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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1760s
Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Stroll in the Park
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape of a woman walking through a San Francisco park with two children, while another woman sits on a nearby bench with a b...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil La Visitation Surrealist Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, signed verso
circa 1950's
'La Visitation'
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 10.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private French collection
condition: overall very good
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Market Day Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3509 Acrylic an artist board
Set in a natural wood frame
Image size 13.5x10.5"
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Jean Robert Ithier (1904-1977) Ars en Ré, view of the church, oil on canvas
By JEAN ROBERT ITHIER
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Robert Ithier (1904-1977)
Ars en Ré, view of the church
oil on canvas
signed lower left
80.5 x 60 cm
No frame
The church of Ars en Ré, a pittoresque village on the atlantic i...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Port of Honfleur' by Julien Varlet (1958)
Located in London, GB
'The Port of Honfleur, France', oil on canvas, by Julien Varlet (1958). A vibrant and evocative harbour scene from the historic port city of Honfleur in Normandy, France. Colourful, ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Figurative Woodblock Print -- Mother and Child
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century mother and child woodblock print by Kaoru Kawano (Japanese, 1916-1965). Unframed and un-matted. Signed "Kaoru Kawano", circa 1955. Image 16.75"H x 11.25"L.
Kaoru Kawano...
Category
1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite
Mid Century Modern portrait of an older man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). This portrait is made of layers o...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
The Bar - Mid 20th Century Dutch Naif Interior Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very charming 1950's Dutch naif oil on canvas depicting figures in a bar interior. A beautiful and highly original painting in very good condition.
Artist: Dutch School, mid 20th...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Paper, Graphite
The Dance
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rolph Scarlett painted and exhibited nationally over a multi decade career. Paintings by Rolph Scarlett were exhibited at the Museum of Art, at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and the University of Guelph. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum owns over sixty of Scarlett's oils, watercolors, and drawings.
The Dance, is a mixed media gouache on paper, signed, c.1950. A bright, modernist depiction of musicians and dancers...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Fisherman, 20th century Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Schock (American, 1913–1976)
The Fisherman, c. 1955
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
26 x 40 inches
34 x 48 inches, framed
William Schock was...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting - Venice St. Mark's Basilica at Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting -- Venice at Sunset with St. Mark's Basilica
Wonderful and evocative modern painting of Venice with gondolas...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
Standing nude woman from behind by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
San Francisco Market Street in Style of Nathan Oliveria
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Bay Area Figurative by unknown artist (signature marred), circa 1955. In style of Nathan Oliveria and Norman Bluhm. Image size 16"H x 23"W. Presented in rustic frame. Frame...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
'Woman in Green' Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Paris, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman in Green' Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Paris, LACMA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Graphite
Irish mid century river landscape, Errigal, Co. Donegal
Located in Woodbury, CT
Irish mid-century landscape of Errigal, Co. Donegal.
Well painted scene of the Irish landscape with water and mountains.
The artist was active during the 1950s-1960s and these soug...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Picnic in the Park - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Albert Genta
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century figurative landscape of a a group of figures, sitting on the lake shore with a guitar by Francis Albert Genta (French, 1901-1989), c.1950. Signed "A. Genta" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 18"H x 24"W.
Albert Genta was born in Paris, France in 1901 and is primarily known for painting female portraits and landscapes. Albert Genta (Francis Albert Genta) is a painter French specialist naked , born 13 September 1901 in Paris 12th and died on 5 September 1989 in the 20th, Paris .
He was a female nude painter...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil, Paper
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
RICHARD ANDRES
American, 1927–2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on canvas
signed lower left
10 x 7 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Surreal Cityscape', National Academy of Design, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953".
A dramatic, Mid-century cityscape showing numerous figures, both concealed and partially-revealed, dispersed in a neo-classical townscape beneath a vibrant sunset.
Born Daniel Harris, and adopting the name of Zev, Harris studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary and at the National Academy of Design...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Football Game, Modern Painting by Miriam Bromberg 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miriam Bromberg, American XXth
Title: Football Game
Year: 1959
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 28 in. x 36 in. (71.12 cm x 91.44 cm)
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adoration of the Golden Calf - Oil Painting by Willemsz I de Wet - 17th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Adoration of the Golden Calf is an original modern artwork realized by Jacob Willemsz I de Wet (Haarlem, c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691) in the half o...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cathedral of S. Crisogono
Located in Roma, IT
Certificate of authenticity provided by the widow of the artist on photography.
