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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Pop Art
19th Century French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting of Young Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Man
French School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed top right, 'Valadon'?
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 28 inches
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Breeze after a Bathe - 19th Century Impressionist Oil Painting of Girls on Beach
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Breeze after a Bathe’ by Walter Duncan ARWS (1847-1932).
The painting – which depicts three young Victorian ladies and their dogs on Bournemouth beach after a swim – is signed b...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Salt Marshes, Cape Cod Landscape, Early 20th Century New York Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kate A. Williams (American, 1877-1939)
Salt Marshes, Cape Cod
Oil on board
Signed lower left
16 x 20 inches
21 x 25.25 inches, framed
KATE ANTOINETTE WILLIAMS (December 15, 1877 – A...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17-18 century, Original Antique Oil Painting in canvas, Genre Scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a very interesting antique 17/18 centuries original oil painting on canvas depicting a genre scene with a gentleman in black robes is approached by two elderly men a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OLD MASTER COPY Signed Vincent " Cypress Trees " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER COPY Signed Vincent " Cypress Trees " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Detai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Figures Seated on an Outdoor Terrace
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Figures Seated on an Outdoor Terrace
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.25 x 9.25 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children at Low Tide, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero shares a tender moment of children swimming by the sea. Part of a series of summer paintings that explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Gathering " Oil Painting 20th Century White Frame
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Gathering" By John Harley Oil Painting 20th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Deta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Au Jardin" 20th Century French Oil Painting Figures in a Garden Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting depicting figures in a garden picking flowers executed in the 20th Century. Duteurtre was known for his charming intimate figurative scenes portraying life in Europe. He was active, picking up subjects from the markets, beaches, parks, restaurants, and home life. This painting comes housed in a stunning carved giltwood frame. Signed lower left.
Art measures 20 x 24 inches
Frame Measures 26 x 30 inches
Pierre Eugene Duteurtre...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with an umbrella by Sean Durkin, man, contemporary art, walking
By Sean Durkin
Located in Deddington, GB
original painting of "Man with an umbrella" by Sean Durkin. Sean uses very toned colours but draws attention to his bag and trousers, as well as uses white tones in his socks and shi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Fever Van " Oil Painting 20th Century White Frame
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Fever van " Oil Painting 20th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Detail one of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Along the Path - Figurative Landscape
By Carol H. Kelly
Located in Soquel, CA
Along the path on a walk, a vivid impressionist oil painting by Carol H. Kelly (American, 20th Century). Signed "C.H. Kelly" and dated "70" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 18.5"H ...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
The Gardener - Mid 20th Century Modern British Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on canvas depicting a gardener with a ramshackle shed.
The work is very similar in style and execution to the paintings of Cedric Morris from ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Isla Cristina Spain oil on canvas painting spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Isla Cristina, Spain
Artist: Michel de Alvis
Year: c.1960
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 9.45 x 16.14 inches (24 x 41 cm)
Subject: Seascape
Condition: Excellent
Provenan...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"View of the Empire State NYC in Snow" Impressionistic Ashcan School Style
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic depiction of a figure in the snow with cars and buildings in the busy City Streets. The Empire State Building is portrayed in the background as the snow filled str...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Oil Painting of Kingstown Dublin in 1910 by Modern Impressionist Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
An Original Oil Painting of George's Street Kingstown in 1910 by Modern Impressionist Irish Artist, Robert D. Beattie (1900-1979). The painting captures a historic moment...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini
Located in Soquel, CA
Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini
Shorbirds in the Florida Surf by Gregory Biolchini (American, B- 1948).
