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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Pop Art
GROWING UP (#4) by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, bright colors
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas painting by Croatian artist Zoran Šimunović from the series GROWING UP.
The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of the framed artwork: 182...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Innocence by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, blossoming
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Innocence is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 70 × 150 cm (27.6 × 5...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Selvas Negras No.11 By Calo Carratalá - Landscape drawing, Amazonia
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil on thick white paper, 120 cm × 162 cm.
Selvas Negras No.11 is a large-scale drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá.
Calo Carratalá...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Marinas by Calo Carratalá (set of 4) - Landscape Painting, seascape, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Set of 4 paintings from the 'Marinas' series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá.
Oil paintings on wood panel, 22 cm × 35 cm each. Dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Benasque 1 by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting, snowy mountain, winter, grey
Located in Paris, FR
Benasque 1 is a unique oil on canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 156 × 214 cm (61.4 × 84.3 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
DO ASTRONAUTS NEED ART? #3 by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, colorful
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas painting by Croatian artist Zoran Šimunović from the series DO ASTRONAUTS NEED ART?
The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of the fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Visage II" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage II" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Do Dolls Have Emotions? (#2) by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas painting by Croatian artist Zoran Šimunović from the series DO DOLLS HAVE EMOTIONS?
The artwork is sold framed. Dimensions of the framed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women Watch Eclipse, 2021_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Nude/Orange
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Women Watch Eclipse"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
61.5" x 62" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Lake Manyara No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Large waterscape painting, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Lake Manyara N°2 is a unique oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 150 × 300 cm (59.1 × 118.1 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
AYAKAMAY Mad Supper painting
By Ayakamay
Located in NEW YORK, NY
AYAKAMAY, "Mad Supper," 2013:
The work of the late New York based artist, AYAKAMAY (1985-2019), combines reality with fantastically constructed traditional Japanese cultural aesthetics to create a dialogue between contemporary American urban identity and femininity.
Medium: Acrylic & Spray Paint on Canvas.
Dimensions: 36 x 48 x 1 inches.
Very good overall condition.
Unique. Signed & titled on the verso in black marker.
Provenance: Ideal Glass Studios New York.
Ayakamay (1985-2019) Biography:
Born in 1985 in Tennessee, Ayakamay’s family moved several times in the US due to her father’s job and also traveled back and forth to Japan where the family decided to settle down when she was ten. Having been raised in an American lifestyle, the shift to Japan was especially confusing and overwhelming.
As she was being forcibly shoved into a cultural mold that did not fit, she sought solace in art. Eventually Ayakamay’s parents decided art was a negative distraction and took away her art supplies. This led to the darkest period in her life, but served as an impetus for her to find new ways of expression via photography.
At nineteen, Ayakamay headed for New York City and prior to her tragic passing in 2019, exhibited & performed with great consistency in both New York & Tokyo while being featured in publications such as, I-D magazine, Hyperallergic, The New York Times & Artnet News.
Related Categories:
Pop Art, Tokyo Artists, Comic/Cartoon, Japan, Contemporary Pop, Japanese Manga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Cactus by Night II" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus by Night II" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 197...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Brooks (Surfer) 2022_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage_Figurative/Swimmer/Waterscape
By Greg Miller
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER
"Brooks"
Acrylic, Collage on Panel
24 x 36 in.
Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Bayside_2022_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage_Figurative/Swimmer/Waterscape
By Greg Miller
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER
"Bayside"
Acrylic, Collage on Panel
24 x 36 in.
Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Where's Pa? /// Western Contemporary Landscape Figurative Oil Painting Horse Gun
By Todd Connor
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Todd Connor (American, 1964-)
Title: "Where's Pa?"
*Signed by Connor lower right. It is also signed and titled by Connor lower center on verso
Year...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
"Parodia Magnifica" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Parodia Magnifica" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1973...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whitehouse Kennedy - graphic pop-art, cultural America, gilded acrylic on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Whitehouse Kennedy inserts itself into dialogue with the pop celebrity style of Andy Warhol and the provocative juxtapositions of portrait and text by Barbara Kruger. Only this time ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Self Portrait II" Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Self Portrait II" Oil Painting 14" x 13" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Out Far and in Deep - large, emotive, abstract figurative, oil, acrylic, canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This haunting abstract portrait of several figures in muted earthy colours is by Fiona Ackerman. Under a gray-blue sky, a central figure, an older man stands on the earth as fragment...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Oil
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait in Blue" Oil Painting 15" x 16" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ARTIST BIO:
Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, having garnered acclaim in his native Egypt and abroad for his art’s refreshing purity and strikingly innocent yet substantive nature. Zamzami has since produced arguably some of the best work of his career, in a class of its own amongst contemporary Egyptian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
When I live my Dream - 21st Ct Contemporary Painting of Boy with Bare Chest
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
David van der Linden
'When I live my dream''
60 x 70 cm (Framed 70x80 cm, frame is included in price)
Oil on wood panel
David van der Linden is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Richard E Howard (1912 - 1996) Massachusetts.
Located in New York, NY
Richard E Howard (1912 - 1996) Massachusetts.
Medium: Gouache / Paper
Frame Size: 19.5" x 19"
Size: 13" x 13 "
Condition:great, no visible damage
Provenance: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
JOZZA "GREEN BAG" 24 X 30 ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
By Jozza
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Jozza
Title: Green Bag
Year: 2023
Media: Original acrylic on canvas
Size: 24" x 30" Inches
Hand signed on the recto and signed "Jozza", Titled, and ID numbered on the verso.
