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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Street Art
Spray Paint on Canvas/Graffiti/Street Art_Melancholy Drama_John "CRASH" Matos
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
John CRASH Matos "Melancholy Drama" Spray Paint on Canvas 30.25 x 69.25 inches Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH was raised in the Bronx, New York. At the age of 13, he began followin...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint

Mid-Century Modern Expressive Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - Crossing Paths
Located in Bristol, GB
CROSSING PATHS Oil on Board Size: 60.5 x 52 cm (including frame) A lively and expressive mid-century modernist style narrative street scene composition, executed in oil onto board. ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Large 1950s British Art Deco Mythological Male Nude Soldier Jason versus Spartoi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jason versus Spartoi *see notes below British School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School Modern painting of a nude woman with the Sausalito landscape in the background by American painter, P...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt The Artist's Wife (1930) Oil on canvas, 20" x 16" 24" x 20 ½" x 1 ½" framed Dated 1930 lower right recto. Annotated "To Elsa HB Louise Burkhardt 1930. HB" verso. ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fresno Amarillo - Vibrant Red Yellow Southwest Inspired Pop Art Food Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Aquarium, circa 1935, oil on panel
By Lydia Radda
Located in PARIS, FR
Lydia Radda (1891-1967) Aquarium, circa 1935 Oil on panel Signed “Radda” lower right 13 x 16 inch Painter born in Corbeil-Essonnes in 1891, Julie Florent was active in Paris at the ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paint

The Kitchen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the original paintings by American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago Institute of Art, and then moved to New York wh...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, ABS

Petit Rhône, Gouache varnish on cardboard
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) Small Rhone Gouache varnish on cardboard Signed "P. Charbonnier" and titled "Petit Rhône" lower right 15 x 20,5 inch Frame : 50 x 70 cm Born in 1897 i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid-Century Modernist Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - Priests in Greece
Located in Bristol, GB
PRIESTS IN GREECE Oil on Canvas Size: 85 x 75 cm (including frame) A large and striking mid-century modernist painting, executed in o...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oriental Dancer - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental dancer is an artwork realized by a french artist of 19th century. Signed lower left, unreadable.  Includes a wooden frame. Good conditions.
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Seated Figure
Located in Rockland, ME
Sally Michel Biography American, 1902-2003 Sally Michel Avery was an American painter known for her lyrical depictions of everyday life. Though she used techniques and stylized form...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

East Santa Cruz (California), Farm House with Storm Clouds Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"East Santa Cruz (California)" is an oil on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) of a yellow farm house with dark gray storm clouds overhead. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Image size is 16 x 20 inches. Painting is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Jon Blanchette Born England, 1908 Died California, 1987 Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century Painting. Miniature on ivory. Wooden frame with leather back. 12 X 12 cm.  Good conditions!
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

App Ocalypse
Located in OIA, ES
🔸 _Title: App Ocalypse 🔸 _Artist: Diego Tirigall 🔸 _Year of Creation: 2023 🔸 _Dimensions: 89 W x 116 H x 3 D cm 🔸 _Medium: Acrylic, enamel, spray ...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

1900's French Oil Painting Impressionist Portrait Sketch Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Young Lady French School, early 1900's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 21 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Lady in Gondola Venice Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in Gondola, Venice French/ Italian School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 28.75 inches provenance: private collection, Provence c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Traditional English Oil Painting Fisherfolk Tending Nets on Crowded Beach Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tending the Nets by Richard Tempe (British, 20th century) signed oil on board, framed framed: 14 x 16 inches board: 9.5 x 11.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: ve...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Louis"
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

