Located in Detroit, MI
"Head of Woman" is a wonderfully exciting example of Mid-20th century Expressionist art. This vibrant portrait is reminiscent of Matisse's Fauvist female...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Catch a Star
Located in Denver, CO
Jennifer Lowe has combined the landscapes, animals and the people of her native Montana with a unique approach to painting. Born in Missoula, Jennifer spent parts of her childhood w...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Paint

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Confrontation
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Che...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ARMAND ROTTENBERG (1903-2000) LARGE FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT OIL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ete Indien" by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) inscribed verso, oil painting on board, framed board: 52 x 39 inches frame: 53 x 40 inches Stunning original French expression...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

STILL WINTER SNOW
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Stretched. Certificate of au...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Two Young Patients' Mother
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Room Alone / oil on canvas - figurative surrealism
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Room Alone' is a masterfully painted oil on canvas, that features a young bespectacled semi-nude woman redlining on a pile of rocks at the interior of a formal room with heavy drape...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

German Expressionist Hand Carved Colored Original Wood Pane Art Israeli Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
This is original hand carved wood carving used to produce a woodcut print. Hand colored with painting. signed woodblock (unique piece, not a print) by Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 "Reuben Offering Food and Drink to Joseph" Hand carved and painted surface, painted in relief. Signed LR, dated LL. In thin wood painted frame, woodcut panel approx. 1/2" thick, raised on frame. panel within gold painted wood liner 16"H x 12.5 framed 22.5 x 18.75 Judaica biblical scene. Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with judaic etching master Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Woodcut

EVENING MOOD
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Stretched. Certificate of au...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Construction Worker
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, with several solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Boston, ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Lane
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Still Life With Ham
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life with ham, oil on canvas signed a wonderful example of the artist's work, from the Collection of Bass Museum Of Art. Canvas size 16 3/4 x 22 1/5 framed 23 x 29. Edmund Pick...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original Oil On Canvas Painting Titled: James Dean
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Designers: Custom framing is available for this item) Quotes in the Painting If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Night
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Che...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - We are Sojourners 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas This painting bellows to the serie "We are Sejourners". Total dimension of the serie: 200 x 1100 cm Total price of the serie: $78,000 Su Yu is a Chinese artist born i...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Prisoner of Love" Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prisoner of Love" Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy 2019 ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Broadcast
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - We are Sojourners 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas This painting bellows to the serie "We are Sejourners". Total dimension of the serie: 200 x 1100 cm Total price of the serie: $78,000 Su Yu is a Chinese artist born i...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - On Pregnancy
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Colourful Abstract, Artisan Style, Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 26.5 x 33 inches Beautifully colourful, original oil painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hun...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Petite Fille - Jewish Russian Art
Located in London, GB
This work is hand signed by the artist "Kikoine" in the lower right. This work was painted in circa 1950-1955. Literature: Cassou, Jean, Roditi Edouard, Mann, Mendel & Yankel, Jac...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nymph Of Rila Lakes - Oil Nude Painting Colors Pale Black White Grey Blue Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"Nymph Of Rila Lakes" oil on canvas 21x49 cm unframed 44x72 cm with frame Among the favorite places of the artist, the Rila lakes are located very high up in the mountains. Considering the ambiance of the place this is how the painter has depicted the nymph that inhabits them. The nymph is turning the teal water into drapery of the same color. The Painting’s Qualities Lyubena Fox...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - The Story of 80's People
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas - diptych Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Grand Canal, Venice', School of Paris, Musee D'Orsay, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "d'Anty" for Henry d'Anty (French, 1910-1998), titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955. A vibrant view of the Grand Canal painted alla prima...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The end of the Ball", 19th Century oil on canvas by José García y Ramos
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ GARCÍA Y RAMOS Spanish, ( 1852 - 1912 ) THE END OF THE BALL signed J. García y Ramos and inscribed Sevilla (lower left) oil on canvas 26 X 31-1/2 i...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Magnetism, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Magnetism" is an oil on two translucent acrylic panels featuring a model with orange petals. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fas...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Follow Me, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Follow Me" is an oil on panel featuring a model with pink petals. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fashion, flowers, landscape pho...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Nature Morte" Fruit Bowl, Tea Pot and Cup, Oil on Canvas by Spanish Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 NATURE MORTE signed "Lagar" lower left oil on canvas 18-1/4 X 21-3/4 inches (46 X 55 cm.) framed: 23-3/8 X 27-1/8 (59 X 68.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Privat...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Handstands in a Row
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 68 x 38 inches 74 x 44 inches, framed $8500.00 + $400.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Masonite

