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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 19th Century
Pan III
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic settings, painted to resemble a private snapshot.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Colorful Butterflies (Yellow, Blue, Orange) Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's St...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (197...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

9 Tulips
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on wood
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (197...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Firenze, FI
Untitled Mixed media on canvas Size 100x100 cm Andrea Stella Florence 1950 - 2019 A gifted genius born in Florence of Greek heritage, resided alternately in two cities that are t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hanna El Sekran
Located in PARIS, FR
Fatima El-Hajj, born in Lebanon in 1953, graduated from the Lebanese University’s Fine Arts Institution, the completed a second degree at the Leningrad Fine Arts Academy, and finally...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches canvas: 18 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soviet Allegory, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara Harutyunyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Metal Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Soviet Allegory...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Looking outside
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Francien Krieg, a contemporary Dutch artist, gives a new dimension to figurative painting with her penetrating and unfiltered portraits. Krieg, who received her art education at the ...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Lost Children
Located in Seoul, SO
This is original work by Wada Chizu ( Japanese ) acrylic on canvas Chizu Wada’s artistic practice is centered on engaging with the viewer’s perception to unveil the deceptive nat...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carnaval Kawaii
Located in OIA, ES
🔸 _Title: Carnaval kawaii 🔸 _Artist: Diego Tirigall 🔸 _Year of Creation: 2024 🔸 _Dimensions: 160 W x 100 H x 2 D cm 🔸 _Medium: Enamel, Spray paint...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Redhead in Sunlight, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Marion exudes grace and charm with her serene gaze and calm stance. The afternoon sunlight bathes her lush red hair in a soft glow. Soft colors and brushwork im...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Prophesy 4
Located in PARIS, FR
A very detailed and life like series from the Artist Huili CHENG. These oil painting are created between 2021 and 2023. Although miniature, they are very r...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bird of Paradise II
Located in Queenston, ON
A study in flight and motion.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The last drop
Located in Sandton, ZA
Fabric on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Fabric

La boîte de sardines
Located in Barcelona, ES
Contemporary figurative painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Estética (A. Gades)
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Inspiración (Paco de Lucía)
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work of the singer Paco de Lucía
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

La bella y la bestia
Located in Barcelona, ES
Figurative work
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

I'm hungry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Portrait of a tiger
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rostro que intenta hablar
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Artwork IV
Located in New York, NY
2023, Mixed media on canvas
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2010s Feminist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

Atracción
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Buamdong Honey House
Located in Seoul, SO
Lim Jin Sil Lim Jin Sil expresses the coexistence of self and others and the sense of heterogeneity resulting from the differences between different worlds through old media such a...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Castigada contra la pared
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pareja paseando
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

" Lady with a cat"
Located in La Quinta, CA
The artist's new artwork " Lady with the cat" brings his approach to his indian roots from the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. A native lady is resting in calm and relaxing ambiance surr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

La faim
Located in PARIS, FR
LEILA NSEIR (Syria, 1941-2022) Born in Lattakia, Syria in 1941, Leila Nseir graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1963. Beginning her career during the height of Syria...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Mujer y su inconsciente
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

