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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Photorealist
Style: Academic
Portrait of Dorothy Thompson (The Wild Rose) - Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a beautiful blue-eyed girl in a pink dress holding flowers in her hand. It's based on Renaissance portraits where the subject is pushed to the foreground and i...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sky 59" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 59" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting.. frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD....
Category
1950s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Large Still Life Photorealism Acrylic Painting Candy Canes in Vase Photo Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Wildbank (American, b. 1948)
Photorealist Still Life Painting "Candy Sticks",
Acrylic on canvas
Signed in bottom right corner recto
Charles Bourke Wildbank, native New Yor...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Crossing", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Crossing" is an oil painting that depicts an elderly man crossing the high water of a river with a young child on...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Sky 60" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 60" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Broken light
Located in Spetses, GR
Broken rays of light reflect under the water surface. Photorealistic artwork by Katerina Hatzi, ready to hang. Signed by the artist at the bottom right ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Apricity", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Apricity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird with fall colored leaves and designs in the background.
Artist S...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Frieze with Two Athletes on Bikes (Oil Painting by Mark Beard's Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of four young athletes running and on bicycles
"Frieze with Two Men on Bikes", painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant)
Oil on canvas, signed upper right
35.5 x 60 inches, 40.5 x 65.5 inches in a black frame with wire backing
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This magnificent horizontal composition was painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, this dynamic portrayal of young, male athletes in motion is an exciting example of the artist's talent for painting human anatomy. Two men are mounted on bikes; one wears khaki shorts and a billowing, white oxford...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tennis Whites & Wrestling Singlet (Figurative Oil of Athletes by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a young, female tennis player and young male athlete dressed in a wrestling singlet by Mark Beard (aka Bruc...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rustic Apples and Bread Food Still Life French Salon Academic Antique Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A remarkable work by Charles Nicolas Etienne Mayre, an academic painter born in Choisy le Roi near Paris in 1819. He studied with the masters Michel-Martin Drolling and Leon Cogniet...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Onwards
Located in Spetses, GR
Original artwork by Katerina Hatzi, ready to hang. Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner. Certificate of authenticity provided by the gallery.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Admiral Pinscher
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
A Doberman Pinscher dressed like an Admiral
Satire in Art
Original Paintings in series of 10 (inquire where it is in the edition)
Comes rolled in a tube ready to be framed
Y.m.Lo. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Time Football in the 1920s - Football 1920s - Classic Football
Located in Miami, FL
You Got to be a Football Hero to Get Along with a Beautiful Girl. Masterfully composed and dynamic illustration that show a player getting punched in the jaw. During this period, there were no face...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sky 61" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 61" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Mother and Child
Located in Miami, FL
This warm portrait looks like it could have been painted by Corot. Francis Luis Mora paints in that tradition. It's a small painting that invites the viewer to look closer. The art...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Father and children in front of TV - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
John Falter arranges figures and faces in a way that rival the old masters in their compositional perfection. And he makes it look easy. The expressions are captured so the emotion...
Category
1950s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th C. German painting of figures at a waterfall in the manner of Friedrich
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very romantic and detailed painting of figures enjoying the views of a waterfall in summertime, Europe
Circle of Caspar David Friedrich (Germ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Pineapple Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Sky 58" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 58" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Engine 101" Dalmatian NYFD Super realism Oil on Canvas, 2020 Fantasy painting
Located in Southampton, NY
When viewing a painting by Matthew Grabelsky you can immediately see the great technical skill required, the sense of humor and the concept of the pa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Beautiful Woman, The Coy Look - French Painting
Located in Miami, FL
If Vogue magazine existed in the late 19th century, this sitter could be on the cover. The depth of her feminine beauty and sweetness is mesmerizing. She looks at you. You look ...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pineapple Gold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Photorealism Still Life Acrylic Painting Flower Photo Realist Orchid, Vivid Blue
By Clarence Measelle
Located in Surfside, FL
Close up of a flower. canvas measures 30 X24 inches.
Clarence Skip Measelle has been featured in over 100 gallery and museum exhibitions, competitions, group shows, and solo shows throughout the US. He is best known for his work in photorealism and abstract illusionism.
The name Photorealism (also known as Hyperrealism or Superrealism) was coined in reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs, which they often projected onto canvas allowing images to be replicated with precision and accuracy. The exactness was often aided further by the use of an airbrush, which was originally designed to retouch photographs. The movement came about within the same period and context as Conceptual art, Pop art, and Minimalism and expressed a strong interest in realism in art, over that of idealism and abstraction.
