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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Tree-Lined Street - Oil Paint by Giovanni Antoci - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Tree-lined street is a modern artwork realized by Giovanni Antoci. Mixed colored painting.  Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame. 
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childh...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"My Name is Freddie" - Portrait of Black Woman with Headscarf
By Lucille H. Olpin
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, painterly portrait of a young black woman with colorful headscarf and sarong by Lucille H. Olpin (Ethel Lucille Harman Olpin), (American, 1909-1990). Signed "Olpin" lowe...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Canvas

Original Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Old Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Old Woman Russian for Niello Engraving A wonderful study of Rembrandt’s portrait of an Old Woman used for Niello engraving by Ru...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Portrait of a man
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas mounted on cardboard
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1977 Vintage Mid-Century Figurative Interior Scene Oil Painting - The Classroom
Located in Bristol, GB
THE CLASSROOM Size: 53 x 68 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A fun and richly detailed composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1977. This playful oil painting depicts ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Flowers - Oil Paint by Antonio Mellone - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with flowers is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone. Mixedc colored oil painting.  Hand signed A. Mellone on the lower margin. Includes frame.
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lobster Fishermen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corn...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

HORSEMEN
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on cloth type material. Unsigned. Artwork size 10.25 x 19.25 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 25 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifica...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

1950s French Oil Painting Sand Dunes Beach with Huts & Boats Atmospheric Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Green Landscape Distant View over Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Figures in Hats
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURES IN HATS Size: 29 x 44.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A well-executed mid-century modernist figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas. Depicted here are 2 fi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine 1900’s English Watercolour Painting Lady by Cottage Steps Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cottage Steps By Gunn Gwennet (British early 1900’s) signed watercolor painting on paper mounted in a frame. framed: 21 x 18 inches Image: 14 x 9.75 inches provenance: private co...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Church Ruin in Colima
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled 'Church Ruin in Colima" c.1960 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Mark Allen Coomer, 1914-2004. It is signed at the lower left corner by the...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars
By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946
Located in Harkstead, GB
Montezins's dazzling display of brushwork captures the effects of the sunlight on the water and the glittering leaves of the poplar trees. A masterwork by the artist presented in the...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Monumental Cubist Charcoal Drawing Paper on Canvas Signed By Lajos Kantor
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding Monumental Artwork Consists of 8 mounted Cubist charcoal drawings mounted on blind canvas frames. Drawing for the Panon University Hall Mosaic Project executed in 1965...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Framed Beach Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1990's Graffiti Artist. Mixed Media Painting Bold Colorful New Wave NYC Panama
Located in Surfside, FL
Blind Heads, mixed media painting Tabo Toral, Panamanian (1950 - ) Born Boquete, Chiriquí. Panamanian painter. Studied plastic arts in the United States between 1969-1970 at The Ma...
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1990s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI, The Captain Of The Guard
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI (1855-1914) depicts an upstanding self-assured cavalier with his arms folded. Breakspe...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Dacha. 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...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Gouache

Figure on Blue Background - Oil Paint by Pino Caruso - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Figure on blue background is a modern artwork realized by Pino Caruso in 1985. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed on lower margin. Signature and date on the back. Includes f...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

End of card game - Portrait of a nude woman
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Pierre-Albert BÉGAUD (Bordeaux 1901 – 1956) End of game Oil on canvas H. 27 cm; L. 46.5 cm Signed lower right Pierre-Albert Bégaud is a French portrait and landscape painter born in...
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1930s French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Jazz Musician" Oil Painting 1930 by Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on wood, 1930. Signed lower right. Framed. Height 31.10 in ( 79 cm ), Width 25.19 in ( 64 cm ) The Hungarian artist Hugó Scheiber lived 1922-1934 in Berlin, that's where he pain...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Coll Bardolet Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting. virtual frame Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical por...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Butterflies Wallpaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Portrait of Roger Goldet (Goldschmidt) child
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Abel FAIVRE (Lyon, 1867 – Nice, 1945 Portrait of Roger Goldet (1911-1997) at age 4 Pastel H. 59.5 cm; L. 43 cm Signed at the top right and dated 1914 Provenance: The model's family ...
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1910s French School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Laid Paper

Treeing Walker Coonhounds and Bear - Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic western figurative landscape oil painting of three Treeing Walker Coonhounds (aka: Tennessee Lead) "treeing" a bear in a tree by western artist Kim L Powers (American, 20/21st Century). Signed "Powers 1993" lower right corner. Image, 29.5"H x 23.5"W. Long years on the Navajo reservation as a working cowboy/bull rider...
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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Jacques Martin-Ferrières 'French, 1893-1972'
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) Le marché de Raguse en Yougoslavie, avec la fontaine, circa 1938 Oil on canvas Measures: 22-3/4 x 29-1/4 inches (57.8 x 74.3 cm) Framed: ...
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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

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Paint

Mid Century French Illustration Mythical Kings and Queens Interior Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Cornish Family in an Interior - British 1912 Newlyn School art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British figurative interior oil painting is by noted Newlyn school artist Harold Harvey. Painted circa 1912 the composition is a Cornish family, bathed in golden light, s...
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1910s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed on the bottom right is "J. Braze", Osip Emmanuilovich Braz (1873 - 1936), renowned as a Russian-Jewish realist painter. As the scene unfolds on the canvas, we witness the gran...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Wood

Marcel Dyf Leccon De Musique
Located in Dallas, TX
Marcel Dyf (French, 1899-1985) Leçon de musique; Music Lesson Circa 1965, Oil on canvas Dimensions: 29 x 24 inches (73.0 x 61.0 cm) Framed: 36 x 31 Inches Signed lower right: Dyf T...
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1960s Figurative Paintings

