Figurative Paintings
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Lithograph
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Fiberboard
1950s Impressionist 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
1980s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Lithograph, Mixed Media
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Board
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
1950s Figurative Paintings
Paint
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Figurative Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Lithograph
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Gouache
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s English School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Casein
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Board, 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.