Lively pastel with eager Shorebirds hunting for...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
Open Sails
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Fluffy White Dog on a Walk
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 4.5 x 6.25 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unf...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mid Town NYC" Impressionist Snow Scene in New York City Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist New York City winter city-scene depicting Mid Town Manhattan in New York City. This piece is done in a most intimate, yet energetic way. Christopher is known for captur...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cabbage Vendors
Located in Atlanta, GA
Justo Revilla, born in Madrid, Spain in 1940 began his artistic career at the age of thirteen where he also attended the Arts and Crafts school. While working in a poster studio he p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Street Scene with Figures in Aloupak Crimea by Russian Artist
By Anatoliy Lukash
Located in Preston, GB
Impressionistic Street Scene with Figures in Aloupak Crimea by Russian Artist. Anatoliy Lukash was born in 1956 and is based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He is a well-established pai...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Confidences - Painting After Pierre Auguste Renoir. - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Confidences is an modern artwork realized by a mid-20th century Artist after Pierre Auguste Renoir.
Mixed colore oil painting.
Includes frame: 70 x 7 x 57 cm
The artwork is from o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lost in Poetry - 19th Century French Oil Painting Belle Epoque Beauty Portrait
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Perdu dans la Poésie’ by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)
The painting - which depicts a young Parisian society beauty reading beside an open window – is signed by the artist and present...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rest, Women Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Rest,
Size: 35.5" x 21" x 0.8'' inch,...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lumberville in Winter, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snow Landscape
By Laurence A. Campbell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Lumberville in Winter" is a 14 x 20 inches winter landscape by American Impressionist painter, Laurence A. Campbell. This regional, Pennsylvania scene is an excellent example of the...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Winter's Song" (2023), Original Oil Painting by Kevin Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Winter's Song" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a secluded snowy forest in the early morning sunlight.
Artist Statement:
"Subject mat...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Le Passage Difficile" Impressionist Countryside Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic painting titled 'The Difficult Passage' depicting an afternoon along the River with Figures throughout by Jules René Hervé. Here the scene is set on a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Conciergerie - Neo Impressionist Pointillist Riverscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on canvas landscape by French Neo-Impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. The work depicts a view of revellers on a boat travelling along the River Seine in Paris, ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catedral de Toledo, Espana II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Fermin Santos Alcade
Title: Catedral de Toledo, Espana II
Year: Circa 1960
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Canvas board size: 28.5 x 21.25 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dandelion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is featured in the Makk Family book, "Vision of Life on page 102.
Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village Scene with Strolling Figures
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village Scene with Strolling Figures
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.25 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ohlone Mother and Child Walking Through the Santa Cruz Redwoods - Landscape 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of an Ohlone Mother and Child walking a forest path by Anton Dahl (Swedish-American). Ohlone Mother and child are walking through the North...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
The Catch, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero lives just minutes from the New Jersey shore, where he and his wife enjoy long walks along the beach. In the quieter winter months, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Perfect Day by the Lake" Impressionist Cafe w Figures Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Courtyard Scene with a cafe of figures in France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
6 Pink Cats - Original Quirky Figurative Animal Pop Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Red Forest
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Red Forest" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
American late 20th century Impressionist landscape with figure, cottage, Sheep.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted American Impressionist landscape signed Everet. The artist was a Chinese/American painter who lived and worked in Hackensack, New Jersey.
I met the artist on many occasions in the late 1990s when I lived in New York and he was a very talented and pleasant chap.
I asked him to paint different commissions for a client who wanted a certain color or subject and he was always able to amaze me with what he could produce.
I have many paintings by him in my own collection.
This is an oil on canvas.
The piece was in a private collection towards the late 1990s and has been recently re-framed and revarnished.
The artist worked for an Art Gallery called Art...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Lady Walking Country Landscape Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure in Landscape
French School, circa 1890's
follower of Camille Pissarro (Danish/ French 1830-1903)
dated 'Mai 1890' to the lower right corner.
oil painting on canvas, framed
ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"5th Avenue - Midtown" Impressionist Snow Oil Painting in Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of Snow on 5th Avenue New York City with figures walking and cars in the distance. A cozy impressionistic street scene with colors of cobalts, light pink, whites, and burnt sienna's. An iconic street scene with beautiful brushwork and whimsical details, this piece captures the essence of New York in snow. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed by the artist lower right and it comes housed in a beautiful antique ornate gold tone giltwood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 13 x 8.5 inches
Frame measures 17.5 x 13 inches
Inspired by whimsey and purity of the feminine form, Cindy Shaoul is known for her impressionistic and abstract style. She is best recognized for her series ‘Brides’, ‘Dripping Dots’ and ‘Hearts’, as well as her ‘Plein-Air’ street scenes of quintessential New York locations. Shaoul’s works can be found in hundreds of private and corporate collections worldwide.