¿Qué hay detrás de la puerta?
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Girl with Headphone
Located in New York, NY
2017, Oil on canvas
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Estatuas doradas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pelirroja
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Circo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Enigmática
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Velero
Located in Barcelona, ES
Acrylic painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Air
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique artwork by artist Sara Shamma. Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose works can be found in both public and private collections around the globe. Shamma was born in Damascus, Syria (1975) to a Syrian father and Lebanese mother. She graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus in 1998. She moved to London in 2016 under the auspices of an Exceptional Talent Visa where she currently lives and works. Shamma’s practice focuses on death and humanity expressed mainly through self-portraits and children painted in a life-like visceral way. Her works can be divided into series that reflect often prolonged periods of research, sometimes extending over years. Shamma believes that death gives meaning to life, and rather than steering away from a subject that is increasingly taboo in contemporary culture, she considers the impact of grief and deep internal emotions. The Syrian conflict has a distinct impact on the way that Shamma portrays her subjects. Working mainly from life and photographs, the artist uses oils to create a hyper realistic scene, using transparency lines and motion to portray a distant and deep void.  Shamma has previously taught at the Adham Ismail Fine Arts Institute in Damascus, and alongside her practice has always had a strong dedication to sharing her knowledge with the next generation of artists. She was a member of the jury for The Annual Exhibition for Syrian Artists held by the Ministry Of Culture, in Damascus, 2006. Shamma believes in helping others and has been supporting the United Nations World Food Programme since 2010, during which time she produced Fighting Hunger., sold by Christie’s Dubai in 2012 with all proceeds going to the WFP.  Shamma has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions including: “London”, Art Sawa Gallery (Dubai, 2017); World Civil War Portraits, The Old Truman Brewery (London, 2015); Diaspora, Art Sawa Gallery (Dubai, 2014); Q, Royal College of Art (London, 2013); Birth, Art House (Damascus, 2011); Love, 360 MALL (Kuwait, 2009); The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries (London, 2013); Nord Art 2012 organized by KiC – Kunst in der Carlshütte (Büdelsdorf, 2012); UAE Through Arabian Eyes, (Dubai, 2008); Syrian Artists, Souq Wakef Art Center (Doha, 2008); Panorama of Syrian Arts, Catzen Arts Centre at The American University (Washington D.C, 2007); (shortlisted) International Painting Prize of the Castellon County Council, (Castellon 2005), Castellon and the Municipal Arts Centre of Alcorcon, (Madrid, 2005-2006); Women and Arts, International Vision...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Caviar
Located in El Portal, FL
The idea of ​​this painting is to paint Soviet cans of caviar but at the same time to stylize the artworks to Campbell’s soup by American artist Andy Warhol.
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bilocation
Located in Nashville, TN
Andy King is fascinated with the interplay between chance, perceptions, the influence of others, and mystical experiences in the role of the evolution of personhood. This series of w...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

SONIDO DEL AGUA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This unique painting begins with her new ZIGZAG series in which we can see her surrealist airs shared with her colleague and ex-husband Pedro Friedeberg, like all the works of art by...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Desnudo 2
Located in Barcelona, ES
Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the canvas with the indicated “nerve.” Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Sky Garden II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Perry Burns received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. Since then he has been making paintings that merge the traditions of Middle Eastern patterns and European...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled by Anton Kushaev - Surrealist diptych painting, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Located in Basel, BS
The diptych Untitled is part of the Cameo series by Anton Kushaev. Cameo (from the Old French camaieu - treasure, jewel) is a kind of gem, a carved semi-precious stone with a convex ...
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2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

ANGELES EN LA TIERRA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
This painting is unique, like all the works of art by the fascinating artist Carmen Gutiérrez; made of acrylics, oils, gold and silver inks and as a practical and sublime method of b...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

The Space Between Us
Located in San Francisco, CA
'The Space Between Us' is an original artwork by contemporary figurative painter The Tracy Piper. Best known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings, Tracy's illus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Smash or Pass
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil on canvas
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Running Man 1 by Katya Tsareva - Triptych painting, acrylic on canvas, 2017
Located in Basel, BS
Running Man 1 is a vertical triptych, formed of 3 paintings, 40 x 50 cm each. The triptych can be seen as a follow-up on Katya Tsareva's 2016 project "S...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Plantage
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann Plantage 2015 Acryl auf Leinwand 50 x 60 cm Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The artist uses bright yellow and red to cover half of the painting, which is in stark contrast with the sunflower shrubs at the bottom of the painting. Especially for the cicada...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic

The Superego's a Judge, The Amygdala a Mutineer
Located in Nashville, TN
Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...
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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

The Day I Found Alice
Located in WOOLLAHRA, AU
Godwin Laus migrated to Australia from Malta in 1981. After completing a graphic design course at Randwick TAFE in 1987, he worked as a graphic designer for various companies for a n...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude Women with Resting Minotaur - Neutral White Oil Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a women with a sleeping Minotaur. Light neutral white painting by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse. Oil on Canvas - 18 x 18 inches. Oil Painting of a Love and Sacrafice...
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2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cinquième saison
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. The work shows a unique imaginal season that doesn’t exist in reality – the fifth season. In this seas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin H.27 x 19.5 cm About Dmitry Samygin Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function. He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world. Samygin's Awards 2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor) 2021 Red dot / Modul 2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum) 2020 Best 2020 AD Russia 2019 Andrew World...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Ink

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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