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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Victorian
Windsor/ Eton on the River Thames Sunset Antique Signed English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Thames at Eton/ Windsor British artist, late 19th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 28.5 inches canvas: 16.5 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, U...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Anglers in Boat Atmospheric Loch Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anglers in Scotland British School, mid 19th century oil painting on board, framed framed: 7.5 x 10.5 inches board: 6 x 9 inches provenance: private...
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique French Portrait of a Country Lady in Large Dress & Hat oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady French School, early 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 14 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound condition thoug...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French school circa 1930, Portrait of a young man with blue eyes, oil
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1930 Portrait of a young man with blue eyes Oil on cardboard panel 27 x 21.5 cm Bears a signature (illegible) upper right Framed : 34.5 x 29.5 cm
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat. The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style. The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter. The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fats Waller
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Ovoid, 1992 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower right 7.75 x 7.75 inches 9 x 9 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Admiral Lord Nelson in Village High Street with Crowds Signed Antique Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lord Nelson British artist, signed and dated lower corner signed oil on canvas, framed dated 1918 framed: 31 x 37.5 inches canvas: 22 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, Engl...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Sat Figure In Pink Robe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Awakening
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside - bathers r...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting African Model In Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three Blue Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

2 Sided Expressionist Detroit Modernist Painting Female Nude, Night Cruise Ship
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a two sided painting. Nude reclining woman and a ship lit at night. Harold Cohn (1908 - 1982) Harold Cohn was active/lived in New Jersey, Michigan. Harold Cohn is known fo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Historical military oil painting of a prisoner being brought before officers
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
John Seymour Lucas RA British, (1849-1923) Stolen Despatches Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1882 Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 27 inches x 37 inches Pro...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Nude Portrait Oil Painting - Unnoticed
Located in Bristol, GB
UNNOTICED Size: 68 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An expressive mid-century nude figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas. A standing nude figure, with their back...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Biwi, Marker Pen, Hard Paper by Modern Indian Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Biwi - 16.2 x 11.9 inches Marker Pen & Hard Paper, 2022 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and coup...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pen

2 Sided Expressionist Detroit Modernist Painting Female Nude, Night Cruise Ship
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a two sided painting. Nude reclining woman and a ship lit at night. Harold Cohn (1908 - 1982) Harold Cohn was active/lived in New Jersey, Michigan. Harold Cohn is known fo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

1950s French Modernist Colorist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Fashionable Lady by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986) signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 53' canvas: 16.5 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, France conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1870's English Oil Painting Woodland Avenue of Trees Figure & Sheep Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Woodland Glade British School, circa 1870's period oil on board, framed framed: 7 x 8.5 inches board: 5 x 6.25 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

Fine Victorian Scottish Oil Painting Figures in Highland Loch Landscape signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch by John Hamilton Glass (British, fl.1890-1925) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 24 inches inscribed verso indistinctly provenance: private collection, En...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mother & Child, Acrylic on Paper on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Mother & Child, 28 x 22 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Paper 2004 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Vintage Mid-Century Expressionist Figurative Swedish Oil Painting - Garden Dance
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN DANCE Size: 54.5 x 46.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An enchanting and playful figurative landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas by Swedish artist Uno Vall...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Сover the long way
Located in Sempach, LU
After a long way, I always want to smile. This is the end of an old way and the beginning of some new, completely unknown one. The memories will not disappear anywhere and will alway...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained glass style) Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper Hand signed lower left Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974) Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930. During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States. Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920. Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art. Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover. The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of African Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady with Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady by Anna de Banguy (French mid 20th century) signed oil on board, framed framed: 29 x 23 inches painting: 23 x 17 inches provenance: private collection, Franc...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The 8998
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1960's French Expressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Christ Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ (The Crucifixion) by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (French, 1960's) signed, titled and dated verso oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, France...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Gentleman with Cigar Large 19th Century British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Cigar English artist, mid 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall good a...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