Since her first group show at Parsons School of Design in 2009, her work has been showcased internationally – from Italy to South Korea – and has been shown at various art fairs nationwide including Miami, Palm Beach, Dallas, and New York. Shaoul has had numerous solo exhibitions and has garnered the attention of notable celebrities such as Emma Roberts, Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich.
Her love of painting began at the age of 18 when she was on Thanksgiving break from college. She painted a 9-foot colorful, abstract mural in her mother’s art...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Impressionist Oil On Canvas "at the lake" by Jacques Muller
Located in Gavere, BE
Jacques Muller is a Belgian painter and engraver born April 22, 1930 in Brussels and died there May 19, 1997. His work is related to Expressionism without being able to give it a sch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid Century Portrait -- Freckled Red Head Boy
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a red-haired boy with freckles by Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Rendered his signature style, this portrait is clean and vibrant. The subject is looki...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Francisco Bartus, "Flourishing ", 39x39 Textured Tree of Life Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Flourishing", is a 39.5x39.5 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is a tree of life symbol, made up of individual helpings of paint, strat...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
ROMAN HOLIDAY TRIVI FOUNTAIN ..Peter Kuhfeld RP NEAC English impressionist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Kuhfeld is the only child of a German prisoner of war and an English classical pianist. Between 1972 and 1976 he studied at Leicester School of Art.[1] He worked from 1976 to 1978 at...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rye in bloom"Child in flowery field Oil cm. 120 x 91, 1999
Located in Torino, IT
, Countryside, green, Sky, Child, Ukraine,Bike,dog
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ukraine, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
MUSEUMS
Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery
Moscow, USSR Artists Coll...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Colorado Plains" Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Colorado Plains" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts plains with a backdrop of foothills, blue snow-capped mo...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
By the pool. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a woman in bathing suit sitting by t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Demure Longing" (2024) By Suchitra Bhosle, Original Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Demure Longing" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a young woman looking off into the distance while resting in a doorway.
About the Artist:
Such...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Attack of the Merrimac" Alexander Charles Stuart, Civil War Naval Battle
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Charles Stuart
The Attack of the Merrimac
Signed lower left
Oil on artist board
13 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Alexander Charles Stuart, a Scottish-born painter of ships and marin...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dance with the Wind (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel
Dance with the Wind
Oil on Wood Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 24 x 24 x 1.625 inches
Signed by hand
COA provided
*wired and ready to hang
Genevieve Hamel’s passions for d...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Horses and Caravans in Pastoral Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Horses and Caravans in Pastoral Scene
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10.75 x 13.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unf...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Semailles - Neo Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting by Achille Lauge
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on canvas circa 1915 by French neo-impressionist painter Achille Lauge. The piece depicts a view of a farmer sowing seeds in field on a bright spring day.
Sign...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1950's Portrait of Dashing Gentleman Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
European artist, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 35.5 x 30.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
WAITING THE BIG WAVE, , , Yuri Krotov 1964 Russian impressionist
By Yuri Krotov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Yuri Krotov was born 1964 in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, located close to the Azov Sea. At the age of 8 he met a local painter G.A. Polugaev who became his ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rocky Outcropping and Bathers at the Swimming Hole - Landscape
By Tyler Micoleau
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured landscape, with thick impasto illustrating a glorious scene of figures swimming in calm waters near large rocks and swaying trees, by Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001). Signed and dated "Tyler Micoleau 1968" in the lower left corner. Presented in a gold colored wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W
Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001) was born in Rhode Island but spent most of his life in Nevada County, California. He was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an instructor at Brown University. Micoleau moved to Nevada City...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Winter Landscape" Dale Bessire, Impressionist American Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Dale Bessire
Winter Landscape
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches
A founding member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association, Dale Bessire was a native of Indianapol...
Category
1910s American 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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.