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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Post-Impressionist
portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is from my private School of Paris collection of early, mid , late 20th Century artist. It is vibrant in color and a limited edition, hand signed. It is in very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Engraving, Lithograph
The Muse-original modern abstract figurative oil painting-contemporary Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Mark Acetelli's "The Muse" beckons viewers into a world of artistic contemplation through this mesmerizing original abstract figurative painting. Executed with a masterful command of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Sepia colored monoprint of a male figure "reflecting and remembering." A nude male figure sits with his head facing down...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Parisian Cafe Street Scene" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Paint Canvas
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Cafés in the streets of Paris portrayed in the distance. The artist mostly us...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"RED (FRATERNITY)" Oil Painting 75.5" x 147.5" inch by Charles Malinsky
Located in Culver City, CA
"RED (FRATERNITY)" Oil Painting 75.5" x 147.5" inch by Charles Malinsky
Artwork ships rolled due to its size.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Charles Malinsky is an internationally acclaimed Canadian painter. His artwork is represented in many distinguished museums throughout the world and has been featured in countless publications. His extraordinary achievements throughout his career have made him one of the most dynamic figurative painters working in the 21st century.
Malinsky was born in 1956 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and grew up in the isolation of the vast Canadian prairies. He earned his diploma from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1978. He then spent his early years in Calgary as a graphic designer in educational Television, winning several international awards from the small, obscure station. Malinsky states, "The shear good fortune to be taken under the wing of a small group of the most talented and creative individuals I’ve encountered in my entire life, including Greg and Gary Crossley, Brian Huffman, John Blackie, and Peter Ivens was a revelatory experience for me." In 1984, he took a posting at ACAD where he taught drawing. It was at this point that Malinsky changed streams and devoted himself to pure art. It took seven years of dedicated studio work for him to find his voice as an artist. His first public exhibition at the Fran Willis Gallery in Victoria, British Colombia created a media sensation normally reserved for rock stars and garnered wide public attention.
Malinsky’s richly complex, layered visual narratives are emotionally clear and accessible. His suburban prairie upbringing provided him with a backdrop of physical and social isolation, obsessed with image over content. His early work thus became focused on the rift between what was experienced and what could not be said. Malinsky’s first exhibitions in the early ’90s, during a time when figurative painting was not considered a legitimate, cutting-edge genre for art, flew in the face of the self-created, intellectual elitism of the deconstructionist movement of the time by creating complex, rich, layered narratives accessible through his figurative approach. He first received critical attention for depicting the dark, disturbing undercurrents of mainstream life, eloquently communicated to a popular reception through his figurative approach.
In 1998, Malinsky left the comfortable confines of his Calgary studio and his posting at ACAD to take on the International art world. He established a base in Madrid, Spain, and began showing successfully throughout Europe as well as the United States.
Malinsky’s paintings and drawings have been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and his work is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections, including Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes, Barcelona, Spain(5 works), Collection of the Victoria College of art, Victoria British Colombia, Canada, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Michael Williams Collection, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada(18 works), Permanent collection of the Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
His work can also be found in the private collections of notable celebrities such as Dr. Dre, Phil Everly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Bosco" Olio cm. 67 x 64 1966
Located in Torino, IT
Bosco autunnale
Marroni ,verde,Betulle
Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 – San Pietroburgo 2005)
Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva nasce nel 1924 in Georgia, ma già l’anno successivo la ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bold Abstract Expressionist Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold figurative abstract in black, white, and red by Daniel David Fuentes (American, 1978-2016). From a collection of his works. Signed "Fuentes" and dated "07" bottom right. Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Cotton Canvas, Oil
King Closer
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. No frame needed. Black, charcoal hues. King theme.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby interior...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Interior Scene with Figures in Living Room" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical interior scene depicting two figures in the living room with an older person and young boy, perhaps Father and son with a door open into the background which shows Parisi...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
Mother & Children - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Piece by Muriel Archer
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Born on June 25 1911 - she died just before her 100th birthday, fond of drawing and painting from an early age, she did her first drawing when she was four years old. She later studi...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Sediment" Abstract Painting 27.5" x 39" inch by Amal Nasr
By Amal Nasr
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sediment" Abstract Painting 27.5" x 39" inch by Amal Nasr
Acrylic on Wood
“New Horizon” series
There is a constant quest to restore the joy of discovery and the pleasure of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
South of France, Original Oil on Card, Post Impressionism, Signed and Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
*The dimensions include the frame
This oil on cardboard scene is steeped in the warmth of the South of France, its style nodding to the Impressionists with a touch of Post-Impressio...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Children of the World: Red World #2
Located in Southampton, NY
“Children of the World” consists of sensitive, abstracted representations that reflect the vivid memory of Oscar Molina’s journey to the United States: a vision of silhouetted figure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In the Field
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings, we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges.
Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringe...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Silver Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Parisian City Street Scene" Town & Figures Mid-20th Century Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a colorful Mid Century Street in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionist 20th Century painters. This piece is a bol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
San Giorgio, Venice by Lesley Powell, Framed Oil Italian Architecture Scene
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lesley Powell paints in oils with a classical approach to composition and color, but she has a point of view that is fresh and contemporary. Whenever possible, she prefers to paint f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Laying Figure Reading" Post-Impressionist Colorful Oil Painting on Panel Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a figure reclining and reading. The figure is done in a quick way, where the scene almost is abstracted. The bright colors and quick brush ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Dappled Light" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Dappled Light" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a man napping in the sun while leaning against a tree with sun streaming through the foliage.
...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Lightness of Being, Original Mixed Media Horse Painting
By Dara Daniel
Located in Boston, MA
Lightness of Being
36.0 x 24.0 x 1.5, 10.0 lbs
Acrylic
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
My first 2022 painting titled 'The Lightness of Being' indicates a change in m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled (Near the Tree)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Kay Kato was born in Budapest Hungary and escaped to the US during WWII. At 17 she began her career by drawing a cartoon strip for a Hungarian newspaper. After comin to the US, her t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Artist' - 1970's Vibrant Abstract Expressionism in Cubism - Chris Ferrigno
Located in Carmel, CA
Chris Ferrigno's "The Artist" is a vibrant oil on canvas, embodying the vivid intensity of expressionist art with a touch of surrealism. Spanning 48" x 36", the piece is a tumultuous...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Summer evenings " Oil cm. 70 x 75 1976
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ua 1915 – St. Petersburg 2000)
Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was born in Ukraine and spent part of his childhood in Saratov. His father, Alexander Ivanovic...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tales II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tales II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
The White Horse - Abstracted Landscape, In The Style Of Charles Heaney
Located in Soquel, CA
The White Horse - Abstracted Landscape, In The Style Of Charles Heaney
Abstracted landscape oil painting depicting a white horse. Attributed to and painted in the style of Charles Edward Heaney (American, 1897-1981). A white horse grazes alone in a grass field, as mountains of brown are intertwined with abstracted white clouds. Deep greens, browns and reds make up this piece.
Presented in a distressed wooden frame.
Frame: 21.5"H x 39"W
Image: 15.5"H x 32.5"W
Unsigned.
Charles Heaney lived in Oregon and was primarily known for his landscapes of Oregon and Nevada.
From 1917 until well into the 1920s, Heaney studied intermittently at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. One of his primary instructors was legendary painter Harry Wentz, who befriended and inspired him. A fellow student was Kyuzo Furuya who, Heaney recalled, goaded him into taking himself seriously as an artist. But Heaney's deepest friendship was with Clayton Sumner (C.S.) Price, an artist twenty-three years Heaney's senior who settled in Portland in 1929 and who would become a pioneering figure in Oregon modern painting. Heaney admired and emulated Price's dedication to art-making and found in the older man an important companion.
Heaney's prints of the 1920s and 1930s were mostly woodcuts, a technique he learned from Catherine DeWitt MacKenzie, a fellow student at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. In the 1930s, he experimented with etchings with his friend William McIlwraith and studied intaglio processes with William Givler...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Two Hands Touching
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings, we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges.
Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
My Beloved - Mesmerizing Striking Abstract Figurative Love Contemporary Invest
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Guardians of my Beloved
Mesmerizing Striking Abstract Figurative Love Peace Invest Contemporary
This work is part of a series. It is part of a story... It portrays truth...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
The Yellow Dress 2 - Yellow Fuchsia Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
Still life with lemon and oranges - oil, cm. 50 x 47, 1990
Located in Torino, IT
Still life , blue, yellow , orange ,Russian art,Lemon,
Published in a monographic catalogue
Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foun...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple, Original Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, "Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple" by the Swedish artist Carl Johansson, is a vibrant illustration of life at the turn of the 20th century. Dating bac...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Day On The Beach By Dorothea Sharp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dorothea Sharp
1874-1955 British
A Day on the Beach
Signed "Dorothea Sharp" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
British painter Dorothea Sharp captures the joyful spirit of childhood in t...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Standing Nude Man, Mid-Century Figural Expressionist Painting, New York Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996)
Standing Man, 1955
India ink and gouache on textured paper
10 x 8 inches
16.75 x 13.5 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Okl...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache
Contemporary British Abstract Original Paintings 2 x Figure Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition Portraits
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
set of two (2) x gouache paintings on card, unframed
measurements: 10.5 x 5.25 and 10.5 x 5 inches
condition: very good...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Violin Serenade - Blue Grass in the Nude Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Violin Serenade - Blue Grass in the Nude Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
A nude reclining in an emerald green chair gives an interesting o...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
The Yellow Dress 5 - Yellown Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
"Garnet Charm" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Garnet Charm" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a young gentleman in profile with an elaborate garnet necklace.