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Enigma
Located in Bristol, GB
ENGIMA Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An emotive and skillfully executed mid-century abstract figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas. The piece featur...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. virtual frame Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965 It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and t...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Girl in the Garden
Located in Bristol, GB
GIRL IN THE GARDEN Size: 35.5 x 30 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A richly textured and charming mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas. Small yet impact...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Figura seduta (Seated figure)
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is signed at the lower right by Barnabè. In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnabè is a pain...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Expressive Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Basket Carriers
Located in Bristol, GB
BASKET CARRIERS Oil on Canvas Size: 74 x 43.5 cm (including frame) A wonderful mid century modernist composition, painted in oil onto canvas. Two figures with baskets on their head...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pilgrims Halting near Cairo - Oil Paint by Howard Hunt - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pilgrims halting near Cairo is an artwork realized by Howard Hunt. Signed lower right. At the back titled and signed. 127 x 76 cm. Good conditions
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Watercolour on Paper, by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Dutta Ray - Untitled - 18 x 25.5 inches (unframed size) Watercolor on Paper Signed Style : The poignant imagery in Shyamal Dutta Ray’s paintings stem from his personal exper...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bold Graphic Illustration Pop Art Image of Large Truck, Orignal Alkyd Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Doug Fraser Graphic design illustration artist. Doug was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He attended the Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary where he studied graphic design and illustration. After four years at ACAD he went to New York for graduate school, attaining a masters degree, MFA, from the School of Visual Arts. Without missing a beat, Doug became an award winning illustrator, (in a cartoon, bold comic book sort of style) having executed commissioned works for an array of international clients including The New York Times, the Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Wirtschafts Woche (Germany), Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Motor Trend, NHL, IBM, and Levis. His technique originally involved traditional media of oils on canvas and evolved over the years to incorporate digital aspects both exclusive and combined with paint. During the early 90's, he was approached by the ACAD(Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary) to teach and accepted a part-time position. Doug has sat on several juries and spoken in numerous cities including New York and Los Angeles. His illustration work has been exhibited in the US, England, Japan and Canada. Memberships have included the prestigious Society of Illustrators(NY) for eighteen years, the advisory panel of ICON5, the American Illustrator Partnership (founding member status), CAPIC and the Graphic Artists Guild of New York. 2004 recipient of the Alberta College of Art & Design Board of Governors Alumni Award of Excellence. His style is similar to the graphic novel style of Art Spiegelman, Shepard Fairey, Ben Katchor or Robert Crumb in its graphic expressiveness After a long successful career as an illustrator, the desire to create works of a different nature and purpose began to surface. Building on the technical knowledge developed professionally as a visual communicator in the graphics world for 30 years, he began to experiment once again, without the burden of client and other constraints. This freedom enabled Doug to move beyond his past and develop a body of work which is more personal in subject. This new body of paintings strongly links artistic influences with personal observations. Influences affecting structure include graphic design, abstract and figurative art. A two dimensional quality is embraced and the construction becomes as important as the subject. The subject, which is somewhat banal in tone, is derived from his own first hand experience. Exploring subject that which is usually only seen in passing, but is now observed more closely. Intense visual study precedes a process of disassembling and then reconstruction. Throughout, there's an internal dialogue between the objective and the subjective. The experiential challenge of this process has Douglas tracing the edges of where the figurative meets abstraction. EDUCATION; Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Visual Communication Arts. School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, M.F.A. degree. ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS; Editorial: Boston Globe, Business Week, BUZZ, Esquire, Forbes, Globe & Mail, GQ, L.A. Times, Mademoiselle, Manhattan Inc, Mother Jones, Newsweek, New York Times, New York Woman,Omni, Penthouse, FORTUNE, TIME, Washington, Self, Sports Illustrated, Texas Monthly, Washington Post, Rolling Stone Book: David R. Godine, Houghton-Mufflin, Knopf, Macmillan, Rabbit Ears Video & Book, Simon Schuster, The Progressive, Turner Publishing (CNN), BLAB!, Telstar Comic compilation Corporate: Air Canada, Allen-Bradley [a Division of Rockwell International],Citibank, Coca-Cola, Danzas (Europe), IBM, Kingston Electronics, Kohler, Levis, Lowenbrau Beer, Concept-1 Calgary, Memorex, Oakland A's Baseball Team, National Football League, National Hockey League, Nike, Northern Telecom, Nynex NY, Pfizer, RCA, Roundtree U.K., Samsung Electronics, Sony, Suzuki Motorcycles, Tamko, USF&G [financial investment group]. Graphic Novel, Comic Book: Adhouse Press, story titles; "Electric Sheep...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Alkyd, Illustration Board

Himalayan Bonding
Located in Storrs, CT
Himalayan Bonding. 2008. Oil on canvas. 24 x 24. Provenance: the artist; Westport River Gallery, CT. Provenance: a New York private collection. Signed and dated, lower right. Housed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A woman. 1962. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Figurative Oil Painting - Assemble 1969
Located in Bristol, GB
ASSEMBLE Size: 35 x 56.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A very well-executed and emotive figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1969 on reverse. The paint...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century Portrait of Young Lady Reading a Book large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Reading by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below oil on board, unframed board: 29 x 24 inches provenance: the artists estate, south of France condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Watercolour on Paper, by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Dutta Ray - Untitled - 19 x 24 inches (unframed size) Watercolor on Paper Signed Style : The poignant imagery in Shyamal Dutta Ray’s paintings stem from his personal experie...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Beachballers
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil, acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides are blank and it’s ready t...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Modern British oil painting, Reclining lady in lace nightgown by Roy Spencer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A stunning original oil painting by Mid 20th Century British artist Roy Spencer. The work has come directly from his studio and is new to the market. It is a well sized and extremely decorative work. The details of the work are: Roy Spencer (British, 1918 - 2006) Reclining lady in lace nightgown...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Ikebana Memories-2, Mixed Media on Paper "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanat Kar - Ikebana Memories-2 22 x 19 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Paper 1991 Style: Majority of Sanat Kar's works are surrealistic and have a curious dream-like appearan...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Tempera