The first Photo realists were Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Audrey Flack, Denis Peterson, Lowel Nesbitt and Malcolm Morley. Each began practicing some form of Photorealism around the same time, often utilizing different modes of application and techniques, and citing different inspirations for their work. However, for the most part they all worked independent from one another. For example, Chuck Close came of age at the height of Pop art and Andy Warhol's Factory, and was based out of SoHo in lower Manhattan. And Audrey Flack, a graduate of Yale, began creating photo-based works in the early 1960s.
Select Solo Exhibitions
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl.
Peter Drew Gallery, Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Fl.
Walton Street Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Circle Galleries: Beverly Hills
Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, Fl.
Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Fl.
Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach, Fl.
The Palm Gallery, Southhampton, NY.
Norton Gallery, Art Museum of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Fl.
Select Group Exhibitions
Artist's of the Salon. Armory Art Center Annex. Lake Worth, Fl.
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Liman Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl.
Russeck Gallery, New York, NY. (SOHO) and Palm Beach, Fl.
Armory Art Center Annual Faculty Show, West Palm Beach, Fl
Annette Verschragen Gallery, The Hague Holland
Cima Gallery, "City Place", West Palm beach, Fl.
Haste Gallery, Ipswitch, England
Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philidelphia, Pa.
Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
E. Street Gallery, Galveston, TX
Richard Danskin...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Ruffles", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's "Ruffles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vase of purple orchids with green fabric in the background.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Féith", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Féith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird perched on a fountains with red floral designs in the background.
A...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“The Harem Girl”
By Konrad Filip
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an intriguing portrait of a young harem girl in costume by the German artist, Konrad Filip. Signed by the artist top right, Munich. Condition is very ...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miss Carolyn Edmunson
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
The art world today does not value traditional academic skills in portrait painting. If it did, this portrait would replace the childlike student-level art that is now achieving two...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Children on the Beach Marine Landscape French Antique Oil Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
The setting is the French coast, on a tranquil summer's evening. Clouds are drawing in, the sky is turning dusky pink and purple, but there is still time left for play, for the children on the beach...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skull and Butterflies - Oil Painting Colors Red Black Brown Beige Grey White
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Skull and butterflies "
Oil on canvas
(Painting with restored frame 19th century 83x66 cm.)
Comes with symbolism plaque/label*
Through philosophy the mind flourishes
The human mind (portrayed by the skull) flourishes and thrives (depicted by the butterflies, used as a positive symbol and symbolize resurrection) through philosophy and understanding oneself (books represent knowledge). Just like the caterpillars metamorphose into butterflies, able to grasp more of the world, the mind has the ability to transform and gain a greater comprehension.
Painted entirely from life
The Painting’s Qualities
Lyubena Fox...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hard Winter's Journey
By John Nicholas Pace
Located in Soquel, CA
Somber depiction of Native Americans in winter by John Pace (American, 1930-2006). Acrylic on canvas. Signed "John Pace" in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood slat frame with the edges painted black. Canvas size: 30"H x 40"W. Framed, 30.5"H x 40.5"W. 2"D. A study of a work by Howard Terpning.
John Pace (American, 1930-2006) was an artist from California, known for paintings of Western scenes and Native Americans.
Christal Pace had this to say about her Grandfather: "My Grandfather John Pace was a distinguished, passionate man with a variety of skills. My dad and Uncle Nick are both great artists, but Grandfather ran the show. My Grandfather was incredibley charismatic and smart. The Grand-father, as we call him, dabled in many things throughout his life. He served in the war, drove racecars, had a knack for gambling, poker and black jack, and painted occasionally.