About the Artist:
Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born artist based in California. Suchitra paints in a representational realistic style drawing inspiration from 20th century naturalist painters. She embraces impressionism to depict everyday representational scenes. Suchitra excels at capturing and expressing the mood of her subjects, often in contemplative classical settings. This lends a timeless yet intimate quality to her paintings. Though primarily a portrait and figurative painter, she has recently been painting urban and architectural subjects.
Suchitra is represented in leading fine art galleries across USA including Santa Fe, Washington D.C., Carmel and Houston. Her paintings have won awards at international juried shows hosted by The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society.
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Yellow Dress 4 - Yellow Minimalist Original Figurative Ink Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
A. J. Bennett - Light and Shade - Post Impressionist Painting, South Africa 1919
Located in Meinisberg, CH
A. J. Bennett
(South African, fl. Early 20th century)
Light and Shade
• Oil on canvas artist board ca. 42.5 x 29.5 cm
• Later frame ca. 53.5 x 41 cm
Worldwide shipping is complime...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Jazz Kats, Mo Better Blues" Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin returns to his love of jazz music. His players reflect the idiosyncratic rhythms of jazz music; a coming together of chaos & virtuosity that enthrals the listener. Deep with d...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
A Man Goes By
Located in New York, NY
"A Man Goes By" by Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero, 1984, and abstract figurative man walking by. The man figure is red against a yellow background. this artwork has a Rufino Tamayo look to ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Side Stroke - Abstract Impressionist Swimmer Oil Painting, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Side Stroke
24.0 x 30.0 x 1.0, 5.0 lbs
Oil Paint
Hand signed by artist
Description:
An original, contemporary oil painting by Carol Tippit Woolworth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Italian Man With Hat and Scarf by Italian Artist Giuseppe Giardinello
Located in Stockholm, SE
For sale is a beautiful small portrait by the Italian artist Giuseppe Giardinello, whose life spanned from 1887 to 1920. This work of art is a remarkable representation of Giardinell...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Antique French Fauvist 1920's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, fauvist style
indistinctly signed
circa 1920's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Puppeteer and Puppet..." Oil Painting 35" x 47" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Puppeteer and Puppet..." Oil Painting 35" x 47" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Full name: Puppeteer and Puppet; The Second Story
Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River with bridge France oil painting seascape landscape french
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - France - Oil on canvas laid board
Oil measurements 46x55 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Sophie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Interior Scene with Figure and Flowers" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
An intimate interior scene of a woman reclining in her living room with a bouquet of flowers on a sunny afternoon. We are charmed by the rich choice of color and intimate details thr...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Cadaques Spain oil painting seascape landscape spanish
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 60x60 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Red Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm, 1907
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting we have for sale, executed by Swedish artist Erik Tryggelin on May 3rd, 1907, presents an atmospheric and dynamic view of Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm. This piece i...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Le Pont de Charenton - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Nathan Grunsweigh
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 but Polish painter Nathan Grunsweigh. The work depicts a view of the bridge over the River Seine in Paris. A beautifully...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nympheas - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by post impressionist Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts waterlilies on a pond. The bright blue of the sky is reflecting in the water.
Signa...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Vintage Latin American School Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School titled "Mask" Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Fine example of Latin American School minimalist portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
La Cote de Marseille - Post Impressionist Sea Landscape Oil by Louis Gaussen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed seascape oil on panel circa 1910 by French painter post impressionist painter Adolphe Louis Gaussen. The work depicts a view of the bright blue sea from a rocky shoreline on t...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Peasant woman of Ibiza Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Orvay (1938) - Peasants of Ibiza - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 27x22 cm.
Frame size 41x36 cm. (16,1417 in. and 14,1732 in).
Joan Orvay Orvay (Eivissa 1938) ART Painter. He st...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Nude Boy with Open Shirt" French Blue Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a nude boy wearing an open shirt and sandals. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and desi...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1960s Abstract Figurative Green Black Gray Pastel and Paint on Paper
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Sitting with Green
1960's
Gouach on paper
11"x17.5" unframed.
Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield
July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015
Came from a portfolio of her work in the San Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.