Mixed media on canvas. Signed on the lower right.
Image dimensions: 47.8 x 33.7 cm
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Henry Ernst Schnakenberg, (Still Life with Scull)
Located in New York, NY
Henry Schnakenberg is mostly known for New York City scenes. This is clearly a departure.
It is signed at the lower left and dated '4-53' on the r...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cen...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
1950s Academic Realistic Study of Hands Oil Painting Signed Stuart Whyte
Located in Surfside, FL
1950s Academic Realistic Study of Hands Oil Painting Signed Stuart Whyte
In the manner of Auguste Rodin.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Flamenco Dancer', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu Estate (American, 1914-1988) stamp verso and painted circa 1955.
Framed dimensions: 18 x 1 x 13 inches
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Oil
Italian Impressionist View of the Church of the Madeleine in Martigues, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mid-Century Italian Impressionist view of the Church of the Madeleine in Martigues, France.
A fantastic view in the classical Italian 20th-century Impressionist style of the famous ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Au Port de Bordeaux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BORIS CHEMETOV
"AU PORT DE BORDEAUX"
OIL ON CANVAN, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1950
26 X 32 INCHES
FRAMED 33.5 X 39 INCHES
______________________________________________________
Boris C...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Figurative
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional mid century Abstract Expressionist figurative painting from her study with David Park by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Signed lower right "Honora Berg" and on verso. Unframed. Image 36"H x 30"W.
Berg studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mexican Interior Scene Scene with Figures and Fish" Expressionistic Style
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wond...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Montmartre. Oil on canvas, 55x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Montmartre. Oil on canvas, 55x46 cm
Paris landscape with street café
Merio Ameglio (1897-1970)
Born in San Remo, Italy along the Mediterranean Sea, Mario Amegilo painted many scen...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist South of France Landscape with hill top Village
Located in Woodbury, CT
Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impression...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993)
Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 3...
Category
1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Concert', San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist Oil, National Academy, Guitarist
By Martin Snipper
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'M.S.' for Martin Snipper (American, 1914-2009) and dated 1952. Additionally signed, verso, 'Martin Snipper' and dated on stretcher bar.
Artist photo courtesy of The Lost Art Salon.
This Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative painter, mixed media artist, and sculptor was born in New York City in 1914 and grew up in Los Angeles. During the Great Depression, he rode the rails back to New York with just $5 in his pocket to attend the National Academy of Art, where he met his first wife. Snipper applied to the academy twice to ensure he would be accepted: once under his given name and once under his mother's maiden name. When he was accepted as Martin Snipper, he adopted the name permanently. In addition to his career as a fine artist, Snipper became a foundational figure in the development of the San Francisco Bay Area art movement of the 1960's and 1970's.
Snipper remains a legendary figure in San Francisco, both for boldly expanding the Arts Commission during his tenure as Executive Director (1967-1980), and for helping shepherd the Neighborhood Arts Program into existence over 40 years ago. His innovative grass-roots approach inspired similar programs in cities across the United States while San Francisco's own program continues to bring writers into public schools, oversee the city's publicly owned cultural centers, and fund art programs and events.
"He took the commission from being a sleepy operation ... and transformed arts in this town to a place it had never been before," said Stephen Goldstine, who ran the Neighborhoods Art Program under Mr. Snipper and later became president of the San Francisco Art Institute. "He was a person of unusual vitality - into his 90s he was still driving his truck to a stone yard...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Orange Nude "Oil cm. 25 x 60 1952
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Italian Painter,Women,Nude,Orange,Red ,1952
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical a...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sitting woman - Acrylic , 65x92 cm. framed
By Georges Connan
Located in Nice, FR
Wonderful acrylic on wood panel by Georges Connan.
Comes with frame
Georges Connan born in 1912 and dead in 1987.
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Girl with fruit. Market. Year 1958. Signed Sergio Cirno Bissi (1902 - 1987)
Located in Firenze, IT
Girl with fruit. Market. Year 1958. Signed Sergio Cirno Bissi (Carmignano, 1902 - Florence, 1987).