His first wife was Native American, my dad's mom. She passed when my dad was only 14. When my dad met my mom he was excited to learn she too was California Indian...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Oystering at First Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
Michael Harrell was born in Florida in 1964. He began painting nautical scenes at a young age and created his first published work at age 7. After rece...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Baker's Dozen", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Baker's Dozen" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts twelve glazed donuts in a white pastry box.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Sky 36" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 36" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of white and pink clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
In the Bazaar II
Located in New York, NY
In the Bazaar II, 1834-1855, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood
7 x 5 inches unframed (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
10 ⅝ x 9 inches framed (26.9875 x 22.86 cm)
Signed on lower right
Desc...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 52" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 52" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Locked, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sky 53" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 53" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a pastel blue and purple sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Beautiful Woman, The Coy Look
Located in Miami, FL
If Vogue magazine existed in the late 19th century, this sitter could be on the cover. The depth of her feminine beauty and sweetness is mesmerizing. She looks at you. You look ...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 57" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 57" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highligh...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Sky 62" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 62" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Dressing in the Lodge (Figurative Painting of Men, Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas of two men dressing in a ski lodge
"Dressing in the Lodge," Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargent)
Made in the late 90's - early 2000's for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy
Oil on canvas, signed upper left
82 x 34 inches unframed, 88 x 40 inches in black painted wood frame with wire backing
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This vertical, figurative painting of two men dressing in a ski lodge was painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, the handsome men are captured in winter attire set in an Alpine mountain landscape...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow and green reeds of Sweet ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Sky 40" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 40" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of rays of sunshine breaking through stormy grey clouds in a blue sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Fun Size, " Acrylic painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Fun Size" is an acrylic painting that depicts the closeup view of a red and yellow Volkswagen van hood
Born 1969 in Californi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Departure of the Caravan
Located in New York, NY
Departure of the Caravan, 1834-1887, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood
10 x 16 inches unframed (25.4 x 40.64 cm)
18 ¾ x 24 ¾ inches framed (47.625 x 62.865 cm)
Signed on bott...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 41" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 41" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and lavender hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pineapple Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In the Bazaar I
Located in New York, NY
In the Bazaar I, 1834-1855, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood
7 x 5 inches unframed (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
10 ⅝ x 9 inches framed (26.9875 x 22.86 cm)
Signed on lower right
Descr...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crushed
Located in Austin, TX
"Crushed" by Gaylon Dingler
Acrylic on board
24.75 x 18.5 inches
Framed: 30 x 25 inches
A larger-than-life, photorealistic composition that captures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Chinese, 21st Century oil painting, study of marble statue and birds, in golds
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Shiquan Zou (Chinese, born 1965)
Study of a marble statue in classical drapery
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Zou Shi Quan 2020 UK’, further signed in Chinese (lower right)
39.3/8 x 31.1/2 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
First Battle Between The puritans And the Native Americans, Oil on Canvas 1874
Located in Paris, FR
Our painting represents a military scene — an event during the war between European settlers and Native Americans.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated at the bottom right :
Imogene Robinson Morrel- PARIS 1874
American School XIXth century
Imogene Robinson was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 19th century. She studied art at the age of 16 in Newark New Jersey, then in New York City. In 1856, Robinson went to Europe for the first time. She studied under Adolf Schroeder and Wilhelm Camphausen in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Then, Europe called to her again. She went with a friend, Elizabeth Gardner. In July 1864, they arrived in Paris and made a living copying great works from the Louvre and Luxemburg museums for American patrons. The two artists were in close contact with the colony of American artists in Paris, but they likewise befriended French painters Meissonnier and Bouguereau. In 1869, Imogene Robinson married Colonel Abraham Morrell. In 1871, Gardner moved into her last place, 73 rue des Petits Champs and became neighbors with Bouguereau. Several years later, in 1895, she married him.
As long as we can follow her official path to the Salons of 1868 and 1869, her entrée as the first woman at the Academy Jullian in 1873, we observe that Robinson Morrell did not participate in the Parisian art demonstrations. She studied portraiture and landscapes under François–Louis Français (1814-1879), and took certain courses taught by Thomas Couture (1815-1879), the last historical painter of the second half of the 19th century. Couture received many students, most notably Americans including Hunt and Longfellow. It was during this period that Imogene Robinson Morrell began her great historical compositions and painted our version of the First battle between the puritans...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Untitled 12, " Charcoal Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Untitled 12" is an original, handmade charcoal drawing that depicts a woman in profile with her long dark hair draped over her right shoulder with...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
“Puerta Bisagra, Toledo”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting of the historic city of Toledo by the Australian artist, Robert Camm. Signed lower left and titled and dated verso, 1931. Th...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Crossing
Located in New York, NY
The Crossing, 1855, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood panel
9 x 14 inches unframed (22.86 x 35.56 cm)
17 ¾ x 22 ½ inches framed (45.085 x 57.15 cm...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“French Cavaliers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on wooden panel painting of horse riding French cavaliers in battle. Signed lower left. Not dated. Original period gilded frame in fine condition. Painting has been recently professionally cleaned. Painting and frame circa 1875. Overall framed measurements are 16 by 14 inches. Condition of the painting is very good. Provenance: Saint Petersburg, Florida estate.
Charles Michel Guilbert D'anelle was a pupil of Horace Vernet ( known for his military paintings...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Bavarian Flower Girls”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a vibrant portrait of a pair of Bavarian flower girls in traditional dress. The painting is unlined and has recently been cleaned. Circa 1875. The pain...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.