The Music Professor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010.) The Professor, is an original oil on paper, laid on panel, estate stamped, painted in 1935, currently unframed with an image dimension of 20 x 16 inches, beautiful original condition, acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist. This is among the earliest work of Robert McIntosh, painted in a master level classical style. Please contact our West Hollywood gallery...
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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Crying To the Sky
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid century Realist Oil Painting of Jesus and Mary Magdelene signed
Located in FR
Jesus and Mary Magdelene Oil Painting Modernist indistinctly signed M....... dated 1955 Dedicated on the reverse and dated 10/4/56 signed Maurice Unusua...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Twilight, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Twilight" is an oil on panel featuring a model at twilight. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fashion, flowers, landscape photogra...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Preoccupation, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Preoccupation" is an oil on two translucent acrylic panels featuring a model in a blue dress. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fa...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Father's Little Painter
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vortex, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Vortex" is an oil on two translucent acrylic panels featuring a model with red petals. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fashion, ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Duality, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Beth Sistrunk's "Duality" is an oil on two translucent acrylic panels featuring a model with red petals. About the artist: Beth's interests in painting the figure, women’s fashion,...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Salvation in the Tropics
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel Signed in red, u.r. 24 x 18 inches, 29 x 23 inches in distressed black painted wood frame $5600.00 + $200.00 framing This artwork is offered by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"The Concert, " Oil on Canvas Portrait of Monks Playing Instruments
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Concert" is an original oil painting on canvas by Thure Cederstrom. It features four men playing music together in a monastery. Artwork Size: 15" x 20.62" Frame Size: 22" x 27.5" Artist Bio: Thure Nikolaus Cederström, born June 25, 1843 at Åryd's mill, Hemmesjö parish, died May 21, 1924 in Munich, was a Swedish freighter, artist and military. Thure Cederström was the son of Count Claes Anton Cederström and Catharina Fredrika Aschan and cousin of Gustaf Cederström. He first trained in the military profession and was appointed lieutenant at Livgardet on horseback in 1868. He applied for leave in 1871 to devote himself entirely to art and began art studies in 1868-1869 through studies for Hugo Salmson in Paris, France. He then studied in Germany in Düsseldorf, Weimar and Munich in 1872–1877. The city of Munich also became his home life. He participated in the Art Academy's exhibitions several times during the 1880s. At an art exhibition in London in 1879 he was awarded a bronze medal. At the international art exhibitions in Munich he was Swedish-Norwegian Commissioner in 1883, Swedish Commissioner in 1888 and a member of the prize jury in 1892. He was appointed agré at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1882 and elected as a member in 1889. His art consists of genre paintings in Eduard von Grützner...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Staring - Contemporary, Figurative Art, Blue, Green, Yellow, Playground, Kids
Located in Berlin, DE
Staring, 2012 Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse) 19.68 H x 23.62 W in 50 H x 60 W cm The painting represents two children in the playground. One child is painted eating a banana and...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Landscape Scene of Mexican Villagers" Expressionistic Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1971 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his landscape paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout. Art measures 18 x 21.75 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.” By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett, were the winners. In his 1924 naturalization application, he indicated that he was sometimes known as “Michael Posner Baxte.” One of the witnesses to his application was Bernard Karfiol, a Jewish American artist. That’s when Michael may...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

French bulldog in Venice - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
Paintnig is on exhibition, please cuntact us for availability Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the G...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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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