The very colorful and expressive painting is created...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierrot the Musician Singing Little Girl Clown Paris
Located in Soquel, CA
Pierrot the Musician Singing Little Girl Clown Paris
Pretty street musician "Pierrot by French artist Santini Poncini (unknown) (French/Italian, B-20th...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
“Untitled #2
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower left. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Presentl...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, Impressionist Marie Lucie Valtat
By Marie Lucie Nessi
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat
Bouquet of flowers, ca. 1950
Oil on canvas
Paper: 15 7/10 × 12 3/5 in l 40 × 32 cm
Frame: 20 3/4 17 1/2 l 53 x 45 cm
Marie-Lucie Nessi Valtat was a French p...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Work in the village. Oil on cardboard, 20x32 cm
By Peteris Rungis
Located in Riga, LV
Work in the village. Oil on cardboard, 20x32 cm
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Cubist Nude in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a mid century mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, "Cubist Nude in Green:, an original oil and collage on panel, ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
“Avant L’Entree en Scene”
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a beautiful original oil painting of two ballerina’s waiting to come on stage by the French artist Dietz Edward. Exquisitely executed by a master arti...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On" Edward Zutrau, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On, 4/20/1953
Signed, dated and titled on stretcher bar, and on the side of the work
Oil on linen
18 x 21 inches...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prince - Original Ink and Tempera on Paper by Esy Beluzzi - 1956
By Esy Beluzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 23.5 x 17 cm.
Prince is an original artwork realized by Esy Beluzzi in 1956
Original painting on paper.
Hand-signed and dated in blue pen on the lower right corner: Esy 56.
Mint conditions.
Beautiful artwork presenting the incipit of a story. The writing, similar to an ancient...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Vintage Italian Surreal Oil Painting "Balancing On A Green Ball" Circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2825 A circa 1950's oil on wood panel,displayed in a off-white wood frame.Artist unknown
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris. Circa 1955. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is excellent; recently professionally cleaned. No restorations. Original wood, gesso and gold frame. Overall framed measurements are 13 by 15.5 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector.
Charles Blondin was a French impressionist painter and print maker known for his depictions of Paris during different seasons. Born in 1913 in France his most active period dates from c. 1928 to the 1950s.
The Paris Etching Society...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hunter - Oil Painting - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
The hunter is a modern artwork realized by a european artist in 1952.
Mixed colored oil on plywood.
Includes frame:34.5 x 3 x 26.5
Monogrammed "GV" and datet 1952 on the lower lef...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Optique - Original Tempera on Paper by Esy Beluzzi - 1956
By Esy Beluzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Optique is an original artwork realized by the French artist Esy Beluzzi in 1956.
Original tempera on paper.
Hand-signed an dated in pencil on the lower right corner: Esy 56.
Excellent conditions.
Very colored and beautiful artwork representing a big eye inside a black circle. The figure is on a colored background with white pois. In the center of the composition we read "Leroy Verres de contact Optique" written on a colored tape. The work is for sure an advertising of the time that Esy Beluzzi realized for a contact lens...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Elegant woman portrait with scarf
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“The Wizard”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a mid century modern oil painting on masonite by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. The painting depicts an old man with a long wispy beard holding a group of birds. Signed lower right and dated 1954. Presently unframed. Condition is very good. Provenance: The estate of the artist Nahum Tschacbasov.
Nahum Tschacbasov
Biography :
Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others.
In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum.
Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Pitcher Crystal - OIl Painting by Antonio Scordia- 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Pitcher Crystal is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Scordia in 1955.
Oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Titled, signed and dated on t...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
'Reclining Nude', San Francisco Woman Artist, Large Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Vivian R. Huebler' for Vivian Ruth Lewis Huebler (American, 1890-1975); additionally signed, verso, with artist address and painted circa 1955.
Vivian Huebler...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A loose study of a woman seated in a dress, resting her chin on her hand and recli...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Castle Doorway - Oil on Cardboard by G. Scognamiglio - 1950s
By Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Located in Roma, IT
Castle Doorway is an original modern artwork realized in the half of the XX Century by Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Neaples, 1901 - Neaples, 1985).
Original oil on cardboard.
Hand-sign...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Seymour Remenick Figurative Oil Painting "Folk Singers"
Located in Surfside, FL
Seymour Remenick (1923-1999) American; Philadelphia, PA. Oil on canvas painting Folk Singers and musicians.Seymour Remenick (1923-1999), was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in ...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Portrait Polka Dot Suit Clown by Joan Tidwell
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man in a Polka Dot Clown Suit - Oil on Canvas
Portrait of a man in a white and red polka dot suit by a Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2005...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.
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