How d i failed to see you
Located in Sempach, LU
Even though the world outside looks like paradise, it looks like prison bars for me. I have nowhere to go. I give you a bowl with a skull and tell you that this is my breakfast. You ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Red Figure Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century French Portrait of a Nun in her Habit Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nun French School, 19th century oil on canvas, simple wooden slip frame framed: 27.5 x 20 inches canvas: 27 x 19.75 inches provenance: private collection, Champagne reg...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Large Victorian Signed Oil Fisherman in Highland River Landscape1880's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman in Highland Landscape by James Mudd (English, 1821 - 1906) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 28.5 x 41 inches painting: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, En...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th Century Summer Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Summer Landscape Oil on canvas board Signed lower right 13 x 14.25 inches 18.25 x 19.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene s...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled , Mixed Media on Paper by student of Nandalal Bose "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ramanando Bandopadhayay - Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 11.6 x 16.5 inches Inclusive of shipment without the frame. Style : Lyrical and romantic, his work is typical of the Beng...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Wings, Acrylic, Charcoal, Canvas by Modern Artist Shuvaprasanna "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya - The Wings 35 x 90 inches (unframed size) Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas One of the most popular series of the Master Artist, The Golden Flute is the art...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Homage to the Spanish Republic by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the love he had for his homeland of Spain, as well as strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands looking down ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Babu, Tempera on Board, by Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Babu - 21 x 15 Inches Tempera on Board, 2018 ( Framed & Delivered ) Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Pras...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Tempera, Board

20th C British large oil painting of children trampolining on a beach in Royan
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really fun and joyous large oil painting of children trampolining on a beach in Royan, West Coast of France by Contemporary British artist Andrew Macara. Andrew Macara (British, b...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Steam Ship Washington rescuing from the Winchester off Boston 1854
Located in Woodbury, CT
James Edward Butteerworth Owning a painting by James Edward Buttersworth depicting the heroic rescue of passengers from the ship 'Winchester' by the inscribed steamship 'Washington...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sitzende Frau
By Fritz Schmidt
Located in Wien, 9
signed on the lower left The painting can be categorised in the tradition of New Objectivity. The picture shows a real scene, the woman depicted stares into space with a serious and...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bibi, Tempera on Board, Red, Blue, Yellow Colors by Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Bibi - 21 x 15 Inches 2021 Tempera on Board ( Framed & Delivered ) Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Pras...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Mixed Media, Board

Traditional English Cornish Village Scene Children Playing in Stream by Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Playing in the Stream by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below signed oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame. framed: 22.27 x 27 inches canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: pri...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Days Like This
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
David Sherwin Parker is an American artist who showed his artistic talent in childhood. He is known for creating classic paintings and prints with various subjects like western lands...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

huge 1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait Two Acrobats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Acrobats by Myriam Goldenberg (French b. 1911) *See notes below dated 1953, signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 47 x 33 inches canvas: 45 x 31 inches provenance: private collect...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th Century oil painting 'Le Cafe Concert' by Hugo Scheiber, reds
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really fun and lively modernist painting of jazz cafe culture in the early 20th Century by Hungarian artist Hugo Scheiber. Hugo Scheiber (Hungarian 1858 – 1950) 1873-1950 Le café ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway overlooking a Loch This piece is signed lower right and is framed in a Vintage Gold Leaf fr...
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Face, Ink & Water color on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury Mixed Media on Paper 6 x 4.1 inches 2023 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual styl...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Blue Nude" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Study Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled ( Woman with the branch ) , MMP by student of Nandalal Bose "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ramanando Bandopadhayay - Untitled ( Woman with the branch ) Mixed Media on Paper 11 x 11.3 inches 2008 Inclusive of shipment without the frame. Style : Lyrical and romantic...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled oil painting of children playing by Eugenie Schein
Located in Hudson, NY
Eugenie Schein was both a dancer and an artist. Her artwork subjects revolved primarily around dancers and dancing, though she also captured everyday scenes in New York. Both Midto...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Village Scene
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine 19th century oil painting of bustling Austria/Germanic village with horse, rider and various figures outside an Inn, attributed to Arthur Georg Ramberg (1819-1879), well known for figurative paintings. The rider is apparently bringing news to the people; men sitting by the table drinking, women with children, people in the Inn doorway, one looking out the window. There is a great deal of detail in the scene, tree and Inn house...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English Antique landscape with farmers harvesting in a field collecting hay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Victorian English Landscape, Haymaking near Hazlemere, Surrey A Victorian English harvesting landscape by John Seymour Adams captures the essence of a bygone era, offering more than...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Anglers River Landscape at Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day British School, mid 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 10 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, England with old receipt/ invoice paperwork. conditi...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Untitled 36 x 30 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas 2008 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are g...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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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.

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