...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Swimmers" oil on cavans cm. 100 x 100
Located in Torino, IT
Water , Swimmers, blue, light blue,sea
Birgitte LYKKE MADSEN (Odense, Denmark, 1960)
1981-86, Educated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Odense
F...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Master of Things, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art master
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Promenons nous dans les bois
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
This is a narrative painting on porcelain with miniatures details. Rose-Marie Crespin describes a walk in the forest. A natural world true trees, flowers and plants. A story between ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden.
Painted with oilpaint on canvas.
David van der Linden studied at the Academ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
CHATEAU AT VAUVENARGUES. PROVENCE
By Tom Mabon
Located in London, GB
"Chateau at Vauvenargues, Provence" portrays the castle of Vauvenargues in the Provence region of France. The painting depicts the magnificent appearance of the castle and its integr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
You will find nothing inside. Realistic acrylic painting, Figurative, Dark color
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by young artist Darya Hancharova. Painting is a depiction of underwater female nude. Color scheme is mostly dark with navy blue with lighter ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Happy Blossom and a Silver Sky by Nicky Chubb, Pop art , Tree painting [2020]
By Nicky Chubb
Located in Deddington, GB
Happy Blossom and a Silver Sky by Nicky Chubb [2020]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on Canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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JOZZA "ICE CREAM FOR TWO" 40 x 48 ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 2024
By Jozza
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Jozza
Title: 'ICE CREAM FOR TWO'
Year: 2024
Media: Original acrylic on canvas
Size: 48x40 Inches
Hand signed "Jozza" lower right also Signed, Titled, and ID numbered on the v...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Man on Hiking Trails" Oil On Canvas by Blago
Located in Carmel, CA
Blago (Blagojce Stojanovski) is a leading contemporary artist of the USA and the world, one of few elite artists of past and present whose ability and talent are of a level at which ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Park of Versailles
Located in Pasadena, CA
GROSPERRIN Claude (1936-1977)
Painter and lithographer, Casa Velasquez Award in 1961, close to the painters of The Poetic Reality ... Landscape architect, painter of horses...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937).
Lithograph in colors on wove paper, 1993
"East of Canal Street, Corner of Canal."
Published by the Brooklyn Museum
(Reference: Red Grooms: The Grap...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
'Tuesday Morning' - Nude Woman Figurative - Oil on Reclaimed Wood
Located in Carmel, CA
"Tuesday Morning," a striking piece by Kristy Chettle, marries the raw textures of reclaimed wood with the supple forms of the human body. The oil painting's elongated 57" x 19" canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Breakfast TV - XXI century, Figurative-abstract painting, Colorful
By Dawid Polony
Located in Warsaw, PL
DAWID POLONY (born in 1988) Dawid Polony studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of graphics (prof. Tomasz Daniec), painting (prof...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life - 1950s - Pio Semeghini - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame. In excellent conditions.
References:
- Catalogo della mostra di Pio Semeghini...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Alek Gerber, Couple with Flowers, coffer work, Acrylic on wood, Valentines
By Alek Gerber
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Alek Gerber, Couple with a bunch of flowers, 3D, mixed media, wood box, coffer, acrylic on wood, Israeli art, contemporaray art, art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic, Dye Transfer
Girl with a book , 65x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Girl with a book
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - In November
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catskills from Claverack (Plein Air Hudson Valley Landscape Painting, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Catskills from Claverack (Plein Air Hudson Valley Landscape Painting, Framed)
14 x 11 inches, 15.75 x 12.75 inches framed, white stained wood floater frame
This landscape painting by the artist and carpenter Joseph Rapp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Extra Large Blue Contemporary Landscape Painting, Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Signed: Steffen Bue
Dated: 2024
Titled: "The everyday journey"
Arrives ready to hang.
14 day return period.
Danish contemporary artist Steffen Bue brings decades of experience and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jungle Rhythm - Tropical Landscape by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Jungle Rhythm - Tropical Landscape by Marc Zimmerman
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His color palette ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple Cat on Vermilion By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Kiss Me Heart" Pink, Green & White Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
"My Blue Diamond Heart" Periwinkle Blue Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
"My Humble Heart" Slate Grey Pop Art Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Bergdorf Goodman Heart" Pop Art Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
"My Roman Holiday Heart" Colorful Pop Art Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Take Me Away Heart" Colorful Pop Art Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
"My Dancing in the Moon Light Heart" Pop Art Oil Painting White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
Rose VIII, Original painting, Floral, Flower, Pen, Pink, Spring
Located in Deddington, GB
This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Ellen Williams
Rose VIII
Or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Diptych of #2209E and 2306A, Original painting, Nude, Body, woman
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209E is an original minimalist style drawing by artist David Jones. In this contemporary life drawings David Jones used a drawing techniques central to his practise which involved ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
'Odalisque' Contemporary Nude, Figurative painting of a woman on a bed, pink
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The figure has a dreamlike quality, giving the piece a tranquil and serene feel. The beautiful detailing is so colourful and Vibrant.
Ignacio Trelis is a Spanish contemporary painte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Benjamin - Fleur de Lis Background, Oil, Antique Florentine Frame
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Twenty-first century Classical Portraiture has a casual feel as seen here in "Portrait of Benjamin" by Peter Lupkin. The very masculine Benjamin, with his heavy beard, dark tousled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'After Tintoretto' Contemporary figurative painting inspired. Red, Orange &Black
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'After Tintoretto/ A figurative contemporary painting inspired by Tintoretto.
Ghislaine was born in Eccles and studied Fine Art at Newcastle University. She lived in London and Par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
When Hell Freezes Over
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Hunter Potter
Title: When Hell Freezes Over
Medium: Oil on Drop Cloth
Size: 60 x 70 Inches
Year: 2022
Notes: Featured at his Solo show at Primary, Miami FL 2022
Dating bac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Zombie girl fan of Sailor Moon 100x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Zombie girl fan of Sailor Moon
100x80cm.Tempera/canvas
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
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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