Vessels by Yosl Bergner - Still life painting, 1965
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Vessels by Yosl Bergner (1920-2017) Oil on canvas 65 x 81.4 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 32 inches) Signed and dated upper left Execute...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horse Head, Ink on Paper, Black Color by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse Head Ink on Paper 10 x 8 inches, 2011 ( delivered unframed ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremely successful right from h...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Cat and Mouse by Orovida Pissarro - Animal painting
Located in London, GB
Cat and Mouse by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 ⅛ inches) Signed and dated lower centre Orovida 1948, altered by the artist in 1966 Provenance Royal ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stillife with kaals - figurative oil painting
Located in Sempach, LU
Vertical composition made in oil on linen canvas in the modern style (naiv). Diversity and bright colors with a predominance of white, red, blue, purple and light turquoise. The work...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Lacquer, Canvas, Oil

Seated Female Figure - Oil Paint by Domenico Morelli - 19th century
By Domenico Morelli
Located in Roma, IT
Seated female figure is original oil painting on panel realized by the artist Domenico Morelli (1823-1901). Hand signed overleaf. Stamp "Galleri...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Still Life - Oil Paint - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by an artist of the late 20th Century.  Oil on panel, 62 x 42 cm with frame; sheet 50 x 28 cm. Hand signed bottom right. Good conditions
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Blue Woman by the Window" Style of Modigliani Figure 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

Large Gouache Original Painting Mother & Daughter Sandu Liberman Israeli Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
framed 36 X 28 board 30 X 21.75 Sandu Liberman (Romanian-Israeli) was born in Yasi, Romania in 1923. between 1946 and 1953 he took part in the state art shows in Bucharest. in 1952 ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Street Art Mixed Media Painting "Bang" Graffiti Style California Latino Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Aldo Valdez is a San Francisco California based artist. He worked as Head Preparator at Paul Thiebaud Gallery and before that at Gagosian Gallery. These are earlier, one of a kind, m...
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Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen

Charles Kvapil, "On the edge of the lake", ca.1920
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles Kvapil, France, ca.1920. "On the edge of the lake". with frame: 78x58.5x6 cm - 30.7x23x2.4 inches - without frame: 65x46 cm - 25.6x18.1 inches. 15M format. S...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris Deutsch (American Lithuanian Russian, 1892-1978) "The Flute Player," 1947 Oil paint on canvas, Hand signed and dated upper left, Provenance: gallery label (Pasadena Art Museu...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Ivar Morsing - Altea
Located in Bristol, GB
ALTEA Size: 25 x 38 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A brilliantly executed semi-abstract mid-century modernist oil composition, painted in 1959 by the established Swedish artist I...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures MAURICE BECKER (1889-1975) 'Neon Lighting 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches Oil on masonite Signed, dated 1936 and titled on verso BIO Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément by Maurice Utrillo - Street scene in Paris
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément by Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) Oil on cradled panel 51.3 x 76.2 cm (20¹/₄ x 30 inches) Signed towards lower right, Maurice. Utrillo. V. Executed circa 1918 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Utrillo. Painted circa 1918, this Utrillo oil...
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1910s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Still life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with flowers is an artwork realized in the mid-20th century.  Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm. Hand signed bottom left. Good conditions
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Street Art Mixed Media Painting "Bang" Graffiti Style California Latino Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Aldo Valdez is a San Francisco California based artist. He worked as Head Preparator at Paul Thiebaud Gallery and before that at Gagosian Gallery. These are earlier, one of a kind, m...
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Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen

Fort of Khotyn
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Born on May 9, 1942, in the city of Chernivtsi. Graduated from the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (1972). Teachers in the specialty: A. Sklyarenko, I. Bogdashevsky, G. Vinog...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera

Elizabeth Taggart - 20th Century British Painting - An Outside Performance
By Elizabeth Taggart
Located in London, GB
ELIZABETH TAGGART (Born 1943) An Outside Performance Signed l.l.: TAGGART; signed, inscribed with title and dated 1978 on the backboard Oil on board Framed 12 by 20.5 cm., 4 ¾ by ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color lithograph of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 19...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Screen, Paper

American Modernist Oil Stick Drawing, Gray Barn With Red Sliding Doors Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Oil stick on paper titled "Barn Side with Sliding Doors" by George Vander Sluis (1915-1984) of a grey wooden barn with two windows as well as two r...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Paper

Vintage Winter Snowy River Mountain Landscape of Canada by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Winter Snowy Mountain River Landscape Oil Painting of La Rivière du Nord in Canada, by 20th Century Canadian Artist, Sydney Berne (1921-2013) Art measures 20 x 16 inches F...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Portrait of Auburn Hair Young Lady Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Auburn Haired lady by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes signed below oil on board, unframed board: 20 x 12 inches provenance: the artists e...
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Mid-20th Century Modern 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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