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Paint

Juan Pablo Salinas Spanish Wedding
Located in Dallas, TX
Juan Pablo Salinas (Spanish, 1871-1946), The Marriage Oil on wood panel Signed lower right: “J Pablo Salinas Rome” Panel: 17.5 x 21.5 Inches Framed: 24.25 x 28.25 Inches Condition: Very good. Cleaned and reframed ready to hang on your wall. Pablo Salinas was born in Madrid in 1871 and in 1886 moved to Rome where he studied at the Chigi Academy and at the International Fine Arts Circle. In Rome Salinas joined a group of Spanish artists drawn to the charismatic circles of Eduardo Rosales...
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Early 1900s Italian School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1970's Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Figures on the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist composition French School, dated 1975 verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 33.5 x 27 inches canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

La Rochelle France mixed media painting urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975) - La Rochelle - Mixed media Artwork 49x65 cm. Frame measures 69x85 cm. Son of cartoonist Juan Grau Miró, he was born in Barcelona in 1911. Although he a...
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1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

CAVALRY
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on rubber - canvas type material. Unsigned. Artwork size 9.25 x 8.25 inches. Frame size approx 15 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. C...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Rubber

Original Abstract Expressionist - Hawaiian Mother and Baby
Located in Soquel, CA
Polynesian Mother and Baby - Original Abstract Expressionist Figurative Acrylic on Paper Abstract Expressionist figurative painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Cent...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk, Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes. Joseph Popczyk is a Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism. In this case, the chevrons...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Welsh Miner.1970s Social Realist Work.Original Mixed Media Painting.Coal Mines.
By Jack Crabtree
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Jack Crabtree. English ( b.1938 ). Welsh Miner Mixed Media. Signed. Image size 14.8 inches x 17.5 inches ( 37.5cm x 44.5cm ). Frame size 23.4 inches x 26.2 inches ( 59.5cm x 66.5cm ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Margaret Putnam Painting “Praise”
Located in Dallas, TX
Margaret Putnam (American/Texas 1913-1989) A Large painting "Praise" mixed media on Canvas board Dimensions: 40 Inches High x 60 Inches Wide; Framed: 42.5 Inches High x 62.5 Inches W...
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1970s Figurative Paintings

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Paint

Jacques Martin Ferrieres Le Marche D'Assise, 1927
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) Le marché d'Assise, 1927 A warm gathering at the beginning of the last century at a mountain top courtyard in Assisi Italy built just af...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Paint

Andre Derain 94 Sketch of Faces. original pencil drawing painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
profile face. original pencil drawing painting André Derain (Chatou, June 10, 1880-Garches, September 8, 1954) was a French painter, illustrator and set designer, representative of ...
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1920s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

Surrealist Gouache and Watercolour on Paper, The Three Graces
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century surrealist gouache and watercolour on paper of The Three Graces by British artist Derek Carruthers. The painting is signed to the bottom right. An imposing and hig...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper, Gouache

Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elizabeth Osborne (American/Philadelphia, b. 1936) Untitled (Portrait of a Lady), 1974. Watercolor painting on paper, signed and dated lower right. Unframed. Size: 22.75'' x 30...
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1970s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Man original figurative drawing painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Man. original figurative drawing painting. virtual frame Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965 It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD. He wa...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Trip to the Lake - Oil Paint by Pauline Minartz - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trip to the lake is a modern artwork realized by French painter Pauline Minartz. Mixed colored oil painting on paper.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960) signed and dated 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private co...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Green, White Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gurucharan Singh Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 67 inches 60 x 170 cm ( Unframed & Delivered ) Born 1949 Exhibitions : Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 'Twilight Tales', The...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Still Life - Oil Paint by Cristianus - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is a modern artwork realized by Cristianus in the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper, Blue, Black by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prokash Karmakar Untitled Acrylic on Paper 28 x 20 inches 71.1 x 50.8 cm 1990 ( Framed & Delivered ) Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are generally pain...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled ( Mother & Child ), Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prokash Karmakar Untitled ( Mother & Child ) Acrylic on Paper 28 x 20 inches 71.1 x 50.8 cm 1990 ( Framed & Delivered ) Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Seaside - Oil Paint by Egeo Venturi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seaside is a modern artwork realized by Egeo Venturi. Oil painting. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Porch People" - Figurative Composition in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold composition of two people on a porch by Majel McHugh Logan (American, 1916-1982). Two people sit facing each other on a porch, backlit by warm sun. The piece is sketchy but confident, with thick brushstrokes adding high contrast shadows and highlights. Although the subjects' faces are undefined, there is nonetheless an expressive quality in their body language. Signed "Majel Logan" in the lower right corner.\ Artist's tag on verso with title. Presented in a wood frame with a gold accent. Frame size: 14.75"H x 16.75"W Canvas size: 14"H x 16"W Majel Logan (nee McHugh) (American, 1916-1982) was born in Utah. After graduation from St. Mary of the Wasatch College in Utah, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She continued to study at Idaho State University before eventually settling in Santa Clara, CA. Although she was a professional artist at the time, she nonetheless continued her studies at San Jose State University in the 1970s. By the mid-70s, she had won 43 awards in state, regional, and local competitions, including Fiesta des Artes (Los Gatos...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Seascape - Oil Paint by Michele Ricciuti - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a modern artwork realized by Michele Ricciuti in 1980. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin. Signature and date on the back.
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Original French Pont Aven School Oil Painting Tranquil River Oise Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Constant Dore (French 1883-1963), signed lower corner Title: The Village Street. Beautiful quality work showing influence from the Pont-Aven School, with the thick a...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist 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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