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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1920s
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood. Publications: - Expertise by Prof. Egidio Martini; - G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mythology Monochrome Frieze Tuscan Neoclassic Art Pietro Benvenuti 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Château under the Moon" 1929, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Peinado
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN PEINADO Spanish, 1898 - 1975 CHÂTEAU UNDER THE MOON signed "Peinado ´29" (lower right) oil on canvas 13 x 16-1/4 inches (33 x 41 cm.) framed: 2...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Golden to the Winds” by Achmed Abdullah, Good Housekeeping
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Upper Left "Dan Content 29" Story Illustration, Good Housekeeping Magazine, September 1929, pg 32-33 Biography: Daniel Content was born of Dutch parents and grew up in New York City. He attended New Eutriek High School in Brooklyn, NY. He studied under Dean Cornwell at the Pratt Institute as well as attending the Art Students League. Mr. Content worked as a freelance artist for about thirty years. He illustrated for such magazines as Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest, and McCall's. In 1928 he illustrated the Windermere Series printing of Robin Hood. During World War II he traveled with the USO to Burma and India entertaining the service men with personal sketches. In the late 1950s he was an Art Director for Benton & Bowles in NYC. He also taught at the workshop School of Advertising Art. Mr. Content continued his sculpting and painting long after retirement. Some of his work can be found at Society of Illustrators in their permanent Museum. Exhibited: Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students South Dakota Art...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Four Men Conversing, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, September 24, 1927
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'East, West, Hame's Best' Liberty Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover, March 16, 1929
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boy Reading
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figures in Rowboat Alongside of Barg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Dimensions: 26.00" x 40.00" Illustration for American magazine.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hearth And Home Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 14.50" x 13.00;" Framed 23.75" x 21.75" The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 ) Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson 29x 24 Purchased, J Leger & Son,...
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18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Boy in Striped Sweater Sits on a Tree Branch, Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1929.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Cave Man, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, November 12, 1927 "The Cave Man or the Cave Max?"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Film Noir Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Herbert Morton Stoops American (1888 - 1948) Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine illustration, 1925 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Not signed Work is framed
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lovers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed on the Back
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Story of a Bad Boy" Book Illustration
By Edward John Prittie
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "We Amused Ourselves for an Hour or More, Darting in and out Among the Crowd and Setting off our Crackers", The Story of a Bad Boy...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Study for Irish Liberty
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned The present work is a study for the cover of the March 18, 1922 cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Interior setting with people standing around.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'None but the Brave, ' Liberty Magazine Cover, 1928
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover 3/31/28
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fare Thee Well! Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, August 4, 1928
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring Carrying Out Winter, Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Girl with Bloomers, Good Housekeeping Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Gold Paint on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 19.00" x 16.00" Oval, Framed 24.00" x 21.00" April. 1920 Good Houseke...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil, Paint

Child in Prayer Cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Famed female illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The accompl...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Mixed Media

Museum Quality, Nude with Pink Towel
Located in Miami, FL
Walkowitz creates a powerful composition with the tightly cropped nude figure pushed up-close to the viewer and occupying half of the picture plane. Smaller figures lead the eye back...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Murder Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jens Sørensen, Bakken, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Jens Sørensen (1887-1953) depicts a lively scene at Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park. Jens Sørensen was predominantly ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Dipinto antico olio su tela con cornice coeva 18secolo
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Dipinto antico olio su tela raffigurante ritratto di Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia Nemours con cornice in legno dorato coeva allo stesso. La nobildonna di alta estrazione social...
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18th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Portrait of a Lady possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas Possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 50 x 40" Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" 1675 – 1739 Charles Jervas, who was born in Clonli...
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Early 1700s English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Man possibly Arthur Viscount Irwin, Temple Newsam Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas Possibly Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin (Temple Newsam) Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 50 x 40" Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" 1675 – 1739 Charles Jervas, who was born in Cl...
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Early 1700s English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Nocturne, Fenetre Eclairee - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil - Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist landscape oil on panel circa 1920 by French painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts a white house framed by trees at nighttime. Light glows from the...
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1920s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative VLADIMIR VASIL’EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967) "Workers" Gouache on paper Monogramed lower right 15 1/8 x 10...
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1920s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Sailor’s Ball
By Margrete Levy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Margrete Levy 1881-1962 Levy was a Danish artist; she worked in Paris from 1905-1911. Levy was niece to the Danish master painter Kristian Zartmann. She married French author Lou...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Au bord de la riviere - Pointillist Figure in Landscape Oil by Joseph Lepine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil on artist's panel landscape by French painter Joseph Louis Francois Lepine. The painting depicts a view of the River Seine on a bright summer's day. A boat sai...
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1920s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Antique painting depicting the mystical marriage of Saint Catherine. Naples 19sec
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique oil on canvas painting depicting the mystical marriage of St. Catherine. The work is rich in iconographic invention and intoned in full-bodied, ringing colors, with effects ...
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18th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

