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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: Early 1900s
Young woman seated with pearl necklace
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 75.5 x 61.5 x 4 cm
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Artist and model in the studio
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Beige wooden frame 87 x 72 x 4.5 cm
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lady
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Lady
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Liberty Magazine Cover, January 26, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Liberty magazine, January 26, 1929
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

INSIDE SCENE - Carlo Passarelli Italian figurative oil on carboard painting
Located in Napoli, IT
INSIDE SCENE - Italian figurative oil on carboard painting, cm.17x29, Carlo Passarelli, 1900s
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Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Courting Courtiers, The Elks Magazine Cover, June 1925
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Center Sight Size 30.00 x 24.00;" Framed 40.00 x 33.50" The Elks Magazine Cover, June 1925
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Oil on Canvas "Arbeiter in Barmen" 1920's by Lis Bertram-Ehmsen
By Lis Bertram-Ehmsen
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on canvas, around 1920. Mongrammed lower right: LB. Titled on the back: Arbeiter in Barmen. Framed. Measurements: 12.4 x 13.98 in ( 31.5 x 35.5 cm ). Framed: 17.13 x 18.74 in ( 4...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bowling Match, 1905
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cream of Wheat Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right "The Most Eminent Baby Specialists..." Cream of Wheat Advertisement
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

American Boy Magazine Cover, October 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left October 1929 American Boy Magazine Cover Magazine Included
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Young Woman Seated', Hungarian Figural oil, Academie Julian, Academie de Geneve
By Jozsef Biro
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early-20th-century figural study showing a finely dressed young woman seated in the countryside and admiring her necklace in a hand-mirror. Signed lower right "Biro J." for Jozs...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

In the Hands of Time, The Elks Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Elks Magazine Cover, Feb 1926 Signed Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Departure at the Train Station, Liberty Magazine Cover, February 2, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Departure at the Train Station, Liberty magazine cover, February 2, 1929.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, Janua...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"I'd Love To, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover, November 2, 1929
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Getting Ready, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 15.00" x 13.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, 7/27/23
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Hands on Hips- One Two Three Four' Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Liberty Magazine Cover, December 3, 1927 "One Two- One Two- American Artist Label"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Crashing the Gate, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1928
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, 3/10/28 "Crashing the Reception Clerk"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Watch Your Step! Liberty Magazine Cover
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 5, 1927
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Everything is going to Turn out Beautifully'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right 5/5/28 "Everything is going to turn out Beautifully"
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Opera Night, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, 4/13/29 "Opera Night"
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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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Frolicking Harlequin and Ballerina, Theatre Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921 Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Artist Board Dimensions: 17.00" x 14.00" Signature: Signed Lower Center November 1921 Theatre Magazine Cover
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Board

"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

Something Went Bump in the Night
By William Prince
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1924 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.60" x 21.50" Signature: Signed and Dated The Country Gentleman, October 11, 1924, cover illustra...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Boy Pulling his Sled
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 32.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Advertisement for Cream of Wheat cereal
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Liberty Magazine Cover, May 25, 1929
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 5/25/1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 14.00" x 12.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Washington's Birthday, Woman's World Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: February, 1923 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed and Titled Size: 20.00" x 16.00" Washington's Birthday, Woman's World magazine cover, February 1923
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Oil Painting on Canvas "A Little Girl with Flowers in a Garden", 1952
By A. Shukov
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting on canvas by A. Shukov (Russia), 1952. Signed: (cyrillic) A. Shukov. Framed. Good condition. Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.62 cm ( 80 x 60 cm )
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Silent Night (Stilla natt), 1921, Large Moonlight Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Silent Night, 1921" by Gottfrid Kallstenius is a wonderful painting that captures the beauty of the Swedish archipelago in moonlight. In our opinion, we think that this painting is ...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English River landscape, with Swans on the Thames at Temple Lock near London UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figurative portrait interior oil painting Women and child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique post impressionist Art Deco figurative oil painting by French artist Bernard Py. This large size animated interior painting of two wom...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

