Figurative Paintings
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Panel, Oil
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Tempera, Panel
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Ink
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Board, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Paint
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Gouache
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Masonite
17th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Wood, Egg Tempera, Wood Panel
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Board, Oil
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-17th Century Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
17th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1690s French School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.