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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 19th Century
Hobo & Three Clowns at Poker
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24.00" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Hobo & 3 clowns at poker
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alpine Haymaking 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Haymaking Harvesting 20th Century Realist Oil Painting by German Landscape Artist, Wolfgang Heinz (1930–2014). Horses, cart, figures in a beautiful sunny mountain setting near...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barche
Located in Firenze, FI
Enrico Paulucci's artwork "Barche" is a stunning painting with vibrant blue colors in the background. This piece is deeply connected to Liguria, his region in Italy, as it captures ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze
1816-1868 American
Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz
Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Located in Roma, RM
Alfredo Tominz (Trieste 1854 – 1936), Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 69 x 110 firmato e datato 1890 in basso a destra.
Provenienza: Asta Stadion Trie...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
Category
1960s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Portrait of Wife
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Beautiful impressionistic portrait of Soviet master, Aleksei Belykh's, wife. Belykh was a Russian artist from Sverdlovsk. This painting is signed and dated and in great condition. ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset Over a Frozen Landscape
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Sunset over a Frozen Landscape
by George Augustus Williams
British 1814 - 1901
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 13 x 20 inches
Framed size: 17 x 24 inches
Monogrammed lower left
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Den
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 29.00" x 25.00"
Signature: Signed Upper Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tempête à Honfleur
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Lyne SEYBEL (1919-2009)
Tempête à Honfleur
Oil on canvas
Size: 65 x 92 cm
Signed lower left.
In perfect state of conservation.
With beautiful frame
Provenance: Family of the artist...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Study for Cain was a Plowman - Pastel Russian Art
By Abel Pann
Located in London, GB
This work is hand signed in pencil by tha artist "Abel Pann" at the lower left corner.
It is also inscribed “Jerusalem” next to the signature.
The work is titled in French in pencil ...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Paper
Picador et Cigarière
Located in PARIS, FR
Bernard Buffet (French, 1928 – 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was excl...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Red Figure Holding a Heart - Irish Art
Located in London, GB
This original work is hand signed in ink by the artist at the lower right corner "Rakoczi".
Condition: Very good condition. A few cuts in the edges of the board (possibly from forme...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Board, Gouache, Oil
City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art
Exhibitions: 1990 Graham Gallery, NYC (label verso)
About this artist: B...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Casein, Canvas
Lalibela
Located in Wien, 9
Egon Hofmann war nicht nur als Maler wichtig und wegweisend, sondern auch als Netzwerker, der als Gründer und langjähriger Präsident der Künstlervereinigung „März“ eine wichtige Roll...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Haitian Couple in Bed Simultaneously Adjusting their Radios, Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame.
Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gouache on Board Painting Titled "Barbecue Stand", by Aaron Bohrod, circa 1935
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod, 1907-1992
Barbecue Stand, circa 1935
Gouache on board
Signed Lower left: “Aaron Bohrod”
Inscribed and signed on verso
Bohrod-1
Provenance:
Private estate, Rhode Island...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Lavandaie, ca 1905
Located in BLARICUM, NL
OTTO VAN REES
Freiburg im Breisgau 1884-1957 Utrecht
WASSENDE VROUWEN I LAVANDAIE
1905
Oil on canvas
43 x 52 cm.
Signed: lower left ‘OvR’
Particularities: ID 35.
Provenance: Pri...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter) /// Antique Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edmond Firey (French, 19th Century-20th Century)
Title: "Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter)"
*Signed by Firey lower left
Circa: 1880
Medium: Original Oil Painting on C...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Russin
By Vilma Eckl
Located in Wien, 9
The extensive work of Vilma Eckl covers a period of more than seventy years. Her incomparable artistic talent and her essential contribution to the history of art can be seen in her ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Detente
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Muhammed Ali
By Edmund Ward
Located in New York, NY
Purchased from Ward Estate after his passing in 1990. Part of a private collection since mid 1990's till now and custom framed in handmade unique frames. Ward had a unique vision on ...
Category
1970s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Giovane ragazza con papaveri (Young Girl with Poppies)
Located in Washington, DC
Literature:
Manuel Carrera, “Una ritrattistica manciniana nelle collezioni della Gnam,” Belle-Arti 131, no. 2 (2013), p. 44 (color illus.)
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Matisse's Three Oranges - Calder's Three Oranges
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is from the Matisse series created by Maurice Sullins in the late 1970s.
Sullins' works, set in brilliantly imagined scenes in Tahiti, F...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Man with Pony on Wasteland
Located in London, GB
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Anthony Tucker on behalf of the artist’s estate.
signed ‘ETUCKER.’ (lower right)
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Courtship and The Shepherd's Family (a pair)
Located in Washington, DC
19th Century Dutch
Category
1860s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Daydreaming
Located in Washington, DC
Ideal head by 19th-century American painter.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Folk Night
Located in London, GB
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Anthony Tucker on behalf of the artist’s estate.
signed ‘ETUCKER’ (lower left)
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robin Hood
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Initialed Lower Left
Cover Illustration for American Boy Magazine, May 1934. Includes copy of the magazine.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William Bodfish Oil Painting Titled "The Sister's Visit", Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
Two figures in 19th century dress sit at a table in a cafe.
Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey
Originally based in New York City, William Bodfish was a talented artist who gained recognition for his illustrations and cartoons in the late nineteenth century. A painter of genre scenes, he also created detailed illustrations of hunting, whaling and fishing adventures for such magazines as Harper's Weekly. In the years following the Civil War, he traveled to the American West, joining the legion of journalists and illustrators who recorded the development of the new frontier. He was considered by historians to be one of the most “able cartoonists” to tackle the West. During his lifetime, Bodfish exhibited work at the National Academy of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. Likely created after the artist’s departure from New York, The Sister’s Visit records a quiet moment between two siblings. Seated before a lovely spread of luncheon items, including a bowl of oranges...
Category
1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Girl Red Dress lost in Thought, Mid Century Woman's Magazine Illustration
By Lorraine Fox
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...
Category
1960s Feminist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Woman
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Sergei Besedin was born in the village of Ruska near the Ukrainian city of Lozovaya. He was born into a working class family who were staunch communists. Besedin, shortly after the R...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Figuration and abstraction meet in this energized quick portrait of an athletic boy with headband and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Si...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite, Mixed Media
The Charming Ghost
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour
Image size: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
Provenance
Private family collection
This painting was created in the early 1900's when the Decadent Movement...
Category
Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
By Byron Browne
Located in Miami, FL
In Byron Brown's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Here Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and abstraction. ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gaukler Familie mit Instrumenten (Family of Jesters with Instruments)
Located in Washington, DC
German Modernist
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mask
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Mask" is a Post-War painting, acrylic, earth, and oil on canvas by Bay Area Figurative artist Nathan Oliveira. The artwork is signed and dated in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Pounds and Shillings, 20th Century Female Artist, Signed and Framed Painting
Located in London, GB
Gouache on card, signed lower right
Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (42 x 29.25 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
Louis Cabié (1853-1939) - The river at Les Eyzies in summer - Dordogne
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIE
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
The Vézère at Les Eyzies in summer
Oil on panel
H. 19.5 cm; L. 28.5 cm
Signed lower right, dated 1900. Located on the back.
Provenance: Private collection, Versailles
Louis Cabié...
Category
Early 1900s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sir Henry
Located in Wien, 9
Ludwig Schwarzer formulates a highly independent work, bizarre in content and marked by perfection in craftsmanship. After realistic and later expressionist attempts, he found his ow...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Three Ages of Man, 20th Century Oil on Board Figurative Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on board
Image size: 16 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (42.5 x 26 cm)
This work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sur le balcon (On the Balcony)
Located in Washington, DC
Exhibited:
Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, Paris, 1893 (as Jeune Fille arrosant ses fleurs)
Literature:
Michel, Jean Pierre, François Guiguet (Corbelin, France, 1996), p. 102 (n...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crossed Wires
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
American Magazine story interior illustration
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Female Nude
Located in Wien, 9
The painting was created in 1987, the year of the artist's death and thus a late work. The classically modern nude is depicted with a tendency towards cubism, the colours are luminous.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
"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...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
End of the Road, Golden Light Ladies Home Journal, Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This sunbathed painting will light up your room with warmth. Sundblom's painting technique has the freedom and quick energy in his paint application. His subjects are bathed in the ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Horse with Swimmers at Beach
By William Theophilus Brown
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by William Theophilus Brown. "Horse with Swimmers at Beach" is a Post-War figurative painting, acrylic on canvas in a palette of greens and purples by American artist Will...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dawn, Dawn, Dawn, Ticonderoga pencil advertisement
By Harvey Dunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Twice and Dated Lower Left: Harvey / Dunn 1932
Harvey Dunn's Dawn, Dawn, Dawn is a truly exceptional illustration that captures a key moment of American History. In the present work, Dunn skillfully depicts colonial soldiers...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figures (Head and Torso), figural, painterly, colorful
Located in New York, NY
Oil Painting by Luis Frangella done in 1984. This painting is on a 24x34" canvas, of a figure cut off at the knees and a reclining head. Defined with pa...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hearth And Home Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lighthouse Keeper, Brant Point
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left ‘Stevan Dohanos’
Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Laid Down on Masonite
The present work was published as the cover illustration of the June 26th, 1954...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Board
Webster Cigar Advertisement, Sketch Study
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper laid on Board
Signature: Signed and Dated on the Reverse
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Oakville's Busiest Corner
By Charles Ryan
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Front of Canvas and Pencilled on Back Stretcher
Possibly original magazine illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sketching Among the Irises by George Herbert McCord (American: 1848-1909)
Located in New York, NY
"Sketching Among the Irises" by George Herbert McCord (1848-1909) is oil on canvas and measures 20 x 16 inches. The painting is signed by the artist at the lower left.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shore Leave, Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Center
August 8, 1931 Saturday Evening Post Cover
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fair Student
By Henry Wyatt
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated '1835' center right
Category
1830s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
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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