River Seine Banks by René THOMSEN
Located in Pasadena, CA
THOMSEN René Born in Paris in 1897 and died in 1976 in Paris. 20th century. French. Painter of figures, nudes, portraits, landscape, still life, flowers. Pupil of Louis ...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di G. Panealbo
Located in Firenze, IT
Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di Giovanni Panelalbo. Ritratto di Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia (Torino, 26 giugno 1726 – Moncalieri, 16 ottobre 1...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Italian 18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Merchant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman 18th Century Venetian School oil painting on board, framed framed: 7.25 x 6 inches board: 5.25 x 4 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: sound bu...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

18th Century Grand Tour Italian Oil Painting Figures Admiring Classical Ruins
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 18th century Title: Figures/ Travellers walking through a Baroque landscape admiring the ancient classical, Roman ru...
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18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lorenzo Gramiccia (Venetian Master) - Pair of 18th century figure paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
Lorenzo Gramiccia (Cave 1702/1704 - Venice 1795) - Two Venetian interiors. 45 x 60 cm without frame, 55 x 70 cm with frame. Pair of antique oil paintings on canvas, in carved and g...
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British. 18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso, canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm). frame: 30 x 25 in...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Baroque Italian painter - Set of four 18th century figure paintings - Evangelist
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 18th century) - Four Evangelists. 25.5 x 19 cm without frame, 29 x 22.5 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on panel. in wooden frames. Condition report: In...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Rococò Venetian master - 18th century figure painting - Masked figurines
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Gallant scene with masked characters. 80 x 63.5 cm without frame, 87.5 x 70.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame. C...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

circa 1700s Huge Old Master Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady circa 1700 circle of John Closterman (German 1660-1711) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 50 x 40 inches provenance: private collection, Somerset, England con...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Framed Beach Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar Dutch/ French artist, 18th century oil painting on copper, unframed copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches provenance: private collection, UK co...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Copper

Frank Moss Bennett, The Game Of Cards, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine early 20th-century oil painting by British artist Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1952) depicts two 18th-century gentlemen in periwigs playing cards by a fire. Frank Moss Bennett...
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1920s English School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical por...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Dipinto antico olio su tela raffigurante Madonna col Bambino.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
In questa “Madonna col Bambino”, Francesco Solimena esprime diversi elementi della sua poetica con una delicatezza pienamente rococò. Il pittore campano, variando i toni del chiaros...
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18th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Little Golfer, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty Magazine, published July 25, 1925 Framed, dimensions: 30 x 24 in.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Men portrait
By Giovanni Maria delle Piane dit Mulinaretto (Genoa 1670 - Monticelli d´Ongina 1745)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Giovanni Maria DELLE PIANE, known as IL MULINARETTO (Genoa, 1660 – Monticelli d'Ongina, 1745) Portrait of a man Oil on oval canvas H. 108 cm; L. 83 cm Provenance: Nino Ferrari Colle...
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1730s Italian School Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large 18th Century English Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Lady on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady English School, 18th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 31 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: good and sound condition
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1923 Cottage Painting by Hungarian Artist Koronthály Jenő
Located in Larchmont, NY
Koronthály Jenő (Hungarian, 1883-1973) Untitled, 1923 Oil on wood panel 11 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. Framed: 14 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower left A Hungarian artist, Koronthál...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

18th Century by Francesco Lavagna Pair of Flower Vases Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
98 x 36 cm each without frame - 112 x 50 cm with frame Antique gilded and shaped wooden box frames Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri This marvellous pair of flower vases has b...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar. Medium: oil on canvas...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th century By French maestro Bacchanal Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
During a festive bacchanal a big satyr is eating grapes, lying on the ground and surrounded by a large group of putti who, with festoons and vine leaves, fill and populate the pictor...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Spanish Woman Fashion Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elegant and glamorous fashion illustration from the 1920's, Original signed gouache painting on paper. Monogrammed V.S. lower right. Site: 10"x 7.75" Frame: 19.25"x 17"
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Amedee de La PATELLIERE, Eclipse with 4 Characters, 1928
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Amedee de La PATELLIERE, France, 1928. Eclipse with four characters. With frame: 63x54 cm - 24.8x21.25 inches ; without frame: 41x33 cm - 16.15x13 inches. Format 6F....
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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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.

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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