La rue du village
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968) La rue du village Oil on canvas Size: 50 x 61 cm Signed lower right Provenance: Private collection in Normandy. Oil on canvas in good condition. Small...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lanternes du Japon" Olio cm. 46 x 38 1910 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso quadro con mazzo di fiori arancioni su fondo verde
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928) Circa 1910 Oil on canvas on ...
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Early 1900s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Early 20th Century Portrait of a Boy Daydreaming
By Louis Betts
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Knoedler Gallery, New York. O'Brien Art Gallery, Chicago. Private Collection Palm Beach, Florida. Description: In this captivating oil painting on canvas, the arti...
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Moonlit River Scene", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Luis Graner y Arrufi
By Luis Graner Y Arrufi
Located in Madrid, ES
LUIS GRANER Y ARRUFI Spanish, 1863 - 1929 MOONLI RIVER SCENE signed and dated "L. Graner, 1925" (lower right) Oil on canvas 20-1/8 X 30 inches (51X 76 cm.) framed: 25-3/4 X 35-3/4 inches (65 X 90.5 cm.) PROVENANCE NEAL AUCTION COMPANY, New Orleans, LA, USA Private Collection, Barcelona Graner paints this work, Moonlit on the river, during his stay in the United States in the last stage of his artistic life, from 1910 to 1928, in full stage of maturity. This artwork reflects the constant search of the artist for the effects of light in his work. This persistent concern for light remains throughout his artistic life, which he learned in his Parisian stage under the influence of the painter Frances Platour. The silver light of the moon and the small lights at distance, which are tiny foci of artificial light, reflecting the river water, forming a chromatic range of greens, ocher and pearly that give a certain mystery to the composition, creating a modern approach to the landscape, by placing the two large trees at the edge of the river in the foreground Luís Graner y Arrufí, Spanish (1863–1929) was a Catalan painter in the Realistic style. He was born in Barcelona, and studied at the Escola de la Llotja from 1883, with Antoni Caba (color/composition) and Benet Mercadé (drawing). During his final year at school, he received a grant to study in Madrid, where he copied and learned from the Old Masters at the Museo del Prado. After that, supported by a fellowship, he moved to Paris and became a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Later, he returned to Barcelona, but continued to travel to cities throughout Europe, including Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf. Influenced by Richard Wagner's concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" (Total Work of Art), he was motivated to create his own total art experience and organized the "Sala Mercè" (Mercy Hall) in Barcelona's Rambla District. The project involved contributors from every artistic discipline, including the new field of cinematography. The room was decorated by Antoni Gaudí. Other participants included Adrià Gual, Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas...
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

Centaur and a woman
By Alexis Gritchenko
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a very rare to find painting that was exhibited by Alexis Gritchenko at the Athens Museum of Byzantine Art in 1923. Originally, 36 encaustic on cardboard pieces from the Gree...
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1920s Byzantine Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Fine Impressionist American School Oil on Canvas; Family Picnic or Outing, 1925
Located in Baltimore, MD
This lovely impressionist painting portrays what appears to be a family outing or picnic. There are many beautifully dressed women with their children in a park setting. Oddly, wha...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Cute Children's Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears
Located in Miami, FL
A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...
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1920s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Jules Gouillet, Architectural and Floral Composition, Oil on Canvas, 1907
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jules Gouillet (1826-), France, 1907. Architectural and floral composition. Measurements : with frame: 113x87 cm - 44.5x 34.3 inches, without frame: 73x60 cm - 28....
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Early 1900s Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Oil on canvas 26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches) Signed upp...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley (1926-2019) Arizona / California Western Artist Image Size: 11 x 13 Frame Size: 18 x 20 Medium: Gouache Study "After Glow" Indian Girl with her Doll Biography Don Crowley...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Sunset - Venice 1902 - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Joseph Clavel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and inscribed oil on canvas landscape by French pre-impressionist painter Marie Joseph Leon Clavel Iwill. The work depicts a silhouette of the Venetian coastline beyond...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century Scottish beach landscape with waves on the shore and fishing boats
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter Macgregor Wilson RSA RSW (1856-1928) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He travelled widely, working in America, Ind...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pêcheur sur la Cure by Paulémile Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
Pêcheur sur la Cure by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and ink on paper 23 x 30 cm (9 x 11 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile- Executed circa 1920 This work is ac...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950) Portrait of Lady, oil sketch signed
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) Portrait of a lady, a sketch signed lower right Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard 25 x 18 cm oval Framed : 31 x 24.5 cm This port...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lumier et neige fondante - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Madame Guillaumin et sa fille à Pontcharra, la Courrerie by Armand Guillaumin
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Madame Guillaumin et sa fille à Pontcharra, la Courrerie by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (31 ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Snow - Gstaad - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the town of Gstaad in Southwestern Switzerland. The buildings and ...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loading Flax on the Barges - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Modest Huys
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist landscape oil on canvas by Belgian post impressionist painter Modest Huys. This stunning piece depicts workers on the bank of a river loading flax onto barges. Si...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Cardinal's Visit
Located in Madrid, ES
SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ BARBUDO Spanish, 1857 - 1917 THE CARDINAL'S VISIT signed, located and dated "Barbudo / ROMA 1902" (lower right) oil on canvas 22 x 33-2/3 inches (55.5 x 85.5 cm.) ...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen

King Charles 1st Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Famous British Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Charles I British artist, early 20th century signed with initials oil on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 29 inches canvas: 32 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, UK conditio...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique European Young Italian Boys With Dog Figurative Oil Painting 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3756 Oil painting on canvas of Italian boys having a feast unframed
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Study of Blue Boy
By Mary Welch
Located in Soquel, CA
Oil painting of a study of "Blue Boy" standing with his hat in his left hand by Mary Welch (American, 1875-1967). Circa 1918. Signed "M. Welch" lower left and gifted circa "1955" on verso. Image: 6"L x 9"H. Mary Welch, born 10 years after the end of the Civil War, was a woman ahead of her time. She signed her paintings M. Welch, hoping that potential buyers wouldn't discover she was a woman. More often than not, when they learned her sex, art dealers lost interest. The Hutchinson artist never married, never had children. But when she died in 1967, she left an impressive body of paintings, many of them familiar Kansas landscapes...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Oranges and Apples', Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting
Located in London, GB
'Oranges and Apples', oil on canvas, still life by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). A magnificent study of fruit and light painted with a deft touch and a delicate brushstroke. The evi...
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1920s 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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